Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

Ofthe Jaye, nfheacren. 891 mire, when as wee (hall not bet able to determine whe- ther the glorious maieflie, or the vnmatchable loue of our deare husband (hall exceed one the other? What delight and comfort (hall we then leek, when weepoore contemptible membe:s,bale,and inglorious in the world, lEsI be vnited to out moll glorious head, Iefus Chriff,and by vertue of this v_ nion with him,fhall allo be glorified,and communicate with hircin all his felicitic,and heauenly ioy? O how (hall at this day our hearts and foules be able to containe thatpleafure and delight, when wee (hall haue fo neere focietie and fellowship with ourbleffed Sauiour andRedeemer,who bath loued vs fo dcarely,that when we were bankrupts to Gods iuflice,he became our furety,and difcharoed our debt to the vtmo(l farthing ?when we were enemies,he wrought our re- conciliation;when wee were condemned, hee procured our pardon; when wee were the (lanes oflinne and Satan, hee powerfully redeemed vs ; and when we were in the Rate of condemnation,andthe very firebrands ofhel fire,he brought vs into the Rate of faluation, and made vs the fonnes of God, and coheires with him in all his glory and heauenly happine(I'e. All which hee ef('e&ed by humbling himfelfe to the Rate of a feruant, when he inioyed with his Father all glorie and maieftie,and by fuffering miferies and af(liôtions, hunger,wearinefhe,griefe,and worldly contempt,skornings, reuilinas,buffettings,fcourgings;and finally,that ( harpe and 1hamefull death of the cro(fe, and his Fathers beanie dif- pleafure, muchmore bitter and intollerable then all the reR of his bodily fufferings. Ohow then fhall we reioyce in his loue,and in louing him againe,for all his grace and.goodnes extended vnto vs? CHA)r'- r