for thegreat Epiphany, z67 And then the worship that is due to God alone, is given to Chrifl in theScrip.' turcs, 1p/het efí, fobs( ell ; all rhefe being given to him, provehim to be God. Andleft you should think he is God now,byparticipationoftheDivineEflfence, in which fence the Angels are called Elohim. Or as Magiflrates 2re Gods by repre- fentation: you(hall find bywhat Epithiteshe is called God. The true God, 'i job. r soh. The mighty Gad , Ifa.9. 6. god bided for ever , Rom. 9.5. and here, the great Ifa. s God. And fo he is a great God; great,notin bodily bulk,but great in Eflence ; Great Chti(ta great God. in Majcfty, great in power. And this may frft be a wondrous comfort to Gods children. Doth thy heart V r condemn thee ? hark what S. John faith, God is greater than our heart: Again, Cotnforr, ro fe cloth the Devil terrific thee ? hark what our Lordfaith, No manshall beable to take, Godschüdrcn, them out ofmy hand. He is able to keep us to theday ofSalvation: a great comfort' to Gods people. A great matter of terror ro wicked men, that thisJudge fhílì be thegreat god : 2. Terror to for Who it able to .Randbefore him, when he is angry ? Do you'remembet, when the wicked. the band ofSouldiers came to apprehend him in theGarden ; he said no more, but Ego fun ; iris .I, faith he, and prefently they fell down to theground: they were beat down with thevery breath ofhis mouth,as a man is foinettmcs with the wind of a bullet : or as the walls of jcrico, with the found of the trumpets of Rams- horns. The very word Egofum, it was no more; they fell all to the ground. Now f may fay with that Father, what (hall he do when he comes to Judge, that was able to do thus,when he was to be judged ? .idregnatores patuerit, &c. What!hall he do whenhe comes to reign, that was able to do thus,whenhe was to die ? But alas, you will fay,ifhe be fo great a God, foglorious; how fhall fuck a pool- ObjeQ. wretch as I, {land before him ? I confefs my felf a poor, wretched, and grievous firmer, how (hall I Randbefore him ? Oh, mark here, he that is called the greatGod, he is called, the "gnfm, Saviour jeftes Cbrifl. Here is the comfort; he isa Saviour; hecame to work the work of Redemption, He was made like us in allthings, lin excepted, that he might be merciful. And itis 1 wondrouscomfortable, that in that very nature he !hall be our judge, in which he I{food beföre the judge, at the judgement feat ofRilate: Godbath appointedaday, faith Saint `Paul, in which he will judge the world in rigbteóufnefs_; by whom? by the mart jeas Christ, Ac'l. 17. ;r. I At2. 17. ;r. O, but what a comfort of comforts is that indeed,I pray mark our Lords words, 11 fob. 5. zy. God the Father, faith he, bath given allauthority io bit Son to judge. Why ? Mark his reafan, becaufe he is the Son of man. He doth not fay, he bath givenhim power to juclge,becaufe he is hisSon,but becaufe he is theSon ofman. It made fwcet Saint hernard cryout, O verurrtPatrem mifericordia, &c. O true Father ofmercies, that wouldeft have men judged by man : he hath been a man, and lived ; he knew no fin ; he knew temptation ; he knewwhat it was to be tempted ; he khows that we are tempted, and heknows that we arebut men ; be remembreth thatwe are but dull. Thus Ihave goncover the words briefly. There isa general Dodrineto be touched, which I can but touch, in a word itis this Every true Chriflian mull fo live, as a man that waits, and looks for this bleffed Dobir hope, at that glorious appearing of the great God, and our saviour efris Everyi'hntti- Cbrill. anfotolive, as expecting Theholyinert that lived before Chrsfhs firth Epiphany,his ftr{hcorning here ïhtïie the appearing of Christ. ñellr, they äre defcribed thus, to be men that looked for that coming. After his coming, sAuna the Prophetefs, the Scripture faith, fhefßake ofChris% to allthat !óó¢eíi for redemptionin jerufalem; Luke z. 36. andinverf 25. it is faid, that old Luke z. ;6. Simeon, Comfort that Chri(t the Sa- viour is fudge.
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