Of ElefJion. ~ reded it , and them t!lat made it? Well, but this Grace within himfelf made OOK • the Motion for us, and caufed this lofty One tor hink of it. ~ It is faid in Scripture, That ht ptirpofed all thmgs wzthi1: himjelf, Eph. r. i r, And to be fure, this cf all others, mufl have been purpofcd within hJm· felf, and have come from himfelf; and that makes the Grace of it. 2, The Lofty 011e,that is, in refpelt ofabfolute Soveraigoty,as in r Tim. 6, 15. he is defcribed, Who is the Mtj{ed a11d m:!Y Pottntate, rbe lC:11g of Kitigs, and Lord ofLords. And further, to make it appear he is fo, Ht bath a Son that is leffer than himfelf, con!idered as God-Man, Namely, Chrifl, and who is accordingly fliled, The Prince of!he Kit~gs ofthe Earth,_ R.ev. r, 5· (even as the Kings Son hath the Tale ofPrmce, under the Kmg bJs Father,) whom htwilt, in his times, one dayjbew, "!'d c~ufe to appear m Glory;_ as it is in the fame place ofT1mothy. And thiS Ius Pnnce or Son, lefs than htmfelf, is yet under him as God-Mat~, fiiled alfo, The King of Ki11gs, a11d Lord of Lords. Think with your felves then, but of a great and lofty Spirited Prince, that is Lotd ofall,that he thould defign to unite to himfelf the lowefl Beggar,and take her into his bofom, and befiow his Son or Prince upon her in Marriage, and unite himfelf therewith in the nearefl tye aod Bond of Union. (And yet, Earthly Kings are but Kings by Birth, and in their ElfenJ=e or Nature, but olthe fame kind as other Men), and yet this doth God. To conclude this, in Rom, 8th. ttlt. you read, that neither height, nordrpths, thall feparote from this love of God in Chrifl Jefus. Shalt not feparatr, implies an Union made: Heights, are thofe heights ofGod's Loftinefs, in being lo infinitely above tu: The-depths are your depths of lownefs, miferies and fins, Now thefe hindred not his conjunction with 11! at firfl, nor lhall they ever fcpanite, or work off IJ.is heart from us. In Marriages of Perfons mean by Birth, though perhaps r"ich, with, or into the Nobility, it is often fcen, that their height and loftinefs, makes them in time defpife thofe they have Married, and to have their hearts taken off from them, !or the difprop0rtion in refpedof Meannefs; fo that it proveth in the long ruo, an uncomfortable Union. But it is not thus with the lofty heart of our God : His loftinefs and your lownefs, his heights and your depths; make the happiefl Union that ever was, becaufe it is his Grace makes it and brings it about, and holds us together. 3· Whoinhabittth Etrr11ity; that is, 1. When none ofthefe his Creatures had a Being, but made in the beginning of time, Gw. r, 1. Whereas he for an Eternity oftime pall, when there was no Creature with him, as Prov. 8th.from Ver{. 23. to 32. dwelt alone in himfelf, who is his own Eternity; and is an houfc to himfelf, compleatly furnilhed within himfelf, and bath no need ofus, or any thing : Nor would not have had unto all Eternity to come, Aefs 17. 24, 2), God chat made the Wortd,mJd all things thrrein.frti11J that ht is Lord of Heaven and Earth, dwtlleth 11ot in Trmples madt w:th hands: Nrithrr is worjhipprdwith mens hands, tH though he 11rededany thing, fui"g hegiveth to all, ltfe and 6rtath and all thi11gs. They thought their Gods fuch, (as Paul's fpeech implies) that they contributed a Glory ~nto themto build them Temples, to mvttc them to comeand dwell and recetve Worthtp, and Sacrifices from them Offered therein. And the Vulgar Jews had fome like narrow conceits of our great God, as that our Parallel place,Ifai.•h66. '· in!inuates: For what doth God fay there to them? ThusfaiththeLord, theHeavenismyThrone, tmdtheEartbumy Footf/oot; where is the houfe thatyr buitdttnto Me"! and whtre is theplace of my Rrfi 1 Which is as ifhe had fa id, This Temple, nor all thefethings, are neither worthy ofMe, to be a place or dwellmg to Me; nor have they all Room enough to hold Me, that they thould be my Refi, to take Contentment in. So!omonbimfelf, after he had built that !lately Temple (the wonder ofthe World whilfl it {\:ood) when he came to Dedicate it by that folemn Prayer, r Kings, Chapter, 8. That Godwottld dwrtt i11 it, and hear allforts of Pe– titions, made in it, or towards it, at the Throne of hu prefrnce; cloth m _the madft
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