64 1 p Mat.z8. i 8. `U fe. Who have thoycef} ful- neflr. q Pfal'17.14, Job 2.1.6. r Ephef. 5. t s. Irv. 59:t1. t Ephef,zl.3. 19. 1. Excellent. a. Permanent. Mans honour and exaltation. ble is Chrifts jurifdi&ion, P having all power both in .heaved and earth given hint. Behold in this who are filled with the chiefeft and choy- feft fulnefs : this is the excellency of Chrift, that he is filled with all the fulneffe of the God-head ; and this is the excel- lency of the foule to be filled with the fuIneffe of the Spirit : of all fulnefs, heavenly felnefs_is the choyfeft Chrift of all ceeatures cometh neereft to God, and his fulnefPe is the fil- neffe of the divine _effence : Among men fuch as are moft nigh and molt deare to God,their fulnefs is a fulnefs of hea- venly gifts and graces. God often fills his enemies with q earthly abilities, as Abraham filled the hands of ffmael with the moveables, as men fill Swine with Huskes and Acornes ; but his friends he fills with fpirituall gifts, as Abraham gave the inheritance unto Ifaac ; and Elkana a worthy portion to Hanna. Spirituali fulnefs is a portion of the higheft price, of the fweeteft and choyceft ufe ; and with this fulneffe we muff all ftrive to be filled. 13e not Z drunke (faith St.Paul) with wine, wherein if excefe, but be ye filled with the Spirit : with the wifdome of the Spirit, with the holineffe ofthe Spirit with the power of the Spirit, and with the joy and peace of . the Spirit. Spirituall and heavenly Miners is proper to theLords fervants ; let the covetous, like the rich man In the Parable, fill his Barnes with come; let the Drunkard, like them in the f Prophet,fill themfelves with ftrong drinke ; let the am- bitious, like Haman,fill himfelfe withworldly honours : but let the Chriftian fill himfelfe with the graces of the Spirit ; for this let us pray, heare, contend, and ftrive to be filled t with the fulneffe of God, with the higheft meafure of 41rì - tuallperfeEtion, whereunto we can attaine. This fulneffe is the molt excellent, therefore filled the fulnere of God : God is infinitely more excellent then the earth, and this fulnefs far excelleth all worldly fulnefs. As Bathfheba faid of the ver. taou s woman, Many daughters bave done excellently, hut thou ex- celleft them all: fo may we fay of this fulnefs, how excellent- ly foever other fulneffes may doe in their place and kinde, yet rhis fulnefs of grace excelleth them all. This fiilnefs is the moft permanent, this abideth as the Sunne in the firma - ment,
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