256, Chrifirevealedin asthedifeafed wornan did, whom no Phyfitian could cure ; and as therewent a vertue out from Chrift, that healed her bloudy iffie, when the touched the hemme of Chrifts gar- ment, fo theregoesa vertue out from Chriff, healingand en- livening the foul; longing after aria, and touching Chritt by, faith,though it may feem tobe but weakly and afar off For as when the iron comes neare the loaditone, there goes a vir- tue from the loadflone, that moves and drawes the iron to it : fo when man comes neare Chrift, in hearing, in prayer, in humiliation and earn& longing, then: goes a vertue from Chrift, which moves, enlivens, and drawes thefoule ofman home to Chrift,, and Chrift begins to live in man, to fuftaine andftrengthen the fouleof man. 4.By a Revela 4, Chrift beginning to live in man, there is arevelation of tion of etnia in m4t,. ye/its Chrift, in the fostle ofman.. The SonneofGod (as S.faui k G 1. 1 fpealts)is k revealed in man. There goes a light forth from the 4 I. Sumac in the Firmament which teveales the Sumac to the eye of man, and there goes forth a fpirituall and heavenly light from the Sunne of Righteoafneffe into the foule of man, which reveales Chrift unto man which the Apoftle cals a z cor.4,5. ij7jinin, ofChrili into our hearts. Chrift revealing himfelfeunto i the foule, as theonly Saviour miniftring falvation to the foule, as the only Prophet inftrueling man, and filling himwithhea- venly knowledge, as the only ?arch's, bathing and cleanfing the foule from finne, as the only Prince of Peace, fweetlyand powerfully ruling in theheart of' man, and -gr4cioufly recon- ciling God and man, as the or:1y beloved Htuband, marrying himfelfe to man, as the only precious pear/c, in whom is all the =afireof.the foul ofmanias the only rocke,, in whom is all the ftrength of' man, and by whomman isfupported, as the only rich and royall roade, by. whom mans firme is covered, and the Joule of man juflified -; and as the onely fountaine, in whom man meets , with fulneffe of fitisfadion : and where Chrift is thus revealed, there he ltveth. This Reve- lation ofChrift inman ininifters life andcomfort unto man. 5 ,Chrift beginning to live in man doth very powerfully changing; and .gracioutly change and reforme man ; he doth caufe his Thefli Gofpell,to come to man not Mmwordonlyhat iia ponter a/A., humbling;
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