346 h Aas 3.8. 1 Exod,is. I. m I $4111.1.1. 1 SanRifiCatiol3 CARfeofereateThanksgiving. ons, a rncere and fervent love untohis perfon, e humble ful,_ million tohis precepts, and thankful! celebrationofhis great and glorious Name for all his mercies : The lame mans fie: andankle bones receiving strength, he leaped tep, flood and real. bed, and entred into the 'T'emple, zroalitg., leaping., andpraying God. Chrift havinghealed thy ell-: ions, having flrengthe- ned thee with all fpirituall might, rife up from the earth, walke in thewayes ofholineffe, enter into the Temple, at- tend Chrift in his Ordinances,let thy foule rejoyce in Chrift, and praife him for thy fpirituall abilities. V aaman being cleanfed from his leprofie, returned unto the Prophet, and intreated him to take a bleffng from t him. (brift having cleanfed thee from the leprofie of thy finne, retur-ne to Chrift, and render to him. the blefhngof fpirituall at d hearty thanks- giving. The woman in the Gofpell who had a fpirit of in- firmitybowing her downe, being made flraight, k glorified god. Chrift having railed and reetificd thy heart, which was altogether bowed downe to the world, and the thing's here below ; Chrift having inabled thee to loóke up , to feeke the things which areabove, to mindGod, to love his truth, to hunger and thirft after the gifts and graces cf his Spirit, glorifieChrift for this his gracious worke : The Ifraelites fee- ing the Egyptians drowned, and themfelves delivered from their fervitude, fang and triumphed ; Man feeing his finnes d.ov, n.d in the teases of godly forrow, and burled in the grave of Chrift, his foule let free byChrift from the fervitude of Satan, the world,and his owne corruption, fhould fang and triumph in Chrifl, and fay, the Lord bath triumphed glo- rioufly, the homeand the rider, Satan and mycorruption hath he throwne downe together : The Lord having of barren made Hanna fruitful! ,fhe faid, myheart reioyceth in themLord, my horn io exaltedin theLord, my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies, hecaufeI reioyce in thyfalvation ; Chrift having ope- ned our hearts, .and of barren made our foules fruitful! in all heavenly graces, our hearts fhould rejoyce in Chrift , our mouthes fhould be enlarged with his praifes, and our foules fhould rejoyce in that falvation which Chrift bathbrought untous. Man bath not greatercaufe of thanksgiving for any thing,
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=