78 Ma's tiered by exalting Chrift. g aSam, s. i I. caufed all that he had to proffer. The letting tip of the Gofpell brings great and fìnguiar profperity to the people : Chrifts Gofp.1l, the revelation of Chrift, and the myfteries h Luk io.z3. { of his kinÿdome, is a great blefling : ßlefcd (fifth ourSa- viour)are the eyes which fie the things Which ye fee; having theGofpell preached to them, the tyding,s of .Notion pub- lifted among them, Chrift revealing and opening liiniíclfe unto them : Thcfe are ble(?ed in the illumination of their underffandings, having the knowledge of the.glory ofGod in the face of Jefus Chrift communicated to them: Blef- fed in the vivification of their foules, having the word of life quickning them : Bleffed in the fa»Elification of their hearts, the Gofpell cleanfing their (inne, as Jordan.clean fed the leprofie of Naaman : Bleflèd in their Corquefl,over. fin, Satan, and the world, the Gofpell overturning all the holds of Satan, as the founding of the rammeshomes over- threw the wall of Jericho : Bleffed in the pacification oft their confciences, the Evangelicall voice of Chrift quie- ting their perplexed confèiences, as his perfonall voice quieted the flormy tempefl ; and bleffed in the fWeetning of their afdiefions ,' the Gofpell fweetens all tryals and troubles to Gods children , as the tree fweetned the wa- ters of Marah to Ifrael : Bleffccl in their very temporalip% feffions and bodily undertakings. where God gives his Gof- pell the food of the foule , he will a'fo give the (la ffc of bread , the fcod of the body : Chrift did not onely feed the foules of them who followed him , with his doctrine, but he :1% miraculoufly fed their bodies with corporall provifion : the Gofpell is indeed even the choir& of all blefiings, where this goes, all goes, that, is behoofüll för the welfare of Gods children ; therefore bleffed (faith the,' í Pfa1,33.m Pfalmtfl)zs the nation i Whofe Tod is the Lord, and the peo- ple Whom he hath chofen for his owne inheritance. God is the God of all by creation, by abfolute dominion, by common prtfervation ; but he is their God to whom he gives his Gofpell, by gracious manifeftation, heavenly inftrudion, fpirituall regeneration, familiar and comfortable habitation, fweet and celeftiall difpenfation of heavenly _ fulneffe to -them.
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