Howe - B3999 R4 H68 1702

Part II. The Living 1emple. 28 lidered, what was moil becoming of him; and determined, that it became him, for, and by whom all things were, fince there was one (tho' fogreat aOne) that had undertaken, for Sinners, to be the Prince, or Prefe i, over the great amar9 Affair of their Salvation, efpecially be- ing tomake them, of Rebels, Sons, and asfuch, bring them to Glory, out of the meantft, and molt abje& State'; that be fhould not be made perfe& [not be duly ii itiared into his Great Office, or not be comple {t :vi,t[ter of his Defign] oth rw:fe thanbyhis own intervening Sufferi:g. M ::-.ner Perfons might do, as be- coaw their meaner Condition : But he, for whom are pail things, and by whom are all things, muff do as heft became the moil glorious Greatnefs of him, who is the Fir.t and the Lail ; theAu- thor and End of all things ! We are prone to confine our Appre- XT. henGòns of things to our own narrow Sphere, that have reference alto to ano- ther befdes, and greater than ours. If God had no Creatures, but Man, capa- ble of Government by Laws, the Cafe had been much other, than it is. For on-

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