Howe - B3999 R4 H68 1702

Part II. The LivingTemple. 4o9 the Fancily. Which is all named from him, both that part in Heaven, and that on Earth, Eph. 3. 15. Yea, and he may in a true Senfe be i}yl'd the Pater- familiàs, the Father of the Family : Tho' to the Fart in Godhead, he is the Son ; to us he is ftyl'd the everlafting Father, If g. 6. Therefore he is un- der Obligation hereto, by his Father's ..Appointment, and his own Underta- king. And that which he bath obliged himflf to, is togive the HolySpirit, or take continual Care that it be commu- nicated, from time to time, as particu- lar Exigencies, and Occafions, (hall require. It was a thing full of Won- der, that ever he thould be fo far con- cern'd in our Affairs ! But being con- cern'd, fo deeply as we know he hath been ; to be Incarnate for us ; to be made a Sacrifice to God for us, that he might have it in his Power to give the Spirit, having become a Curf for us, that he might be capable ofconferring upon us this Blefjing : 'Tis now no wonder he fhould oblige himfelf to a continual conflant Care that his own great and kind Delign should now not be loft, or rnifcarry. After he had. en- , gag'd

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