Book m. OR THE G 0 s p. E L G "L 0 R I 0 D s. 527 Child, but as a .Bridegroom his. Spoufe, the Choice and Delight of his Heart, or as a Man loves his dear Wife. 7· Chri!l's Love he1d for.th in ·the ·Gofpel is a glorious Love, in that -it is an abiding and eternal Love, no;hing ·can feparate the Soul from Chri!l's Love; Ha':Jing loved his own that were i11 the World he loved them unto the End, Rom. viii. 35· .John xiii. r. 8. Chri(l;'s Love is a glorious Love, becaufe ·it is a Love of Complacency, he take.s delight in ·his Love, and in the Soul belcwed. Chri!l: loves all Men with a Love of Pity, but he .loveth his Eleft with a Love of Cemplacency. 9· Chri!l's Lov.e held forth in the Gofpel is glorious Love, becaufe it draws forth or doth beget glorious Love in the Soul to him; the Love whi0!1 is in us to him, is btit the glorious EffeCts of his Love co us. It makes us to love him fo as to admire him, not being able to fer his Worth and Excellency forth: Glorious Love caufech a lon<>ing and langui01ing until the Sou.J enjoy Chrift, it is wirh the Soul as i< was with Ah;b touching Nabotb's Vineyard. Chrift runs much in the Mind and Thought of fuch; -yea, and it makes them willing CO go through l-Iard01ips and D ir1iculrics for him as Jncob did for Rachel; fuch will abide with Chri!t in Adverlity as Jonathan did with David, it carries rhe Soul to love Chrift above all other Things, Cant. v. ult. Glorious-Love is atteoded with Fruit, Simon So11 of Jonah loveft thou me mo;·c tha1: theft? Fe-ed my Sheep-. If you love me, keep my Commandments, John xx. Such delight in Chri!l:'s Prefence, and greatly prize every Token of his di,•ine Love and Grace, and mourn at Chrift's Abfence, nothing will comfort if Chri£1: be gone, Glorious Love ·leads the Soul to vilit Chrifl: often, and to love them ~hat he loves, and •long to look for his Appearing. Thirdly, The Gefpd is glorious in refpect of the glorious Subject of it, vi'z. Jejus Chrift, upon the Conflderation of the Difcovery there is made therein of his glorious Ric.hes~· 1. T·he Gofpel fhews that Chrift is rich. 2. In what refpect he •is rich. g. That he is glori 0 u!ly rich; it alfo reveals why he is held forth to be fo rich. 1. Riches imply Plenty, and Plenty of good Things, whether it lie in Money, J..ands, Ho~fe1, Wares, &c. He that hath Abundance of either, having abfolute Pro– perty in thetll i~ accounted rich• . In Chri£1: are hid all tl1e Treafwres of Wifdom -and Knowledge, Col. ii. 3· .1. Chriji is rich in Wifdoril. 2. Chriji is ricp in Grace, Eph. i. 7· 3. Chriji is rich in Goodnefs, R•m. ii. 4· 4· Chriji is rich in Glory, Eph. i. 18. and iii. 16. f<!.tejl. How did Chrift ccme by his Riches? /lnf 1. He was rich from Eternity, he is God and fo all Things in Heaven and Earth arc his; /ill 'l'hings that the Father bath, are mine, faith Chri[r, John xvi. '5· 2. l;Ie is rich as Mediator; So it pleafed the Father that in him all Fulnefs jbould dwell, he was made Heir of all 'l'hings, Heb. i. 2. 3· The Gofpel fhews the Father hath given all Things to him, he came by them as the free Donation of the Father, Matt. xxviii. 18. John xiii. 3· 4- Chrift obtained his Riche. alfo by Conque£1:, he has recovered them for us by overcoming his and our Enemies, all the Riches Chri!l: hath as Mediator, he got by Conquefl:, as Ifrael got Canaan; Sin and Satan, chart: fpiritual Thieves had robbed us -of our Riches, but Jefus Chriji· hath 1efcued or recovered them again out of the Hands of thefe Robbers. 5· Chri£1:, as the Gofpel fhews, hath obtained his Riches by Purchafe, Grace is pur– chafed, Gifts are purchafed, Glory is purchafed, the Church which is called his Inhe– ritance is purchafed, ·H eaven is purchafed, Eph. iv. 8. and i. 14. Pfal.lxxviii. 54• _:lifts XX. 27. ' fZueft. How do you make it appear that Jefus Chrifr is glorioufiy rich 1 /infw. I. Becaufe he had enough to pay all our Debts, yet never a one of us owed lefs than .ten thoufand Talents, MaN. xviii. 2. Chrift's·Riches were glorious Riches becaufe they will fatisfy glorious Ju!l:ice, ,which no other Riches could do, no, not the Riches of ten thoufand Worlds, nor all .the Worth .and Riches of the Angels of Heaven. 3· Becauie
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