Moti"Ves unto the Lo1Je of Chrift. 111 him cloth the faving Communication of all the effeCts ofit de· pend. And an infinite condefcenfion is it in the Holy$i0d, fo to exprefs his Glory i~ theface of Jefus Chrift, or t0propofe himfelfas the ObjeCt of our Love in and through him. For confidering our weaknefs, as to an immediate comprehenfion ofthe infinite excellencies of the Divine Nature, or to beare the rays of his refplendent Glory,feeingnone can fee his face and li-ve, it is the mofi adorableeff,'etl: ofDivine Wifdom and Grace, that we are admit;ed unto the contemplationofthem, in the Perfon ofJefus Cnrtft. . There is yet farther evidence to be given unto this Love unto the Perfon of Chrifi, from all thofe bl~lfed e./feels of it which are declared in the Scripture, and whereof Believers have ~he experience in themfelves. But fomething I have fpoken concerning them formerly in my difcourfe about Com– munion with God; and the nature of the prefent defign, will not admit ofenlargement upon them. · . , Ee 2
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