3 oo · The Exercife of the Mediatmy ~(jzce God, and longer than that is done it cannot be con.tinued. But the vvorld is fo full of darknefs and confufion, of fin and \Vickednefs, of enntity againfl: God, is fo given up to villany, unto all the waies whereby God may be diihonoured, that there is little or no appearance ofany Revenue of Glory un– to him from it. Were it not on the fecret account of Divine Wifdom, it would quickly receive the end of Sodom and Go- - morah. The fmall Remnant of the Inheritance of Chrifr, is flmt up in fuch obfcurity, that as unto 7JijiMe_Appearance and manife11aticn, it is no way to be bid in the bal!ance againft the diihonour that is done unto him by the whole world. But whilfi.things are in this pofl:ure here !Jelow, God bath a fo– lemn Honour, Glory and Worfhipabove in the prefence ofall his holy ones, wherein he refl:eth and takes pleafure. In his i:1tistacrion herein, he \Vill continue tpings in this world unto all the ends of his \Vifdom, Goodnefs, Righteoufnefs and Pa– tience, let it rage in villany and wickednefs as it pleafeth. And fo when any of the Saints who are wearied and even worn out with the fiate of things in this world, and it may be u~dedhnd not the grounds ofthe Patience of God, do en– ter into t!Ji.r fiate, they ihall unto their full fatisfacrion be– hold that Glory which abundantly compenfates the prefent difhonour done to God here below. · · Secondly, This fiate of things is continued for the Glory of Chrifl/.Jimfelf. The Office of Mediator \Vas corr.mitted by God the Father unto his only begotten Son, no other being able to bear or difcharge it. See lja. 6. 9· Re·v. 5.r,2,s,4, 5, 6. But in_the difcharge ofthis Office it was neceffary he ihould condeicend unto a mean cmcl low condition, and to undergo things difficult, hard and terrible, Fhi/2.6, 7, 8. Such were t_he things which our Lord Jefus Chri11: underwent in this world ; his undergoing of them being neceiTary unto the drf– charge of his Office ; yea it confifled therein. Herein vvas he e"po ·
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