Owen - BT200 O97 1684

,on the ·Glory of Chrifl. 69, C H A P. I v; The Glory of Chrift in his Stt[cep~ tion of the -Office of a Media... tor. Firft in lrris .Condefcention. T BE Things Whereof -we have thus far dif ·courfedrelating immediately unto the Per· fon of Chrifi: in it felf, may feem to have fomewha t of Difficulty in them, unto fuch whofe minds are tJot duely exercifed in the Contemplation of Heavenly Things. Unto others they are evident in their owr.1 Experience, and inftrucbve unto them that are willing to learn. That which remains will be yet more plain unto the.underftanding and capacity of the meanefi: believer. And this is the Glory of Chrifl: in his Office of M~diator, and the Difcharge thereof. IN our behoUing ~f the Glory of Chrift herein, cloth the exercife of Fai th in this life pr~ncipally .confift ; fo tbe Apofile declares it, PhiJ. 3· 8, .9, I o, I I, 12. Yea doubtlejs and I count all things lo(s for the excellency of the knoJ.vledg of (hr~ft .'fejus my Lord.- To know 'him, and the power of his R efurre8ion,and thefellowjhip of his fufj'erings, and . · to be made conformab!e f;tnto his Death. ThistberefQJre we mt1ft treat of fomewhat .mot:e at large. THERl!

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