86 .lvfeditation.r and Difi:ourfes herein; it is b~caufe there is no Ligh~ of Faith in ps. . . ·. ·' . . , · THIS thents tbe Rejf wherewzth 'lJJe may caufe the 'J)Jear-y to reft, m~tl this is the Refrefhment. flere• i:J is he an hid:ng plac~from the~winrl, anrl a covert from the tempejt, as rtvers of water t'JJ a dry place, . a:'rtd as the jhadvw of a great rock in a 'lJ;eary Land~ Hereon he fa ys, I havcfatiated the weary foul, and hwue refrejhed every forroJ.vfu! foul. Under this Confideration it is,that in all EvangelicalPromifes ~uid Invitations for coming to him, he is propofed unto difheffed finners as their only Sanflua.. ~1HERE1N is he a Jlcne of jlumbli11g,and a ;cck of oi fence tmro the unbelieving and difobedient, who Jlumble at the Word. They cannot, they will not fee r he Glory of this Condefcention., they neither Qefire nor labour fo to do ; yea they hate it and defpiie it. Chrift in it is a flone of ftumb!ing, and a reek of ojj'ence t1nto them.Whe~efore they chufe rather utterly to deny his Divine Perfon, than allow that be d1d thus abafe himfelf for our fakes. Rather rhan they will own this Glory they will allow him n0 Glory. Aman they fay he was, and no rnore., and rh:is was hi:s Glory. This is that Principle of Darkne!s and Unbelief, ·which ·works ef. ketua11y at this day in the minds of many. They think it an abfilrd thing, as the Jt'lvs did of old, that he being a.man fho~1ld be God alfo; or on the . other hand , that the Son of God fhou1d thus· condefcend to take our Nature on him. This _th~y can fee no Glory ·in, ' no Relief, no Refuge, no Refrdbmem unto their fOL11s in any ~f tbei_r. Diftrdies : Therefore _do th~y ,deny his • : I . · ·Pivine I •
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