~-~~ Medltatiqni and Dlfcourfe.r DID. We li.v.i r,rippi in th~ contenn:>lation qf this plory _qf Chcrifl: an<;i of th'e Wifdnryr of God in this Recapitulation of all things in him, there is not 'any thing of our dut/ which it would not P1ind tl_s of: nor any ching o.f privi.ledg which it ~on Id rot giv~ lis a fence of, ~? mjght eafily ~~ d,emon;- 'fhated. · · 5· ·· 11:'-J particular, the Lord Chr~fr is glorious perein, ·.. in that the whole breach made o·n the glory of God in the Creation By th~ entrance of fin, is her,eby repaired and made up. Th~ ):>eau ty and order of the whole Creation cpn(lft~d jn its dependance on God by the ob~dience of the ~arion'al parr ~f it2 Angels arid Meil. Th,erehy ~ere the being, the goo~nefs, the wifdom and power of God made manifeft. But the p~amy pf this OFder WaS defa~ed, atid the manifettation of the Divine Perfections unto the glory of God ~dipfed by the etrance of fin. But all is re!tored~ !epaired and li1ade up in t4is Recapitulation of all iqings ill one ne-u; head l hrift: Jefus ; yea, th~ whole curious fJ:ame of the Divine Creation is rend red h;ore : bea(1riful than it was before. Hence the ~hole of it groaneth for the intf.reft of ~a~h par~ ~n th~<; R~fhiu_ration of all thi1igs. yYhatever there is of order, of beauty, of ·glory in heaver1 above ~ or in earth beneath, it all ari!ethfrom this new relation of the Creation unto.the Son Of God~ ~v ha tever·is not gathe h~d imo one, even ip pim, iti jts 'pia'ce' 'and :according t~ fits meafure, is pnder q~ukn~fs, qifbrd~f and die cuife~ . Hence die 'Jews ~av~ a fay it1g, ilia~ ·: ln ·t7.Ji days ef the Me.ffirth all things jhait h'~ 'heilled !Jut the Serp~nt, that is t~e f,,• . ..· . .•. . .,. , .. . ,., . ,. ,_. , '·. . - , ... . ~fVI1, . . ,
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