she Epi/iik te theCdalatians. Chap.4 ofGod. Tobe made flefh,istheabaferrtentofthe fonne:in this abafe- ment hegoes on,till he become eucn a: awormc ofthe earth, Pfa1.22.7.fo mutt weabaft our fclucs,tiil webe anihillated and 5 broughtdo nothing:then !hall we be like toChrit, and filled: with the wood things ofGod. Our flumes area wall ofpartitionbetweeaeGod andvs: fo as weare farrefrom God,and God fromvs,Ifa, 59. 2. and this partition is ofourown making:and by this means wehaue no to acceuTe toGod ofour fclues,though we prayvntohim ,and fill heauen and earth withour cric. Now the fonne ofG od made man,isl mtannel,that is,Çodwithvs,Ifai, ?. I ..and his incarna- tion is a mcanes whereby we haue accefhetogod, andhe£ mere WOG vs when we pray veto him intraeth, 2.Chron.t 5.2.This is mutt teachvs to drawe nere toGod in the hearing and obey- ingof his.word , inpraier, and in the vfc ofthe holy Sacra- ments.Ifthisbenot done, great is our wickednsffe,and great null bethepunifhment,Iob.2 r.t4Pfal.73.27.. Theincarnation ofChrifl,is the foundation of all our com- ae) fort,and all good thingswhichwe inioy. By it God comforts Adam,Thefeed'Me WOMANJlía116rnife thefeupentshead. Jacob is comfortedby the vifion ofa laddcr,reaching from heauen to earth:and this ladder is the fonne of God made man,Ioh. s.5 s. Iobcomforts himfelfe in this, that bit Redeemer ofbid owe fefb 25 (as the word fignifieth)lifeth, Iob. i 9. aS.In the old tcflament, they which fought vetoG od,came tothe Arkeor Propitiato- rie , and there were they heard, and recciued-the blefíings of God.NowChrif},Godand man,is in flcadofthe Arke, Rom. 3.25.andthereforewe mutt come to him, ífwewould recciue 30 anygood thing ofGod. The godhead is the fouotaineof all good things,and-the flefhor manhood isa pipeor conduit to conuaie the fame vnto vs.Ifwe would then rcceiuc tinecorn- fort,we muff hungerand thiia inour heartsafterChrift, and by our faithcate hisflc(handdrinkc hisblood, Ioh.6.54.56. ++ 3:5 The thirdpointor degree,isthe fubieilion of the fonne,of God to the laweexprefted in thefe words,made vnder the lawe. II Here two queflions arc lobe anfwered.The firtt is , who is Imadefubie& to the law?! antwer,the fonne of God. And this may not feemeflrange,that hewbbich is Lordofthe law,fhould be fubicE1 to the law : for he mui be confidcred, as he is our. N. n. 3 pledg
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