tJ.!!ef/. l ·1 , An(w. \ God hath p:.tt · allintoChriUs .hands,that we /miRhtbemore ·confident. \ It irbard tobelee1Je irr his -hands, yet he bath put ail this into the hands of his Sonne. You will fay,what comfort is there in that?or to what endisirufefi1Il for us to know,that they are in the hands of the Sonne, more than that theyare in the h;Jnds ofthe E.1ther ~ It is to this purpofe; that you rnlybemore , confident incommingtoGod, to aske anythin.oo at his hands:for therfore hath theLorddone i~ that yod might come withthe more boldnes:for Chrijl hath t.~ken our nature,our flefh;he is nea– rerto-us,thanGodthe Father,wh6dwdls in light inacc~(Jt61e : he is one whom 'we fiave knowne, he dwelt among us,he is ofthe fame kindredas it were, we are flei11 of his fleili,and bone; of his hone. Now whenwe !hall heare,that all things .- are put into his hands,as he is Mediator,"as he is · theAngel oftheCovenant,wemaygowith the ' moreb0ldneffe~ we may have them{)reconfi ~ dence, that as we have need & ufe ofany thing, it fhall not be denied m:for weknow all is in the hands ofhim,whom we love., whomwe feare. , When one heareth t.hat his Prince hath put all that he hath into the hands ofa friend, with whom hee is well acquainted, it mufl: needes glad his heart, and fill him with hope ofob– t-aining any thing that is fitting for him: As itwaswith Iacob, whenJoftphfaidto him, All this I have in mine hands, &c. It was a great . comfortto !Mob, that onewhom -he knew fo :well) that was fleih ofhis fleili, had all things in · bis hands.Now this istheco.mfortwehaveby it
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