2.50 VEESE2. g a Cor.5.r9. h 10h.I.1 8. 10h.,4.17. Cor.1.2,3. z COT.44. C01.1.28. k Hcb.12.25. Eph. 3.17. ikr.3.19, peace to tholeafarre of, and to thole that werenigh. And lloh.s 25,26. 13.013,7,11e is the Power which enliveneth his owne word ; 1011.10.27,2g. I The dead /?jellheare the voice of theSonne of man, and they that heare (hill live; for as the Father hath life in himfelfe, fo bath hegiven to theSenn to have life in him.. felfe. (../9/11fheepe heare my voyce, and Iknow them, and theyfollow me,andIgiveunto them eternalilife,d.c. in He is the Lordofyour f,eith,wearebut the ficlpers ofyourjoy. He is the n c}144.fier in the Church wee are but °your ferv4Pasfor lefitifake. P He is the chiefe Shepheard, the Lordof the fheepe,q therheepe arehis owne ; we are but his r Depoiitaries, entrutied with the minitierieof re- conciliation, unto us is committed the dilpenfation of the Grace of God. So then the Word is his, but the fervice ours. Fromwhence both the Minitlers of the Word, and r r Prz4sir. they which heare it may leave their feverall duties. CON4.I. Firil,we fhould learne to r Ip fG eake as the Oracles ood, 2Cor.1.19,zo. as the Servants and Szewards ofa higher Mailer, whole Word it is whichwee preach, and whole Church it is which we ferve. We filould therefore doe his worke,as men The go#ellu C hr s omne foyer. the Sonne doth alto, and that the Father doth not make 1i-how:tie his will of mercie, but byhis Sonne ; g that as in the Sonne he did reconcile the world unto h imfelfe ; fo in theSon hee did h reveale himfelte unto the world. No manhath Cecile the Father at any time, but the Sonne, and he to whom theSonne (hall tevealehim. Chrifl is both the Matter and the Authour of the Gofpell. As in the worke ofour Redemptionhe was both the facrifice, and the Prieft tooffer, and the Altar to fanaifie it: So in the difpenfation of the Gofpell, Chriti is both the Sera tI1011, and the Preacher, and the Power, which giveth biding unto all. He is theSermon, i WeepreachChrift crucified, faith the ApoIlle, weepreachnot our felves, but Chriji &fur the Lord. And he is the Preacher, k See that yeerefulenot him that flea/ eth-- Heecanoe, andpreached sCor.1.24. 13314. ° 2 COI.4.5. P 1 Pet4.3,4. q loh.at.15. Cor.509. Eph.3 z. z
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