The PriellhoodofChrifl. 4.zz fuffering and exinanition ofhimfelfe. 0what acondi- VEK S E 4. tion Chaff thatman bee in,who muff handor rather ever- y finke and bee crufhed unto the weight ofthat wrath againfl Cline , which amazed and made heavie unto death the fouleofChriahinfelfe?which madehim who had the firengthofthe ?Niue to fiipport him, the fulnefie of the Spirit to fanaifie , and preparehim, the meffageof an Angell to comfort him , the relation of a beloved Sow to refrefh him, thevoyce of his Father from heaven tellifying unto him that hee was heard in what hce feared, the affurance of an enfitingglerie and viaorie to encouragehim(none ofwhich (hail be allow- ed the wicked in hell whoChaff not onely bee the vef- fels ofhis vengeance , but which will bee as grievous as that , the everlaflingobjeas of his hatredand detefla- tion) which made I fay even the Sonne ofGodhimfelfe, notwithaanding all thefe abatements , to pray with ftrong Cries, and bloudy drops,and woefull confliasof foule againittheCupofhis Fathers wrath,and to fhrink and decline that very worke for whichonly hee came into the world ? Thirdly, topraife God for that great honour which bee bath conferred upon our nature in the fffh ofhis Sonne, which in him is anointed withmore grace and av lory and filled withmore vati and unmatcha- ble perfeaions than all the Angels in heaven are to- gether capable of; for though for a little while bee was made lower than the Angelsfor thepurpofe ofhis fuffe- ring , yet bee is now fat downeon the right handofthe Majefly onhigh, Angels, and Authorities, and Powers being made fubjeet unto him, Heb.3.6-9. iTet.; .22. Heb.I.4- 1 3. And for the infinite inere7which hee hath (hewed to our foules,bodies,andperfons in the facrifice ofhis Sonne ; in our reconciliation and favour with him, inthe juflification ofour perfons from the guilt of finne, in the fan&ification ofour nature from the corruption of finne , in the inheritance referved in heaven forus, in the E e 3- commu-
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