StiR ~o Triumph of Faith~ · 2 .~7 .ll{ountain that filled the czvhote Eanh ; yea, and the Heaven too : Chrift is a growing Child : In Chrift's lower Firmament; ther~ be \ Stars of the firft and fecond Magnitude -: And in his Houie, Vejfets of great and of/matt c~~uantity, Cups and Flagons, Ha. xxii. 24. yet alf are faftned upon the Golden-Nail, Jefus Ch_rift. 2. All are in the Way, tne Plants all growmg, but one is a grain of Muftard Seed, and a Roie not broken out to the Flower, and another is a great Tree: 'Tis Morning, and but. the Glimmering of the Rayes of the Day-ftar in one, and 'tis high Sun, perfect Day, near the Noon-Day with an.other: Strong Father Abraham, mighty in believing, was once a Babe of the Breafts, that could ne'ither creep, nor ftand, nor walk. The lnve of Chrift in its firft rife, is a drop of Dew tha t came out ofthe Womb of the Morning, the \Mother in one Night brought forth an Hofl, and innumerable Millions of fuch . Babes, and covered the Face of the Earth with them. But this drop of Dew groweth ' to a' Sea nhat fwelleth up above Hell and the Grave, Cant. viii. 6, 1· It .is more t han all the Floods and Seas of the Earth, ancl £oa teth up to the Heaven of Heavens, and up, and in, i t muft be ,upon Chrift, I Pet. i. 8. re foe not Cbrijt, yet ye lo·ve him. It overfloweth Chrift, and taketh him, and ravijheth his Heart: It is a ftmng Chain that bindeth Chrift, wben the Grave, Sin, .Death, Devils, could not bind him, Cant. iv. 9· AB ii. 24. 3· (:hrift's way ?,f Adminif:tration, is a gro:vingWay,his Kingdom ts not a fittt~g, nor~ ftandmg not a fleepingKingdom: But ' 'tts_walkmg, a1_1d pofl:ing. 'if:y Klng domcome. An mcrea.fingKmgdom,a growmg Peace, R Jj .
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