SER. 2. I Triumph of Faith 26) To !hake and put on Work ail Creatures in Heaven and Earth, for the fa ving ot o~e poor M~n, P(. xviii. lts when the fick Child cneth for pam, ail the Sons and Servants, yea, the Father of the Houfe and Mother, are fet on Work, and put to · Bufinds for his Health. Hence when '7Javid prayed, Pj~ xviii. v. 6, 7, The Earth jhook, the Fottf{dationsof the Hills were moved, /or the L ord was w roth,finoak and f iery eoats went out rf his Mouth, he bowed the Heavens and came down, he rode upon a Cberub, and dirJ fly upon t he Wings of the Wind. So it did put the. Lcrd , to divide the Read-Sea, to break the Prifon Doors and Iron Chains to deliver Peter, Paut and Sitas. 5. It atleth . fo upon God, that it putteth the Crown upon Chrift's Head, and hightneth . the Foorftool of his Throne ; fo much doth that Prayer ('Ihy Kingdom come) hold forth, and that laft Prayer of the Church, Re·v. xxii. which the Spirit and the :Bride uttereth ; Even fo come Lord J'ufus, is a hafl:ning_ of that glorious Marri ...~ geday, when the :Bride, the Lmnbs J;Vije, fhaU be married on Jefus Chrifl:, and a ripening of the Glory of God,_ and of Chrift the King' and head Myihcal of his Body the Church. The Glory of infinite J uftice, and fa ving Grace in the Redemption ofMen, is like a fai~ Rofe, but incloied within 'tis green Leaves in this Life: But when Chrift fh~lfappear, this Rofe fhall be opened and , caft out m breadth its fair and beautiful Leaves to be feen and finelleq openly by Men and An~ gels. In very deed, this Prayer (Even fo~ come Lord J"efus) is ~un~m?ns fur the 1aft Judgment', for the-full Mamfeitauon of the hjgheft Glory of 'Chrift
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