443 CH at r. 5. .?# Bxpofstion vpon the frfi VaR.9, i o. tion to the exceeding.loue of God.. Had he ordained ali men and Angels to lite, euen fo his mercic had becne ex- ceeding great to the formes of Adam. But fee the fpeci- altie of his loue, and the priuiledge het hat, giuen vs in his fauour. Millions ofmen and women he bath ordai- ned to deftruffion, whole flare in Nature was no more miferablethantours ; whole ftrength in Nature was as great as ours,to exempt them from condemuation;whofe hues no more abominable than ours whole care to bee reconciled, no lette chan ours ; rill God was pleafed in mercy to prcuent vs. How fliould this fweeten thetauor ofGod to vs in this !rcfpeíl, and euen rauifh vs with ad- miration of his loue ? And !fee may oblerue, theLord in Scripture loues to amplifie his loueby rhis circumf$ance, He e a f fumed net, 'Angels, b,nt the feed of Ar-ti Et. A H A M. Was not E S A v, LAC o B s brother ? f yet I lowed I A- c o n, and hated E s A V. Whore Soule, that bath tatted of this mercy of God, can exprefle the meafure of it, and faints nor rather in admiratió of it? Hach God in his loue preferred me.before Angels, before fo many thoufandsof i. men and wonacn;many of them more noble, wife, weal- thy, perhaps more ciuill, and kcpt from many abomina- tions wherin I liued ?Did hefïngletne out from the com- mon maire of Mankind, to make a veffell of Honour pre- pared tozlory? Oh the vnfearchabledepthofhis loue to my Souk! How patreth it knowledge ? How impofiîble is the comprehention of it ? What meafute of t hankfulnes and obedience can 1 thinke fuff cienc, for fo rich grace and vnfpeakable loue vouchfafed me fo freely in lefus Chrift ? Obier. Followeththe meanes refolued on, for execution of this Decree touchingpur faluation, By le /us Chrifi. By Chri fl t hen,and him alone falwation i, determined to beegi- gen vs.Him bath eggod the Fatherfealed."No other Name gitsen under Heauen,wherby we can be fatted.: Him God 1 bath propounded to be the Propitiation. 1f e Heb. 1.1 6. t Mat t. a, 3. . bAfì.4.ta. 8 loh. 6. '27. I Awn. 3.24.
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