Of the 1\1i.nijl~rial F11nclion. 337 infe,jeHi, prophetce, faith St. Greg. Naz. " At this both the law and the prophets – did aim." Hue ,exinanita Deitas; buc aj:. ztmvta caro; hue nova ilia rnixtio. " To - -1. " this purpofe , did the Deity empty itfelf, " and was clothed with the human nature; ·' to this purpofe was that fhange and won- " dcrful conjunction, God and n1an un~t- " ed together: " I-litherto did all the ac– tions and all the fufferings of our hldfed Saviour ain1; f-or this he was born, and for this he did die. And fhall we undervalue the price -of his blood, or think i~ a fn1all n1~tter to have the c'harge of thofe for whon1 it was ihcd? It is the churchof God we n1uf1 overfee and feed; that church for which the worlB is 11phcld;, which is fanctificd by the -Holy Ghoft, on wh~~h d1e angels themfelves do attend. What a weighty charge is this we have undertaken-J " Who is jitjficient for theje things? ·.. That thefe m-atters n1ay yet take the deeper imprdllon on our 'hearts, let us far– ther confider the dreadful confequcnces of ·n1ifcardage in the difcharge of the n1inifie– rial function; and we ihall find that it re– fleas a great deal of difhonour on _the di– vine Majefly, and on our bldTcd Saviour; that it cloth very mucl1' hazard the fouls of · F f our ..
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