374 A Serman at the Funeral l1is life, and a _perfeCl: infhuCl:ion for ours. And this ·will appear if we .confider a little n1ore di!lincfly their importance. For one 111ay be faid to live to another in two re– fpecrs, r. When he 'is endued -with the (ame fpirit, and has the fame temper of 1nind, and leads the fan1e kind of life; and, 2. When his be.art and his 'life ·is wholly devoted to his--love and fen ice; when he loves hin1 a– bove all, and n1inds nothing n1orc than his intereff, .and employs .his life in ferv'ing his .defigns, and doing ·his \vi11. And :inboth re– (peCl:s, (which indeed .cannot be fcparated), – we n1ay confider the Apofih:::'s words, To tne to live is Chrifl, .or, C-hrifl: is tny life. I. Firfl, As he · was endued with the Spirit, and led the 'life of his bleifed _1naiter; Be ye fillrn_ver s of' me, faith ·he, e7Jen as I td.fo am of Chrijf. And indeed this is the great defign of Chriftianity, arid the trueft ,eharacrer of a Chriftian. AH our duty and ·all our happinefs confifts in t'he bdng like unto God, .and the living in that depend- - ence upon_, and fubjeCl:ion to hin1, that rea- , fonable creatures owe their alm'igh~y crea– tor. Now, feeing God dwelleth it-t that light which no man can approach unto, whom no ma1z hath flen nor can fee; therefore the only begotten-So1'1, which is ln the bofom . · , . of
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