94 The Life of GOD Met~inks, this cloth fome way adumbrate God's method of dealings with men. He had long contended with a fl:ubborn world, and thrown down many a bleffing upon thetn; and when all his other gifts could not prevail, he at lafl: n1ade a gift of himfdf, to teftify his aflecrion, and engage theirs. The account which we have of our Savi– oqr's life in the gofpel, cloth all along prefent us with the ·hiflory of his love; all the pains that .he took, ,and the troubles _that he endured, were the wonderful ef– fects, and uncontroulable evidences of h. But 0 that laft, that diii11al fcene! Is it poffible to remember it, and queflion his kindnefs, or deny him ours? Here, here . it is (my dear fri end) that we ihould fix our moft ferious and folemn thoughts; That Chrifl may dwell in our hearts ~y fa ith ; that ·we being rooted and grou nded in love, may be ab le to comprehend with all .faints, what is the breadth, and t'eiZ{{th, and depth, and heighth, and to k1zow the love of Chrtft, which pa.f[eth knowledE,e, that 'We may be jitfed w ith all the .fu 'nefi o.f Sod*· We ought alfo frequently to refleCl: on thofe particular tokens of favour and love which God hath befl:owed on ourfelves ; how long he hath borne with our follie~ 6l.UQ .
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