NAME OF THE LORD. 253 mould have been written at all, but for the Purpofe of difplaying Man's Redemption ; and, therefore, if their principal Scope had not been to exhibit the Redeemer, they would have been either impertinent Fables or idle Curiofities. They might have amufed us, like the Wri- tings of the Literati; but they could never have made us happy, or wife unto Salvation. Thereare loch Riches for thee, O Believer, in this and other Declarations of thy precious Immanuel, as are innumerable and full of Glory. How great is the Sum of them? They are more than Words or Numbers can exprefs. They are altogether infinite. The Riches of this World, in their largeft Share, are loon counted ; and, when we have counted them, muff loon be loft. It will in a fhort Timebe of very little Confequence, whe- ther our Station in this Life has been confpicuous or mean, and whether our Circumftances below have been affluent or penurious. If Horace, an Heathen, could compare the Differences of Fortune to the failing through Life only in a larger or a fmaller Veßêl ;* why lhould the Chriftian be anxious about the Gilding of his Boat, or the Beauty of its Form ? The Haven fhould be molt in his Eye. Cicero Pays, that many of the Ancients, meaning the Heathens, could look down with Contempt upon worldly Advantages, and worldly Joys. t They faw them to be poor, and perifhing. But the Riches, the unfearchable Riches, of Chrf, are as infinite in their Duration, as in their Multitude and Value. Polfeffng, thefe, the poor Man may fmile in Pity upon a thoufand glittering Toys, which only Thine without, and are no- thing but Rottennefs within. By the Enjoyment of thefe, he will ceafe to envy him, whole Way feems to profper upon Earth, knowing how foon it muff end in Vapor, and be had nomore in Remembrance. And in- deed, almoft without this better and more enduring Sub- * ego utroen Naveferar magna, anparvâ,ferar onus et idem. j De j o. don. et mal. I. v. §. 73. klom. Epft. 1. ii. e. z. fiance,
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