i - -. - --- ·------- \ 31.8 -( ·_A,IJ BelofTJedis-white,&c.l ISsR.XlV. lindfe, and yet tUJ;onderfolt wcaknejfe, there- is · God, thegreat God, andapiectofearth, of flefh in one perfon,4 Uoudy pierced,and"gloriotu Jhining hody ,humtlity andglory : Iuftice, wonderfull ju– fiice, and yet exceeding love and mercy; Iu!Hce to his enemies,Mercy to his Children. 0/Jferv. Chrift is 11 moft hettutifollPer(on. · Jnwbat regarJ j Not as God only but as man, the Mediator ~hrif! ;~ moO God and man; th" Perfon of the Mediator is a eaurt u • beautifull Perfon; as Pfol·45• there is anotable defcription of Chrift, and of his Church, Tkou ttrt foirer then the children of men, grace is powred intbthy lips,&c .. That the loveBut the lovelineffe and beauty ofChrift is efjtci- ' li,Jes an~ beauty 11llyJPirituall,in regard ofthe graces ofhis Spirir. 1 of Cbrift mujl A d f. d r , f b fPi itually e orme · penon, man ot woman, o a 1 ,:nfid~reJ. homely compled:ion and confiituiion, yet not- \ withftandiog when we difcerne them by their converfation to be very wife,and ofa lovely and · fweet fpirie, very able, and withall wondrous willing to impart their abiliries,being wondrous ufc:full , what a world of love doth it breed, though wee fee in their outward man nothing lovely, The confideration ofwhatfofjiciency is inChrill,wifedeme,poJver, goodnej'tt al?d love~ that made him come from Heaven to Earth, to take our nature opon him, to marryus a~d joyne our natures to his (that he might joyne us tohim in fpirituall bonds) the cof.lfideration ofhis meek. neffe and gentlenefl'e, how he never turntd any Mat.lgZz.. JJ" I' 11... Id k backe againe that came to ltm, wou ma eu~ highly prize him : Indeed fome went backeo~i .. ilie~
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