--~----~~~~~----~-- - Thechiefofl eften thoufand. I ~41 ,, (et my King upon Zicn, God t-l;e-Father the~e 1 1 • SER.XV. anoints Chrifi King of the Church : To what L-f.~l.~. end~ That wejhould kiJe theSonne,kiffe him \virh J;"bat it iJto the kiffe of fubjeCtion ( JS S w6jelh doe their ,,;ffe the son. Prince ) with the kitfe of lovt, .as theSpct~fo dotb her HmbaruJ,andwiththekiffi offizith. But what if we doefiot kiffehim, and fubjeet ourfdvesto ' him,love him and belitve in him. Ifhis wrath be once kmdled, h4ppy llre 11/l thoft that truJi in hime He is a Lambe, but fuch a one as can be angry,as Rev.6. It is faid, The Ki»gs ttndgrtat perfD1JS ~1 ihe world fly from the rvrttthoftbt Lambe; He that is fo fwee-r, mild and gentle, if we joyne with \ him, on the contrary, if we come not Unto him, we !hall find the wrathofthe Lsmbe a remble wrath , which the gre-1tdl: Potentates in the world {hall dd1re to be hid from. Jf.his wr~tthiJe 01J&t kindted 1 hl~ffld are aUthofo that trufl in him, and woe be to them that doe not receive him, For us rhat profdfeour felves to .be inCatril, . and tobe joyned to him that is thus excellent, let ( us'maltethisufe, to mAke himthert~leofcurchoice I i.n atherth;ngs.Jn the choift ~f friends chufefoch M Iare .friends to Chrijl, take heed offociety with \I-dolaters, or with prophane wretched pc:rfons. l Ifyou will he joyned to Chrifi, ·and profeffe I your felves tobe fo,then let us Joyne to none but 'Vfo2 . Por rbo(e ~ho are inCbrifl tro ~a~e him th£ rule ~/ their doift in_ot*.er tbirt!:f. ll'l Friet~ilft;ip . \ thofethat we canenjoy and Chrifl: too : So in mttrriage let the rule of choice be, the love of 1 " MarritJge. 1 Chrifi ; and likewife let rhe meafure of our reI fpecho all thingsbe, therefpeet to Chrift, let us ~ meafure our ·love to wife af!d chi1dr-tn, to kin· l _ . ~ Z 4 dred, 1
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