· He is altogether lo~e{y. 375 f to thofe that were in miftry, we cannot infifr- SBa.XVIll upon particulars. , . There is a remarkable paffage in the fl:ory of Alphon f tu the King(net very we}I liked offome) when he faw a poore m~m pullmg of hts beaft out ofa ditch he put to his hand ro help him, af– ter which)as it is recorded, his fubjedsever le– ved him the better, it was a wonderfull condef– cending, and is it not as wonderfuJl that the King of Heaven and Earth lhould fl:oop fo low as to help us poore'Wormes out of the ditch of hell and damnation, and that when he bath fer us ina fiare of deliverance, be fhould notleave us there, but advance us to fucha fbteand <::ondid– on as is above our admiration, which neither heart can conceive, nor tongue expre1fe, is not this wonderfull condefcending. . That we may further improve this point, Is Vfo I. eh · l1. 1 ._ 1 1 fc 1 1 d fc ! That Chrift u 1'111: a togeta.1er ove y, o ove yto us, an o focb a MeJia· beloved-ofGod the Father -: Let us then reft m tU can quit upon his obedience and righteoufne1fe , build hu office. upon it t ~Jat God cannot refu{e th8t righteoufntffe, whofe fubjcd: is altogether lovely. Let us come clothed in the garments of our elder bro.. ther, and thendoubtnotofacceptance ; for it is ,in Chrifi that he loves us,in this welfleloverl s onne it is that God is well pleafed with us : If we put o~ Chrifts Righteoufnetfe, wee p1:1t on Gods Rtghteoufnelfe, and thetl how can God hate us, n.o mor~ then behat~s his owne Sonne ; nay he loves us, and thatwnh the fame love wherewith he loves him, for he loves whole Chrifl: my1H- !Iohn 1 1 • 1 J. B b 4 call,·
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