He is altogether lo"Ve{y. 3~ lt men ; but thofe that had the fight of their SER.XV1I finnnes with .fpirituall eyes, they eould otherwife judge of Chrifi. The poore centurion, faw an excellency in him, when he faid, Hec wtt~ not worthy th4t hee Jhortld c~me under his roofe. The poore thcefe faw the excellency of Chrifi upon the Crcffe in thofe t~rments, Lord/ remember me when tho# commefl tnto thy Kingdome. So thofe foule_s that were enlightened, that had the fight of their mifery, and the fight of Gods love in Chrifi, had a high ell:eerne of Chrift in his gr~atefl: abafement ; therefore if we have a meane ell:eeme of the children of God 2s contemptible perfom, and of the Or~· dinances of' God as meane things, and of the government of Chtill: (fuch as· he bath lefdn his word) as bafe, it is an argument ofa finfull , unworthy 'difpofition in fuch a foule, Chrifi bath never been effefulally by his Spirit ; for · every thing in him is lovely, even the bitterefi thing of all. There is a maJefiy and exce!Ien· cy in all things of Chrift, the cenfures of the Church are excellent, when they proceed and iifue fonh with judgemenr, .asthey fhoul'd doe, to deliver fuch a man over to Satan,-that hee may be faved in theday of theLord. . Now if the Ordinances of Chrift; the Word and Sacraments , and the fhtltting !inners .out of the Church, if thefe things be vilified as powerldie things, it fhewes a degenerate wic– ked heart, not · acquainted with the- wayes of God. , ' .
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