My Sifler~mJ Spoujc. tellmy .Brethren;this was after his refurrc:tiion,his 5 ER M. 11. advancement did not change his difpofition. Go tell my brethren that left me fo unkindly;go tell Peter that was moft unkind of al1, and moll: call: downe with thefenfe ofit. He becameour Bro- .therby Incarnation : For, all our union is from the firft union of two natures in · one perfon. I ChriA: became /lone ojoNr !Jone,4ndJlefbofourj!ej1J; tomake us fpiritually bone ofhis bone, and fiefh of his flefl1. Therfore,let m labour to be likt tohim, who for It: 1·7 · 1 .oi · th~tpurpofe he came like to us, I mmanuell, God ~ Pet. 1 ·i· with us,that we might be like him, andp4rtttkeof the divine Nature. Whom fl1ould we rather de· fire to be like then one fo greac,fo gra,ious,fo lo· . ving~ · Againe, Chrift wtt~ not apMmtdto&ttll us Bre· · thrm, nor abhorred the rirginswtJmhe, tobe fuut I t~p in thofe darke eels and fl:raits; but tooke our ; bafe nature,when it was attheworfi,and noton- / 1 lyour nature, but our miferable condition and curfedue unto us. Was not he afhamed ofus,and {ball we beafiumed to owne him and his caufe~ I Againft this Cowardife it is a thunderbolt , !which our Saviour Chrift pronounceth: He that Mlrk,~..J8. ~is ttjhamedofme hefore men,him will! he ~tfhamedof lbeforemy Father,and all theholy ArJgels. ~t argues 1 1 abafe difpofition, either for frowne orfavo. ur to defert agood caufe in evill times. Againe, It is a point ofcomfort to know thttt we , I . l ( I 1ha.ve aBrother, 1vho is afavourite in Heaven, who j tho-~~~ he abafed himfel fe for us, is yet ~~e~ . J - ' - · . - -- - - --- - -
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