God/inef fe d great Myfierie. bath feene greater matters then thofe ; fo it is withawile Chriftián; Doe you thinkebee will ftandwondering at great and rich men, at great Places and Honours , and .filch things ? (_indeed, heknowes how to give thatrefpeá. that is due) alas, he hall had greater matters,in'the eyeof his foule, and hath what is great in this world, tohim, to whom the worldit felfe is not great. What is great in this world tohim ,..to whom Chrift isgreats to whom, Heaven and the My fteriesof Religion aregreat r AIl thingselfe are little to him, towhom thefe things are great. Chrift tokc up his I ifciples,when they fayd ; oh, Mailer, ghat kind o f ffones are here? Hereare goodly ,{f ones and buildings indeed. Oh, fayth Chrift, Are thefe the things you wonder at ? .1 tell Sou, that not one ffonefhall be left upon another. So it is the nature of fhallow men, to wonder at the thingsofthis world, to be taken with emp- tie vaine things : Are thefe the th:ngs we wonder at ? Ifwe would wonder, let us come to Reli- gion ; there we havehim , n-hnfe Name is wonder. full: Chrifts Name is wonderfull, becaufeall is wonderfull in Chrift. He is wonderfull in his Perfon, in his Offices, in the managing of them ; to bring us to life, bydeath ; to glory, by fhame: He is wonderfull inhis government of his Church ; ro governe by aflii6tions ; by conformingus to himfelfe, to bring us to glo- rie ; to perfe& his werke, ie abafement ; to bring it low that hemay ray fe it after. There are wonders every way in Chrift; not onely in E him- 4t Efay9, 6.
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