Brazen Serpent) z type ofCñrifi. them, but not killthem: So thebeleever looking to the true BrazenSerpent, may triumph over the old Serpent, and all the ferpentine f eed : and f ay as the Apofîle teach- eth, i . Cor. r 5.55. Oh f nne where is thyfling? oh hell where is thy viElory t Nay, Thank! bee to God, who bath given of vitisry byour Lord Iefies Chrif . Great was the power of he Ifraelites looking upon that ferpent ; for when the Eery ferpents were prefent, it made them powerleffe, andnot hurtful/. Greater is the powerof faith in the Lord jefus; which though our firmes in themfelves are molt venemousand poifonfull Rings, and fuch as wee cannot be ridof them ; yet it foblunts them, and makes them lo powerleffe, that they kill us not : Nay that they hurt us not : naymore, that they helpe us, and make us better ; more humble, more wife, mere watchful /. Thus our good God ( whoout of themoll infinite curie ofChrift his Sonneon the Croíl'e brought forth to us the aloft infinite bleffing which fills heaven andearth) dothout of our curled finnes bring forth his owne glory, joyned withour greateft good. For which,as for all other hisunfpeakable mercies untous,be praife given in all Churches, and from henceforth to all eter- nities. Amen,
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