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XXV111.1
A
LOVELY 'CARRIAGE,
See.
469
the form
of
a.
dove,
a
lovely
.and
gentle animal.
Thus the
blessed
Trinity
conspire'to
teach
us this
amiable
and
di--
vine
carriage.
IL
The
Son
of
God
incarnate
has
brought
a;-
lovely
pattern of
this
practice
nearer
to
us in his.w.hole
deport
meat
on
earth.
I
cannot part.
with
the
most graceful
example
of
our Lord
Jesus
Christ: with.
a.
slight
notice
He
came
into
this
world.
partly. with a design
to become
our pattern
in every
virtue,
and.inevery
grace.
Let
us
turn
our
eyes
towards
hini
in all
the.
circumstances
ana
behaviours
of
life,
.
and
he
will
ever appear,
as he
is
in
himself;
the chiefest
of.
ten thousands,
and altogether
lovely.
Let
us
take a
survey
of
him
under those
several
particulars,
in which
an
amiable carriage
has
been
described.
Is prudence a
lovely
virtue?
How perfectly
wise
was
the
conduct
of
our Lord
!
How carefully
did he
attend to
the
circumstances
Of
time
and
place, while he
dwelt
among mankind
!
How happily
did he suit
his
conversa-
tien
to
his
company
!
How
wisely
did he derive
his
di-
vine
discourses from the daily
occurrences
of
life
!
How
admirably
did
he'distribute
his
benefits according
to
the
various
necessities
of
men
!
so
that
the unprejudiced
world pronounced concerning
him,
He.has
done all
things
well." Shall
we be
rash and foolish,
fickle
and
imprudent, and
live
at
random
in
our
words
and
our
works, when
we
have
so divine
a
pattern of
prudence
-be=
fore
us in
the history
of
the
gospel
?
Is
moderation
another
lovely
character; and- a
peace=
maker an amiable title
?
Such was
our
blessed
Lord,
and
such
should
his
followers
be.
How glorious
a sight
is
it
to
behold
the,
Son
of God
coming down from heaven
to
be
a
mediator
betwixt
his
offended
Father
and
his
offend-
ing
creatures
!
to
reconcile
heaven
and
earth
together,
and
rather than
fail in this
attempt,
he gladly
exposed
himself
to
shame and death, and made
a cement
of
'ever=
lasting
friendship
betwixt.
God and
man with
his
own
blood. Shall we,. who
are
reconciled
by
such amazing
transactions,
quarrel
with
each other for
trifles,
and form
ourselves
into
parties
for
rage,
and strife, and hatred,
and yet profess the
name
of
the great reconciler
!
Are we
not commanded
to follow
peace
with all men, as far as
possible,
with the
security
of
our
holiness and peace with
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