Cor.4,7 I' Cor. ä 29.. Cor. 5. 9. oh.i.a4. The Fathers great Love, fled, and they are not afhamed thus tofhame themfelves,and to be as nothing in the eyes of themfelves and others , that fo the Lord alone may be lifted up and exalted in them. And whenGod appears thus in the poor dead Organ, then ufually Godworks in them, and by them: For,faith the Apoftle,We have this treafure in earthen vegels. God ufeth Organs and Inftruments, but there is no Efficiency in the Inftruments; for, notwithftanding all that I can fay and fpeak, ifthe eter- nal fenfe and mind of the fpirit be not at the back of it,and goe homewith it, it will bebut a parable, a Hillary, and a Paradox toyou.SaithChrift,toyou it isgiven to know the rnyfle- ries ofthe Kingdom. So then it is onely the immortal Word ofthe Lord that draws the foul, and it is thepower of eternity which works all, and it is frommercy and great condiícen.. fon (on his part) to Beak out thefe things by filchfraile In- flruments ; but it is fo, That noflefh mayglory in bis prefence : And that thepraife maybe ofGod, andnot of theVefrel, or ofman. And know farther, It is the Spirit of theFather,the fame Eternal power of the Father, even the fame that is God : for it is the fameGod, though the manifeflationsbe diverfe, and though therebe themanifeflations of the Father, and Son,and Holy Ghofl, yet they are One : for they are not Three, but One. The next thing I (hall explain,is,what is meant by Chrift; no man come U NTO MEE : By Mee, here is not meant the conning to thefie/1)1ypretence and body of Chrift : then muff we (withMary) feek him among the dead ; no, he is rifen, he if not here; it is not meant ofthe coming to Chrift in the Hitory, andNotion, and in the Letter : fo all men makingprofeffion are come to Chrift : the Text faith, God was in Chrift reconciling the worldunto himfelf : and the Text faith again, The word became flefh, anddwelt in us : what is it to come unto him ? Certainly then it is to come to the E MANUEL: hethatisGodwithus,orratherGodinus but faith theApofile, to thofe that are calledwe reach Chrift crucified: Chrift thepower ofGodand wifdom ofGod. So that tocome unto Chrift, is to come to thepower ofChrift in us,to have
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