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y Cliri{t, whoſe the Church is by right of Redemption, - and by ts havin; piven up its {e]f ro him, 2 Coz, $, 5. Reis rhe Bridegroom ef it, Mar. 22. 3. 2 Cir. 11. s Eph. 5. 23, 25, 26. Ec. AS his Father wasthe Huang of the Jewith Church; it belongerh to aim in oe La%S5 T0 it. and to order Matters and Afffirs in ft, / I am but $0” who 15 the Friend of the Bridegrooin, one of the Children of the Bo :de-chamber, Mate 9. 15. ani} hive by my Preaching PrepP3- ind the People of the Fears for him 4; and inſtead of being troubled *v hear that Le is come, I rejoyce greatly to hear his Voice. $0 fur 1m 1 {om repining to hear that Muitirndes go ro him, that my joy
©4177, Ghitis) 1 have no greater Satisfaction than to hear 1t.
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In Honoar and Dignity, and Reputaticn in the World ; he 1s theR:ing-fin {ro zive you notice of which, ] was but as rhe Morning itar } he mn't Shine every day more and more. w God hath 11- dc=d ved me as a Prophet, yea more than a Prophet, not to forete] Ck-++ alone, bur 10 potyr him to you, I have hay my rime,and fintſh- ed my Courſe. and God hath giver me a Repucarion proportioned ro tlie Work he g2ve me to do, aid tothe tine 1 which I vas to work ; bn I mutt every day decay, and grow leſs, and leſs as Chrilt increaf eth, and growerh more and more.
*Ci.p 11 31 He that cometh from above ?, 1s above: all x: 15. 7 hetharis of the earth, is earthly, and ſpeakerh of the WP 7 - ws f, . .
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+ fi- that cometh from H:aven;{for it appeareth by the latter part of the Verſe, that is rhe ſenſe of from above) as Chriit did, not on- Iy inrefpe< of lis D:yine Nature, bur being (as rohis whole Perſon, Clonked with Majeity, and Authority from above, 1ntinitely excel- I: anv one whois a meer Creature y,; he that is of an earthly Oci- ina. fpcakerh of the Earth. Such as is a mans original, ſuch is his ane, fuch is lis Ciſcourfe, Tho be icnt of God, as Ch. 1. 6 2d m7 Papuſa be from Heaven ; (fo our Saviour himſelf reſtifieth, Aath. £1.25. ) yermy Original 15 of the Earth, and my Relations an] Egorefions arc futtable ro a meer Man: Bur he that 1s from; jleaven excels ali, as in the Dignity of Its Perſon, fo in the Subli mn: of bis Knowledge.
2+ And what he hath ſeen and heard, that he teſti- f:r1%2, and no man receiveth his teftimony s.
> Another great difterence which the B.p:73t teacherh his Diſci- ples to put hetwisr his Teltimony and Chrilt's, 1s, that he and fo all other Minitters of the Goſpel, reſtifie by Reve/atzon; Chrilt reſtifieti not by Revelation, but from his own Perſonal Knowledge, what him felf hath {cen and heard from his Farher, ſec Verſe 11. where our Saviour had ſpoken to Nicodemus much the ſame. So Fohr1. 18. and &. 24, and15. 15. By theſe two terms is fiznified the moſt certain
. Chap, I 25 * The Father loveth the Son, and hath given ajj "he Heb, 2,
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?leaven; NO Authority over his Sons : : * ] ana Earth. Math. 28. 1%, to give eternal life to as many the Ez. EY Þ. >< 28% Ye your felves bear me witneſs, that 1 ſaid, ther had given him. John 17. 2. The keys of Hell and of Beat! Rey #'Az1 2 Io [ | þa 0
1 + E: i oy his T:ftrmony, and to believe in him. . ry > 1 meat to you thathire my Difciitts, Did not 1 always plainly | , 36 He that belteverh on the Son &, hath everlaſting *Hihky tell you. thar | was nor the Carilt *-It belongetn unto Chritt alone htc 5 and he that believeth not the Son h, ſhal] not ſpe + "1! oa hot the Head of the Church, to fend ont ſuch as tha!l labour 1 It, |1jf>; bur the wrath of God abideth on bim &. How Lo veiiram thoſe that Jabour in it 5; world you have me filence Or | ppl eh hearing the propoſition of the Goſpel, fo avreeth ts ; : ere bin? 1 old you, that 1 was but onv of his Miniſters q, ent; Him his Heart be receiverh him as his Saviour, and wuleth ang | botorg Dun to prepare lis way, Foie ls 20, 23- hopeth in him, harh everiaſiing life; that is, a certain and ſt : >» Ho thathach the biide, is the bridergoom ; bur |Fjtjc toir, nay in the firſt Fruits ; being actually delivered from , EET 3 IN " irfond Gi che OVUegi com r which \tandeth, and demnation, ro which, without Faith, he 1s expoſed, om. $. 4 { ok careth bm, rcoycerh greatly becaule of the bride- 44 OT m_ a win Life, _ Þ <P mg Chrilt in C *ranms voice /: This my joy; therefore is fulfilled 7. | Wm, mt 7% rope of Tangs wo OOO Oo! WAH, be (al h
molt certainly come /. Bur he rhar receiverh not the Goſpel. puh. lift.cd by him who is the San of God, and doth nor embrace him, ,c | his Sa viour, and yield Obedience to him, fhal! not be ſaved. The WM. xord here tranſlated, be!/reveri not, 1s, &nmi0ay, Which often ſigni fteth; one that is nor not obedient : Bur 2s 3 the command of Gy; that men ſould believe on by ſon, 1 John 3-23. The commangygy; i
doth not only reſpect Love. bur Fazth in the brit place ; for Ey;j
and infallible Knowledge of thoſe rhings which he teſtified, which ma.'e them worthy of all accepration : a But yer very few received his Teftinony, fo as to believe 1n 1t, fee Foh. 1. 11. and ver. 11. of tins Chaprer.
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