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but the neceſſity of his Fathers decree, that drew 


forth this word, I thirſt, | 
If there be any Jew an eil you, EIA lire N 


of Johns unſeaſonable Diſciples, ſhall aſke, Art 
thou he, or ſhall we look fer another? he hath his 
| anſwer; Yee.men of Iſrael, why ſtand you gazing 
& gaping for another Meſſias? In this alone, all 
the Prophecies are hniſhed ; and of him alone, all 


was prophecied and was finiſhed. Pauls old rule 


Holds fill, To the Jewes a ſtumbling block; and that 
more ancient curſe of David, Let their able be made 


a ſnare And Stephens two brands ſtick {tilþ in the 
flelh of theſe wretched men: One in their neck, 


x fe recked ; the other in their heart, uncircume iſed,” 
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the one, Obſlinacie, the other, Unbelieſe: fliffe 


| necks indeed, that will not ſtoope and relent with 
the yoke of ſixteen hundred yeers judgement and 


 fervilitie ; uncircumciſed hearts, the filme of whoſe 


unbelie fe „old not be cut off with ſo infinite con- 


victiops. Oh mad and miſerable Nation! let 
them ſhewy us one prophecie that is not. fulklled, 
let them ſhew us one other in whom all the pro- 


phecies can be fulhlled, and we will mix pity with _ 


our hate: If they cannot, and yet reſiſt, their 


doome 18 paſt; T hoſe mine enemies, that would not 


have me to reigne over them, bring them hither, and 


lay them before ne. So let thine enemies periſh, 


O Lord. 

But what go 1 0 far ? Even amongſt us {to our 
habe) this riotous age hath bred a monſtrous 
generation (1 pray God I be not now in ſome of 


your boſomes, that heare me this day) com- 


pounded, much like-to the Turkiſh Teligion, of 
one part, Chriſtian; another, Jew; a. third; world- 
ling; a fourth, Atheiſt ; ; a Chriſtians face, a Jewes 


heart, a worldlings. life; and therefore Atheous | in 


5 the. whole ; 3 that acknowledge a God, and know 


bim not; that ploſoſſe: a Chriit, but doubt, of him ; | 
E 75 believe him not: The ſoole hath ſaid in his | 
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ſo many miraculous con- 


many glorious victories of truth, ſo many open 
conſeſſions of Angels, m men, devils, friends, ene- 


mies; ſuch conſpirations of heaven and earth, 
ſuch Gerl conteſtations of all ages and peo- | 
ple; there ſhould be leſt any ſparke of this damn- 


able infidelity in the falſe hearts of men. Behuld 


then, ye deſpiſers, and wonder, and vaniſh away: 
| Whom have all the Prophets foretold ? or what 
| Have the prophecies of ſo many hundreds, yea 


thouſands of yeers, foreſaid, that is not with this 


word finiſhed ? who could foretell theſe things, 
but the Spirit of God? who could accompliſh 
them, but the Sonne of God? He ſpake by the 
mouth of his holy Prophets, faith Zncharae : | 
| ſpoken, and he hath done; one true God in 


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both : none other ſpirit could foreſay theſe things | 
ſhould be done; none other power could doe 
theſe things, thus fore-ſhewed : this word there- 


fore can fit none but the mouth of God our 
Saviour, 1! is finiſhed. We know whom we have 
believed; Thou art the C hriſt the Sonne of the living 


| God. Let kim that loves not the Lord Jeſus be 
accurſed to che death. | 


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ſhall condemn ? It is Chriſt 
which is dead. I know how ready every man is 
to reach forth his hand to this dole of grace, and 
how angry to be beaten from this doore of metcy. 


We are all eaſily perſwaded to hope well, becauſe 
we love our ſelves well: which of all vs in this 
great congregation, takes exceptions to himſelf, 


& thinks, I know there is no want in my Saviour; 


there is want in me, He hath finiſhed, but I 


believe not, I repent not. Every preſumptuous 
& hard heart ſo catches at Chriſt, as if he had 


finiſht for all, as if he had broken downe the 


gates of hell, & looſed the bands of death, and 
hid made forgivenes as common as life : ſaith wiſe 


Solomon; Eaſe flaieth the fooliſh, and the proſperity | 


of fools deſtroyeih them ; yea, the confidence of pro- 


[perity. Thou fayeſt God is mercifull, thy Sa- 


viour bounteous, his paſſion abſolute: all theſe, 


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and yet thou mayeſt be condemned.  Mercifull, 
not unjuſt; bountifull, not laviſh; abſolutely 
ſufficient for all, not effectuall to all. 'Whatſoever 


| God is. what art thou? Here is the doubt: Thou 
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forſaken of his Father, that 


thou mighteſt be received for ever. 


Now bid thy ſoule return to her reſt, and 


enjoyn it Davids taſke : Praiſe the Lord O my foute x 
and, What ſhall I render to the Lord for all his 


benefits ? I will take the cup of ſalvalion, and call 
upcn the name of the Lord. And, as raviſht from 


thy ſelfe with the ſweet apprehenſion of his mercy, 


call all the other creatures to the fellowſhip of 


this joy with that divine Eſay : Rejoyce O yee hea» 
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. of the carth, burſt forth into praiſes yee mountains + 
' for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and will be glorified 
in Iſraci. And even now begin that heavenly 
Song. which ſhall never end with thoſe glorified 
Saints; Praiſe, and honor, and glory, and power, 
be to Him that futeth upon the T Om and to the 


| Land. for evermore. 


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united to them both; acknowledges, 
ſuſtaines them both. The ſoule in his agony 


| feels not the preſence of the God-head ; the body 
5 upon the Croſſe feeles not the preſence of the 
ſoule. Vet as the Fathers- of Chalcedon ſay truly, 


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of theſe, ſtill and ever, one and the ſame perſon. 
The Paſhon of Chriſt (as Auguſtine) was the ſleep 

of his Divinity: ſo I may ſay, The Death of 

Chriſt was the ſleep of his humanity, If he ſleep, 

he ſhall doe well, aid that Diſciple of Lazarus: 

Death was too weake to diſſolve the eternall bonds 

of this heavenly conjunction. Let not us Chriſ- 
tians goe too much by ſenſe; we may be firmely 
Enit 10 God, and not feele it: thou canſt not 


hope to be ſo neere thy God, as Chriſt was, 


united perſonally : thou canſt not feare, that God 
ſhould ſeeme more abſent from thee, than he did 
from his one Son: yet was he till one with both 

body and ſoule, when they were divided from 
themſelves; when he was abſent to ſenſe, he was 
preſent to faith; when abſent in viſion, yet in 


union one and the ſame: fo will he be to thy 
ſoule, when he is at worſt. He is thine, and thou 


art his: if thy hold ſeem looſened, his is not. 


When temptations will not let thee ſee him, he 


ſees thee and poſſeſſes thee; onely believe thou 
againſt ſenſe, above hope; and though he kill 
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him: and now in all the haſte thou be- 
queatheſt thy ſoule to him, On what acquaint- 
ance ? How deſperate is this careleſneſſe? If thou _ 
have but a little money. whether thou keep it. | 
thou layeſt it up in the Temple of truſt; or 
whether thou let it, thou art ſure of good 805 


- Alete ſound bonds. It but a little land: how 


carefully doeſt thou maks firme conveyances to 


8 thy deſired heires ? If goods, thy Will hath taken 


ſecure order, who ſhall enjoy them: We need 
not teach you Citizens to make ſure worke for 


your eftates. If children, thou diſpoſeſt of them ” 


in trades, with portions : onely of the ſoule Which 
is thy ſelfe) thou knoweſt not what ſhall become. 
The world muſt have it no more; thy ſelf wouldeſt 
keep it, but thou knoweſt thou canſt not: Satan 
would have it, and thou knowelt not whether he 
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ſhall: thou wouldſt have God have it, and thou 
knoweſt not whether he will: yea, thy heart is 


now ready with Pharoah to ſay, Who is the Lord? - 
O the fearefull and miſerable eſtate