The happiness of the church, or, A description of those spiritual prerogatives wherewith Christ…The happines of the church, or, A description of those spirituall prerogatiues vvherewith Christ…

We come to the Action, Dedit. Giving is the argument of a free disposition. Joh. 10. ^aI Lay down my life. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of my self. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. He that gives life to us, gave up his own life for us. He did not sell, set, let, or lend, but give. Oblatus est, quia ipse voluit. He was offered, because he would be offered. No hand could cut that stone from the quarry of heaven: no violence pull him from the bosom ⟨p. 168⟩of his Father; but Sua misericordia, his own mercy: he gave. ^bHe cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. He comes with willingness and celerity: no humane resistance could hinder him; not the hillocks of our lesser infirmities, not the mountains of our grosser iniquities, could stay his merciful pace towards us.

We come to the Action, Dedit. Giuing is the argument of a free disposition. Ioh. 10. ^aI Lay downe my life. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it downe of my selfe. I haue power to lay it downe, and I haue power to take it againe. He that giues life to vs, gaue vp his owne life for vs. Hee did not sell, set, let, or lend, but giue. Oblatus est, quia ipse voluit. He was offered, because he would be offered. No hand could cut that stone from the quarrey of heauen: no violence pull him from the bosome