Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…

each morning, each prayer, each meditation, each self examination, shouldst thou fetch new, fresh, clear, particular causes, occasions, matters of humiliation: as thus; lo there the evenness, gravity, graciousness, uniformity, holiness, spiritualities, divineness, heavenliness of Jesus Christ; lo there the fragrant zeal, dear love, tender pity, constant industry, unwearied pains, patience, admirable self-denial, contempt of the world in Jesus Christ; lo there those many, yea continual devout, divine breathings of soul after God his Fathers glory, after the spiritual and immortal good of the precious souls of his redeemed ones; Oh all the admirable meekness, mercifulness, clemency, charity, with all other excellent temperance, rare composure, wonderful order of his blessed soul! O the sweet expressions, gracious conversation! O the glorious shine, blessed lustre of his divine Soul! Oh the sweet countenance, sacred discourse, ravishing demeanour, winning deportment of Jesus Christ! and now I reflect upon my self, on alas! Oh the total, wide, vast, utter difference, distance, disproportion of mine there from! I should punctually answer, perfectly resemble accurately imitate, exactly conform to this life of Christ; but ah my unevenness, lightness, vanity! Ah my rudeness, grossness, deformity, odiousness, slightness, contemptibleness, execrableness! Ah my sensuality, brutishness, devilishness! how clearly are these, and all other my enormities discovered, discerned, made evident, and plain by the blessed and holy life of Jesus? so true is that rule, Contraria juxta see posita magis elucescunt.

each morning, each prayer, each meditation, each self examination, shouldst thou fetch new, fresh, clear, particular causes, occasions, matters of humiliation: as thus; loe there the evenness, gravity, graciousness, uniformity, holiness, spiritualities, divineness, heavenliness of Jesus Christ; loe there the fragrant zeal, dear love, tender pity, constant industry, unwearied pains, patience, admirable self-denial, contempt of the world in Jesus Christ; loe there those many, yea continual devout, divine breathings of soul after God his Fathers glory, after the spiritual and immortal good of the precious souls of his redeemed ones; Oh all the admirable meekness, mercifulness, clemency, charity, with all other excellent temperance, rare composure, wonderful order of his blessed soul! O the sweet expressions, gracious conversation! O the glorious shine, blessed lustre of his divine Soul! Oh the sweet countenance, sacred discourse, ravishing demeanour, winning deportment of Jesus Christ! and now I reflect upon my self, on alas! Oh the total, wide, vast, utter difference, distance, disproportion of mine there from! I should punctually answer, perfectly resemble accurately imitate, exactly conform to this life of Christ; but ah my unevenness, lightness, vanity! Ah my rudeness, grossness, deformity, odiousness, sleightness, contemptibleness, execrableness! Ah my sensuality, brutishness, devilishness! how clearly are these, and all other my enormities discovered, discerned, made evident, and plain by the blessed and holy life of Jesus? so true is that rule, Contraria juxta se posita magis elucescunt.