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Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…
Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of Jesus as carrying on the great work of mans salvation from first to last / by Isaac Ambrose ...
London: printed for Richard Chiswel, 1680
Book 2 › Chapter 2 › Section 9: On conforming to Jesus in that Respect.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
SECT. IX. On conforming to Jesus in that Respect.
2. WE must Conform to Jesus: we must fix our Eyes on Jesus for our Imitation, that also is the meaning of this looking in the Text. And in respect of our Predestination the Apostle speaks expressly,1 he did Predestinate us to be conformed to the Image of his Son: This is one end of Predestination, and this is one end of looking unto Jesus, nay it is included in it. A very look on Jesus hath a Power in it to conform us to the Image of Jesus.2 We are changed by beholding, saith the Apostle: Oh when I see Gods love in Christ to me even from all Eternity, how should this but stir up my Soul to be like Jesus Christ? where there is a dependence, there is a desire to be like even among men; how much more considering my dependence on God in Christ, should I desire to be like Christ in disposition? all the question is, what is this Image of Christ, to which we must be conformed? I Answer, Holiness and Happiness: but because the latter is our reward, and the former is our duty, therefore look to that.
2. WE must Conform to Jesus: we must fix our Eyes on Jesus for our Imitation, that also is the meaning of this looking in the Text. And in respect of our Predestination the Apostle speaks expresly,1 he did Predestinate us to be conformed to the Image of his Son: This is one end of Predestination, and this is one end of looking unto Jesus, nay it is included in it. A very look on Jesus hath a Power in it to conform us to the Image of Jesus.