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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 3 › Chapter 2 › Section 3: Of Desiring 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.
4. Desire after Jesus, the great business, or the all in all in a Covenant of Grace: the most proper object of desire, especially to man fallen, is Jesus Christ: hence it is that a poor sinner under the sense of sin, cries out with the vehemency of desire, Christ, and none but Christ; give me Christ or I dye, I am undone, I am lost for ever. But what is Christ or Jesus to a Covenant of grace?1 I answer, he is the great business, he is the all in all. Christ hath at least a Six-fold relation to the Covenant of grace. 1. As he is more than a creature, he is the Covenant himself. 2. As he deals betwixt parties, he is the messenger of the covenant. 3. As he saw, and heard, and testifieth all, he is the witness of the covenant. 4. As he undertaketh for the parties at variance, he is the surety of the covenant. 5. As he standeth between the contrary parties, he is the Mediator of the covenant. 6. As he signifieth the covenant, and closeth all the Articles, he is the Testator of the covenant. Oh here is abundance of fuel for thy desire to work upon. 1. Consider the fuel, and then set on the flame thy desire,
4. Desire after Jesus, the great business, or the all in all in a Covenant of Grace: the most proper object of desire, especia•ly to man fallen, is Jesus Christ: hence it is that a poor sinner under the sense of sin, cryes out with the vehemency of desire, Christ, and none but Christ; give me Christ or I dye, I am undone, I am lost for ever. But what is Christ or Jesus to a Covenant of grace?1 I answer, he is the great business, he is the all in all. Christ hath at least a Six-fold relation to the Covenant of grace. 1. As he is more than a creature, he is the Covenant himself. 2. As he deals betwixt parties, he is the messenger of the covenant. 3. As he saw, and heard, and testifieth all, he is the witness of the covenant. 4. As he undertaketh for the parties at variance, he is the surety of the covenant. 5. As he standeth between the contrary parties, he is the Mediator of the covenant. 6. As he signifieth the covenant, and closeth all the Articles, he is the Testator of the covenant. Oh here is abundance of fuel for thy desire to work upon. 1. Consider the fuel, and then set on the flame thy desire,