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Thirdly, In that Christ saith [giveth] instead of hath given, he may do it to show, that this gift of the Father, to him, is now as new, as sweet, as pleasant and desirable, as if it had never bin given before.

Thirdly, In that Christ saith [giveth] instead of hath given, he may do it to shew, that this gift of the Father, to him, is now as new, as sweet, as pleasant and desirable, as if it had never bin given before.

Things that are given among men, are oft-times best at first, to wit, when they are new; and the reason is, because, all earthly things war old; but with Christ it is not so: this gift of the Father is not old, and deformed, and unpleasant in his eyes; and therefore to ⟨p. 22⟩him 'tis always new. When the Lord spake of giving the Land of Canaan to the Israelites, he saith not, that he had given, or would give it to them; but thus, The Lord thy God giveth thee this good Land, Deut. 9. 6. not but that he had given it to them, while they were in their Fathers, Hundreds of Years before. Yet he saith now, he giveth it to them, as if they were now also in the very act of taking possession, when as yet, they were on the other side Jordan. What then should be the meaning? Why, I take it to be this: That the Land should be to them alway as new; as new, as if they were taking possession thereof but now. And so is the gift of the Father, mentioned in the Text, to the Son; it is always new, as if it were always giving.

Things that are given among men, are oft-times best at first, to wit, when they are new; and the reason is, because, all earthly things war old; but with Christ it is not so: this gift of the Father is not old, and deformed, and unpleasant in his eyes; and therefore to ⟨p. 22⟩him 'tis always new. When the Lord spake of giving the Land of Canaan to the Israelites, he saith not, that he had given, or would give it to them; but thus, The Lord thy God giveth thee this good Land,