The Soul must be fitted for Christ before it can receive 1Him, or Salvation by Him: This is the Scope of the Place, the Way and Order of the Lords approach; where there is no Preparation made, there is no Expectation of a Saviour to come: Thus it was Prophesied, Mal. 3. 1. […], I will send my Messenger, and he shall Prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom ye seek will suddenly come into his Temple; Thus was it accomplished by the Baptist, to whom the Word of the Lord came, and he came […] in the […] about Jordan, saying, The voice of one crying in the Wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, and make his paths straight, Luke, 3. 4. A similitude taken from Earthly […], our Saviour he is the King, and he was now to come in his own Person, and in the Ministry of the […], and thereby into the Souls of his People; And […] the Baptist makes Proclamation, Not for their […], so much, as for their Hearts, that the […] […] thereof might be dislodged: And the […] fit to entertain the Lord Jesus: And that this was a Spiritual Preparation, the nature of Christs Kingdom […] being […] […] world, Joh. 18. 36. And the […] of his Proceeding being professedly […] to the pomp of Earthly Potentates, will evidence […]: For, […] shall hear his voice in […] […], Matth. 12. 19. But the Baptists Sermon, who […] knew the […] of his own […], puts it out of doubt: For so he ads, […]. 3. 1, 2. Repent […] […] kingdom of Heaven is at hand: As the […] […] says, Prepare ye the way of the Lord: […] […] he had said, Repenting is Preparing. And […], 3. 5. Every 'Mountain shall be made low, and […] […] thing straight: The sense of which ⟨p. 145⟩words that it could not be literal but Spiritual, the accomplishment of them in Experience, is proof most pregnantly undeniable. The Sum is, The Heart is the high way, while the Gospel is Preaching, Christ is coming; the Heart must by Repentance be fitted for Christ, offering himself in that, and then Christ will come by that means thereunto.
The Soul must be sitted for Christ before it can receive 1Him, or Salvation by Him: This is the Scope of the Place, the Way and Order of the Lords approach; where there is no Preparation made, there is no Expectation of a Savior to come: Thus it was Prophesied, Mal. 3. 1. 〈…〉, I will send my Messenger, and he shall Prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom yee seek will suddenly come into his Temple; Thus was it accomplished by the Baptist, to whom the Word of the Lord came, and he came 〈…〉 in the 〈…〉 about Jordan, saying, The voyce of one crying in the Wilderness, Prepare yee the way of the Lord, and make his paths streight, Luke, 3. 4. A similitude taken from Earthly 〈…〉, our Savior he is the King, and he was now to come in his own Person, and in the Ministery of the 〈…〉, and thereby into the Souls of his People; And 〈…〉 the Baptist makes Proclamation, Not for their 〈…〉, so much, as for their Hearts, that the 〈…〉 〈…〉 thereof might be dislodged: And the 〈…〉 fit to entertain the Lord Jesus: And that this was a Spiritual Preparation, the nature of Christs Kingdom 〈…〉 being 〈…〉 〈…〉 world, Joh. 18. 36. And the 〈…〉 of his Proceeding being professedly 〈…〉 to the pompe of Earthly Potentates, will evidence 〈…〉: For, 〈…〉 shall hear his voyce in 〈…〉 〈…〉, Matth. 12. 19. But the Baptists Sermon, who 〈…〉 knew the 〈…〉 of his own 〈…〉, puts it out of doubt: For so he ads, 〈…〉. 3. 1, 2. Repent 〈…〉 kingdom of Heaven is at hand: As the sayes, Prepare yee the way of the Lord: he had said, Repenting is Preparing. And , 3. 5. Every 'Mountain shall be made low, and thing streight: The sense of which ⟨p. 145⟩words that it could not be literal but Spiritual, the accomplishment of them in Experience, is proof most pregnantly undeniable. The Sum is, The Heart is the high way, while the Gospel is Preaching, Christ is coming; the Heart must by Repentance be fitted for Christ, offering himself in that, and then Christ will come by that means thereunto.
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