The true Christians love of the unseen Christ, or, A discourse chiefly tending to…

2. If you have Manifestations of Christs Love unto you, Admire his Free Grace in these Manifestations; as Joh. 14. 22. when Christ had promised to manifest himself unto such as love him, Judas (not Iscariot, he was the Traitor, and had no true love to his Master, but Judas ⟨p. 214⟩the Brother of James) saith to him, Lord how is it that thou wilt manifest thy self unto us, and not unto the World? This Question is not a Question of Enquiry concerning the Way and Manner how Christ would manifest himself unto them, but it is a Question of Admiration concerning the Thing; [Greek or Hebrew]. What is done? or What is come to pass? How is it? or Whence is it? His Question did not expect an Answer, neither do we find any to it, but only expressed his Wonder that Christ should manifest himself unto them. And how should you wonder then that the Lord Jesus should manifest himself unto you! That the Lord Jesus, whose Name is Wonderful, and hath so many Wonders in him, a Person of so great Eminency and Excellency, who hath such a Crown of Glory upon his Head, such Robes of Glory upon his Back, and on the Vesture of his Garment and his Thigh a Name written, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords; that this most excellent Person should manifest himself unto You, such as You, when he conceals himself from the greatest Princes of the Earth, who by their Interest, Authority and Influence might that highly promote his Glory, he ⟨p. 215⟩should manifest himself unto You, who for the most part are low and mean, poor and despised in the World; that when he hideth himself from most of the Wise and Prudent, and great Scholars in the world, who by their Parts and Learning might magnify his Name, and spread his Fame, he should manifest himself unto you, who for the most part are persons of mean parts and Education; that when Christ hideth himself from many Moralists, who have escaped the grosser Pollutions which are in the World, he should reveal and manifest himself unto you, some of whom before Conversion were notoriously guilty of most foul sins; that when Christ manifesteth himself unto so Few, that you should be in the Number of those Few; how many wonders are here! That this Glorious Person should send down another Glorious Person, I mean the Holy Ghost, from Heaven, (which is more than if he had sent down all the Glorious Angels which are in Heaven) to make this Discovery of himself unto you;