We have thus considered the Lord Jesus as a present, a precious, a full, a pure, a rare, a various, a victorious, a perpetual, a proper good of his people; a Prince adorned with justice, with salvation, with humility, with dispatch, with success and peace; We have showed the folly of those who fix their delights upon empty creatures; the danger of those who are offended at the Person, the Cross, the Grace, the Doctrine, the Sublimity, the Simplicity, the Sanctity of the ways of Christ. We have exhorted his servants to rejoice in his Person, in his Mediation, in their knowledge of him, in the Ordinances and Instruments he hath appointed to bring unto that knowledge, in the service whereunto he calls us, in the graces wherewith he supplies us, in the light of his countenance, in the hope of his glory, in the fellowship of his sufferings; to rejoice in him fully, to rejoice in him alway, to rejoice with trembling, to improve this joy unto thankfulness for his benefits, unto cheerfulness in his service, unto Consolation against all evil, unto the provocation of one another unto the same joy: Now the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in believing, that we may abound in hope, through the power of the holy Ghost; that the peace of God which passeth all understanding, may rule in our hearts; that we may rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory, receiving the end of our faith, even the salvation of our souls. ⟨p. 39⟩And the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the Everlasting Covenant, make us perfect in every good work to do his will, working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
We have thus considered the Lord Iesus as a present, a precious, a full, a pure, a rare, a various, a victorious, a perpetual, a proper good of his people; a Prince adorned with justice, with salvation, with humility, with dispatch, with success and peace; We have shewed the folly of those who fix their delights upon empty creatures; the danger of those who are offended at the Person, the Cross, the Grace, the Doctrine, the Sublimity, the Simplicity, the Sanctity of the ways of Christ. We have exhorted his servants to rejoyce in his Person, in his Mediation, in their knowledge of him, in the Ordinances and Instruments he hath appointed to bring unto that knowledge, in the service whereunto he calls us, in the graces wherewith he supplies us, in the light of his countenance, in the hope of his glory, in the fellowship of his sufferings; to rejoyce in him fully, to rejoyce in him alway, to rejoyce with trembling, to improve this joy unto thankfulness for his benefits, unto chearfulness in his service, unto Consolation against all evil, unto the provocation of one another unto the same joy: Now the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in believing, that we may abound in hope, through the power of the holy Ghost; that the peace of God which passeth all understanding, may rule in our hearts; that we may rejoyce with joy unspeakable and full of glory, receiving the end of our faith, even the salvation of our souls. ⟨p. 39⟩And the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Iesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the Everlasting Covenant, make us perfect in every good work to do his will, working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Iesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
