Addresses to old men, and young men, and little children. In three discourses ...…

Proposition II.

'Tis the special Attainment of Old Men walking in the ways of God, that they have this Acquaintance with the Lord Jesus Christ. For,

First, The Knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ is a special Attainment in whomsoever 'tis. It can't be said of all people. They have known him that is from the Beginning. 'Tis the distinguishing favour of God, that has made some Acquainted with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ; and hence 'twas the Rapturous Doxology of our Lord, in Mat. 11. 25. I thank thee, O Father, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and Revealed them unto Babes. Those few, that have the true Knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ, are those to whom, the most high God may say, You only have I known, among all the Families of the Earth. And as there is a singular Difference or Dignity in this Attainment, which renders them that have it, the happy Servants that may see the Glory and hear the Wisdom of Him that is, A Greater than Solomon; so there is a singular Excellency in it, upon this Account; that it finds a singular Acceptance with God; we are told in Joh. 6. 29. This is THE work of God, that ye believe on Him, whom He hath sent; God is pleased with no work that we can do, so much as this, that we so know his Son, as to put our trust in Him; and it brings a singular. Advantage to men; 'tis wished in 2 Pet 1. 2. Grace and Peace be multiplied unto you, through' the Knowledge of Jesus our Lord; may we but well Know our Lord Jesus, that's the way fo••• manner of grace and peace to be multiplied unto us.

First, The Knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ is a special Attainment in whomsoever 'tis. It can't be said of all people. They have known him that is from the Beginning. 'Tis the distinguishing favour of God, that has made some Acquainted with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ; and hence 'twas the Rapturous Doxology of our Lord, in