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The comparatively little saving Good there is in the World, as the Fruit of Christ's Redemption, before that Time, is as it were granted by Way of Anticipation; as we anticipate something of the Sun's Light by Reflection before the Day-Time, the proper Time of the Sun's Rule; and as the first Fruits are gathered before the Harvest. Then more especially will be the Fulfilment of those great Promises, made by God the Father to the Son, for his pouring out his Soul unto Death, Isai. liii.10, 11, 12; then shall he see his Seed, and the Pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his Hand; then shall he see of the Travail of his Soul, and be satisfied, and shall justify many by his Knowledge; then will God divide him a Portion with the Great, and he shall divide the Spoil with the Strong; then shall Christ in an eminent Manner obtain his chosen Spouse, that he loved and died for, that he might sanctify and cleanse her, with the Washing of Water, by the Word, and present her to himself, a glorious Church. He will obtain the Joy that was set before him, for which he endured the Cross, and despised the Shame, chiefly in the Events and Consequences of that Day: That Day, as was observed before, is often represented as eminently the Time of the Rejoicing of the Bridegroom. The Fore-knowledge and Consideration of it was what supported him, and that which his Soul exulted in, at a Time when his Soul had been troubled at the View of his approaching Sufferings; as may be seen in John xii.23, 24, 27, 31, 32.

The comparatively little saving Good there is in the World, as the Fruit of Christ's Redemption, before that Time, is as it were granted by Way of Anticipation; as we anticipate something of the Sun's Light by Reflection before the Day-Time, the proper Time of the Sun's Rule; and as the first Fruits are gathered before the Harvest. Then more especially will be the Fulfilment of those great Promises, made by God the Father to the Son, for his pouring out his Soul unto Death, Isai. liii.10, 11, 12; then shall he see his Seed, and the Pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his Hand; then shall he see of the Travail of his Soul, and be satisfied, and shall justify many by his Knowledge; then will God divide him a Portion with the Great, and he shall divide the Spoil with the Strong; then shall Christ in an eminent Manner obtain his chosen Spouse, that he loved and died for, that he might sanctify and cleanse her, with the Washing of Water, by the Word, and present her to himself, a glorious Church. He will obtain the Ioy that was set before him, for which he endured the Cross, and despised the Shame, chiefly in the Events and Consequences of that Day: That Day, as was observed before, is often represented as eminently the Time of the Rejoicing of the Bridegroom. The Fore-knowledge and Consideration of it was what supported him, and that which his Soul exulted in, at a Time when his Soul had been troubled at the View of his approaching Sufferings; as may be seen in