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7. Afflictions are fan&tify'd to the Ele& in the Perfon of Christ.

8. Hence learn the doleful Eftate of Sinners in the World to come, S. Luk. xxiii. 31. 1 S. Pet. iv. 17, 18.

9. Wherefore bewail and and abhor Sin, Job xlii. 5, 6.

10. Never think any thing too much for Christ, Phil. iii. 8.

11, Murmur not at Afflictions.

12. Believe in Chrift for the Pardon of Sin:

II. OBSERVATION.

Christ, as Man, was averfe from Sufferings. 1. In Chrift were two Natures, Isa. vii, 14. 1. Divine, 1 S. Joh. v. 20.

2. Humane, 1 Tim. ii. 5.

2. These two Natures were united in one Perfon, ibid.

3. Hence are the Properties of the One, fometimes attributed to the Other, Act. xx. 28.

4. But yet the Acts of each are distinctly to be confider'd: Some things He did as GOD, fome as Man, others as God-Man.

5. This Averfnefs from Suffering proceeded not from,

1. His Divine Nature!

2. Nor from Him as God-Man.

3. But as meer Man.

6. This Averfnefs did not argue any Sinfulnefs, but only the natural Infirmity of the humane Nature, Hebr. iv. 15.

7. It argues alfo the Purity of His humane Nature, in that it abhorr'd to lie under the Wrath of GOD.

USE.

USE.

Obferve,

1. Chrift was truly Man, 1 Tim. ii. 5.

2. That His Sufferings were real Sufferings, Ifa. liii. S. Luk. xxiv. 46.

3. That it is no Sin, but our Duty to fear the Displeasure of GOD, Hebr. x. 31. Jer. V. 2.

4 That Chrift's Sufferings were the greatest piece of Self-denial in the World, Phil. ii. 6, 7, 8.

5. That we alfo, in Imitation of Chrift, are to deny ourselves any Thing for the Glory of GOD, S. Matt. xvi. 24.

1. Our Honours, Phil. ii. 6, 7.

2.

3.

For,

Pleafures, Lam. i, 12.
Profits.

1. Not to deny ourselves, is to deny GOD,
Phil. iii. 19.

2. The more we gratify ourselves, the
more we deftroy ourselves, Hof.xiii.9.
3. We cannot deny ourselves fo much for
Christ, as Chrift hath done for us.
4. The more we deny ourselves now, the
more happy we shall be hereafter.

III. OBSERVATION.

Chrift in His Agonies addreffeth Himself to GOD, as His Father.

1. Chrift was God-Man.

2. And the Son of GOD in both Natures, S. Luk. i. 35.

3. His Divinity, at prefent, was hid from the Senfe of His Humanity, S. Matt. xxvii. 46.

4. Yet ftill He apprehended Himself as Innocent in His own Perfon, S. Joh. iii. 5. O 4

5. Hence

5. Hence He ftill retains a Senfe of His Relation to GOD, as He was Man, S. Matt. xxvii. 46.

6. This Senfe, of GOD being His Father, emboldens Him to pray, S. Matt. xi. 25. S. Luk. xxiii. 34, 46. S. Joh. xvii. 1, 5, 24.

7. His Prayer is, Remove this Cup, S. Luk. xxii. 42. Where observe,

1. The Senfe of GOD's Wrath is unfupportable to humane Nature in its best Eftate, S. Joh. xii. 27.

2. No Trouble fo great, but we are to believe that GOD can remove it, S. Mar xiv. 36.

3. In Prayer, as we are to believe the Power, fo we are to fubmit to the Will of GOD.

USES.

Learn in your Afflictions,

To keep a clear Evidence of your Relation

to GOD.

2. Pray to Him.

1. If you fear Trouble, to prevent it, Pfal.

cxix. 39.

2. If you feel it,

1. To fanctify it, Hebr. xii. 6, 7, 8, 9.
1. By deadening your Hearts to the
World, Pfal. cxix. 67.

2. By quickening your Repentance,
2 Chron. xxxii. 25, 26.

3. By mortifying your Sins, Job xxxvi. 8, 9, 10. Ifa. xxvii. 9.

4. By improving your Graces, Rom. V.

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1. Faith. 2. Fear. 3. Love. 4. Heavenly-mindedness. 5. Thankfulness.

5. Stirring you up to Duty.

2. To ftrengthen us for it, S. Luk. xxij.

43.

3. To remove it, 2 Cor. xii. 8, 9.
3. Learn to fubmit to GOD's Will.

IV. OBSERVATION.

We are to fubmit our Wills to the Will of GOD; or the Will of Man is to fubmit to the Will of GOD.

1. What is the Will of Man? It is a Faculty of the Soul; whereby,

1. He chooseth Good, Ifa. vii. 15.

2. He refuseth Evil when apprehended.
To the First belongs, Love, Hope, Defire, Joy.
To the Second; Hatred, Fear, Deteftation,
Grief, Anger.

2. What is the Will of GOD?

A Property in GOD, whereby we appre hend Him, as willing Good and refufing Evil: It is,

1. His fecret, Deut. xxix. 29. Act. i. 7. 1 S.Pet.

iii. 17.

2. His reveal'd Will, wherein He discovers

to us,

1. What He wills Man to do.

1. By implanting the Knowledge of it in our Hearts, Rom. ii. 15.

2. By His written Word, 2 Tim. iii. 16, 3. By His immediate Revelations, Gex. xxii. 1, 2.

2. What He wills Himfelf to do.

Reveal'd,

1. Extraordinarily,

1. By immediate Revelations, 1 Sam. iii. 11, 12.

2. By His prophetical Inspirations. 2. Ordinarily, by His Providences. 3. What is it to fubmit our Wills to GOD's? 1. We fubmit our Wills to His commanding Will.

1. When we do what He wills we should do.

2. When we therefore do it, because He wills it, 1 Sam. XV. 22.

3. That we will the doing of it, as well as He, 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. 1 S. Pet.

V. 2.

2. That we may fubmit to His acting Will, is requir'd,

1. That we do not murmur at what He doth, 1 Cor. x. 10.

2. That we acknowledge His Will in it, S. Matt. vi. 26. and x. 29.

3. That we will and choose what He doth, 1 Sam. iii. 18.

4. Why are we to fubmit our Will to GOD's? 1. Becaufe He is our Creator and Gover

nour, 1 Sam. iii. 18.

2. Because His Will is always good, Pfal.

cxix. 68.

3. Because what we will contrary to GOD, is Sin.

Signs of our fubmitting our Wills to GOD's. 1. When we acknowledge GOD's Goodnefs in our very Troubles.

2. When we run not to unlawful Means, but wait upon GOD, Ifa. xxviii. 15, 16. Hebr. x. 38. S. Jam. v. 7,

8.

3. When we perform our Duty, whatsoever the Success prove, A&t. v. 29.

4. When

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