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Show 8-8 Cflri.fliafl! exbor/cd fo be IMJ 1 111J!.III~IJ< U but let him thatglorieth glory .in this, that Chrifllo~etb him , and that /;e lovetb rhc Lord 1efi~< Cbri{!. T his is the only con!idmble difference, and will be found fo at the great Day. Secondly , Is Chritls &anner bil Love? Is tl1is 1-,i< mark of di· 1\inCl:ion? Let hzm tben b.1Ve of aU tbe prai{< , and let tt be our bn· Jim[s, to labour to be tim; dij/illgztijhe~lfi·om otberi: Who hath made tim· 10 differ l faith the Apoale,wbat thou IJ>{I, tiJOtt I;JJ! rew ved ' '.; let us give th anks to him from whom we have rccetved, and let tt be our bu(i nefs to labour 10 be under tbil &.v:ner , to be fuch as the love of Chrifl to us, or ou r love to C/Jfljl tmy dij!ingHijh frcm the refl of the world. But I have fpc.k~ encugh to the fir fl Con· elution, opening th< Propolit ion. I come to a kcond. • 1· he exalting of Cbrijii Lot e dire[/e tb and iHviteth every yHI rr h1· ther to go. This you know is one great uf'e of the B.mner or Co· lo~tri amongCr Souldiers, when they fee once their Colours lifted up and di fplayed, ev ery Souldier that belongs to that Company is by it both invited and directed to go unto them. Our Saviour faith, J obn ;.1 4,1) . That '" the Brazw-ferpent IV <ll' lifted "P [ojhordd the Soli of man ke lifted up, ] oh.12.p. Our Saviour faithagain, And!, ifl be lift ed 11p from the Earth , will·draw allmen af ter me : Chri fis Banner under the Gofpel is lifted up , and his Bwner is Love; dying Love, lil<c the-co•t of J o[eph, dipt (not in the blood ofbeal\sJ but in his own b\oud. Now this Love [hould dire[/ and draw. It dired eth every foul whi ther to go f~ r a Saviour, willing and able M [ave, even to the Lord Jcfus Chri11 . Man was run in a D. bt to intinitc Jufiice, Ire that redeemeth him, mull pay an infinite Price; this cannot be paid but by a perf on of an intinite Nature; this infinitenefs can be found only in the Di vine Nature. But the foul that finned mu11 die, the !inning Nat ure mufl fuffe r,and with· Out b\oud there can be UO re miffi •II ; fo that the pcrfon muft havean humane nature, as well as a di vine nat ure : where fh all thefe two be found but in the perfon of Emanuel, of a God with m ? God molli[ eil•d in the fltjh. It remains thereforc,tha t thtre u "" otiJCrt,_me nnd<r .H~aven by which any caa be [ou11d, except only the name of. the Lord J efus Chrijl; he was the only divine perfim, that united htm· fdfto our humane nature. Man comes into the' World a lol1 crea· !Ure,that (lands in need of a Rcdeemer,a damned creature( condet~· ned already in Gods Law )and fo Crands in need ala Sav iour.Wht· ther now fhould he go affoon as he comes to yearsof difcret ion, to k.now his cond· ition and confider •E ternity? Whither fbould he gbuo,t . · but to the Redeemers Banner? whither !hould he flee but to the Lord Jdi\s Chri!l,who is lifted up; and who hath upon the Crofs lifted up a Banner ofLove,under which he is ready to receive eve· ry Soul that will come under him,and fight under his Colou rs 1 The Ufe of this in fl10rt, is, partly to compbin of this Sinfttl IVurld, that come 110t m to tbe Banner ofCbrifl:. Every man is born ad militiam, too war_fare. ~ow there are two Standards [et ttp in the world, tltc one IS Chnlls St a~tdard, the other is- the Devils S tandard. The Miniflers of the Golpel beat up the drums for the Lord Jefus Chrifl,and make Procl amatiou,for poor Souls to come in god fight under the Stan dard of the Kin g of Kings; they invite to a noble Service, they offer gre>t wages, Grace here, Glory hereafter, B\'talas. ! though they daily carry the Colours about, Preaching a Chrifi crucitied ; how few are perf wad ed to come in unto him, and to take his Prefs-money? how many are they that fly to the Devils Stand3rd (his Colours arc io every Alehoufe ) and freely light under his Colours againCr God, and the interefl ~f God in the world, againl1 his Gofpel, his Ordinances his Miniflcrs, his Laws for the reguhtion of mens converfati~n ' but ah how hard a thing is it to perf wade a Soul to take up Arms und er this great Cap~ain of our Salvation , to fight again11 the World, flefb and Dev1l, yea though Satans head be already broken, the worlds flrength already overcome,and the body of death alrc•dy nailed to his Crofs? And Chrillians ha ve little to do but to tri. umph, and to keep the field again!\ a broken Enemy ; 'Ibil ir • L~mentation and{haU be for a Lamentation. / 2 , But Oh! that 1 could perfwadc you to fu\61 thc-~ord s of v our Saviour nnw tbat be ir lifted up. Now that hi~ ~Minner which 'F 2 " is Love is exalted ,that it may dra\v'all of you after him: Lo here, 1. A Noble Gmeral, who hath already conquered who is ready to joy_n with you in this lif?ht. 2. !' Noble Cau{<, th'ey arc the ad ver. fan es of-your So~t1s agatull whtch I would ingage you : It is the '( .,t{ .. Lords battc_l whtch I woulclhave_y~u fight , forhir Glory; and he\, hath Pr?c.lalmcd the War : And tt IS your bJttel, for your good_,. . , your Sptntual and eternal good. J. Here ir Noble PJy, a whi!~ ~· Stm,, a Cronm, a ltt iP·>tame;Grace here, Glory hereafter, &c. 4· It ~t:•· · .!:>., "J!ar tbat neve~ any who ~urfl jiJ,hl valtantly "'" ov<rcnme in; h0 !\· mtght have a fotl, b•1t ChnCr always came in to his refcue. Btt · this is enough for the Second Conclufion. The th:rd follow s. ·'f>• The Clmrch ofGod,aitd tbt believint Soul ji10Hid move as tbe 3• Concl. ' N Lore |