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Matthew. 22:42
Saying what think
ye
of Chriſt
It Looks to me Some like
a Dareing
Preſumtion, that
I Shou'd Stand before you
this Day as a Teacher,
what Can I Say to you,
you that are highly Privi
ledg'd of the Lord of Hoſts,
to whom
heGod has done
great and Marvelouſs things
, You thar are Lifted within
Sight of Heaven, as it were,
in Point of Goſpel
Bleſsings,
and you that are refin'd with
Literature and kinds of Sciences
who am I Shoud that I Stand
Stand before this Great Con‐
greget
[illegible][guess: t]ion this Day, I
[gap: hole][guess: that] am but
^a^ Babe in Religion
that begun to
think of it, as it
were but Yeſterday,
and imper
fect every way, I Shall b
[illegible][guess: e]ut
ButBetray my Profound Ignoran
^ce^ in speaking
to before you —
And what Shall do, for I have
not the Wiſdom of the Wiſe nor
Knowledge of the Learned nor
Eloquence of
the
^an^
oratour — but
I wiſh
Coud with Propriety say
to any one Poor Impotent Soul
in this great
Congregation,
as Peter Said to a Poor Criple,
Silver and Gold have I none
but Such as I have give thee
In the
Name of Jeſus
Chriſt of
Nazareth, Riſe
[illegible]up and walk
In
[illegible]deed Sirs, when I thuſ
Conſider
with my Self I am ready to wiſh
my ſelf in the Meaneſt Corner
of the Houſe of god, if there is
a
[illegible]ny ſuch Place, to attend
with Silence and Prouud humi
liation, and Sh
^o^u'd
Esteeme it
an Ineſtimable Privilege to Joi
^n^ with the People of God in
his
Divine Worſhip
Yet Since, God in
^his^
Miſterious,
you almosſt
Meraculous Pro‐
vidence, has taken me from
the Dung Hill, and
from Hea‐
theniſth
Darkneſs and Groſs Ido‐
latry, — to this Sacred Deſk, in
this very ꞈ before you, and be‐
fore the
Eternal Jehovah, —
if it may be for gods Glory
and Honor, I think I am
to ready to Stand before you
all, if it is only as a Spec‐
tic
[illegible]al and a Gazing Stock,
But by the Importunity
of Some Friends
an I am will
g
willing to gratify you all,
and Preſuming the Candor
[gap: hole][guess: of]
the whole this Assembly,
I will
^now^ freely begin
with the
Text, with out any further
Apology, —
And here I have Choſen an
inexhauſtable Text
^no doubt you have hea^rd^^ which
repreſents the
^very^ Life and Marro
^w^
of the Chriſtian Religion, the
very Centre of the whole Bible
John V.39
our Text
Contains the
^greateſt^
Queſtion
in the Chriſtian Religion —
Life Everlaſting is the reward
to them that Anſweres it righ
^t^
[illegible]but Eternal Death to them
that won't Anſwere it right
But to make a way for
the Text let us Conſider the
ocation of this Important
Queſtion —
you may Remember, that
S
[gap: hole][guess: e]veral Crafty Queſtions were
Propoſed to our Bleſsed by Differ‐
ent Sorts of People, to Intangle
him, but they were taken in their
own Traps and were Confounded, &
while the Pharaſees were gathered
together, Jeſus took an oppertunity
to Propoſe unto them this one great
and moſt Important Queſtion, which
was Contain'd in their Religion,
Saying what think ye of Chriſt
whoſe son is he, they Said the Son
of David, &c
Hear we may Plainly see,
how what a Reſtleſs thing Man's mind
is, (how Buſy were the
ſe thoughts
of theſe Men about Chriſt,) —
Man's thoughts are always upon
ago,
[illegible]on some object or other, it
is Like a Living Spring
that runs
Continually; and Indeed it is this
that Diſtinguiſhes him from the
Beaſts of the Field; — But all
the objects of thought Chriſt Shou
[gap: worn_edge][guess: d] be
the only object of Meditation
But man is far Degenerated
that his thoughts are Continu
ally runing other objects, up
on Creat
[illegible]ure, more than upon the
Creator, — how apt
isare m
aen
^in^
to
[illegible][guess: this]our
Day, to Inq
^i^ure after News
and if any
^remarkable^ thing is done by
our
Fellow Men, how ready are we
to Aplaud and Admire such a
one, As in our Day, Chriſt has
greatly Honord, the
King of Pruſſia in Riſing him, to Humble
his Enemees, how is he admir'
d
every w
[illegible]here, but it is
^to^ be
feard
Chriſt is forgot by ma
[illegible]ny, he Shoud be our admirati
on and give him the Praiſe
for it is he y
t has done
this all theſe
theſe things by his
Servant, indeed Sirs Ceeſar
ought to have his Due
All that I shall have to
do with
this Text is, to See
what Different opinions there
has been about Chriſt in all
Ages, Both under the old and
New Teſtament,
and in doing of which I shall
give you Short Acount of X
According to Scripture
[illegible]
- 1.as he was the Promiſed
Miſſiah,
- 2.as he was Actually Con‐ceived and Borne unto the
wor^ld^
- 3.his Puplick Appearance and Miniſtration.
- 1.his Miracles
- 2.his Doctrine
- 4.his Death [illegible] Burial and re‐ſurrection, and Appearance to his Diſciples
- 5.his Asſention and Exalta‐tion at the Right Hand of god the
Father
- 6.his Interceſſion,
- 7.his Second Coming to Judge the world at the laſt Day
1 firſt then let us see how was
Chriſt
repreſented to the world
under the old Covenant, and what
Treatment he met with in
the
world, we find Acording to Scrip
tures that was Repreſented by
various Names Titles and Sha
dows and Figures
he was Calld the ſeed of the
woman the ſeed of Abraham
Isa
[illegible][guess: e]a and Jacob, his Name
was Shilo, Miſſias Emanuel
a Servant the B
[illegible]ranch a tryed
Stone the Chief Corner Stone
the Lord our Righteouſnes the
Root and the Rod of Jeſſe the
Morning Star, the Prophet
Prieſt and King the wonder
ful Counſeller the mighty god
the Ever laſting Father the Prin
^c^ of Peace, beſides
theſe he was
Repreſented by various
Figures Sacrifices and Cere‐
monies, and his Servants
the Pro
[illegible]phets Did many Signs
and wonders by his opperati
yet moſt all the world were
againſt them Except a few,
as the Jews were the Peculi
ar People of
god all the world
was against them, and
[illegible]
there there were but few true
godly People ever among the
Jews,
the and they were hated
by there own
^unbe^ Brethren,
and, were Slain
Chiefly by their
own Brethren
2
ly when Chriſt was Born
they Roſe up againſt him
and woud have Slew him
as Soon as he was born —
B And there were but few y
t
Rejoicd at his Birth, Such
as the Shepherds, and the
[illegible]^[illegible]^ and Anna the Prophetes
and wiſe men from the Eaſt
&c
/3
[illegible][guess: l] his Publick appearance
and M
ſiniſtration, 1 his mira
and ſecondly his Doctrine
we find his firſt appearance in
the Temple of God, Sitting in
midſt of the Doctors, Both hear
ing and Asking them Queſtions
and often this we have an
Account of his Miracles
&c and now was the Time for
man to think of him, but
what did
they think of him?
and his Preaching was now
alſo
Publick to every mans
Conſideration, but what did
they ſay of him, there was
Indeed Defferent Judgments a
bout him Some &c
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you do take this woman to be
your
Married Wife, and
do in the Preſence of god
and before theſe
witneſses,
Promiſe
to band Covenant
to be a loving and faithful
Huſband unto her, untill
God shall Separat you
by Death —
you do in like manner
take this Man, to be
your Married Huſband,
and do in Preſence of god,
and before theſe
Witneſes
Promiſe to be loving faithf
l and obedient wife unto
him, till god Shall sep
[illegible] you by Death
I do then before god, and
theſe
witneſes, Declare
you to be Huſband and
wif — Therefore what
God has Joind together
Let
[gap: hole][guess: no] man but aſund
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