Again, Chriſt's members be not only
the greateſt, but the happieſt : our
renewed condition is as good in Chriſt,
as it was bad in Adam. Oh! ſirs, we
were no more curſed out of Chriſt, than
we were bleſſed in Chriſt; Chriſt is as
full of life, as Adam was full of death;
Chriſt is as full of ſweetneſs to us, as
Adam was of bitterneſs to us. Truly
ſoul, if thou ſay Chriſt is thine; I will
ſpeak next and ſay, Soul, thou haſt
that which is more worth than a king's
ranſom ; that which is more worth
than all that which the devil promiſed
Chriſt, when he ſhewed him all the
kingdoms of the world. Oh! the happineſs
of poor believers ! there is no
condemnation to them that are in
Chriſt Jeſus,' ſaith Paul, Rom. viii.
I. Therefore they are happy.
But Fourthly, Chriſt Jeſus is true and perfect God, Then we infer from hence, that God's love and good-will to mankind was very great. That Jeſus Chriſt ſhould come from heaven to take our nature, that we might be partakers of the divine nature; Chriſt took upon him our ſhame, that we might be partakers of his glory. One drop of his blood is worth a ſea of ours, and
