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# Title: A Discourse Concerning the True Notion Of The Lord's Supper (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 137, Stück 2; Leibn. Marg. 137)
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FTOHN Cbap. 2. V er.
Fender aFeCtiOn Bere AHOnE THE CFCaCureS BCBUIE drOpS OE CHaL tut
Occan that is in God; hom ean me chen imagine chac chis Father ol
our spirits Mould have (0 licele recard 10 his omn dear ON. sprine.
do noc Cay our Souls, but thac Wrhich is ehe very Lise and Soul ot
our SouIS, the Lise of God in uS, (ertrich is nochine else Buc Ood5
Onn selE communicared tO uS, his Ora Son BOrH in Sux HEARES) aS CHAE
he ould sufter it to be cruelly murchered in its Infaney by our SinS.
and, likce vouns Hereules, in iis very cradle eo be Rrangled by chole
Elchy vipers? chac heshould sec him to BC crucitied by wicked Eusts.
nasled Fast ro he cross by invincible corruprions, pierced and sorec
on everr Eide with che poisoned spears of he DevilS temptations, and
at lac eo sire upthe Ghos; and pet his cender hearE noc at alI relent,
nor be all ehis while impactionated wich (0 lad a spectacle d Surelr.
ve cannor chinte he hach Cuch au adamantine breale, tuct a pinty na.
ture as Chis IS.
WVhacchen d mult we Cay chat chouxh indced He DC Wwillins, vet he
is noc able, torelcue his crucitied and cormented son, no blecdine
upon che CrOB; to take him donn (rom chence and save him E Ther
must Sin bemore povertul chan Ood; that weak, crazie and sctelv
chins more Arons ehian the Rock of aées; and theDevit, thePrince
Ot Darkness, more migher chan the God oFLight. NoTurely, chere
is a wealness and impocener in aIl L. vil, buc a masculine Arensch and
vivour in all Goodness: and cheretore doubeless ihe Hlighest 600d
ehC recTOV a, Bdv, a8 the PhiloSophers calL ic, is che Arongest chins in
thC WorId. Nil potentius summo B0no. Oods Pomer displaied in
ehie Worid is noching bur his Goodness Arongly reachins all chines;
Erom heiphe eo depeh, trom che hiphest Hleaven to che loWes
HeII; and irresictibiy inparcins it self co every chins, accordins 10
chose sereral degrees in Wrhich it is capable oF it.
Elave cheFiends oF Darteness then, chole poorFortorn spirits, chat
are Fectered and chained up in the Chains oF their omn wickedness,
anx Arength to wichstand the Force oF intinice coodnes, Wwhich is in-
Finite Porver E Or do cher noc rather sculk in holes oF darkenels, and
Ay. lite BatS and OmIS, Betore the approaching beams oF this Sun oE
Rishreonsnes: IsCod povertul co kill andco dettroy, t0 datmn and
EO FOrMenE: and is hC nOL POIeFFuLEO Cave. NaY, it is ehe CiveereK
Plorver in aII che Garland oF his Accribures, it is the richest Diadem
in his Cromn oEGlory, Chathe is, Miehty 1o save: anel chisis FAT MOTE
magniticent For him, than eo beRy led Michty to destroy. FOF That,
ExCepFit BC in a Way OF Justice, speaks nO P’OVer ac alI, BUE mere
IMPOTeNeN; FOr FhCROOE OF aII Pomer is GoOdneIS.
Ormust ve Car, laEly, chat God indeed is able TO FELeHE US ONL OE
the pover oE sin and Satan, when ve sixh and sroan tomards him,
bue vet sometimes, oexcereile his absolure Auchoriey, his unconerol.
lable Dominion, he deliphes racher in plungins wretched Souls down
incointernal Nishe and evertastins Dartenets: WVtat Mall we chen
matze che 90d oF the Whole WV orld. Nochine buc a ertel aud dread-
Ful Frinnys, wich curled fieru snakes about his head, and Firebrende
in his hands, ehus sovernins che Worid. Surely chis will makie usei-
cher secpetIr co chink chat chere i5 no Cod ac all in the WorId.
it he mulenceds betuch, or else co wist heartilys there vere hone-
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