Several discourses preached at the Temple Church . DISCOURSE. DISCOURSE III. PART II. Sr^^J%S ^^^^ already examined the firflT )^ ^^^ great Prejudice againfl: the %^^-J^^ Gofpel, arifing from the Pover-Ssp^^^fe ^y and Meannefs of our bleiTedLord, and the low Condition of Life inwhich he appeared in the World, and thewretched Circumftances which put an endto it; and {hewed it to be fo far from beinga juft Offence againfl the Gofpel, that, whenfairly confidered, it ferves to recommend Re-ligion to us with all pofTible Advantage, andthe more eminently to fet forth the Love ofChrifl, and the Wifdo
Several discourses preached at the Temple Church . DISCOURSE. DISCOURSE III. PART II. Sr^^J%S ^^^^ already examined the firflT )^ ^^^ great Prejudice againfl: the %^^-J^^ Gofpel, arifing from the Pover-Ssp^^^fe ^y and Meannefs of our bleiTedLord, and the low Condition of Life inwhich he appeared in the World, and thewretched Circumftances which put an endto it; and {hewed it to be fo far from beinga juft Offence againfl the Gofpel, that, whenfairly confidered, it ferves to recommend Re-ligion to us with all pofTible Advantage, andthe more eminently to fet forth the Love ofChrifl, and the Wifdom and Goodncfs ofGod, in the Gofpel. It was from the Offence taken at themean Condition of our Lord, that the Crofs became no DISCOURSE III. became a Stumbling-block to the yews. - Itbecame alfo, as the Apoftle fays, FooliJJmefsto the Greeks: For thty fought after JVfdom^,and, not finding the Wifdom they foughtafter in the Gofpcl, it was efleemed by themas FooUfhncfs. The great Articles upon which all Reli-gion depends, are the Nature of God, theImmortality
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