1. That there is an exceeding great benefit and advantage offered and proposed to it. Christ hath bequeathed most transcendent blessings to the believing soul; the Legacies he hath given are not few, small, dying or fading, but they are many, great and eternal. All which will appear by these following considerations.
1. The greatness of his mind, it is not to be doubted whether Christ were of a large and noble heart. He did excel all men in true magnanimity and greatness of mind, as much as he excelled all men in holiness, and free∣dome from sin. Now let this be noted, and we shall see (〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉) as was the man, so were his gifts. A great mind accounts small gifts below its grandeur. When a King (I think it was Alezander) gave a gift that was complemented with, because it was too great for him who was to receive it, answer