The Nat1sre ofConve.rfion• 39 · and fa.plefs thing ; but no·w how fweet is · a Chrifi ?--.' Auguftinecould not relifh his before fo much ad– mired Cicero, becaufe he could not find the name ·of Chrift ; how pathetically cries he, D-ulciffime; amanti[. benigni[. carif. &c. q?tando te videbo? quan– dofatiab~rdepulchritudine tua? M~dit.c;. 37· 0 mrft . · fweet, moft lovir~.g, mo{t ~ind, moft dear, moft preci– ous, moft defired, mcft lovely, moft. fai~:, &c. ~11 i!l a . breath, when he fpeaks ofand to hts Chnfi: ; tn a \\ 1 ord, the voice ofthe Convert, is with the Mar... tyr, None but Cbrift . . · 2. Tbe terms which, are etther Ulttmate, or Subordinate and Mediate. · TheUltimate is God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghofr, whom the true Convert takes, as his All– fufficient and Eternal bleffednefs. Aman is never truly fan~ified, till his v~ry he~rt be in truth fet upon God above all thing1 S; ~s his portion and chief good. Thefe are the natural breathings of a be– lie rershe~rt: Thou art my portion, Pfal. 119. 5'7· .M1 foul fo "lll" rri a~e her boa{t i,n the· ·Lo'ld, :Pfal. 34· 2. Mj expetfation is from him; be only is my rock, «nd my fal– 'Uation, be u my defence: in G&d i1 my falvatiQn and my glory, tbe Rock. of my ftrength, andmy refuge h in God 1 P~lm 0'2. 1, 2,), 6, 7· Pfaln118 . r,~. · Would _you put ittoaniffuew-hether ~ you be con.. Vrer.ted or not?: Now therilet thyf0ulandall that is within the~ attend: · ·, . . ··. . 4 j r_ r·Ha1'l thou' taken God ·for .thy -happinefs ?. \Vhere clot~ the cQntent ofthy ~eart lie? Whence doth thy chotceft con1fcrt come 1n? Cotne than ~nd 1.vith Abraf?am lift up thine eyes Eafhvard, and Weft– ward, and Not:thward, and Southward, and caft about thee, what it is, that thou wouldH have ii1 · Heaven or Earth tq ·make thee happy. If God iliou!d·give thee thy c,hoice as he· did. to Solomon, or P1~nl'ld fay t~ thee, as Al?ajbuet~ tQ EJ1be'(~ rrhat is tby "
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