4~ The !J'atltre of Conve;Jion: life, Philip. 3. 9. His great defign is, t;hat ChriH may be magnified in himJ Philip. I. 2o. His heart once faid, as they -to the Spoufe ·; What is thy Be– loved, more thananother? Ca11t. ) . 9· He found more fweetnefs in his merry company, \Vicked · games, earthly delights, than in Chrift. He took Religion for a -fancy,. and the. talk of great enjoy– ments for an idle dream. But now, to him to live is Chrifi:. He fets light by all that he accounted pre~ious., for the excellency of the knowledge of Chrtft, Philip. 3· 8. All of Chrifl: is accepted by the fincere Convert : He lovesnot only the wages,but workofChrifi:,Kom. 7. r 2. not only the benefits, but the burden ofCbrift : He is willing, not only to tread out thecorn, but to dra~ under theyoak: He takes up the con1tnandsof ~hnft, yea andct=ofs-of Chrift, ltfattb. I 1. Mat. I 6.24. The unfound clofeth by the halves with Chrii!: He-is a.:ll for the falvation ·of Chrift, but he is not for fanctification : He is for the privileges, but ap– pretiates not the Perfon of Chrift : He divides the offices and benefits ·of Chrift. This is an error in · the foundation: Whofo loveth life~ let him be– wa-re here ; 'tis an undoing miftake, of which you have been oftenwarned, and yet none more com– mon. Jefus is a' fweet name, but men love not the LordJefus in fincerity, Epbe(. 6. 24. They will not have him as God offers, To be ·. a Prince, and a ~aviour, Afts ) • 3r. They diyide what God ha~h J;oyneJ, the King and the Pneft: Yea, they will net accept the falvation of Chrift, as· he intends it; they divide it here. Every -man's vote is for falvation from fuffering, bu.t: they defireno~ t<? be faved from finning : T~ey would have ·their hves faved, but ~ithal, they would have their lufis. Yea, "'· many dividehereagain; They \Vould be content to have fome of th~ir fins deftroy.ed) bu~ _ they cannot · · leay~ ..
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