Chap.3.s~a. f, the worlds vaAity, and ofhis futable goodnefs unto them. ln lookjng umo[efm they fee , themfelves in rh:mfelves miferable, and all other things miferable comforters: they have Pfa .r46. 3>4- learnt the meanmg ofthat Pfalme, Put not your tmjf in Princes , nor in the fon of"'"" a ndin whom there is 110 help, his breathgoeth forrh, he returnerh to hio earth, in that veryday his tho.,ghts perijh; happy ~s the ma~ that hath t!Je God of {acobfor hi> God, whofe hope is in th• Lord his God. I 5· 1hat Chnfigives all thmgs, every thing umo them. Allthing 1 1 Coq.», areyouYJ (faith the Ap~ltle) whether Paul, or Apollo,or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, ' 3 • or things prefenr, orthmgsto come, a_ll'!r.yours, andyouareChrijfs, and Chrijf is Gods. .All things are yours, firlt, all the Mimllers ofChrill from the highell to the lowell, whc· tb,r Paul, or Apollo, or Cephas; they are your fervants, they are men that watch over you f9r your falvatiou. Secondly, the world isyours; indeed the world fiands but for your fakes, .if your number were ~ut once compleated, quickly would the world be fet on fire: youwdl fay, ay! but howts the world ours? we find not this, for who bath the world at will? why, though you have not, yet the mifery you find in the world, the want of wealth as w~ll.as the enjoying of_it is yours: (i.e.) it tends to your ~dvamage. Thirdly, life uyours, It IS a fittmg,a prepanng, a fquanng ofyou for a better life, even for eternity. Fourthly, deAth is yours; for you Orall die jilllthenwhen it isbell for you,death Orallferve tTim. 4 •8 • but as a fervant to your advantage. Fifthly, things prefent, and thingsto come areyoHrs; godlinefsbath thepromife •frhis life tmd ofthat which is to come. Sixthly, I will add, the lord himfdf is yours, take God, and look on him in his greatnefs, in his mighty power, even this great God, the lord of heaven and earth is yours , he is yours, and all that he bath is yours, and all that he doth is yours, and all that he can do is yours, I will be thine Gcn.r f· 1 ' (faid God to Abraham) I will be to thee anexceeding great reward. Here is a Catalogue, an Inventory of a Chrillians riches; have Chrill and have all ; when an Heathen was but asked, whereallhistreafurewas, he anfwered, where Cyrm myfriendi;: andifanyask you,where all yourtreafure is,you may anfwer, where Chrijfyour friend i<; in this refpect you may truly fay, there is no end ofyour riches, they are called theunfearchab/eriches Ephci.J.S. ofChrift; Paul could find no bottom ofthefe riches; 0 who would nor l•ok._umo [efus? JfChrill beyours (befides thofe particulars enumerated in this text, 1Cor.3.22,23.) God is yours, the Father is y&u.rs, the Son is yours, the Spirit is yours, all tbe promifes are yO'llrs· focin Chrifl they are all made, and for him they il1all be performed. Come, let thepr~ud man boall in his _h~nour, and them.ighty man in his valour, and the rkh man in his wealth, butlet the Chnfiran pronounce himfelfhappy; onely happy, truly happy, fully happy,in beholding Chrifi, enjoying Chrif!, having Chrift, in lookJng unt•{1Hs. You have the Motives ofourwams, in cafeofnegled : and ofour riches in cafe we are aClivelrequent,ferious, and li~ely in this dNty. But for our further encouragement ro fall upon It, llhall addafew Mouves more. S E C T. VII. More Motives t• encourage,ru in thu work; I. COnfider your /oo/<ingon[1~<sWiiJmaintain your communion With Jefus; and is notthis,worth the while? Why Chrillians! what is tl1is communion with Chri!t, but very heaven aforehand? hereby we enjoy his perfon, and all fweet relation to his perfon, his death, and all the faving fruits, priviledges, and influences of Ius death ; hereby we are br011ght into Chrijfs banquetting-holtje, held in his ga!lerie.<, his ban– ner over m being l011e: hereby we are carried up into the Mount With Chnf!, that we may fee him (as ic were) tran•figured, and may f~y wiib Peter, Mnjfer, it is go~d fonutobehtre, andletusherebui!dTab:rnacle:. Oh us an hl~py thmg to have Chnll dwell in our hcans,and for us to lodge mChnfis bofome .' Ob ItS an happy thmg to malfl– tain a reciprocal communication of affairs/betwixt Chrilt and our _fouls! as thus; he bare our fins, !lke we his healing: he endured wounds for us, dnnk we che fpmrual balfom that fprang out of his wounds; he teok upon hi n our unnghteoufnefs,. do w~ doath our felveswith his righteoufnefs: he endured pams for us? come we to bun, and take hi• refi ro our fouls. he embraced our curfe and condemnanon, do we <mbrace his bleillng. jullification, and falvation. To this end do we loo/z.ort Jefm, ifhe hide his fare by def~rtions reil not till we find him, if we find him, hold !urn fall, let h•m not go, di- . fturb him no; our of our hearts by our corn~nions. Thus if we would prize tbe pr<· , fenre
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