Chap. 2. Sea. 2. rt..ootung unto ']Jdtt,S. Book IV. 449 Chrin:, it ;, rhe Lord; but oh whither i; Chriil: gone, t[Jat we have iotl fo long hi5 convening prefence? oh for one Apparition of Jefus Chnil:! ull then wem>y preadt our hearrs out, and never the nearer; do what we can, fouls will to hell, except the Lord break'their career; Miniil:ers can do no more but tell. thus and thus men may be faved; and thus and thus men will be damned:' He that bclieveth on the Son harh eternal life, and Joh , 6 he that believctl> not the Son ~JaiL not fee Life; but when they have f1id all they can, it is n 3 ' 3 ' only God mull: give the blefling: 0 what is preoching without Chrifi s pr>fence? One hearing what mighty feats Scanderbag's Sword had done, he fent for it, and when he faw it, } 1 thi< the Sword ( fa~d he) that hath done Jiteh great explotli, what s thJ< Jword more than an)' other fi~ord? 0. (fayes Scandcrbag) I Jent th'" my Sword, but not my arm th.>t did h.1ndle tt: fo Mmtfier.s may ufe the fword of the Sptnt, the Word of God, but if the Sptnts arm be not wtth tt, thdy may brandtOl tt every Sabbath to little purpofe' . when all is done, if ever any good be done, it i< the Lord. No fooner }olnt obferve 'the Miracle, that a multitudeof fi/hes werecaugbr add taken, but he tells Peter of a b!dTr.d dt(covery, tt "the Lord--- 3! Upon tlus dtfcovery, Peter throws . hmfelf imo the Sea ; 0 the fervent love he carries towards Chrifi! if he but hear of his Lord he will run through fire and water to come unro him; :o true is that of the Spoufe, M .Jn_y ws1tcrs cannot quench loVe, neither can the floods drown it; if a man ll'ould a gtve all the Juf;ftance of hi' ho1<{~ for love,. invo;dd utterly bec?ntemned. If I love Chriit, ant., S. 7 ' I cannot but long for communton and tdlowfh•p \Vtth Chnlt; Wherefoever thou art 0 VMrurque bleffcd SavlOI<r give rne no more happine(s than to be with ,hee, if on the earth I wo 11 1d fuer• 0 domi· t~a:l!el ~ay a~u;~ night to come Jtnto thee, jf on the Sen, with P~tcr I would fivirn unto thee 3 ~~7.,.!;,!"' (Jc. ndmg .n trutmph, 1 \l'ould fing Hofanna to thee, but if r.nglory, ho1v happy ~10111d I be to look.. ~tpon thee ? Chri!fs Apparitions are ravilhing lights; if he but ftand on the thore, Peter throws ltimfelf over-board to come to Chrtfi ; why now he O:ands on the pinacles of heaven , wafting and beckoning with his hand , and calling on me in l1i' Word Rife "P my love, my fair •n~ '. and come away;, 0 my foul make haOe; in every duty Cant.>. 10 ; look out for another Appamton of Jefus Chnfi, when thou comeft to hear, fay, Have over Lord by this Sermo11 , and when thou come!t to pray, fay, Have over Lord by this Prayer to aSavigllr; neither fire nor water; floods, nor !torms ; death. nor · life. principalities nor powers; height no~ depth;. nor any other creacure thould hinder thy pafTage to Chnfi, or feparate thy fout from Chnfi. Confider ~>hat I fay • fairh Paul) , Tim. , ; 7, 1), andthe Lordgwcthee underjlandmg m allthmgs; remember that Jefm Ch>-ijlof the feed · of David ,..., raifed from the dead accordtng to my Gofpel : that Chrtft was raifed is a Gofpel-truch ; ay, but do thou remember it; do tltou confider it, and the Lord give thee underfianding in all things. s g c T. m. Of defiring Jef~t< in that refpeff. 3. I Et us defire after JefM carrying on the great work of our falvation for us in his re- " furre Ctton. What defire "' we have opened before; fome call it the wing of the foul, ~>hereby tt moveth, and" camed to the thtng tt expeffeth, to feed it felf ~tponit, and to 'be Jatisjied with ii • ,But what is there in Chriil:'s refurrection, elm /hould move our fouls to delire after lt:" I arfwer.. I. So~e<hiog_in it felf. 2. Somethingas in reference unto us. I. There 1s fometbmg tn tt felf; had we but a view of the glory, dignity, excellen. cy of Chnll as mfed from the dead, lt would put us on this heavenly motion; we fhould fly "'the Eagle th.tr hajleth to eat. The object of drfire is good, but the more !le&. r. 8. ( rxcelrenr and gl~rtous any good 1s, the more earnefr and eager 010uld our de!ires be, now Chnil: a. ratfed from the dead is an excellent object; the refyrrection of Chrifi is the glonfytng of Chnft; yea, his glorifying took its beginning at his blefTed refurrection, ~ow ~[ was rhat G'od highly exalted him, andgave him a name above every name, &c, and Ph 1 1. t - 9 • 111 elm refpect how defirable is he? , · · 2. There is fometbing in reference unto u;; As, I. He ro(e again for our juftijic~tton; I mull: needs gram, that Chrilt's death, and not his refurreccion i~ the merito· Rom 4 ''$. .nous caufe of our jullificacion, but on the other fide Chrilt's refurrection, and not - his
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