Job .p r: Book II. Looking~nto fejH~ , Chap,, .Sed;,:~ what , 0 my foule, that the Father and Chrift fhou ld tran-fad: a bargain from eternity concerning thee ?· that there ~ould be a. ny communing ·betwixt the Father ·and the Son_ .concer'l(ing thy happinefi and falvation? Surely this is worthy thy paine~ and ftudy ; 0 hear it, and lsziow thou itfor thy good. SECT. II. of confidering :Je[tt~ in th.ct refper-1. :2. w· E muft confider 'fefm, carrying on this work of falva. tion in that eternity; -It is not enough to ftudy, and know him, but according to the meafure of knowledge we have attained , we muft .ponder, and mufe , and meditate, and 'on- . fider of him .: [,!OW conGderation is an expatiating ,and cnlarg. ·ing of the mind and heart on this or that fubject: conGderation ·is a fixing ofour thoughts , a ftedfaft bending of our mindes to ,fome fpiritual matter , till it work on the affections , and con~ verfation. We may know, and yet be inconfiderate of that we do know, but when the intention ofour mind and heart is taken up about fome one known object , · and <>ther things are not .for the prefent taken notice of, this is con(ideration. 0 that,. if it were poffible, we could foconGder Jefus in this firft period of eternity , as that for awhile at leaft we could forget all other things ! Chriftians ! I befc:ech you be dead to-the world , be infenfible of all other things, and look_ onely on ?efm:, it is faid that men in a phrenzy are infenGble of what you do to them, becaufe their minds are taken up about that which they apprehend fo ftrongly; and ifever there was any object made known to take up the mind of a fpiritualrnan, it is this , .even this : not but that other objects may be deeply and feriouily minded of men ; it is reported of <!Art:himedes, who was agreat Mathematician, that when the City was taken wherein. he was , and the warlike inftruments ofdeath clattering a'bout his eares , and all was in a tumult , yet he was fo 'huGe about drawing his lines , that he heard no noife , nor di_(l he know there was any danger ; but if ~fud1 objects as thofe could take upthe intention of his mind , fo · · · - · as
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