Book. IV. Lookingtmto ::ft{us. Cbap.I. Se_d,; ./ - - - --" -----·---- Gd. J , I6. 2 Per. I.Jo, ' R ev, zZ, Hi. Job. I·$. mO'Uths ; ~hrifr i~ prodaimed in your very frreets ; you may have him 1fyou will Without money or money-worth; come b11y wine, rmd milk!, without money, andwithout prit:e · do you not heare? C hrifr is laid open for e-very mans good,' and profit; ·Chrifi deales not under-hand with you, he muft be manifefied that you may fee what you buy : if I lhould tell you the meaning of thecommiffion, which ChriH hath put into our hands, he bids me fay thus to your fouls, come poore creaturet, you that jfand in needo.f{ fjr-uChrift, he;eisChriHforyou, t fl ke him anddowitb him in an holy mtWJer what you will, he u of infinite ufe f or wi[doml' righteoufnrff e,[an[/ijication, ~tnd redem;tion. What is our preach: ing but a manifefiing of Chrifl: in this manner? what is the fum me of all our Sermons,· but a difcovery of this, that life and light i~ in Chrifi for you, that eternal love waites and attends on you, that whatever may do you,good is provided and made ready for you? Oh will fouls now refufe_Chriil:, when thus, and thus manifefied ? God forbid. · 2. Chrift mull be manifefrcd in us by his holy Spirit. Cbrifti-· ans ! look to your hearts, what manifefiations of Chri£1: are there ? when Pat:! fpeaks of the Gofpel in general, he adds in particular, that it ple4ed God.ta nvea/e Chrift in me: And when Pmr fpeaks of.theyYord ofGod, he adds that we tnk!J heed thereunto,-unti/1 the _day dawn, nnJ the dny flar (that is Chrifr, Rev. 22. 1 6.) arifeineur hedrts; till then, though we be circled with Gofpel-difcoveries, our hearts will be full ofdarknelfe, but wh~n Chrifr, whom the Prophet calls the So11ne of righteoufnef!r, and Peter the day ftar, fball arife within os, we !hall be full of light. Sometimes 1 confelfe I wonder that in thefe dayes there lhoufd be fuch glorious difcoveries of the beauties, and fweetnelfe, and excellencies ofJefus Chri£1:, and yet that mens hearts are generally fo fu :l of darknelfe : but this takes off the wonder, hearts are carnal, light jhines in dark_neJ[e, b~t dark_nrf{e comprehendeth it not: lead a blind man through a glonous Ctty, and though there be flich and f.uch things in it, yet he tells you, he cannot prize them, he fees themnot; though · {erufolem foou/d come down from God out of heav en (as 'fohn faw it in -his viGon) prepP~r'fd aJ a bride ~tdornedfor her hmband: yet the natural man fees neither waifs nor gates, nor fireecs ; you may tell him, all u gold, and ja!per,. (,Ina preciom jlone1, b~~ for all ~hi~ ~e caz~!!Ot pri~= £hem, alasl:.be ~c:es. -
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