. LsokiTJg unto 'fe{ 111, Book. IV. 5'-9 be not weary ofthis work untill he accompli!h the defires of ~hy ----~ foul. I have · now done with this fubject : onely before I finilh, one word more. Sometimes I have obferved that many precious foulS>, in their endeavours after grace, holineffe, fanctification, have been frequent in the ufe of fuch and fuch meanes, dutyes, ordinances 1 wherein J cannot fay, bur they have done well ; and for their help I therefore compofed that piece called <.Jrfedia ; but of all the ordinances of Chrift, this Looking unto ?efm is made leaft ufe of, though it be chiefe of all : It is Cbrift (when all is done) that 1s that great ordinance appointed by God for grace and holineffe; and certainly- thofe fouls which trade immediately with Jefus Chrift, will gaine more in a day, than others in a moneth, in a yeare. I deny not other helps, but amongft them all, if I would make choyce which to fall upon, that I may become more and more holy, I would fet before q~e this glajfe, (i ) Chrifts h~lJ life, the great exemplar ,of holineffe..; . we were at firft created after his image in ho1ine1fe , and chis image we loft through our finne, and to this image we lhould eRdeavour to be reftored by imitation ; And how !hould this be done, but by looking on Chrift as o.ur patterne ? by running through the feveral age·s ·of Chrift, and by obferving all his graces, and gracious actings ? in this refpect I charge thee, 0 my foul, ( for to what purpofe fhould I charge others, if I begin not at home, and with thee? ) that thou make confcience of this practical evangelical duty ; 0 be much in tlile exercife ofit ! not only in the day intend Chrift, but when night comes, and thou lyeft down on thy bed, let thy pillow be as Chrifts bofome, in which 'John the beloved difciple was ' faid to Jeane ; there leane thou with 'f@hn ; yea, lye thou between his brefts, and let him lye all night betwixt thy brefts ; thus mayeft thou Ire down in pe11ce and Jlnpe, and Cane. 1 , , ~· the L ord onely will makf thee to dwell in fafety ; and when day returnes againe, have this in minde, yea, in all thy Pfal. 4• 8. thoughts, words, and deeds, erer Iooft unto 'fefw as · thy holy examplar ; Say to thy felfe, if Chrift my Sa- 'lliour were now upon earth, wo~tld thefe be his thot~ghts, words, Y YY aNd
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