Book. I. Looking ~ent~ :fefos. Chap. 3. Se~7 the love ofGod, and a fore proofof your title to glory, labour to get your hearts on · Chrif.l:, o lo~f on [efm. Youmay be · fure Chnft Will acknowledge that you really love him, when he . fees yo:.u hearts are fet upon him. 4- Confider that your lookjng on {eJm will frrengthen pati. ence under the crolfe ofChrii.l:. · This is the very particular Motive of the text, Let m run with patience tht race that u Jet .. ljeb.11;~, ~, J ~e{h1c t-~A .' lfiookjngh untoh[efm, flthe b-:;.,uthohY' 11nddfindijbeh1 tof ,o;r' - Jatt , WIJO or t e ;oy, t at WdJ et eJ ore tm m t~rc t e.cro11 e. defjifing the /httme; and i.-.· {et down at the right had o( the throne of Gd ; for conft~er him thllt endu;·ed Juch contradi~ ilion of fi;mers againft himfe/f, left ye be wearied and faint in p ur mind•.. . It is ftoried_ ofa ~artyr, that having offered him a cup of fpmts to fuftame h1m, · when he feemed to faint under hisgre~tdl: ~· rial, he returned thisanfwer, My Lord and Ma- · fter had g;;./l ,, j "·m.:g"r given him to drink_; as if he had been aftoni!bed to fee •, ,c,ldf hre better .then Jefus Chrifr. How may · it ftrcngtben your p:~tie::ce in fufferings to think of Chrifls patience? What, are yon ferved ill? ay but Jefus Chrift was not !erved fo well ; can you fuffer fo much as he ·hath done ? I tell you nay. 0 then do you flay your murmurings and repinings bear wtth patience the little you endure; and to this end Confide; him th.tt hath endured _the contradiElions of jinners. 5. Confider that a through-fight of Chrif.l: will encreaf('! your outward joy in Chrif.l: i&ur father Abr11h.~m rejoyced to fee my d11y, J~.3 , 5 ~. and he Jaw it, and was glad. A right fight efChrifi, will make a right-Gghted Chriftian gl~d. at heart, I wonder not that you · · walk uncomfortably, if you never tried this Art ot Chrif.l:-contemplation; can you h.ave_ comfort from Chrifi, and never think ofChrifi? dothanythtngmtheworld gladyou, when _you do not remember it ? if you wrre polfelfed of all the treafure in the earth, if you had title to the highe~ dignities, and never . thought of them, fure they would neyer reJoce you. Cor.ne,look. . up unto 'fefm, fixe your eyes, thoughts, and hearts on that bleffed objetl: , and then you may expect '1Javids experience, my m!Juth foal! praife thee with joyful lips, when I remember thee Pf~l, 6H. upon my bed, and meditate of thee in the night Wlltches. A fre- . quem acce!fe to Chrif.l: in a way ofmeditation cannot but warme the foul in fpiritual comforts. When the Sun in thefpring -·-- -· ·- · · ------ --- -· -·--- ---·- --·- - ., -·· - draws
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