Chap.3.Se8:.3 LooltJng u»to1eftU, BookiV,Parr.3 '63> my foul where is thy langour, and fainting towards this ble!fed objed:? {hall Ahab eagerly defire after N aboths vineyard, ) ea fo eagerly defire it, that his defire fhall caft him upon his bed? and is not Chrifts blood better than N aboths vineyard ? how is it 0 my foul ? that thou art not fick on thy bed in thy defires after Jefus? when David defired ftrongly after Gods law, he expreffed his longings by the breaking and fainting of his foul, my foul breakfth for the lonrJng that it hath to :hy judge.ment at all pr,119.i,,s1, times---andmyfouljfltntethforthy falvatJon: Oh where be thefe breakings and faintings ? ftrength of defi.re is expreffed by the Apoftlc, by groaning, which is the language of Gckneffe ; Oh 1. Cor. f . z, where be thefe groanings after Chrifrs death ? when I call co minde that Chrifts death is my ranfome, that Chrifts wounds are my falves, that Chri£l:s ftripes are my cures, that Chrifts blood is my fountaine co wafh in, and to be deane ; how fhould I but pray in this fenfe, his b!God be upon m, ttnd on our children? Oh I am undone except I have a fhare in this blood; why it is only this blood that can heale my foul, it is only this fountAine opend to the houfe of David, and to the inh11bitants of 'fertJ{alem, that can quench my thirft; and now I have feen the fountaine opened, how fhould I but thirft, and cry out with the woman ofSamaria, . 0 give me this water ihar I thirft no more ! But alas, I fay it,I only Job. .J,I ) · fay it. Oh that I could teele it ! oh my Jefus that thou would'il: breede in me ardent defires, vehement longings, unutterable groanes, mighty gafpings ; 0 that I were like the dry and thirfry ground, that gapes, and cleaves, and opens for drops of raine ! when my fpirit is in right frame I feele fome defi.res after Chrifrs blood, but how fhort are thefe defi.res, how unworthy of the things defired ? come Lord , kindle in me hot burning defi.res, and then give me the defi.n~able objeCt. Mmmm:z. SEct.
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