Ch:tp.2.Se~.2. Looking rmtofe(,u. Book. IV. Part.V. 871 ...---·- -- -- it but deferves thy itudy; worlds of w.alth (ten tboufand times b~tterthan gold, odilver, or precious ftones) may be found in the diggings of the!\! mines, have not many ftudents beate out their braines on Ieifer fubjeCl:s? what endeavours have there been -to dive into the fecrets of nature? what volumes have been written ofPhyficks, MetaphyGck.s,Mathematicks? and is not this fubjeCl:, Chrift? is not every ofthefe fubjeCl:s, Chnfrs afcenfion, Chriftsfdfion, Chrifi:s million of the holy Spitit ofmore worth, and value, and benefit than all thofe ? come -ftudy that piece of the Bible wherein thefc are written; there is not a line or ex~ pre ilion ofChrift in the Scripture, but •cis matter enough for a whole age to comment on; thou needell: not co leave old princi- . pies for new difcoveryes, for in thefe very parttcu'ars thou might~ dt finde fucceffive fweetne!fe unto all eternity. ___ ....-____. _.......,---------- SEcT. z, Of c~nfideriilg 'fe[TJA in that refperl. 1. l Et us cOHjider 'fefm, carrying on this work of our fa! vati. / on for us in thefe particulars. We mufi: not only ftudy to know thefe things, but we muft meditate on them till they come down from our heads to our hearts. Meditation is the poyze that fetsall the whedes withm a going, it were to fmall purpofe to bid us dejire, hope, bdeeve, h•'e, ;oy, &c. if fidl: we did not med1tate, in meditation it is that theunderllar>ding works, that the will is inclined to follow, that devotton is refreihed, that faith is encreafed, hope eG:abliihed, love kindled ; and therefore: begin here 0 my foul ; it is a due conjidera'ivn , that g1ves both life, and light, and motion to thy aCl:ings in all pro- -- ceedings. . · 1\nd co take them in order.- I. Con!·der ofChrifts afcenGon into heaven. Methinks fouls {hould put themfelves into the conditton of the D1fciples when they looked (let~~df.Jl!J tQwt~rds heaven M (hrift woit up; what, A a. t.! o, flull he afcend, and !hall not we in our contempla:tioas follow after him? gaze 0 my foul on this wondertul ob jeet) thou n~edeft . not
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