.Sermotl/1. , Thistirite;-is the rime,wlien all Hjpot:t:ites;<Aiheljbs; tagvand ~ag~'come in,'and fl .eeke Him in afort: And lha_ll not b~con~o.und_ed; to fee our ~elve~mrheir nmn!>er- ~ a to fa .tha.t'mufi be fa1d (for, tr~eiMS) 1t 1s pafhhe<Dwels~h_ne. They be his . •. . N [Js [cu!,ill1ft tempmt].and he feekorh r~.make.~h~m:ro;ursl~at'lt1s. eyer toofoort~ Matth.t.zjl. \VO(< kG Atthe.hardell:(Itrull).wewillnotkeli~e;clmew4dl'Him. · ., ''·l.J .~, · J,! tp eA~d ~f;ekeHim then; is--nottofakeHim,/~b~~R'.t~~~~~n't-F;tf.m: 'l,'(d: tlu!y'Tf!e~ l ~?,;me of Eimnot;;d;eyidifemble witb himr.f-al~hdf:aph,.m~h~~ei.lt:v.~fe.')'!or,w~e~ G_·b·~ ~:0~~~~~~ of . .(o t·rietbem,repbved th,ern·~~ve~folittlellme,t~ey,~eH,~hetr-olti b~as; a~ whe~ v"r'.'!· . ' ·· he ceafed fil/ipg,tpelrfltkmgwas <\tan~nd.S,a are;a!bfo~··e.t:,Seeki;Jg\;t!1ke toabew .' , ...: ~-. 'rtrin" brougli~to 'hi~full.bent,b~rJ·emim\ ¥-?u neverio l~t~lej'1t ~:l;~tet~b'~c~ ~~:iine. f-lay itJ:;;nqt t{tWebal'lt ,}10 k~dly.{a~ng:Jbu~~ baf~Ig_~oble~reeP,~g;_~>wuho~c all inuenui~!ej ~vhenwe<;m1.1fi e1thqjdte:or~oemHNiil;her xlft~rpo~i>.m, todoe 1t ~.t1Jeff.·l' t •. : l •• .' ~:, ,\ ,r_w-; "?r.J ·· ,,.. ,b:;~;J•~: ~ J · uL~~' But in very d~ed, irisrtMeeking at .aH;as b(£ore:wae defined '}ll.trebant to feeke 4No fttFn, indeed. There is adlamdeY)1;it;:tween·occill6ri<llti3.nd '}IIJfxeb~nt,afM therefore,betweene "',u, it and qu.trehant Ettm. ~1encanaott~en~ee~e: Iftheymull:~i{eup, andtttrnethe~ chat mull: doe it. they are not able for th~trlives, ro tttrneorjftr themCc!ves ra dom. Nay nor toEnquire.For,what is our{eeking,then~ Is it nor,to lie frill on our bed,and fuffe; a few words to be fpokenin our eares ~ Have alirdeopiateDivinitieminifired to our foules, andfo Cent away ~ Sure,.rhis is rather to befoughtthanto feeke, There goethmore to Jl.!yreban!_. .then thus•.'Y~!!lull:clienfl;f~~h~~~e,ar~!9ca(e,roghfe Jtn(weandIf. ;t.~ejU,d ·ourJel.ve_s,;,;~benwe areablet~:takt'rP o.~fccrpf{e,be· fore it be laid:on,~s. . .~'lf-'i'(llJWf~nd bef~re,.-tt.m occit/e~&.-'' · v; .~ :Laftly;it·\V'ould be kn What &ecame ofthis ~.trebant? Wtlah1rey f~u1id the illfumJ!I that[otlghtthus; and then, and nor before~ Theyfound not Him, the Prophet faith •fit._ . plainely :!hey goe then, with {beepe andht~lloclcs,and all manner of Caarifice,tofeeke !MS· 6 • the Lord, bttt find Him not ;for, He hath withdrawen Him{elfe hefore. And juftly they find Himnot,ex lege talionio. GodHimfelfeanCwers them; nay; their ownhearts an[wer themfelves : Go, w~omyou have fpent yourlife infeeking, .f(&totl)enr~ow. Let them fave you, at th1s, whom ye fought, at all otherrimes. As for me, 1t /hall cometo palfe,as I cryed and you would nOt heare; So,'you fl1all crieandfe(ke, and /hall not find,or be heard (faith the Lord.) Yes: they found Him 1 but,with adoore /hut berweenc Him and them. Bur,what fourtd they~ The Parable of the ten virgins cell U£ (which is the.GojJ>ellforrhis Pfalme :) theyfound(tha:,which we,I hope,lhall never ~nd) aNef.:io ves. Where Mm&: zr. 1 ;; (that we may fee, rhatth1s courfeJs folly, and thereforcmdced aneftantJiCIIt) that · which puttetht!J$d~lftt.eri.~~lf~dfe,tha: bf,JUi~ and&o,.V,r!J;, ,th,~t,they had fought andlookedto thei[;ff(?, ~er ~hl'I!.r~d.egroo~e-cam_: :_ ·~nd_~~ofeti,tat ~verefooltfh and flmt Matth.s).f: our? when theJ!,~tde~r~oiiJ? 1-\\as.e~en_ cornmmg (that ~~~.,-c.~m ~c~·deret) were tofuke - thm oylerhen~H~dno.t looked to u,nll then,t fl{s[cto vo~,lil-,thm·an~wer,Heknoweth tlmv not: they t,Boke,too lliort.ati,mc,rp~.rc;sd a~q.uai~ttan.ie in:~e{fib vos they find, that fofeeke. J!.rifec1o adJ:os tomtrr<; et¥-.: At;th~s clap, h~thatwaljth nor, is not alleepe,butdead. · .. ., ·C.r"'<'A'"· . ,_.,;-:-...~n , ,· ...... ... ::~.:~~-·~::·:t- ,;~:/x~_.~ T ...,""' , "",. .,.,r... ~.,. ,, ~- .oconclude then,with o'ur In/lrtt[J:{o'py;'f.ftl{is tlifle,and this feekinghave fo ma: · . ny ev11l matks: the rime foun[e'aforiab~~:;,lfiqeU{Jng fo many wayes to feeke If the 0 "' lnj/TNffl: luccc!fe to this feekingbe nobetter; 'But;K£{'clovos: Why thenNefiat. Ifrheie "'' here were nor well adv1Ced : If thofe ri'rgins werefoolij!J: why rhcn Nejiant ji.:11t, ~~~ ' . ~econdly, To feverrhe filverfroni the drolfe; Thefeekin" is good,keepe it: the 11711 h IS wrong,change it; either intoAnteq11am occtderet, or in~o Ct~m fervaret. Fiat, tot eaCizon : 'JVjiat,torhctime; f .Th,rdly,as we confelfc,that there is mie to be fought: And that,with the turning ? agmne we cannot have Him,when we lifi,butfeekeHimwemufi :!hat Hisfoeking 15 worth thewhile :And that it is no~ difpatched in :1 minure,but mu!t have time : So, R ta 3
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