Sermon8. take th~t_for c.ert~ine. _This then to endevour; andthis d_ay to fer in hand wirhir; For, this IS the mame pomt, that we finde our [elves rifenwtth C " 11. I s T • findc.it orprocure it: finde it already,or procure ir,asfoone as may be. ' ~ , It Now, thus wefhallknow,ifweheri(en, andrhusprocureit,ifwehenot:If Thedoubi<LI· we (eeke,if weJet our minds on things ahove: which is the double inference, uponthe ~';{:;1.,1(,. former double fuppofe : which I divide into the 1 Af1, and the • ObJef1. The 1 ua, 4 1[ ,.,fi,.., .Qyrere,and fapere: the •ObJef1, qu.t[ur{t11n. mi~des, &c. •• Ofthe twoaf1s, one referrethtoaf1ion: (feeking, is a matter ofendeavDur.) the !"'"'' •"•""· other to theajftEiion : (Jet your'Ajfef1ion, or mi11de; it is both.) There be two workcs arguing the Spirit: 1 UWction,and •Senfe. Motiop, in the one, Seeking: Senfe,inthe other, fo is it turned (Phil.z.s.J Idemfentite,letthefamemindebeinyou. Thcreis Motll4 /Jftu, in them tharfeekenot: and Sen[11414f114, in them rhatfavottr not. To ihefe two reduce all: 1 f!!!!,.trenda fapere,, andSapienda q~<.trere: Tominde,what we are eo feeke; and to (eeke, what we mi11d. Ofthefe two 1 joymlyfirft : • then fe'1!e. rally ; and l laft of their order. • ·1 · Ioyntly: for,dif-joyned they may nor be. One is little worrh,wirhout theothli' Thctwooth There be, tharfee/ee, and be very bufie in ir, and yet favour not the thingsthat are of j•J•tlJ 'S"t', Go 0 , So foualtt--a great V'lpojlle once: and ourS .. vI oua didnorlettQtdl :::'~!.""' him of it; ·~~P~'!f,, (the very word here) thou fav~t~refi not. Men~ that arepolftffed Mattb. • ~· >J· \vi~h falfeprmctples, and yet fall afeekmg ; .ze•lo114 IO·the'r way, but want true iiHow. 'lro:J,.l.. Chlp. s.u. V~r, 18, . v~·,l· . · i TheAaa fmnlly. I Stet<. ~uh.7!1i· ledge, ro fixe their mindsaright. Now,wlthout knowledge, (fai~hSalomontruly)thc TIJinde is notgood' andwe know, Mal4 mens,ma/114 4ntmtu, the mmde mif-led,will fee theajftf1ionsawry fira1g~t. . · Will yeefee them m bode~ Looke bur totheendofthelafl(h•tterbcfore: There, rhey feel:e _fo, as they will neither ta.fl, handlenor touch. So feeke, asd 1 w 111 rhey goe to worjbtp, not only Go o, but the Angelscoo. Sofeeke, asJi.tre not thei1 owne bodies, and yet wrong all the wh1le; and yet w1rh all thetrfeeking, not rifen with. chrijl, for all,that. Why~ For,qu.tmnt, nonJ.tptunt. • . · On the other fide : there be, rharfapiunt, non qu..runt; t~at(apiunt qu.e Chrifti, qtt.trttnt qtt.tfua, Savour Chrijf, butfeeke themfelves. Of whom the Apojlle (Phil.z, :u.) rhey have knowledge competent, but without fo much as aftarkeof trueende– .'l.lortr : Pariter inteltigunt noho(cum (faithAugtif/ine) pariter non dtligunt; Ynderj14nd well enough, but coldlyajfef1ed: So, Sit Jfi/1, and feekenor. · So rhar,.borh would be kept together; k.erite,andSapitebot~. For,asinihe ·body narurall,ir fareth between rhejlomackeand thehead: (arheumaticle hea.rlfpoyles ·the f/omacke withdifli!lations; and adiflempmdjlomacke fills theheadwithr.w••· pot~rs;and foone mars the other:)So is it here: ourmindemifiaking,mif-leads the •f– Jeflion: and a wrong [etajfeifionputs themindeout of frame. That, infunderrhey would not be,but joynedever. Sapere, without qtt.trere, will notrife,butlye fiill;and .qu"rere, wirhoutfapere,willrife, but lead you ~ftray• Now feverdlly. If we he rifen, tomwe, androfeeke: rharis, torcfolve,tha! with fitting fiill without feekmg, what we are here willed tofeelu, will not be had. We lhall not ftumble on it, or hiruponitunawares; rhereneedsafeekil•g. !four SavioNr knew rhe waywell, it is hard eohir,andfewthere he that fnde it. The fhort: there goe'th {ea"h and enquiry to it; paines' anddiligencearerequifite: we fhall not come ·thither, with rherurningof a ginne. It weregreat folly (when we fee dayly, things here heneath,wirhout travaile,will nor be c.ome by)once to thinkc,things abl'll! willdropintoourlaps,wirhoutanyfeeking." . , .. • To feeke then: but, to doe it ro purpofe. For, that wh1ch we call Jeektng, IS norhin" lelfe. Thofe,rowhom the PropherEfayfayd(chap.:J.·I.zz.)SitJ"ulttJ,qNt· rite, /(yee wiO feeke; why then fde i dge it, in earneft; it fcemes, 'they foug~! /
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