582 Hew are we compleat in Chri fl ? Serm, 3 5, Gen.zt.. &5, . Bottle which was loon empty , or as broken Cif erns, Citerns, and therefore cannot hold much, broken Cifterns, and therefore cannot jer.2.13, hold what they have long: And withall let it be your wifdom to look upon Chrifi as that everlafiing Fountain of all good which can never be drawn dry, as that never failing Spring of all thofe bier- rings which will not onely fweeten every condition here, but go with us beyond death, and the grave. Such fixed apprehenuons of theft things will be fìnguiarly u'efuil to engage our fouls in an earned pur. fuit after Chria , or in the pfalrnifis words, to follow hard after him, t'fa1.63 8. and 'cis his promife, that they that come to him he will in no wife calf out, John 6. 37. r Sam.5.4. 2. Be fpeedy in calling out thole inmates, which b:cFaufe they A111o5 3.3. are unmeer companions for Chri l may hinder his taking pofl'eG fion of your fouls. The Ark. and Dlfgen could not ffand together in the fame room, but if the Ark (lands Dagcn falls. Can two walk together except they be agreed. Chrifi and our corruptions are at no agreement, theft two cannot dwell tog ether under the fame roof. If you would have Chrifi to take up his abode in your hearts, you mull prepare a place for him ; It was faid of David he would Pfal.i32.4,5. neither give fleep to his eyes nor 'lumber to his eye- lids, till he had found out an habitation for the mighty God of yaceb. The fouls of anof men are fo crowded with other guefis, that the bell entertain- ment they can afford Chrifi, is but Each as he found in his firfl en. trance into the world, an out - room, a fiable , a manger : But let it be your care to renounce communion with all things that might Pfal.45.ro,r r. hinder your communion with him to forget thy own people, and thy Fathers hossfe, fo (hall the King greatly del re thy beauty ; fo, not cther_ ways, he will have no rivals, no competitors, not a part of our heart, but all. 3. Be willing to accept of Chrifi upon his own terms, there Nadia 6.24. can be no terms hard on which we may gain an interea in him. The great and main condition is Self - deniall together with a full re- fignation of our felves to him, and Self- denial if duel), confidered, is the greaten Self - advantage. r. Becaufe he calls us not to deny our felves in any thing that is- truly for our fpirituall good, or at leaf fo far as 'us for our good. 2. Though he calls us to deny our felves in many outward good things , yet 'cis not fo much to part with them as to exchange them for what is better. 3. The main obj:âs of Self - denial are thofe things which'ris our priviledge to be freed from ; no reafon therefore to be offended at fuch terms as thefe. s to refign up
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