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410

Yfe

a,

r'ñ

3:

Cor.:3.

ç.

Data.

I

hofc

chat

truly

receive

Cbrdt,rcceve

him withthc

heart.

Phil:3.3.

Gal.b

14.

I

Per.

r.7.

Iohrt

r6.í7.

Cant.

r.

Luke

7.38.

Iehn

3,

r6:

Phi1.3.g;

Ephef

ou,Cbap+

them

:

As a

Paficnger he may knock going by

the

doores of

their

hearts,but

he

doth not enter, to

make

their

hearts

his

habitation.

Irdoth

make for

our

comfort, that Chrift

is.with

us:

What

a

com-

fort

is it

to the

ficke

perfon

to

thinke the Phyfitian dwelleth withhim

e

to

us

weak

to

thinke, the

Lord

of

hofts, mighty

in

battell, dwelleth

with

use

Chrift by

this

argument

dothcomfort

his difciples,teh.

r4.

is.

I

will

not leave

you

orphans.

Wet

mutt

examine

our

likes

whether

ChrifldwelIinus,elfe

wee

are

Counterfeits.

How

may we

know

it

Anfw. Joh. IS.

ç.

If

I

abide

in

you

and

you

in

me ,you

'hall

bring

forth

mach

fruit. Rom.

8.

I

o.

If

Chrift

be

in

you, the

ffirstislife

for righteoufneffe:

So that

if

we have the

fruits

of

the

Spit

it, faith, patience

, love ,

heavenly mindedneffe

, then

wee

are

Pure

he liveth

in

us,if we have

the

flaming

out,or the

!Moak

ofthem,

earneft and

confiant groaning after them

:

but when

pride

,

Envy

Covctoufnefs

,uncleannefie,unfruirfulneffe

dwell with us,what

fhai

we

think.'

What communionhath Chrift

with

Beliallf we

cannot

comfort

our hearts,things being thus with

ns.

Dwell

in

your

hearts.] Obi.

Thatthe true receivers

of

Cbrllí,

muff re.

ceive him

with their hearts

and

a

fellions

:

the mouth

and

ftomach

can-

not

take

him , but the mind and

affeEìions,

thefe

can

entertaine

and

containe our Saviour

,

for though

all

of

us

,

is a

temple for him,

yet

the heart

is

the quire where

he

properly fitteth:

When

faith (as it fol-

loweth) wotketh

our

Communion, we

cannot thinke but that

needs

it

muff be

the

heart where

he

is

received:

For

Faith

is in

the heart,

if

wee

L'elseve

with theheart torigbteoufne/e,

Rom.r

o. Againe the

believing

have

not

onely had knowledge

and

affiance,

but have had all their

af-

f

:.éttons beflirting them

felves

about Chrift.

I.

Joy.

We

arethe

Circumfion

that

rejoyce

in

Chrift

Iefus.

God

forbid

I

fhorld

rejoyce

in

any

thing,bat Chriji

crucified.

on

whom

bekeving,

yec

re-

joyce

with

joy

unfpeakable

and

glorious.

2.

Love

:

You

have loved

me

and

believed

on me

:

And the Church

(peaking

of

Chrift,calleth him the Party

whom

her

foule

loveth.

3.

Criefe,

that

our

fins

have caufed

his

bloodfhed.

2.

They

fhaa

looke upon

him

whom they

bave

pierced,

jr

'hall

moarne

over

him,

&c.

The

finfull

woman

now beleeving

and

loving,

wafted

his

feet

with ber

stares, and

wiped them

with her haire.

4.

Admiration

and

wondring,

r

Ieh.3.r.

See

what love

is fhowne us

that

we

fkould

be

the

Sonnes

of

Çiod.

So

God

laved

the world

that

he

gave

his

only

begotten

Sonne,&c.

.

High eftimation

of

Chrift

and his grace.

cswateh,

23. 44.

The

Kingdom

of

heaven

it

like to a

treafare

hid

in

a

field,

the which

when

a

man

hatb

found,

he

bidet

h, and

forjot

thereof,

goetb

and

fedeth

all

that

he

bath.

I

emit all

things

but dung

for

theexcellent

knowledge

of

Chrifl

tens

my

Lord.

Wherefore

if

wee will give true infertainment

to Chrift,

wee

muff

awakeour hearts, ftirre up

all

our

affeétions.

And

it íheweth that

in

molt

mens hearts

Chrift dwelleth not,

becaufe

their

affections were

never