andpeipctuall qr~ide. is no Caving and true knowledgeof God in. that r;nan,.who·defires not to gr-ow in grace, aodin the . knowledge of the Lord l<i f'us ChrHl:. vVould ~ve mot rbinke hi~ mad and dit1ra6t:ed that fhollld tihllS.reafon aaainfl: his owne l.ife ? I hope Ihave 0 . · eaten meat enoughherctoforei and fmni{hed my felfe with fufficient fl:rength, fo that l DO\v need> no more, and therefore I will neither eat nordri:nk more wbile I_ liw. Ev.en jufl: .fo doth he reafon . and plead again!£. rh~ lif~of his fot.rlc, who com– plaines of too much preaehing, and too many. . Sermons. David, that bleffed King, andholyPro.. phet, whowas advanced both in knowledgeami · holindfe, above the ordinary reachand perfe&i.:.. · o.n of men, and- Jived as an Angell upon earrh ; yet he acknowIedgeth hirnfelfc greatly to fiand in need of fiirring up, by meanes ordainetl of God for that end. As wemaygather omofP[al. , 84. and in marfy other places. In that Pfalrnehe makes a moil grievous and monrnfuU ce>mpla'int, that he is, debarred and bani£bed from all acceffe unto the pub like worfhip and fervice of God; holdin~ himfelfe in this tefpett,moremiferablc than forn<l ofthe bruit:creattltes,. which had liber' ty rolJuild their nefts, and lay their young neare · the Altars· of the Lord ~ which benefit he could' not now enjoy. Now i(this,man of God'Io Ion- . ged and laboured after the meanes of graceand . <romfort, what: ought thofe to ·doe, who are o littiebr no fait'h ; whoa re but Novices and pet.:. · tie~ in the Schoole of Chri!l: ;-who are but babes in.Chriftianity~ orutterlywithout grace?· l, S.imil(•. 'af\, ' . '
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