Opened, and appliedfromCHai sr s Prieflly-Office. 95 work, ifhe do call mee thereunto, though I have never fo little firength. And yet further, If all this be true : Why fliould not a 4. man be contentedwith his condition, though it be never fo mean ? Beloved in the Lord !is there not enough in Chrias bleffing ? Truly, He is too covetous, whom the bleffingof Chrift will not fatisfie. Well, what ever mycondition be, yet I may be bleffed by Jefus Chrift ; and hath the Lord bleft me? then will I be contented with my Condition, though it be never fo mean, I have-All, as Jacob once faid, I have All. Yea in the Fift and IA place : Here is that, (which if wel ftudied and confidered)will provoke us all for to blefs the Lord, and continually to bleffe the Lord ! What is the life of a Chriftian here but a continual) bleffing of God ? 'tis Heavenbegun : and in Heaven, they do nothing elfe, but bleffeand praife the Lord ; and, I fay, our life here, is Heaven begun : and therefore a Chriftianfhould be alwaies biding and praifing the Lord. Well, But what will make a man to be alwaies Biding, and *felt. PraifingofGod in Ch rift ? The knowledge that a man is bleffed by ChrifT, wil make Anfir. a man bleffe God for Chrift. And thereforeconfider how theApo file reafons, in the i. ofthe Ephefians, & the 3. verf. Blefed be the GodandFatber of our Lord Jefus chrifi : Why? Who bath Neffed VS. Whenonce a man can come to this, for to fay, That the Lord Chrift hath Weft him ; then he will break forth into biding and praifing ofthe Lord ; Oh 1 Bleffedbe the Lord : Bleffe the Lord, 0my foul ; & bide the Lord all that is withinme : For the Lord bath bleffed me with fpiritual bleffings. Do you therefore de fire to be alwaies in this work offolding the Lord? think much ofthis. To conclude al; give me leave to cal uponyou,to remem- ber what ye have read. Ye have read, That it is the work ofour great High-Prieff, To Satisfiefor thefins ofthepeople. To anfwer unto all Accufations that are brought againft them: To offer
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