4°° Mr. Lye's Summary Rehe41fai The Fifteenth Sermon. Ira. 8. 14. Hefball 6rfor 4 $4/117447. T-He words are an allufion to a;Cliyofrefuge, and from hence this Obfervation, Mite Chri still befor afore refuge to.all thofe that snake him theirfear and dread. And the truth is, there is the great- eitreafon in the world Chriit fhould be lO Saints avid ingreateft needof this SanCluary. There are a, poor, weak, helppleffe, genera- tionof Creatures,but they have aRock of refuge; The Conies ; arebut afeeblefolk, yet make they their hamlet in the Rockr: Chrift bears dear.. eft love to them : they are molt precious to him ; they are his Jew-- els, what will a man preferve, ifhe wilt notpreferve hisJewels? Will Chrift be a SanCtuary ? Then /. See the true reafon why the Saints ofGod are offuCh an her&ck Spirit, even when troubles look them in their faces, and ring in their ears, theyhave a God to fly to, a Chrift to reft on. 2. See the reafon of that confternation offpi- rit, that feizes on wickedmen in timesof trouble, Hide me from the wrathof the Lamb. Why ? they have no refuge togo to, and how- ever it is with them now, you Hull hear nothing but howling and la- Meriting, when God 'hall come to avenge 'the blood ofhis Saints. Be exhorted to makeChrilt your 544FIN47, get into this City of Refuge, and for motives confider, z. Your abfolute needofa San- tluary You are the power of the world, in the pawof the Devil,in the mouthof danger, in the mouth ofHell. 2. All other things in the world arenot fuflicient to become a Sanauary., You ;hay run to theRocks, but they cannot hide you, you may make an arm of flesh your ftrength, but it will prove an EgyptianReed, and run into your bands ; you may make Riches yourrefuge, The richmans niealth is his firongrower, butrather, 'tis a Caftle in the Air, you may make-hor ;lours your refuge, &c. All thingsunable to be your SanCluary: ;. Confider what a-large, free, prefent, well-furniked, unchangeable Refuge and Sanauary Chrift is ; thereare many, nay, all things in Chrift, ;n which a poor foul may take Sanctuary : Doff thou want Righteoufneffe ? He is the righteous one. Doft thou. want San&i. fication, Wifdom, Redemption ? He is all ; in himRefuge and San- etuary mayft thou take, in his Providence for thy Protection, inhis Offirer for thySalvation, inhis Promifel for thy Confolation and a- mongft tl-:e refit; that which is like the Dyantand in the Ring, fee that gear promife in The
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