Chap. 33. An expofitioìi upon the Book, of j o . Verf. 20. 3;17 Fourthly, Others loath wholfome mear out of a curiofitÿ, be- caule it is not dainty enough. Laflly, Sicknefscaufeth a loath- ing of all meare, even of the mofl dainty and defirable meate And the Lord at any time can make that which was our delire, our loathing. We have a like defcription of a lick man ( Pf. 1S. ) His foule abhorreth allmanner of meat, and draweth neere unto thegates of death. Thirdly, Note. The be of Creature - comforts are but vain comforts. What can dainty meat doe a mangood, when he is ficke and ready to dye ? Then gold and filver, lands and houfes, which are the dainty meat of a covetous man, are loathfome to him. When a man is ficke to death, his very riches are faplefs and tattlers to him ; wife and children, friendsand acquaintance can yeild little comfort in that dark houre, yea they often prove miferable com- forters : Whenwe have molt need of comfort, thefe things ad- minifler leaf' or nocomfort at all to us. Is it not Pour wifdome then ro get a flock of fuch comforts, aswill hold and abide frefh -with us, when all worldly comforts either leave us, or become taltlefs to us ? Is it not good to get a flore of that food, which how Fick foever we are, our flomacks will never loath ? yea the Picker weare our foules will the more like,hunger after,and feed the more heartily upon. The fiefh ofChrift is meat indeed (Joh: 6. 5 5. ) Feed upon him by faith, in health and in fïckneffe, ye will never loath him. His flefla is the true meat of delires, fuch meat as will fill and fatten us , but never cloy us. A hungry craving appetite after Chrifi, and Tweet fatisfa6lion in him are infepara- ble, and RI the fironger is our appetite, the greater is orar fatif- fa&ion. And ( which is yet a gre iter happiness) our foules will have the firongetl appetite, the moll (harp-fet flomacke after Chrif}, when, through bodily ficknefs, our flomacks cannot take down, but loath the very fcent and fight of the moll pleafawt pe- rifhingmeate, and delicious earthly dainties. Looke, that ye pro- vide fomewhat to ear, that will goe downe upon a fick-bed ; your lick-bed meat is Chril; all other dainty food may be an abhorring,to you. Further , Not onlyare we to confider the ficknefs of the bo- dy, as the caufe of this tafllefnefsand lifilefnefs after bread, But Yyz w
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