Sao Chap. ç. An Expefition rapa the Book of B. vetf. r-7. 1Vherealfo(by the way) we may obferve thegreat difference between carthiy,and fpiritual things: The belt of earthly things, ufed too much or too often,grow lothfam : Angels food(Man- na orQailes) wilt not goe down long with us. But Chritj,the fpirituai rvlamia, and all heavenly things the more-we have of them,and the longer we are dieted with thcm,thc marewehhall delight in them :Thole will not loathus,aftcr two,or five,or ten, or twenty daycs, or after a wholemonths fteding on,them:No, we fhtll feedon them days without°r umbe whr, or the ale day of eternity,without any loathing5,;ufe;aod-dedght,fhall never ceafe or abate; appetite !hall renew every moment,though our enj ,y- ment be but one and the fame.Yea,theSaints`fhall be fo far from loathing the piratant cupof glory, that theyought not to loath, and( Cord-Ctrengthning them)they thali not l .ath the hitter cup of fort-ow : Their flomachs fliall not turn, though dieted more then two-or five or ten, or twenty days with the breadof adver- fity,and the water of afliiEion.That's the firlf fence of the word, inallufion tonaufeatingat the fight or long life ofineate:Loath nt the cbafini>;g of the Lord, Or the word may Teem to -carrya reference to phyfçk,o&,me- dicines,as well as meate,whichyou know is many times giv,°n in a hater pill, or in a diftafl.ful potion; The tick man is apt to loath the potion brought him, and turne his head away from it; what he take ii"? nonot hc.He had rather die thandrink Inch a draught, he is ready to throw it agaitxffthe wall, and (pill it on theground rather than drink it:but then his friendsorthePhyfi:ian perfwadt with him; Be not angry,though it be loathfom to your flomach yet it is wholfom for your body,It is an enemy only to your di- feafe, therefore loath it not. So herc,E1pE6t (as it were) brings in God,ftanding like a Phyfitian,or a father,or a tender mother at the bed fide, where a lick child or friend lies, ufitag many en- treaties and perfwafive reafons to take a bitter potion; my child, or my friend, doe not loath, doe not defpife, no nor diflat: this medicine,doe not cáft it away; though it bebitter in your mcu:h, vet take it down,and the effeis of it will be tweet to your whole body. We find in Scripture, affii&ions compared tea a cup; Our Lord Jefus calls all his fufferings for our falvation, ácup,and it was a cup tempered with venome and poion, with the gall and wormwood of all our fns; it was a loathfome potion indeed; and fuctias would have turn'd theaomachs of all men &Angeis to
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