li 2 2 Folly of negleeling !'hrift. Vie. s judges 9.9. Johñ 5: 4o. u>.p11:4:za: f' wPfa1.45.te. Immovs._..r._________ CHAP. V. Setting forth the folly of negleFting Chril, -and feekiiie Fulne1 e elfeahere. fH I S difcovers the folly of fuck as negfeet Chri(#,Ieave Chrift, ftep out, and goe alide from Chriit, and leek for fulneffe elfwhere..Thefe are like the meu of .5ccoem in Jo- times Parable, f leaving the Vine, the Olive and the Fig- tree, addrefling themfelves unto- the Bramble, and hiding them felves under the Thad ow, thereof. All that is without and . betide Chrift, is but a Bramble in companion of Chrift, mi.. niftring ,no fafety, no defence, no lure and comfortable fha- dow of refrcfhment to them that have recourfe unto it. It is ourgreateft foolifhneffe to leave the Lord Jefus, to feeke- .out other props, and pillars to "fupport us ; an evil': very common and incident to the foules of men,an evill of which our Saviour doth complaine, t Te will not come to me, that ye might bave life ; ye will not come to me, ye will not beleeve in me, yee will not love and embrace me, ye will not mil and relye on me, ye will not fubje6t your felves to me, ye will not folace and delight your (elves in me, ye will not ..quiet and content your felves with me, ye will not c4_me to me, as Schollers to their Teacher, to be taught of nie, tò learne me, as the truth is in me ; ye will not corne to nie, as . fick men to their Phylitian, to be healed and cured by me, as they that fit in darkneffe come to the light, to be ruled and guided by nie, who am the true light ; ye will not come to me,as the poor to the rich,to be fed and cloathed by nie; as the thirfty to the Fountaine, to be refreíhed and filled by me ; as the fervant to his Lord,.to feare and ferve me, to ho- nour and exalt me ; ye will not thus come tome. There is in the foules of men a very ftrong and wonderful back - wardneffe to come to the Lord Jefiis,to cone fully and free- ly off from the creature unto Chritt, as the wife cumnuech offfrom her w owne people and her Father houfe,to live and .bile with her husband, to fit her love on him, to quiet her Elf! with
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