24, , eil.) Ufje0i.i,ng joint:ye in tke creature. atfa 56II. b Ecc.tel.S.Io. 2. Peebleneflé. ; e"IKing.I;.4.! Ifa.303 d z Kings 6. 1 Troublefom- netiè. 4. Inbondage- rlunt. e luciges y. 5. F Matth.8.8. g Muth, F.a4. b Deut. z8. 41 have a enough. He that .doth not gaine Chrift, earnts nought.; he that drinks not of thisFountaine, b encreafeth his thirtt by drinking. . Secondly,the creature without Chriff s a feeble and weak thing, as a tree without roots, like Jeroboams withered c arme. Without Chrift the ttrength thereof is to fit ffill, like Pharaohs Chariots, when the wheels were fmitten off, it cannot carry :us out of"the waters of diftreffe, it can doe nothing. Gehezi with his Matters ftaffe, could bring d no life nor_ heat into the child, until]. his Matter came ;. the .creature can,doe nothing for ,us, ; if it be not attended with Chrifis power and pre - fence. Thirdly, the creature without Chrift is troublefome ; a bed of Thornes, and not of Downe ; a tempettuous fea, and nut -calm waters ;bread of furrows not of peace ; poyfon, and not pleafant wine : Aurun ampliìss .cr uciat apud quern lar- iìzs fuerit ; aurum amanti nibil de pofre'ione (na pern,ittit, faith ,dtgufiine, Gold torments him molt that bath molt ; it fuf- fers him to enjoy nothing of his poffellion, who purfues t with an inordinate affe Lion. Soóner.or later the creature s potreffed with much torment, if we .enjoy not Chrift in and with it; as the poffeilion, lb the trouble cncreafeth, if we have not Chriti to fan&ifie it ; like the waters .of M: ;raf) `without the tree, they that poffeffe thetas cannot drinke comfortable draught of them. Fourthlÿ,, the creature without Chritt idbondageth, uflirps authority over the foul.t, caufeth it to tow dome, as Gideons Soukliers to the waters,- takes away all the liberty thereof, <nthrals it to the world, and fiibjeð it to the command thereof, :.s the Souldiers to the command of the Centurion. Men that willnot ferve theLord Jefus,becore flaws to the creatures , God makes thetas fharnefu,lÿ to ferve the creature, who will not joyfully ferve Chrift their Lord' and Mailer. Mans denial! of obedience unto Chril, rives the.creature dominion over him the creature is ever that :trans tnmailer who will not be Chrhils fcrvant. As the Lord ttireatned the children of I¡'racl,.laying, h &cau e thou lerver ft .tot the Lord thy God with jo;. fulnef fè, ani with gladrnejr:of heart for she
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