'Fo11v offeck- ing fulncite in naked ufe of Ordinances. 8 f " Seek5rs vf fislrrle in naked Ordinance,r, y n Chron.i h zv-4r.y:4. iudg.i7.J3- y,: Yting.q. S® Folly of feek- { sngfúlneflein humain inYen tionsw. ZeuirYO;2: i Mér.a.r. 1cr. : Geno Some feek for fulneffe in the naked pretence and bare life of Gods Ordinances, never labouring to fee Chrift, to tafte Chrift in them, to receive Chrift and his fulneffe through them, to be brought to the enjoyment of Chrift by them : A a v promifed himfelfe -a fulneffe of health from the Phyfrtr- cians; he looked not beyond and through them to the Lord ; be fought rot to the Lord, but to the Ph} f r inns : Gods Ordinances are the Phyfick, his Miniflers the Phifitians : Some feek to them, flay in them, promife themfelves fulneffe of health from therm, they leek not, they come not home to the Lord by them, they-partake notof Chrift and his fulneffe in -them. The jcwcs w promifed themfelvcs fulneffe of defence, fafe. t y, viîory, falvation from the naked pretence of the Temple, without amendment of their doings, without obedience to the God that dwelled in the Temple. Micah perfwaded him- felf of the fulneffe ofall blefJing,b :caure he hadaxLevite to his Priefl, though he flill retained his Idol], and learned not of his Prieft how to ferve that God aright,- from whom com- meth all bleffìng. How many men doe turne the 'manes of falvation into the meanes of deftru &ion, not learning God in them, not being led home to God by them. . ueftion- leffe mans nie ofGods ordinances is fruitleffe,untill in them he both fee and enjoy Chrift and his fulneffe As therefore the Shunamitifh woman thought it not enough that Gebazi was fcnt with his Maffers flaffi-, but y laid bold upon the Prophet, and would not goe till he himfelfe went -with her : fo think it not enough that ye have Chrifts fervant and Chrifts ftaffe, Chrifis Minifler and Chrifts Word; but lay hold of Chrift, cleave to Chriff, and carry Chrift with you,: You come to the Minifiry to little purpofe,- if you carry not home with you Chrift Jefus, if you be not filled with his fulneffe. Some Peek for fulneffe in humane ohfervations, in ferving God after their owne fancies, or the do &rines of men 2 in offering facriftce with firange fire, in a falfe worfhip, in a de- vifed Religion ; there feek fulneffe of water in a broken Ci- flerne, for fulneff-e of light in an empty Lamp, for fulneffe of bread in a heap of chaffe, for fulneffe of figs upon a thiflle; thefe, like them that builded Babel,build to their own confu- lion
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