'Mans f ender ahem of Chrfl . taxed the folly of the men of his tinie,gt od res pretioJas minimo ¡emerent, venderentque viliJjimar plurimo ; ftatuam tribus nu nn m millitvus emunt, quern faring chænix duobus £rein venires : becaufe they would buy precious things cheap,and fell bafe things at 'a Beare rate ; becaufe they valued a ftatne at three thoufandr pieces, and fold a meafure of corn for two farthings,though the life of man had no need of a ftatue, but could not live :without-corne : Thus may we jufily tax the folly of men for 'undervaluing Chriff, the molt precious of all things for o- vervaluing the world,which is but dung i and dr6Qe in comps- i Pba1.3.3. 'rifon of Chrifk ; felling their liberty, peace, quiet, even their very fouls for the world;unwilling'to depart with any thing for the enjòyment of Chrift, when yet the worldis but even a dumb ftatue, a dead idol which can doe little or nothing for them, and Chrilf is the true U nna, the k bread of life come !¿, John 6'.s. down fr6 heaven,giving life to all that beleevingly come un- to him;without whom men have no life.of God within thé; fort be that bath the fon hath li fe, he that bath not the fon bath not life. t s john And whence is it that men are fo backward. `, to come to Four grounás Chriff, to entertain Chriff, to receive ofChrifls fulnefhe to )f ths m eat of his bread, & drink of his wine which he bath ming- m Prov.9, led,to partake of all the good things which God the Father hath given him to communicate and bellow upon the fouls of men;but firft,from their ignorance of Chrift; the n world Ihnorance. doth not know Chrifi. As the blind man doth not know the : n john I.io. Sun,though k Thine upon him;no more doth the carnali and Worldly man know Chrift,though he Thine upon him in the Gape': for the light ó fhineth initbe darhneffe,and the darknes coco- ° IOhfl 3:5, prebêdetb it not:fitch is mans ignoráce,that as the light fhining in Gofhen,. did not pierce the darknefìë P where the Eg ptians p Exod. o. fate; no more loth the light of the Gofpell penetrate their fouls,but they fit in darknes and the fhadow of death ; at the noon day of the Gofpel they are in the midnight of igno q Ira. 49.ío: rá e:to fuch ourSaviour faith,ye neither =know me nor my father; r h.hn 3: s . they know not the beauties of Chriff, they fee no comlines in jfa. n3.z: him for wch they should delire him;he is no more to th then another belove they know not the power ofChriff in foft- sing their hearts,asthe.ground knows the power of the dew ni fiipplying it in 1_
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