Chrz, ffs coansminilw highly to be prized. .= 4.3 1 Therefore efteeen the love of Chrift above the love of the creature, as men efteem the love of the King above the love of the Beggar. Thirdly,we should highly value the communion and mi- 3. niftration of Chriit : The Sunne filleth the ayre with light, The commu- the head filleth the body with fence and motion,the School nicatfon and filleth the braine with Art and Learning, the golden Mine É "C i4on i filleth the tiore -houfe with treafure,the teaft filleth the hun- gry with meat, and the clouds fill the earth with fruit.; and all thefe are efteemed for their ministration and fling : But I Chrift lath a more excellent adminií# ration, he filleth with better light then the Sun,with better Art and Learning then the Schoole, with better fence and motion then the head, with better meat then the feats, with better fruit then the Cloud : He filleth the hungry with e good things, with fpi ituall e Luke r. y3. and heavenly good things, laving knowledge, lively faith, fervent love, chriffian patience, true humility and nleeknes, even with the whole treafury of all fpirituall good things, even filch good things as f carnali eye hath net feene, uncir- f r Cor.z,g. cumcifed Bare hath not beard, nor have entree' into the unre- generate heart of man : thefe doth Chrift reveale and com- municate by his Spirit, and in this miniftration ftands the happineffe, glory, and comfort of man ; Chrift becoming their fulnetTe,and golfing all in all,by being the fumes of their ::g Ephef.r.a.3. knowledge, of.their faith, of their love, of, their peace, of their pofefl'ion ; without whom all knowledge, Filth, boye, and whatfoever elfe, is but an empty thing. Give then pre_ heminence to Chrift miniftration, tabove the miniftration of the creature ; as to the ministration of corne above chaife, of gold above druife. Oh prize the gift of Chrift above all the gifts of the world. Fourthly, we (hould highly prize the bleffed, fweet and: 4. gracious pretence of Chriit ; as a good lhbjeet loth the pre- The fv.et & fence of his King in his houfe, above all other friends ; as- h1ee'd pc-- wife the preience of her husband above all other ntighbotrt_s fence t We wilt not fo efteeme the pretence of riches, honours,¡ friends, or any other endowments, as we doe the pretence of Chriit. This Chri i lath eromi cd to his children, as their G 2 italfe
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