5 2 Manner of comming to Chr , r Exod.r 2..42 4.Ht3 wily- s Ifa. m t t Luk. I. ç' ;. 5.Huinility. u I mn.: 6, lovingly. 7. srrongl y. y.Corfi;a.tiy. Eoure mean es difpofing raen to to ^hrií}. r. Senfe of em.ptirefe. 2. ' t Confidcration ,f,iatans llega Coi .i :. 7a.. u holily, The flranger under the Law that came to the Paffeover was firft r circunci fed ; He that comes to Chrift mull cïrcum- cife the foreskin of his hea;'t. There is no acceptable appro- pintination to Cbri f Piro without true holineffe, .T ourthly, to E brill lct as corne s .w grin, as a thirfty man to the wa- ters :. no man is welcome to Chill, but he that comes with a holy hunger.and third. He fends the rich empty away,and t fils the hungry with goal thins. Fiftdy},to Cheift let us corne l.unrbly, with a lively f nfe an .1 feeling of our wants, in godly for- row and true repentance, as the fervants of Benhadad came to the King of ifrael, with v ropes about their necks, and fact` cloath i brut their loynes. Sixtly, to Chrifr let us come lovingly, as the Bride unto the Bridegroome ; r, rongly, as the waters to the Sea ; 76y fully, as the r ch man to his treafure ; And ct-nfiantly, comrtSingmore and more, daily drawing nearer and nearer unto Chriff, to a more full and pedal participation add fruition of. Chrill and his fulneffe. And to the end we may all come to Chrifi, and for the better dilpofing and fitting of our hearts thus to come to Chrifl, we muff firft be fenfible of our emptineffe without Chrift, feele our foules as, an empty nomad( wherein is no meat,- as- an empty lamp wherein is no light, as an empty or withered P Y p P 7 arme, wherein is no itrength. The people in the famine be- ing fenfible of the emptineffe and want of corne at home, . came to Jofeph,.with whom was all the fulneffe of Egypt. He alone loth truly prize Chrifts ftilneffe; that feels his owne emptineffe. The Eons of Jacob went not out of their owne country downe to Egypt for bread, until! they found the want thereofat home : Man never goes out of himfelfe to Chrift till he knowes the vanity and emptineffe of his owne heart ; he that knowes this, will haften hió foule to Chrifl, as Jacob hafted his Eons to Egypt. Secondly, we muff fee and confider bow Satan doth befiege and aifault us ; how, like a man of h e lets upon us ; how like a roring Lyon he goes up and downe, feeking to devour us. The Gibeonites feeing themfelves befieged by the Amoritifh Princes, Pent to Jofbua to help them: Paul being female of the buffetings of Satat,ad- dreffed himfelfe to God by w fervent and frequent Cupplica- cation h
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