How to make n fe of Chrfi. thoughts maketh ufe of the Bridegroome ; let the thought of Chrift be frequent and precious, and the meditation of Chrift b Tweet unto -us. Of him let us make ufe by our Faith, depending upon him as the houle upon the rock, calling our (elves, our care and burthen upon him ; as the child up- on the parent, hiding our (elves under the fhadow of his wings ; as the chicken under the wings of the Hen, reftiug upon him for a fupply in all our wants, for a deliverance in all dif reffes, making him inífead of all in the abfence of all helpers, deriving and drawing more and more from his ful- neffe, as the thinly draw waters out of the Well by the buc . ket, and as the branches draw nourilhment from the roots. Of him let us make ufe by our Love, loving him as the Father begetting, the Ranfomer redeeming, the Phyfitian healing, the Husband marrying, and Treafure enriching our foules. Of him let us make ufe in our Joy, rejoycing in him as the wife men in the Star, with an c exceeding great joy. Of him let us make ufe in our peace and profperity, looking on hint as the author of 411 our happineffe, as the Sun that puts a fulneife into all the lights of our comforts, as the Sun puts a fulneffe into the Stars : without Chrill all is empty, as a withered branch without the root : All is bitter as the waters ofMa- rab without the tree. Of him let us make ufe in our hearing, preaching, prayer, conference ; him let us heare, him let us learn, of him let us (peak, him let us let forth. d Bernard faith, All the food of the foule is dry, if it be not put into this Oyle ; it is unfavoury if it be not feafoned with this Salt : If thou write(, it doth not relifli with me, unleffe I read J E S U S there : if thou doeft difpute or confer, it Both not relifli well with me, unleffe J E S U S found there : If we make not nie of Chrift .Jefus, our ufe of Gods Ordinance is fruitleffe. Of Chrift let us make ufe in our difirefes, as Noah made ufe of the Arke in the deluge, to fapport us ; as the Gibeonites made ufe of Jo(bua in the fiege, to help us, to deliver us ; as Hagar made ufe of the Well when her bottle was empty, to fill us. O let not Chrill be to us as tethers fword, to him, which he drew not, ufed not ; as wealth to many to whom God gives not power to eat, as a cordiali to him that doth not receive it, 55 bPfa.ao4.34: c M.+t.2.IO. d Ai'idus c(1 omnis anime cibus,0 non otto inf un- dit uï: in f pili us eli fi non bcc fiale cnnditur : fi fcrib:is,,non fap'at mibi, nifi legerobi Je- fum fi d'ÍÌ'u_ tes,atìt confe- ras,non tapit mihi,nif fonu_ exit ibi Jeíus.
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