156 LCor,io.;; Heb:4;xo. 3 Application of mans felfe to Chrift, a;: Pet 4+r,1 e4pplicationof mans MotoC'brifi, riches to glorifie Chrift by his fervice ; he eaeeaaes thefe labeurs of his moil: profitable which prove moft advanta_ glens an bencficiall to Gods Church and children, notfeo- king y his orme profit, but the 'Prophet of many , that they may be fried 11e that denycs . himfelfe is well pleafed to be temporally poore, that he may thereby make others fpi- ritually rich A humble and gracious man reputes it a grea- ter gaine to gaine a foule to. God, then togaine th e fulnc(re of the world to himfelfe. Lally, he ceafeth from km z owne Works, from his owne carnali and finfull works , from his owne proud and ambitious works, from his owne greedy and covetous works ; he ceafeth from thefe, as a traveller From a falfe path, as Iliad ceafed from Pharaohs worke, fo troth he from the works of (inne, Satan, and the world , be is no longer their fervant ; he that denyes himfelfe, .ferves not himfelfe but the Lord ; Chrift is his high and great Mailer ; him he ferves, and to his honour he referres all his fervice : The glorifying of the Lord Jefus is the ft- preame endof a good mans undertakings,and the crowne of a true Chriftians labours. 3, Fa, free, mod ready Application of nuns felfe to Chrift., He that dctsyes himfelfe,reli ncth himfelfe whollyinto the hands of Chrift, as a fckoller to the teacher to learne of Chriít, as a traveller to the guide, tobe direfted byChriff, as afervant to the Matter, to worke and ferve for Chrift, as a fonldier to the Generali, to right for Chrift, as afubieEd to the King, to receive Chrit'rs !awes, and feckeChrifts he. Hour, as a bride to the brickgroome, to dwell withChrift, to love and delight himfelfe in Chrift : a He that bathfut fo-ed in rho fiefb (faith Saint Peter) by mortification of his tufts, by abnegation and dcnyall of himfelfe, he hark ceafed from little ; from the life and power of finne , from the love and pleafure of finne, and from the trade and prafttfe of finne, as a man that bath fbf red death in the flcih, ceafeth froth his former life , love, pleafure, and worke ; and he thus ceafeth from finne, that he may no longer live the ref? of hie time in the flesh to the tuffs of men, but to the Will of god ; he is no longer conformable to the (ìnfull ex- ample
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