Properties of Self-feekir . Infatia6le 1 181 hearts towards Chrift in their intendments and underta- kings, as the rivers are fixed towards the fea in their me- ' tion, and the arrowes towards the marke in their flying; This is an evill from which the Lord diffwadeth, Seek ye rNamb15.39 not (faith the Lord by Mofes) after your owne heart, and yotir owne eyes, after which ye use to gee a whoring, Wherein the Lord calleth them from their owne wifedome as from a falfe guide, from their owne will as from a corrupt com- mander, from their owne thoughts, as from a pernicious fug gef:ter, and from their owne ends , as from low , bafe and carnali markes : And indeed fell'- f eking is a fpringofmany i Evillprcper_ hitter ftreames, and a poyíonous root of many mortali and tics of self. foule-flaying branches : For, 1 lone. 1. Self -feking is infatiable. He that feekes the creature aIuì uaóle, and not Chrift can never have enough, his defires are never G'°'4' anfwered : Like 'Ph..raohs leane kin: after theeatingofthe fat, his foule is Hill leave, empty, hungry , he finds no fa- tisfa ion : Like the droplie-man, he is in a continuall thirfi; the more man feels himfelfe the farther he is from fatis- faflion, his defires are endleffe that defires not the,Lord Jefus he is aiwayes poore that makes not Chrift his riches, diftracing and perplexing thoughts of want doe ever pe- íter their minds who mind not Chrift Jefus in whom is all fulneffe : The eye which fees not the Sun of righte- oufraeff. is never (atiPied with feting : The care which heares u Ecc11 a.L not the glad tydings of (tariff in the Gofpell is never fa- tigfied with hearing : The hand which receives not Chrift, is never filled with receiving : The foule which fn'seriot Chrift is never fatisfied with finding, though it finds all the fulnct«e of the world. No man doth lefle enjoy himfelfe then be that doth moft inordinately mind hitnLlfe Difor- derly intendment ofthe creature deprives man of the com- fort of the creature ; the limit cf the creature with Chrift rniniflers much contentation, the moil of the creature with= out Chrift works great vexation and trouble and fils the foul: with reftleffe and infatiable longing : To them there- fbre that intend themfelves and nor Chrift, that mind the J multiplication of their worldly abilities, and not the exal- tation
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