Out ofChrillandno p1eAfre in ChrifE. their thoughtsare u.aon the world and not upon Chrift, they a JAL a s. c love the World, and the love of Chrifl is net in them, and where love to Christ is wanting, Chrif} is ofno estimation ;. he will put himElf upon no fervice, nor undergoe nodiffi- culties for Chrifl, who isdeftituteoflovetoChrist. Mans., -44:9* r let fie ;fi prizing ofChrift is ever finable to thehive ofman towards opencur fopeeranrio Chrift, hee that hath great love to Chrift will doe great wait amor oon things for Chrift, hethat hath no love to him will give every eft, reg, bafe thing preheminenceabove him. 4. No*afore 4. Men being without Chrift take no pleafure itá- Chrift, an Chrifi, they doe not delight themfelves in Chrift; difafed eyes have no pleafure in the Sun ; diftempered palates have nopleafure' in thechoyleft wine, Christ is a trouble to men that are cor- rupt and carnal], as the Starre was to d Herod and the men of Hierufalem. aril} is a very great croihe and trouble to their corruptions, he fals heavy upon them, they cannot Nand before'him, no more then Dalton before the Arke ;and therfore Chrift is a great offncc to them, as the Ark e to the Philiftines; Chrift is not to them a plaine a,,,dpleafant way ; they cannot according to the Apoftlesphrafe emalke in Chrift; by believing Chrifts Promifes, by obeying Chrifts Precepts, by conforming thermIves to Chrifts Example, with fulneire and chearfülneife,' as a Travellor walks fully, and joyfully in a . ph.in and pleafant path they cannot walk in the light of Chrihe as a man walks joyfully in the, light of the Sun; in the strength of Chrif, as the Rider moves fpeedíly in the flrength of the Horf . which carries him , as the Ship rows in theNrengthof the wind which drives him, and the Prophet walked to Mount Horeb in the firength of the Early cake which fed him; they can- nyst walk in the love of Chrifr, as yacvb walked thorough his fervice, in the love of Rachel ;; Chrift and his way and worke, is not thus, pleafrnt to them, they can no more Sam. 7, walk in Chrift, then David could in b Stoolsarmour, they doe no fooner try ir, but they are prefLntly weary of it We cannot fay of them and Chrift, as David did of Saul b aSam,a, and 7onathan, They were lovely and pleafant in their lives and in their death they were not divided , they were fwfret -thew dMac,z.a, e,x,Sam. ç 4. fCol,z 6.
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