Evils of Self fu!lne,(re. Fa:llnep ofSin,emptinefe ofCWïfi. of 'Chat Jefus, the rich (faith Luke) arefeat e emptyarray; b Luk. r. 5;. the rich, they who in their owne eye are full of wifiome to guide themfelves, full of power to correct themfelves, full of righteoufneffe to juftifie themfelves, full of worth to obtaine every good thing at the hands ofGod for them- felves, thefe are fent empty away, empty ofChrift, emp- ty of all laving knowledge, lively 'faith, fervent love and ofevery good gift and bleß ugwhich comme,th by Chrilt : Self-fullneffe- difables man to difeerne any beauty or worth , in Chrift : the Pharifes weregreat f.If-admirers, very deep- ly guilty of felf-fullneffe, and they had very low opini- ons of thrift : Self-fullneffe difizbles the foule to tette any fwectneffe in Chrift, The i fnló ftomack loatheth the honey i pro,z7 combe : This makes man uncapable of Chrift ; the full vef- fell is uncapable ofother liquor ; the man that is full of himfelfe cannot receive Chrift, there is no roome in their hearts to entertaine Chrift ; Chrilt came among his owne :. a generation of men full of the thoughts of felt-fufficien- cy, dreaming of fullneffe enough at home in themfelves, ignorant and unfenfible of their neceffity of Chrift, and i.tt. therfore theyk received himnot. 1". There is afulinefe ofJiinne, which argues anemptineff _: z.FG1nefré of of Chrift, there is no competition betweene the fullneffe fin. of Pinne and Chrift in the foule of man : If fin have the poffeflion, Chrift bath no dominion. David did not reigne untill Saul was depofed, there mutt be a depofition offin, before Chrift can ceigne in the heart of' man ; there is no futablenef e betweene Chrift and a heart fullof fin : Chrift will not dwell in a foule fo fordid and defiled with frnne, heabhorres all fellowíhip and communion with uncleane and vicious people; he delights in none, butin them that 'excell in 1 vertue ; the Sun !hines not -where the houfe is ! t pfal.[6, ;, full ofdarkneffe; the phyfick works not where the body remaines fullof difeafes ; the Husbandman fowl not, where the field is full of thornes and bryars, Chrift .lhines not in- to that foule, Workes not upon that heart which, is full of ignorance, earthlineffe, infidelity and fpirituall maladies. Such as are full of fin, as Naaman was full öf leprofie.,`hs 337
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