7 he Wcrldand cxr felveshoardepofed. 3'í Chrift ; He that doth-not forrow for his finne, cannot re joyce in Chriff ; He that doth not hate the former, can never love the latter ; He that doll] not empty himfelfeof the one, can never be filled with the other. The Jebufìtes told Dalid, nnlefe he tooke away the blind and the lame h :e /hold not enter into the fort of Syon. Unleflè wee takeaway the blind and the lame, ignorance , infidelity, j and all uncleanneffe out of our foules, Chriff will never enter into our hearts, we cannot receive Chriff into our foules , the keeping in offn is the keeping out of Chriff ; the holding fall cf corrupt aff.:aions, is the lootingofChriff Jefits; as the Philiftines keeping upof their Dagon wrought a removall of the Arke. a, There muff be a depofition of z.The World. i :Sis world = in affeîiion, We mcft not hove it in a coLita- rs uManó.zç. Lion ; we muff have no ditfrafting thoughts about it; in b i= rovzj.$. b effiznation, we muff not overprize, but effeetne it as a Cif.;.n, thing which is not ; in e ingnifition, we muff not feeke the things which are here below, as ifour happineffe confined in the finding of thefe things ; in d fud e$ion, wemuff not do/Pt-6-34. be the fervants of the world ; in e affiance we muff not e PL1.6z build upon them ; in f rejoycing, we may not rev-wee in / Iam Iam.4.36. ,4,q. z Ioh., !ç. M=t.6.s4. Ioh.a, r ç. them. He that is married to the creature is divorced from Chrift ; he that loves this hath no love to Chrift; he that is the fervant of this cannot ferve Cl rift; therefore as Chriff overthrew the g tables of the money-changers , and whipt the buyers and fellers out of his fathers houfe : fo mull we whip the 1o:e, thought, command, and delight of the world out of our hearts, that we may receive Chriff ; it is a great unhappinefhe to lofe Chriff for the gaine of the world ; it were ílrange folly in a woman to refufea wife, a potent, beautifitll, viaorious, and noble Prince, and marry her felfe to a foolifh, impotent, bafe, beggerly,and deformed captiva. 3. There muff be a depofition of our felves, wemuff lay Miele our felves in refpeht of opinion, wemutt have very low thoughts of our felves in refrecet of delight and pleafure, we muft not pleafe our felves in our felves, but loath ourfelves in rëfped cf Love ; we muff not love our !elves, pleafe, -- F 2 mind,
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