• I I ( lfM.rt,llteafur-e ·. · ~s9 ed, andcoilflicting fiate with thy f<:>tmer car-: nal but confident conqition, or with tl1e ponl– pous, ·profperoi.Js ,fiate 0f gracele!s finners ? I J dare fay ·thou wiltanfwer, negatively; yet agai~, art thou··not wiqing to 'part with thy dcarefi bofome-Ioft, and earthlyenjoyment, for atrue immortal rreafure'in Heaven~a.nd in ·thy heart? I am confident an:upright heatt' ,' will arifwer, yes: .,And if I miftake not, this · (if not. onlv,y~t chiefly this) i~ t~e v~ry pare-· tng pomt betwtxt a found Chnfhan,anda rot– ten:..hb1rted hypocrite, the one choofethM;tr– · tf,~t's many things, the other Mary's one thing needful : this is indeed a difcriminating note, . I for a gracious {oul w~ll cry out, none bur: · Chrifr, nonebutChrift, give me Chrift, or eh Tfl . elfe.I ~i~, gi_ve me Chrifr, and ·~ !hall live: m:~~ Chnfl: ts myhfe, mycrown, ft'ly Joy~ my all, ,mn.ia.. if I may have 'him I 'have enough, without · · him I have nothing·: when one asked Alei– ~nder 'where his treafure was, he anfwered, whereHepheftionmy faithful friend is, jufi: fo I • wil a good foul fay: Chrift u the chiefe.fl of ten Songs..to; thoufdnds. I prize him above iny life, who loved me unto the death; I account that of ·' g~eat value that ~e~h evide~1ce my interefl: in \ h1m ~ As the Ma,rt--go1d opens to the Sun in the Firmament, fo cloth the heart of a fincere Chrifiian to theSun of Righteoufi1efs ; take an ,in!lat:ce.of Mofes, who cho{e ~he bittereft Cup of affltB:ion, rather than the fuga.red cup , . of fen full pleafures, .that he n1ight enjoy J e– fos Chrifi: fee Heb. 11. ~ ~' 26. Obferve the ~Fange difpariry that appeares tocarnal rea- ·.· ' · · fon .~ ! \ . ' .
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