19$ Ehe worth of the JVatcr ofLife. lamb isheere, euen the flaffe ofthe hopeofthy father lamb. This fireame hart relceueth thebody for a time, but cannot affoard a perperuall filling :thewater which I haue to glue, (halleuerlaflingly fatisfie the thieft of the receiuers of it, and it (hall be in their bowelsas áneuerdryed fountain, fin inging vp toeuer. lalling life. Thus haue you the courseof the communication betwixt Chrift and the,Sasnaritane thus farm. By which you mayperceiue, that the mine (cope ofthts tent is, t4 thew the differencebetwixt the things of this prefenthfe , and ththihgofa better lifefthe weakunel1 ofehe one, and theworth of the otlfer. The former is(etdowne, vet(. r3. who/Omer drickethofthie *ater ,dec. the lamr, vet/e :4. Bat whofaeuerdrinkethof the water which, &e. Concerningtheformer, I know, that Chrill exprefly and by tonne f'peakerh of water onely; yet confidering the chiefedrift of the placeis,to draw ruts from the things ailichare feene, tothe things which arenot feene,from things tenpo- rall,to things eternal}, from the thingswhich areon earth , to the thingswhich The dal. are about: Therefore we may fafely from hence draw this dorite t That no- thing in this prefent world, is able toaffoard any true fatisfying,any filling as it were,vnro a mans'loule.Forthat whichChrift laid here ofthe waterof thiswell, whofeeserdrinkeththereof fhallthird againe, may truly beefaid of all things elk whatfoeher, which the men of this world doe ayme at in theirconrles, wt. they doe ratherencreale then kill the delire , rather inflame then quench the appe- tite : they are all like tocnlde drinke taken by a man labouring of a tote ague, which though it berne to fatisfie for the prefent, yet indeede it encreafeth the formerdrought, and maketh both the neede and the defire ofmoyfluregrea- ter then before. Itwere no hard thing to thew this ro be true, by the enumerati. onof particulars : bairn/ meaning is, notto infili upon this point , cut onely to vfe it as a preparation tothe refl. This is all I willfay, (and t will therein crane nobetter witne(fe, theneach mans owne experience : ) Ifa man, liningherc in e Ecd.=.ío: the world,fhould doeas Salomondid, namely, whatloeuer hie' eyesdefre , fhould not withhold itfrom tbem,nor withdraw hiebeanfromany toy e bu. (horrid emsflu-. dy,as it were,to glut himlelfe withthe thingsofthis life, yet in the end he fhould dEcdeir. v. finde his heart likethe fea,ofwhich the fame Wile manfaith, that though" eí14 therittersgoeinto ityetit is notfull: fo neither lhall his eye be fatisfied with fBing, nor his carewith hearing, nor his heart with enjoying : but he fhallbe liketo a man ina maze,wherein whenhebath laboured long, yet at laft ILa is as far from that whichhe(oughtfor,ashe was at the beginning. And thereaoon hereof is expreffe the mindeis immortall , but all three things are tranfitoric : fo that it isvnpofsible for the minde to bee filled with earthly things, as it is foracheft of wood tobe filledwith fpirituall things. hiswittily faid,and to good purpofe, by tholewhich reafon from theformeof theworld, and the falirionof the heart: the world isround , and the heart three-cornered. As therefore it cannot bee, that a roundthing iltoultI fill thatwhich is three-fquared, becaufe the corners mull needs remain empty : foneither can thethings of this world,(which leim er,Ioh.2.a6. diuideth into three kindes , e The loll ofthe flesh.the lad ofthe eyes, andthe pride of life, replenifha mans foule, but Come onecorner (as it werr)or other thereof will remainevnhlled. This briefe dilcoutfe ferueth to thew the truthof thispoint: let vs as briefely makeere of ir. The Pte.; I remember the fpeech ofthe Prophet 1/airé, sap. qg. where by folemnepro. damationprouokingall men tocometo Chrift , that they may enioy thefame gracious favour which our Saaioar maketh offerofin this place, her doth no flayqf, n. tably reprooue the follyof thegreateft partofinen, in there words, FWherefore doeyou ! y earflaer andnot for bread, and your labour wirhonr being fetisfred ? as if bee had laid: Whatfolly isthis,or what madafeisit,whichpoßefthyoar hearts, O yefencesofmen, thatyou doefo bafeyour [elites , 4nd/endyoar ff endeanears, a. bondfach things whichcannotfatisfie ? think: you it is apoffible thingto beftdae with the
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