294 The vortbof the- Dater of Lift. bee)/ thoughtwith myfelfe, beewidrarelycome out and!land, andcallon the name of x g ¡ S the Lord his God, and put his hand in.the place, etc. This is a left, (thought he)am Iconicfo farm towafh my Celle in Jordan,as Though there were not as goodwa- tersofDamafcu? Euen fo,many tlainke (carne of t his,asofrod mearme a meares, and imagine itto bee but an idle thing, by hearing to bee failed. But me all to minded, l fay as the tenants óftdaefameNoonan raid to him; Father (laid they) ifthe Prophets hadeómmanded theyd treat ebing,wonld fi thounot huse done it? Bait much rather rho', . who, hefaithdews ,. WO' andbe drone ? So fanI, lithe Lard bad impofed Come great thing vponvs, of more charge, and of more diffi- cultie, ought wee not to haledone it ? How much morenow , when heefaith unto vs, Heare and bee Caned. Theweaker meares, the gycater is his glorie i thecaller it is , the more isour fhan ;,e, and the deeperwill our condemnation bee ifweedefpifeit. To conclude this point then : The water of life which is originally inChrift., is derjued to vsbypreaching , Learnt thou thento come bythedtreamesof Preaching to the fountainpf grace, the Lord fetus.. And u tai, t.c though (it maybee) thou bane depended upon it many ycores, as long s,'' the lame man lay by the pooieoflethefda, and haft not yet gained that tot( cam- fort which thoudiddeihexprityet aflure thy Celle that the good honre is com- ming, in which thou (halt finde reftand peace vuto thy foule So much for this point. Toaltos, The next fotiowethr vie. the parties towhom Chrifl will gibe this water. Cho,ft dorh It is mot expreffed,but yet it is implyed s For marke rHenthafdrinhesofthinara. aueir. ter, fhall near thirdfagaine,faithChrifl: therefore before ire reccbrrd it hen tiar- fled forit ; Sothat it is plaine by the Text, that they to whom Chrift will 'glue so,. this water of life, are thole which rhirfi ufterit, which long for it, stach ferle the want of it : and theretoagreeth the Scripturein manyplaces: Ho'(faiththe Pro 55t Phet) cemeye tethe camerae but who ? Everyone that thirtieth., bBI fore are eb:y bMáìL. s,6, cloh.y.;v. .Which thirfdfor riohteosjneffi. Ifany manthlrFf, 'lethim camera me anal drá. ke 1 eBettis. 8.. giee tohim that ása rbirfl of the wello! the water of lifefreely And; ° Lee him that is á thirff come. If there be no thirfting,:there flrall beno refrefhing r if no longing,noenioying:God will gisthis graces,where they lhalt be efieemed, and clicemed they cannotbe, till the want thereofbeknowne, and he whichfeelcth thewant ofthem cannot chug butvnfainedly delre them. The pp. The vie ofthis is very expedient. It teacheth vshow and in what manner we mull be prepared to the receiningof tiregraces of Gods Sporit s vntill our ionles f PCa1 q1 r, doe unen thirft after Chri(t , as t TheHart after the riocesof waters, fo that we ferme to our fettles the happieft men aline if wee mighthaue but one droppe of Chtifts blood to refresh vs, vatül (I fay)it be thuswith vs Chri(t can mutt be ours, heewill neuer dwell in that Conic that bathnot eues poured after him, gIfa3 $,r4. and cryed out in the anguilh thereofas Heu,e1[riah did ,CO Lord or bash- afiiked ,ee,cemfort mee. And therefore it is no meruaile though there bee curry wherefo many emptie foutes, becaufe there be fo few thirfiing foules ; no wonder though fomany arewithout grace fetingthere be fofew that long after grace. True it is , that by nature our fettles are deilitute of all goodneffe, neither is there fo much as a lhadowof grace within vs: but yet all ferle notthis, among o- ther graces whichwee want, this is not the leafl, that weedoe not fate thewart of grace. Wee are (the great& part of vs) like thofe Laodicians Cpoken of in the thirdchapterof theReuclation; wee fayweeare rich,anel haue needofno. thing,and knownotthat We are wretched andmiserable, and blinde; andnaked. This our foppolcd initiate hteedesinvsaloathingof Godsgraces ; they forme unto as, when they are liberally offered not worth the entertaining. So that (mee ehinkeeh) Inlay not vnfitly compare the fiate of Gods heauenly.graces, -;in refpetofthecolde entertainment that they hune with themo(t , o sto the cafe ofa pooteman, which bath libertin to goe through the Church to gatherevery mans
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