`Ihe Bapti ing ofthe eunuch. 303 art thou come to thisptrfwafon by due court, bybeingfill winteredin the¡cbooleof humiliation, tobrig ghee tofee tthat neede thy/Dole bath ofthelee drop of the blood of km aril?? bath thisapprehenfrori be begotten in theeby thepreaching ofthe Word in winch thou haft beene taught towhom anelyfaluationdoth belong?bathit been to g ingettíg, andhaft thoumademuchadoe toattain to this meafnre ? or is. st lamè f ddeaandr / hco,. oeit,vponwhichthouhaftaduentared?Takeheed,andbe velladuifedg To applyChriff, isexcellent, but itit not ordütary,neither is st cafe,and he that neuerta_ fledthedifficulty that is in it,neueryet knew what it meant. Thus I mull deale with thee,rhus I mutt aduifethee,that profetïe(t an applicationofChtfff vnto shy felf. Andnow (tot further openingof the matter) nice thinkesthattitleof a Rocke giver, vntoChnito, is worthy theconlidering : to make this plaine, Chri(tf is xata.as.rs. being a Rockeoffafery,argueth, that a man inhimfelfeis plunged into aSea of Ma'ie,t& hazard, withwhich heis ever readyto be fwallowed vp. Now,fuppofe wea man coffering !hip. wracke vpon our Coal", and at the tall, after much driuing to and fro, efpying aLocke, which ifbee could recocer, their were fornehope of cfcape. To this beebeginneth todirect hiscourfe, thither hehearts with the re- moll of hismight i the waueshinder him, the winde and weather areagainit hint, yea oft -timeswhen bee is comeevenclofe co, and is ready ro touchit, and to lay hold upon ie, a gull commeth, or fume lironger ware, and carrieth him into themaitre in defpite t Nay, it may be,whenagainhee is come yet neerer, attain mien in a manner gotten up, yee there is fuck an heauinelle in -his gar- merits opprelfed withwater, fach kenummednetfeand weaknetleinhis ioynts, through theextremityofcold, that hee cannot keepe that which bee.hath got- ten, butagainelofethhis hold, and is euen about, toglue oiler his hope,.and to refolue withhimíel e, that there is no remedy but heemuff ecedesperith ;nthe Sea., Well,yet at the la(}herenueth his Courage,purpolingnow to makehis lati attempgbee recóuereth therocke, to the tophee isgotten, wherehe may looke about and fee where hee was tolled' But behold, before hee canthroughly,col-. leahis thoughts,here begins anew fearer thewater fwelleth, and éhreatneth tocouer euen thehighefl part of the rodee, the windehelpeth)t forwàrd, and aduanreth the pride thereof, auditbegins to encounter as withan openmouth ready todeltroy t Whatis nowto be Bone? Surelynothingbut this: Hee re- folues tokeepe his (landing with his vomit Might, hinhold bee determines not to forfake, here (thinketh he) I will abide, and if I perilh, I periat. Here is thetruecitate of a man labouring in thispainefull bufnetleofapplyingChrilt., Fitt} he is tolled longon the wanes ofmuch inwardperplexity, and cryeth out with Danrd,'flickefafl inthedeepemirewhere nofayù, 1. am come intodeepwaters,' and thefiroomer renegermet. OGod anthywaxierand thyfloudearevpon we..The yin-al-69.s; fares ofdeathcompaj]e in, and thegriefei ofthegraue hattecaught me'. At the talc, aPfal.4,.7. by the pointing of thefinger oftheGofpell preached, theRock is efpied le¡us Chrssherghteotaeb, that Locke, which David calleth,TheBacke that is higher b , Joh,:- then/e, that rockewhichwas refembledby that, into the cleftwhereof Mofes aPfal.6t.a was put, that heemight fee the Lord as heepalled byd. For as alto/es" couldnot d baod. ;;,ia havefeenc the Lordwithout death,vnleffehe had beene hidden in that Locket fo canno man feethe faceof Godandblue, vnlelle hebeput into the cleftofthis Rocke, that ruder the flicker thereofhee may behold him, Well, this Locke being once defcried ,the/axle longethgreatlyafter ir ,andthinkes itfeïfe fhould ePfaL6;t. be moilhappy, if itmightainueatthe fmalleffhskf thered. To this therefore fCan.a$4. it aymeth and labourtrh with the remolí endeauours: (lendeaúaurn,felfeand follow harde.) But (alas) much adoethere is toget neeee it, therebe many fwel_ g PbiL;,s to lung forges of much doubting, Many blullering flormes ofgreat difcouráge_ men's. Oft tinesis the foule ready even to clafpe vpon theRocke, but force. thingor other puts it backe, and then therefolloweth mien a wofulidrooping, and akinde ofdefpaire,eueragaincto bein fofakeapofhbllity t ONthencorn- ]) d 4 Meth
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