140 T'he Souks legmallcabin to Chrifl. old profits, the old contents, the old delights that he had; Heb. E r. t 3. All thefe died in thefaith, when they had faluted the promiees. And ob. fervehereacarnallhearted Hypocrite, his hopes bevaine, idle anduncertaine; the ti nth is, if the world giveth other hopesof honour,andprofits, and delights, he leavethhis hcpe,andwithDemos he embraceth the prefent world; but the Saints ofGod are not fo, Heb. t z. 25.1e' es eni ht have hadgear honour, but heforfookehu honour, and had an eye to therecompe.ace ofreward. 4. Signe. The laft is taken from the vertueofhope, and the fpeciall fruit and eke& that it worketh in the foule ; Agrounded hope it alwayes lendeth fup- ply and fuccour, when all the reft ofa mans abi- lities faile, and are not able to fufl:aine and fup- port his foule ; whendefrefaileth, and love fai- leth,I meane in hisowne fenfe andapprehenfion, I fay,then hope fupporteth the foule, Pfal. i 6.9. myfief)) Iha/heft _in lope, that is, hope will givea man reft in the etiofl: mifLrable forlorne condi- tion that may be,that when the heart is ready to fay, where is themeanesthat I havehad, and the good dayes that I have feene ? this dead heart cannot bee quickned, I amas dead as the roatne where I am, and the bed where I lye ; why, hope will give a man reft in this condition, my flefh (hall reff in hope. Looke as in the lea when the formes arife, and thebillowesbeat, and the rempefls rage, thena little hope, ,yet theanchor holdeth ; fo though the maft, the (aile, and all finite,yet theanchorholdeth; nay whenall give themfelves
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=