T soulea Ica callingeoChrift, and mercy Y eftsnot in thofe labours ; A las, faith he, I labour andufe the meanes, but what is that to me if I have noChrift and nograce, which I pray and heare for; the foule mutt have (thrift, and mercie,andgrace, which it defires, or elfe it will not be fatisfied : a man hungup inchines, cries onely for bread : fo it is with a poore fa. mitht foule, he defires nothing but Chrift, and nothing elfe will fatisfie him : this laft figne none but a true iincere foule canhave. 3. Signe. Secondly,he that trulydefires mercyandgrace, deliresChrift for himfelfe, and now whena man defires Chrift for himfelfe, then his defire is found ; as a maid that delires a man inwedlocke, fhe doth not delire the portion, but the peifon of the man, if 1 beg and diewith him, faith fhe, if Inever fee goodday withhim, yet let me have him, and I care not ; fo the foule that defires Chrift, not forprofits, or byaymesand ends, but for himfelfe,it faith,letmehave a Saviour,though I goe into prifon andbanifhment with him, this is a heart worth gold, now when a man defires Chrift for himfelfe, it will appeare in two parti- culars r. Firft, bee that defiresChrift forhimfelfe, will part with all he bath in the world rather than he will be without Chrift. If bee cannot have a Sa- viour with that he bath, he will part with all, and this an hypocrite will hardly bebrought unto: anufurer will partwithall oldgold ,and his lands, andall for agreat lordfhip, not for the lordfhip it felfe, but becaufe he fha!l gaine moregold by par- ting
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