a96 roure things or Ads. The soutes efitluall calling toChrift Paying thou art anadulterous woman; now when fhe had heard this, away fh, e goes to the Citie, and Paid., Behold, a man that bath toldmee alltin ever Idid, is not he the chrifl s? Juft fo all the af. fehions come to the will the great commander, andplead in this cafe, and thus begin to firive with the heart. Oh, faithhope, I havewaited for thisgoodnefï'eof theLord, and my eyes have fai- led with looking for it And defire faith, I have longed for this goodnefre, and faith love, I have received it ; and joy faith, Ihave felt the fweetneffeofit : is not this mercy, worth the re- ceiving ? Then thewill faith, is it fo indeed ? haft thou waited for ir, hope ? and haft thou longed for it,defire ? and haft thonfelt the fweet- neffeofit, joy ? thenwe will all goeto that mer- cy and feeke no further. Let bate corruptions and lulls doe what they will, wee will goe to that mercy,endrepofe our felves therein.Now this re- ífingofit felfe difcovers a foure-fold aâ. Firf}, it .implyes a going outof the foule to Chrift, that the foule runnel and reacheth after a Chrift ; fora man can never refit ona th'ngbefore he come to lay hold on it, and to deliver all his ftrength, and lay all his weight upon it. This is implied neeeffarily, and it is one maine proper etof faith, when the foule feeth this, thatthe LordJefus is his aid, and niufl cafehimand par- donhis finnes : then let us goe to thatChrift,faith he, feewhat our Saviour faith, lobs 6.3s. cie that eommeth to mefhallnever hunger, andbee that belee- veth in mee[hall never, thirf : the phtafe ofccm- ming
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