The souleJef$uaacglling toChrift, 3©3 that it needs fromChrift. cant. 8. S. Who as thie that cemmeth up from the wildernef e,leaning uponher beloveds? the party comming is the Church; the wilderneffe is the troubles and vexations the Church meets withall; and the beloved is the LordJefus Chrift : now theChurch comes out of trouble, and out of her felfe, and kanes her felfeall upon her husband theLordJefus Chrift theonly walkedwith him,but he bare all the bur- den for her : and as the jewes after their Pafle- over had their feet fhod with fandais, and Raves in their hands ; the promife to the foule is lib; that ftaffe, which did teftifie the promife : when weare going to the landofCanaan, the promue ofgrace and mercy is the ftaffe whichwee leave upon ; and it is not a broken ftaffe that will falle us,but a thong ftaffewhicha manmay trail to and lay all the waight of life and happinefïe upon it,and the fubduingofhis firms alto; i Pet. 5.7. Cat allyourcare onhim, for becarethforyou : theoriginali is,hurle your care upon the Lord; as ifa man fhould fay, fuller not your care to re- boundbacke againe, but hurle it upon the Lord, as a mandoth with a ball, when it rebounds hee beats it backe againe : the Lord will not thanke you for carrying your cares and troubles about you , but he requires you thould hurle it upon the Lord,for hecareth for you. All that faith would have the foule doe, is this : Firft,thatthe foule fhould labour to findeout the r. meanesof grace; Secondly, that it fhouldpra- 2. Micewhat it knowes; Thirdly, that it improve 3, Qq 2 all
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