3o 6 The Soule lea calling to Chrift. and there is Tap and vertue communicated to the beleeving heart, whereby it comes to be helped and comforted in theway ofGod : Era, 12.3. k is faid,Witb j oyye palldrawwater out ofthe wells of falvation ; the fountaine offalvation, and all the waters oflife,and grace, and mercy,are inChrift now it is notenough to let downe the bucket in- to the well, but it muff bee drawersout alto : the waters oflife are inChrift, now it is not enough to come to, and to looke to Chrift, but weemuff draw the water ofgrace from Chrift to our foule; as Efay 66. ti . Theyfhall fuckeand be fatisfiedwith the brefs of the confolation, that they may mil4eout and bedelighted with the abundance ofher glorie; the Church is compared to achilde,and thebrefs are the promifes ofthe Gofpell ; now the ele&muff fuckout and be fatisfiedwith it, and milke it out: the word in the originali is, exaa upon the pro- mile, andopprefl-e the promife, as theoppreffour grinds the face of apoore man,and will have his goods what everbecome ofhis wife and children: fo a man muff wreff the promife for grace and power from theLordJefus Chrift. Ahbeloved, this is our mifery,we fuffer abundanceofmilke to be in thepromif,andwe are likewainly children, that lye at the breft, and will neither fucke nor be quiet; fowe fuffer this to be in the promife, andyet imploynot our (elves to get it out, and to fucke it out : therefore brethren, fuffer not your faith to come to the promife, and to lye at it ; but hale mercy from thence, and with an holy kinde of opprcliiou exa& upon it, and get what
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