The&Wetefeaualleallint to Chrift. as RuthPaid to Naorf j, Ruth 1.1e. intreat meenet to leave thee, or to returne from following thee ; for where thougoefl,i millgoe ; where thou loddeft, Iwill lodge , thypeople fhallbemypeople, and thyGod(hall be my God; fo faith the foule : If loft andpleafure, or the world,oranydarling delight comeand per-. fwade tree to let up thy (elfe in Readof C^riffB. the fòule faith, I have chofena Chrift, and thcre fore intreat mee nor to fòrfäke the humility, and chaftity, and meekneffe ofChrift : for I will live anddie with him, bee (hall bee my Saviour and Lordfor ever. The Saints ofGod firft gaveaway therrmfelves to God, and then to the Apoftles; L faith chufeth all a Quilt, and beftowes it felze upon a Chrift, tobe ruled by him, and toenjoy whatfoever he bath, and to imbrace whatfoever comes with him, and to remove whatfoever may hinder the foule from him Thirdly, juftifying faith beares it felfe upon the promife in all its excremit±es, and is fatisfied with ir, foryou know it is called reffing; asifhee had Paid, here will I refl for ever. Oh, this grace andmercy, I will goe no further, it is good tobe here, tohe fo holy, and foglorious, and fo fan &i - fled, and juftified : and fo I confefi'e that larl'de and unbeleefewill have Lis ranges, and (harke up and downe forTome comfort and contentment in the world,and haply bybafe means:hutwhere- foever laving faith is, when it feels thefe, it oppo- feth them, and breakes through them tocome t o the promife, andfaith, nowI f;a what you doe ; reft is not in the world, nor inprofits, nor in ho- nours, 431 7'riall
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