_"?0 ,. ,.¡. I 48 ;Chap.a. ACosrtnnesstarietrot hitnfelfe, andto.loue thermthat lone Chrift ,and that becaufe they loue Chrift. This is,atruc figne,:that wtbane poledfrom death to life. t .Ioh. 3.14. It mayhere be faid,how canChritl be faìdto liuc invs , confideringwe arc laden withaflliEtions and mifcries? Where Chrift hues ,,there is nomifcrie. Anf. In the S, middeft of all mifcries, the life of Chrill doth molt appeare. Where natural! life decaies, there fpirituall life takes place. 2. Cor.4. t o. l bear*inmybodie themortification of our Lord fefiu,. that the life of :slur may6e made manifefi inme. Godspower it mademanfefi to weaknes. 2. Cor. r 2. Againe , it may be Paid, if, to Chrift liued invs , we fbould not fide fo manycorruptions as we doe. An/. The lire ofChrift is conucyedvntovs , by 14ttle and little. God hawingwoundedandfiaine vs , firft 6indes vs vp, thenhe revives vs, and thethird day he raifethvs vp.Hof.6.1.A- gainc,nature feeles not nature, nor corruption fieles corrupti 15 on , but grace : therefore it is the life ofChrift invs that makes vs fiele themac,andbodic of corruption. Furthermore, here we arc to take noticeof the common finneof our chits. Menwill not Puffer Chrift taliuein them, and to rule outer them. Itis reputed a (mall matter ; but it is a 20 gricuous offence. The Gentiles fay , Let vs6reake their-bands and calk their cordsfromvs. Pfal. 2. 2. And it is was the finne of the Iewes to fay ,We willnot haue this man to raigneouer-vs,Luc. i9. 24. And therefore Chrift faith , bring them hither, andflay them before me. zf Laftly , here we learneour dutie and that is fo to line, that we may be able to fay withgood confcience , that Ches!? liters in vs : wemull fceke his kingdome aboue all things,andtakehis yoke onvs. It will bePaid , what mull we doe that Chrill may hue invs ? Anf. Wemull vfc the meanesappointed, meditati- 30 on.oftheword, prayer, facramcrits : and withall wemull fpi- ritually Bate theflefb of Ch_riff , anddrinehit &lead. Ioh. 6.57, And that ive may catehim, wemull haue a flomacke incur foules like the flomacke of our bodies , and we mull hunger and thirfl after Chril : and thereforewe muff feele our owne 35 finnes , and our fpirituall pouertie, and haue an earnefl lull and appetite after Chriff, as after meat and drinke. When Sife- ra was purfued by the armie of the Ifrachtes, he cried io Taci and laid, Ginemedrin(e, Idie for thirft. Tudg. 4. 19. euen fo we becfing purfuedby the lenience of the law, by the terreurs d of li},.
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