Amomml Chrgt's Fulne f fe, ancd Beauty in Sun, Moone, Stars, men, women, &c. Or if ever we found delight in muficke, menus, drinks, friends, &c. All muff needs be more abundantly in God, who is the Author, Maker,& giver of all thefe ; As Solomon reafons ; He that made the eye, (Ball not he fee, fo he that made all thefe things, (hall he not have them eminently in hinifelf,for as the worth of many perces of fiver is comprized in one piece of gold,fo al the petty excellencies which are fcattered abroad in the Creatures, are all united in God, yea the whole volumn of perfeaions,which is fpread through heaven and earth, is epitomized he him; Why do we not then with Paul, trample upon the Pompe & Glory of the world,f or the excellent knowledg of Chritft ?Why do we not with David,turn away cur eyes,hearts,and a ffe ions frombeholding vanity,ancl pitch therm all on him ? Why do we not re- colle&`it our (elves, and gather up our afie &ions and thotpghts,which are fcattered and bufied about a thoufand trifles,and beftow them all on him,in .whore is the fa. ne f fe of all excellency, beauty, and perfeaion ? Thirdly, if there be a fuln.e?fe in Chriff, then let us be contctit with him, having our hearts filled and fstieefied with him. Fïr &, in regard of primal things. Goe we not to the brookes ofTeman, the broken Ceflernes, and Pedlers packs of Rome, as Saints, Merrits, Churches,Treafury, &c. For if there be a fulnefs in Chrift, that needs not, for in him we are all compleat. Secondly, for Temporal things let us be content with him alone ; for he is our fulne(s even in them alfo,for the better conceiving of this, we muff know that the fill Adam brought a general Empti- nefs through al the'world,for though the world be full of pomps and pleafures, as'Iohn cals them, Luft of the flea), Luft of the eye, &c.yet it is properly empty,becaufe not full of that it fhould be : even as we fay a well is empty,though it be full of ayre,becaufe it is not full of water which fhould be in it: for Emptinefs is not fo much, Abfent,ra, Ëntitatii, as abfentia Entitatk debit e. Hence there- fore no:onelÿ the hearts of then, but the creatures ire laid to be empty, hence Soiomsn faith Ecclsfaffes the I. Chapter, Vanity of Vanities, all is bat vanity, that is em?tinefs and Rom. 8. The Crea- ture if fubjea to vanity : that is emptinefs : through him that fub- je &:th it.Hence the hearts of men are not fetisfred wth the world, but as the Prophet (peaks : they eat and are not filled, they drink
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