of Spírituall Death and Life. profeffcyour (elves tobe, you (hall know it by your behaviour to that which loth nourifh your life. Firfl,ye will long after the word, as the Child dothafter the Teate. If the Child be hungry, neither apples, nor rattles, nor a- ny thing elfe can quiet him but the Teate: So nothing can quiet thefe but the Word. O. dietsmay haveexcufcs; they will havenone ; Either they will live where the word is, or theywill bring theword home to them ; they will bring themfelves to ir, or it to them. Se- condly, they defire thefincere milkeofthe word; many things maybe mingled with the word, that doe pleafe the wir, yet thole who live the life of grace, define the fincere word , the pure word, without any mixture. Thirdly, theydefire ir, that they maygrow tberedy: many defire it to know it only : ifye defire it asnew borne babes, it will make you better and bet- ter ; you will growby it:Many heart, but as men Laving anAtrophy in their bodies,they grow not, no fruitc comes thereby. Fourth- ly, they ratea fweeeneffe in the word above others : thefecondgroxnd received thewordwith joy; and Herodbeard JohnBaptif withglad»effe; but where there is true grace, they goe far- ther; theydelight in the word, it isfweeter to them than thehotly : fewcan fay fo ingood ear- neft, that the pure word is fweerer to them thanHonyor the HonyCombedob heefleemed theword more than bit appointedfood, lob. 2 3.12. The 1I7 2. 3 4 Matth.y 3 . 2o. Mar1u.6. 2o1 Pfil:I9.IO..
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