te~ Vir.e,ins Opened and Applied. 13 rhe creature i; gone : Hence on che orher fide many men afrer many fpxingings of hearr are choaked by thorns ofche world. - 4 From che abundam love that the Lord jefus thews eo them that ever hav~,ar Reafon "f• look for communion with him. Thofe eo whomwe thew muGh love, froin chafe· we expect much ae1in. As a mari if taken or call out to be fervant, .one look~ nor for love from him; buc when a man barb given himfelf, ~nd made 0ver all his elhce ro another, now all love is too lirrle. So 'cis With the Lord Jefus, Joln 6. willyou alfo depart? SECT. V. 2THE foul mull be divorced fro'll the Lktv , i.e. from comforting it fc!lf with ' the righreoufne!fe thereof: For explication of which 1ve mull confider thefe things.~ 1. That the Lord cloth nor ever give a man content in his £iris and lulls1 bur . wounds Confcience for the fame. 2. That fo long as the Lord wounds a mans Confcience for fin, no'creature can give aman comfort or content. A wounded fpirit who can bear? JudN caHs away his filver pieces ; and Beljha=ar .quakes, who was but even now quaffing in his cups. As aman rhachath an aking tooth, or broken bones, What can comfort him now ? , 3. He:eupon rhe Law fats upon a man, or a man meets wich the Law ; foi: as all amans for row is upon him becaufe the Law is broken , all a mans care is how he may keep it again. .What lhall I do ? As a man call in prifon for debt, there all is opened; and the Law like an earnell fuitor, x. Pre!lerh hard for lov.e and obedience. 2. Promiferh a rich portion, eternal life , if he can keep it; If not · you mWl: be damned ; therefore now forfake your tins, &c. 4• Hence the foul not knowing a better Husband, confents and refolves to cleoveto it, Rom.Io.3. Deut.5• Whatever the Lord wilt havem do-, we willdo it; and here it llayes, and is comforted, here it rell:s; as in Af4 his time all r.ejoyced for the Oath, 2 Chrs. I 5· 1[4i. s8. x, 2.• and if it find not perfeCt comfort becaufe of imp~rfeCl: work, it then clofeth wich Chri!l: for to make up and piece up all, Gal. 5. I. And now I lay 'tis comforted in what it hath,~nd cloth, and here lt rells ; now from hence it mufi be divorced: What need I prove i:~bert the Apo- !Hehlth fo fully, Galat.permum, and confider the young man, Mat. 19.Divorced, I fay i the foul mull be from ~is. I. Becaufe he that dotlr chus,fet~ up anGther Chrill:, and makes himfelf his own Saviour ; can the Lord Jefus take fuch afoul into communion with him ? Suppofe 0 aPrince be pulled by his poople from his Throne , arid they fee up another pious verruous Prince to Rule, will this ferve the turn to fay he is an honell: Prince ? fa tho~gh duties be never fo good, yet not to advance Chrill, is to pull down Chnll. · _ z. Becaufe fuch perfons do commonly moll: oppo!e the Lord Jefus in away of be lievin<>, though nor in away of doing ; the Lord hath more ado if any of rhe(e be brought hom-e, tO bring them in, t•IJe-y have fomewhat tO fay for themfelves, they haveft;onger forts, &c. The Scribes and Pharifees rejetted the counfel of 1 '9od again~ themfelves, and hence no .peopl« left to fuch deep deferrions as thefe; If the Lord Intend mercy to the11, for they·have more need than others. 3. Becaufe hereby aman d"Jrh :but make a cortfpira'cy ngaintl: Gods greatell plot that eve; he had a foot, viz;,. _c-o'!dvance hisfree·Grace, G.1l. 5. 4· you are fallen ·from Gr ~ce, for nothing make> a man more fit to boal:l:.chan works, and reflin~ in the'Il; fin make~ -a man afua\11ed, and therefore if they come ro Heaven • -they have laid a foundacion·to thank chemfelves for fomewhat; hence no communion 1 C 3 with
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