Opened and Applied. I Si;thly, Becaute pf falfe ~orr:forcs whicl~ Qfu~l!y men meet with befor~ l I th~y :s~t that which will ab1de m them , m thm wor(l hours ; and tlus 1 quiets all. , 1 I, From themfelves; A man fees ChriG only can redeem him by price, I but he feels ho need of Chrift to redeem him by power ; and no \V feeing what ·a miierable crc:ature he is , Gays himfelf upon the Lord, and that ir may be by fome word "hich he hears. John 8. 30,; I . when they. heard that, thejbelieved ; yet rhe Lord teJls them, the_y are not free, -but were yet C'lptive to their fin, which they need the Son hunfelf to dye to fave them from; a1 :d fo many a one comforts himfelf, and fiayes here, though he have no other affurance. . 2. The approbation and comfort of od1ers, E'"e~q. i •+ i .Strange extalies of joy which many a man meets with fuddenly ; they have eaten and drunk in ChriGs prefence, and have been comforted at fuch and fuch a time in fuch a manner ; this, we fhall finde it, perfwadl!s men that God is th~irs, without revealing the fubJecr, vi'". web~ his people, and that change which God bath made. SECT. II. Q!!.efl.v"{ .1 f!at is that mcdjure 'f!'hi~h wilt !aft, 11nd thro~tghout conV tmue? Anfw. I have fpoken of this at large; but he that loves the truth as his daily bJead, will feed upon it, when ever it is fet before him: Now there is one rhino (this is dilferem)_.and I fhall exprefs my felf in one thing only, viz.,, They gi~·e over before tlJC] have_t•ifledand 'dmnk_ the [atisfJing fw ·etne(sof the graceef ChriH, and the prcfonce •f his grace in their foulr: That look as it was with Ifrae!, they came out of EgJpt, and faw ihe wonders of God in the wildernefs, and had his fiery Law, and glorious Tabernacle among them, yet they never came to the lard ofreG; fo it is at this day with many, rliey have fome glimpfes of the excellency of Chrifl,. and his grace, and Come delires after ir., andfome cafles of it; they are pulled out of their woful bondage, aLld feeingwords of God, are oft affected, yet their carkaffes mull: fall in the wilnefs, becaufe' they never come to reft; they fall off from God b~caufe they never knew whacthis rett meaneth1H eb.4. n. , ,, , , Hypocrites have awakening grace, and are much troubl~d; they bave enlightning grace, and.know more than many Chrillims; they hwc affecting grace, and are wonderfully taken with the glad tidings of the Gofpel; bur fa- ' tisfying grace, or that grace which br.ings them ~o full rdl:, and fatisfying fweernefs inGod,not only to their cqnfdef!ces bvt to their hearts; not carnal,but fpiritu~l,this t?ey neve~--~_/o,Joh.~.I4.he il?at l__ r•__ ~~s the wat,r I give,fh_all nev~r th1rjl agam; Jqh- . 'S"l:·i•_1f(J' eat m_r f{cfh t!n~P,rm~ my blood, there 1:' !Jfe, if nor, no life ; p<!'ti~~ anarlrinking,is not lipping and ta{tfng; many may eat and drink in hjs.;Ptefenc~~ as thofe Exod.24. I I. Ql•t yet not feed at alJ on his perfon; this ~f<'e.s'ihe 'fo~l nql9 out, '1'rov.:Z..Io,II. '1'fal.9o,;4, this makes the foul glad in <.:;6d,· and'ih,a'll the days of his life; )Vh;:re any cr~ature is at reft, the>e a)s'ii1 ;ije'proper place; it is a token the Lord is the proper pla.ce of the foul, ;· (norGn~-nbr hell, which was Judas proper place) ,11ben it is at refl: there; an.d 1 \ this l'sthe !aft end, ?ndfruit of the redemption ofChdl,jer.F.II,I+ i.e.not 1 'having fo much of God as to be a God-glutted Chriflian (as h.e faid) bnt fu f:r , tiate as no.t ro delire other things, but there tp ~~Y? though the heart doth oft feel not the. fame fweerpefsf , 1 ' ). L 11 SECT. III.
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