~ f.:::- The Parable of the Ten Pirgini, ~:::' ~- -· ·· SECT. IU. NOw there be four things which do concur fo this fulnefs of fatisfying I weemefs. , Firfi, Manifetlarionof the Lord )efusin his full proporrion and in all the dtmenfionl OP his goodnefs to rhe toul; the foul of man is mad~ for and fo defires an infinireerernal good; 1\hiles rhis good is not khown ro befuch a one it never farisfies ; and heace kr a man look upon any one crearure there i~ mucq fweetnefs in ir, bur not all; hence ir fatisfies nor; the re's fw~etnefs in honor and weal rh, but if fick, a mil<::rable man; there is fwcer nefs in health but if poor a~d nak~d, a defolare man; and i[ ~me c~earure had all in ir, ye: when one thmks rhts muH be taken from me, lt IS hke Jonah's gourd , it never fatisfies: Now ' the Grace which fatishes mu{l firfi, Manifefi rhe fulnefs of infinite oooJnefs fuitable to me in rhe Lord ; if rhar now do I want any ourw'ard bleffino fris in Chrifl, for he is Heir nor only of heaven, but of all rhe world. " 2. Do I want fpiritual bleffin:;s f Ephtf 3· there is all in him; life, and peace and glory. · 3· Have I nothing to move rhe Lord ro do any of tbefe to me? yet there isf~<lnefs of tender mercy, and puy in him, Epb,/.1.17. and 3· I 8. Secondly! PoJ!efii~n of this g_ood as mine_; .let a poor .man fee heaps of gold before h1m, lt fansfies not hlffi, bccauf<Ott 1s none of hts; let a Chriflian hear of Kingdoms, peace! glorY., in and w~th Chrif!, yet ir farisfiesnot him; ir troubles htm the more, 1f Chnil: forfake h1m, and grow flran ;.,e to him; bur robe fure that ChriH is mi r e, this makes the foul db, nay fu!le(rhe utmoll for Chri!l,and ro know that nothing can feparate,&c. as a man rlmknows he lhall kill, and not Iofe his life, will venture like SAmp[on upon an hoafi of men; they may wound. me'· th~y can~ot bind nor ~ay m~, . ~m.8.ul!· there !s joy and fome fausfaqbon 1n findtng the pearl of great pnce, what JOY when lt is potfetfed ! . Thirdly, Communication of this goed ro the foul ; let a man have meat and drink, bur he cannot come at it when he harh need of it, will rhis farisfie if it be lockt up? let a man have real polf<::ffion of never fo many l1 r ds, yet if he harh nor the benefic fure ro him, as we ll as the rhi-ng, b~ will never hold out. what am 1 rhe better ? fo tbar grace farisfies that b ini,s he foul to fruition of the good, that ic is n01v in refpea of the benefit of it conv ~yed re the foul, P[al,z-6.4,5, tke Lord is tht porriow of m; lot tu:d cup, and he maintains both ; and h~nce Jer,I-i -9· why artthautik!"-11Janaftoni(hed, J>' t inthe midft ofus! if a man have meat and clothes, and the one never fe~s, the other never warms, Would this fatisfie? t· o, uhlefs that he may feel them, nay he would chink this a curfe; fo let Sai .. rs have God in his Ordinances, rbe beH in the world there is, if nor fed thereby, Lord! whara mifery is this? efpeciallyif the lordhelps nor in time of need. Fourthly, Reflexion of good again ro the good which dorh refrelh us, elfe it never farisfies; if a maa have meat dealt our, and it is very fweer, yEt if it gives him no flrengrh [0 perform aas of life j if a man have a friend) and he cannot love again, nor thew refiimony of love, it will not fatisfie him; fo rbargracefatisfies which makes the foul reflea rh~ love of God to c;:iod again; /hall! ferve the Lord, faid '])avid, af that -which coft mt nothing? y011 know die Vine and Olive, 1 udg.9.were quietted by this, that the; ditl. re o;ce the hemt of q ad and mAn ; what do you tell me of bonds ? laccott;t;t not my life dear t11 fini(h mJ courfe, faith Paul. N•
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