1 I ampekeD.{ Lo..,e. , . - 2.99 \ with the world a difcourfe of learning' what s~ cares h~e for learning ; tell him of a good ' bargaine, ofamatter of gaine, and he will hear– ken to that. So ir is with the foulethat lil:uh felt the love of Chrifi !hed abroad in the heart> tell him of "the world ( efpedaliy if he want that which he defires, the peace and firengrh that h@ found fromChrift in former times) he relilheth not your difcourfe. , . Labour wee therefore every day more and· more , to have larger ~nd larger affections tO' Chrifl:. The fbnle that loves Chrifl:, the nearer' toChrifl:,the more joyfull it is, when he thinks , of thofe mutuall embracings, when Chrifl: and his foule £lull meet together ; this happineife is there where the foule enjoyes the thing loved, but that is not here,but in Heaven ; therefore in the meane time with joy he thankfully frequents rh~ places where Chrift is prefent in the Word and Sacrament, aad that we maycome to have this affeetion. - / Let us fee what our foules are without him, meere dungeons ofdarkneife and confufion, no– thing comming from us that is good, this will breed love to the Ordinances, and then we ihaiJ relif'h Chrift,both in the Wordandsacrammt;for he is food for the hungry foul e) and requires no– thing of us but good appetites ; and this will make us defire his love and prefence. THE' ,
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