He isaltogether /o--pe[y,. · Saa.XVll 6e thl chiefi of ten thit~fonr1, let m rAth~r offind ten thoufand then fJjfind him. Let us -fay with Pfal.73• David, wham ha'T,/e I in He.tven 6ttt thee, &c. 1 I 2. By our ftffe· rings for Chrift. I And when the foule can fay to Chrill: or any that is Chrifis (fo1· I fpeake of him in the lati– tttde of his Truths, Promifes, Sacraments, and Communion with his Children) What hAve I in HeAven 6ut thee, &c. then it is in a happy condition. If thefe things have the fame place inourefieeme, as they have in refpecr of their owne worth, then we may fay truly without hypocrilie, He is altogether lovely tD tM, that we _ truly lovehim. · . In the next place, are we ready to fuffer for Chrift ~ We fee the Church here endures any thingfor Chrift, fhe was mifufed efthe watch– men, they fcorned her, and her •rlltile is taken away,. yet notwithfl:anding t:hee loves Chr.ift fiill. Doe we fiand rttady difpofed to fuffer for Chrilt, of the world to be difgraced and cen– furtd, and yet are wee refolved not to give over, nay doe we love Chrifl: the more, and fl:icketo his truth the fafiei· ~ Certainly where the love of Chrifl: is, there is a fpirir of For– titude, a.s we may fee in the Church here,who is not difcouraged from Chrifi by any meanes, he is frill the chiefe0ften thoufand, when ihe was wronged for feeking after him ' yet bee ·was altogether lovely, whereas on the ?ther hand , y0u· hnve fome that for frownes of greatneffe, feare of lo~e, or for ho·pe of riling, will warp their confcienc~ aod doe any thing. WhereJ
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