Sibbes - Houston-Packer Collection BX9339.S5 B6 1641

SEa.Ill. . rra.:tj.6. ;Bat 0friends~Drinke,. ·---- b~t are unwilling t9 be beholding to Chrifr. :a. Some are content tohave beneficbyChrift,as his righteoufneffe to cover them,&c. but they defire not grace to emertaine Chrifi, but aheart trulygraciousdefirethboth todelight in Chri!t, 1 and that Chrifl: may delight in it : Ir defireth :g:acetoget_herwithmercy~ .hol_ind_fe withhap- . I pmes. Chnft could not dehght mhts love to us, l ifwe by his grace had not a loveplanted in our \hearts to him.But to cometo fpeak of this Feaft. I We fee it pleafeth Chrift to vaile heavenly , 1 matters with comparifons fercht from earthly I things, that fo he may enter intoour foules the better by our fenfes. . Chrifl: maketh us a fiaft,amarriage fiaft}am.tr– !,;age feaff with the Kings Sonne, of all fea!ts the I moft magnificent. A feaft firfi in regard of the i choife rarities wehave in Chrill:. We have the ·i·-be!t,andthehefiofthebell:. Fatthings, andthe I m.trrow if fotneje,winc,andwineon the lets,refined that preferveth the Ll:rengtb. The comforts we . have from Chrifi, are the bell: comforts, the /peace,thebefi peace,the priviledges,tbe highefl: 1 priviledges. His fiefo cn1'ified for us, to fatis fie Idivine ju!l:ice,i.s'me;~t indeed, hu hloodfbed for us} ! is drinkc_ indeed, that is the bell, theonelymeat \and drinke to refrdh our fo{Jlcs, becaule thefe 1 feedour foules,and that to ete~oalllife.The love-· ' of God the Father in-givingChrifir-odeath,and Chrifl:s love ingiving himfelftogether with full · contentment to divine jufiice :this gifc it isthat i the foul elpeciaHy feeds on. What ~()_uld Ch~i·ft J gtve t ----------------~------------- -

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