Cloud landFire, types ofchri fi. God, true zeale for God and his glory, fervency in prayer, and inflameus with all ardent defires after God. Wee muff follow this Pillar for fafety, fecurity, di- rec`Iion,&c. Luef;. Howmay we follow this Pillar ? Sol. As the Ifraelitescarefully followed thecloud,in this manner. t . Becaufe the clould was placed on high, they muff [fill looke upwards : So muff wee í6ll looke upwards, not firing our eyeon any other d irec4i- on about us, or betide us. Wemuff not walke by exam- ples ofmennever fogreat, never fowife, never fo rich, never fo necreus ; but onely fo farre as they follow this Cloud. The Sunneof theworld, and the Sonne ofthe Church herein agree, that bothof them are fet infinitetly above our heads ; that wee fhould expecRourdirec`fion from above, not from below ; from the heavens, not from the earth. 2. As the Ifraelites contented them- felves with that Pillar, as beingfufficient : So muff wee with the light fromChriftour Pillar.Theyneeded no ar- tificiall lights of their owne deviling; the Pillar of fire was fufficient ( although at midnight) to enlighten them. TheSunneat noone day was not moreufefull to them then this Pillar at midnight : So Chriff in thé Scriptures is a moff bright and fhining light ; not (as the Papifisfay) obfcure, dark,imperfed, unleffe there bee an addition of traditions, Fathers, and mens devifes. As that cloud was no naturali dire6fion : fo wee muff'not walkeby dire6fionofnature, dic`fate ofreafon, or com- mandof our ownewills and fenfes. Follow this Pillar onely, and (as Gofhen was light when all 'Egypt was darkeneffe) thou flaalt have light when all the. world elfe fits in darkneffe, Ich.8, t 2. Butas for filch as kindle themfelves a fire, or fet up a Pillar to thernfelves, and walk in the light of it, and in the fparks themfelves have kindled; the Lord threatens what theymay expert from his hands ; They (hall lie downe in furrow, Ifai. 50. t o. 3. As
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