X86 Manna,a type ofChrífL And how this may be. 5. Be never wveary ofthis Manna. andgrinde it,and feedupon it ; for elfe what had it beene better for them that manna had laine about their tents in never fo great abundance, had they not brought is home and fuflained their lives with it ? fo muff every Chritli- an fpecially applyto himielfe Chrifl crucified,andby the faithfull applicationofChriíl and all his merits become one with him, as the meat or bread wee eate becomes one withour bodies ; thus will an hungry Chriflian doe. An hungry man is not content with onely cornming to a Cooks (hopwhere meat is ; it is not the fight, finell, or handlingofmeat which contents laim ; he mull Bate and fill his belly : So it is not a bare comming to the place of the word and Sacraments (which yet manydoe not) to fee, andheare, and tafle ; but thou mull feed by faith, or flarve to death eternall.Heb.4. 2.Thewordtheyheardwas unprofitable,becaufenot mingled withfaith. £efit. Howmay I know if I apply Chrift crucified to my felfe ? Anfw. i. The right application ofChrifl crucified, is not to know that Chrift was crucified ; but when we arecrucifiedwith him, Gal. 2.19. as Elifha (a. Kings 4.) applyed his eyes,face,and hands to the dead child that it might quicken. 2. So much as thou truely beleevefl, fomuch thou eateff ofChrift, faith Aught : Looke how much flrength thou gettell by the word, fo much nou- rifhment thou receiveff from Chrifl. And fo much as thou refufefl, contemnefl, or negleeceli that, fo much thou refufefl Chrift himfelfe. V. We muff beware of being weary ofthis manna. The]ewes elleemed manna fweet at firfl, and went out cheerefully to gather it, yea the Sabbath and all (which wasa prohibited time) fogreedy were they of it : but within a little while (although it retained the fweet- neffe) they waxed wearyof it. Wee mull take heedof this ficklenefle in goodneffe, which bath ever bewrayed itfelfe in molt forward people. At the firft building of
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