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Manna,a
type
of
Chrí
fL
And
how
this
may be.
5.
Be
never
wveary
ofthis Manna.
and
grinde it,and
feed
upon
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 apply
to
himielfe
Chrifl
crucified,and
by
the
faithfull
application
of
Chriíl
and
all
his merits
become
one
with
him,
as
the meat
or bread
wee
eate
becomes
one
with
our
bodies
;
thus
will
an
hungry Chriflian doe.
An hungry
man
is
not
content
with
onely cornming
to
a
Cooks (hop
where
meat is
;
it
is
not
the
fight,
finell,
or
handling
of
meat
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
many
doe
not) to
fee,
and
heare,
and
tafle
;
but thou
mull feed
by
faith, or
flarve to death eternall.Heb.4.
2.The
word
they
heard
was
unprofitable
,becaufenot mingled with
faith.
£efit.
How
may 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
are
crucified
with 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,
fo
much
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
was
a
prohibited
time)
fo
greedy
were
they
of
it
:
but
within
a
little while
(although
it retained the
fweet-
neffe)
they
waxed
weary
of it.
Wee
mull take
heed
of
this
ficklenefle
in
goodneffe,
which bath
ever bewrayed
itfelfe
in
molt
forward
people. At
the
firft building
of