Chap,6. according to St M A T T H E vv. c229 doth often keep down the hot exhalations, that naturally would afcend : f® do thofe holy motions and meditations. Earth £lands {till, and hath the whole circumference carried about it : fo are Gods mercies and judgementsabout earthly -minded men,and they are nowhit moved thereat. Grace, on the other fide, as fire, isec9tive and afpiring. And as Mofes would not bo put off with an Angel togobefore thepeople : he would have God him- (elf, or none: fo the true Chriftianmuff have Chrift, or nothing will give him content. Chrift is his treafure, and bath his heart: allhis cry is, None but Chrif, none but Chrift. As the Sun draws upvapours, fo doth the Sun of righteoufneffe, the affeffions of his people. And as the hop in it's growing, windeth it fell a- bout the pole, alwaies following the courfeoftheSun, from Eaft toWeft, and can by no meansbe drawn to the contrary, chufàng rather tobreak then yeeld : to the Saints (as well militant as tri- umphant) do follow theLambwherefvever he goeth ; and being ri- fen withChrift, and fpirituahzed by him, they feel( the things that areabove: their thoughts feedupon the faireff objeets (filch as are.thefe let down by the Apoifle, Phil. 4.8.) and run with Dan,rt; much content, upon that firmament, and thofeftarrs in Daniel, ciuíarQ xai That inheritanceundefiled/ unfadable in Peter ; thofe palms and °G e T@ white robes in theRevelation. They take ever and anon a turn or 1 tec,,,q. two onTabor,andare there transfigured with Chriff;or on Mount Olivet, wherehe was taken up,and havethence continuall afcen- fions in their hearts. And as our Saviour in the Interim between A'`tr 3 his Rcfurreifion and Afcenfion, whiles he walked here on' the II 4s,6, earth, fpake ofthe things pertaining to the Kingdom of god, and rluqu.tn2 ori_ waited for his exaltation intoheaven : So the faithful! Chriftian genes ronvier, ( that hath his part in the firff refurreftion) walks in his meafore, fed nufeiit:m ef ets Chrif!' walked, talks as he talked, he fpeaks of the things con- ardent or,quam cerding the king, and therein his tongue is as the pen ofa ready uones a tuff Writer. Of Origen it is Paid, that he was ever earnelt, but never rraïtat,Eratna, more then when he treats of Chrift. AndofS. Paul it is well ob- ferved, that when he fpeakethofheaven, he ufeth a tranfcendent, lofty kinde oflanguage, his fpeech rifeth higher and higher, as a Cor,4. t 7.a degree above the fuperlativc:fo Phil 1.23. to be with Hic oratioelti- Chrrft,esfarfar the better fo i The b g:2.'9. See how theApofiles w, aeurgtt, &c. mouth is opened, his heart enlarged, he cannot fatisfie himfelf, Rviloc nor utter his conceptions. This a Chriftian can do, he can figh out, acupio difolvi, I def. :re to be with Chri1' : whom as he more or Q`; 1e ita
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