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           TWO
           SERMONS
           :
           PREACHED
           By
           that
           Faithfull
           and
           Reverend
           Divine
           ,
           RICHARD
           SIBBES
           ,
           D.
           D.
           and
           sometimes
           Preacher
           to
           the
           Honorable
           Society
           of
           
             Grayes
             Inne
          
           ;
           And
           Master
           of
           Katherine
           Hall
           in
           CAMBRIDGE
           .
        
         
           Printed
           at
           London
           by
           
             T.
             Cotes
          
           ,
           for
           
             Andr.
             Kembe
          
           ,
           &
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           Shop
           at
           S.
           Margarets
           Hill
           in
           Southwarke
           .
           1639.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           Imprimatur
        
         
           
             Tho.
             Wykes
             .
          
           
             
               Aprill
               12.
               1638.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           THE
           RIGHT
           WORSHIPFVLL
           Sir
           
             John
             Howland
          
           ,
           Knight
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           THese
           two
           Sermons
           were
           brought
           unto
           me
           for
           the
           Sermons
           of
           that
           learned
           and
           religious
           Divine
           ,
           whose
           name
           they
           beare
           :
           and
           ,
           so
           farre
           as
           I
           am
           able
           to
           judge
           ,
           the
           stile
           and
           spiritualtie
           of
           the
           matter
           
           argue
           no
           lesse
           .
           Being
           earnestly
           requested
           to
           peruse
           them
           ,
           I
           thought
           fit
           to
           commend
           them
           to
           the
           world
           under
           your
           name
           ,
           because
           I
           know
           that
           you
           so
           well
           affected
           the
           Author
           .
           Now
           my
           request
           unto
           you
           is
           ,
           that
           you
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           accept
           the
           Dedication
           of
           them
           as
           a
           testimony
           of
           his
           sincere
           affection
           ,
           who
           labours
           ,
           and
           prayes
           for
           your
           good
           in
           the
           best
           things
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             Worships
             to
             be
             commanded
             in
             all
             Christian
             service
             ;
             
               R.
               T.
            
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           SPOVSE
           ,
           HER
           Earnest
           desire
           after
           Christ
           her
           Husband
           .
        
         
           OR
           ,
           A
           Sermon
           preached
           on
           CANT
           .
           1.
           
           Vers.
           ●
           .
        
         
           By
           that
           Faithfull
           and
           Reverend
           Divine
           ,
           
             Richard
             Sibbes
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           and
           sometimes
           Preacher
           to
           the
           Honorable
           Societie
           of
           Grayes-Inne
           :
           And
           Master
           of
           Katherine
           Hall
           in
           Cambridge
           .
        
         
           
             PSAL.
             73.
             25.
             
          
           
             Whom
             have
             I
             in
             Heaven
             but
             thee
             ?
             and
             there
             is
             none
             upon
             earth
             that
             I
             desire
             besides
             thee
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           SPOVSE
           ,
           Her
           earnest
           desire
           after
           Christ.
           
        
         
           
             CANT
             .
             1.
             
             ●
             .
          
           
             Let
             him
             kisse
             mee
             with
             the
             kisses
             of
             his
             mouth
             ,
             for
             thy
             love
             is
             better
             then
             wine
             .
          
        
         
           THE
           HOLY
           Ghost
           is
           pleased
           here
           to
           cōdescend
           to
           
           our
           infirmities
           ,
           and
           that
           wee
           might
           helpe
           our selves
           ,
           in
           our
           spirituall
           
           estate
           ,
           by
           our
           bodily
           ;
           hee
           speaketh
           here
           of
           heavenly
           things
           after
           an
           earthly
           manner
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           comfortable
           mystery
           .
           As
           in
           other
           places
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           sets
           out
           the
           joyes
           of
           Heaven
           by
           a
           sweet
           Ban
           quet
           :
           so
           here
           hee
           sets
           out
           the
           union
           that
           wee
           have
           with
           Christ
           ,
           by
           the
           union
           of
           the
           Husband
           with
           the
           wife
           .
           And
           that
           wee
           might
           the
           better
           understand
           what
           this
           union
           is
           ,
           hee
           condescends
           to
           our
           weake
           capacities
           ,
           that
           wee
           might
           see
           that
           in
           a
           glasse
           of
           resemblance
           which
           wee
           (
           through
           our
           corruptions
           )
           cannot
           discerne
           in
           the
           owne
           nature
           .
           This
           booke
           therefore
           is
           nothing
           else
           but
           a
           shadowed
           demonstration
           and
           setting
           
           forth
           of
           the
           love
           of
           Christ
           to
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           love
           of
           the
           Church
           to
           Christ
           under
           certaine
           earthly
           similitudes
           so
           familiarly
           and
           naturally
           ,
           that
           the
           Iewes
           tooke
           ,
           and
           doe
           take
           great
           scandall
           at
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           would
           not
           have
           any
           to
           reade
           it
           ,
           till
           they
           should
           come
           (
           at
           least
           )
           to
           the
           age
           of
           thirty
           yeares
           ;
           and
           this
           ,
           least
           they
           thereby
           should
           be
           tempted
           to
           wantonnesse
           and
           foule
           incontinency
           ;
           where
           in
           they
           should
           seeme
           wiser
           then
           God
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           teach
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           to
           speake
           .
           But
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           is
           pleased
           thus
           by
           corporall
           ,
           to
           set
           out
           spirituall
           things
           ,
           which
           are
           of
           a
           higher
           straine
           ,
           that
           by
           some
           deeper
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           
           more
           then
           a
           taste
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           they
           might
           bee
           made
           to
           transpose
           their
           affections
           (
           which
           in
           your
           youthfull
           age
           are
           most
           strong
           )
           from
           the
           heate
           of
           naturall
           love
           to
           a
           flame
           of
           spirituall
           desires
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           things
           of
           God.
           All
           therefore
           who
           are
           spiritually
           minded
           ,
           (
           for
           whom
           chiefly
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           this
           holy
           booke
           of
           Scripture
           were
           written
           )
           must
           indeavour
           out
           of
           this
           shell
           ,
           to
           take
           out
           the
           sweete
           kernell
           of
           our
           blessed
           Communion
           with
           Christ
           ,
           howsoever
           others
           (
           otherwise
           minded
           )
           take
           offence
           hereat
           ;
           for
           here
           ,
           the
           union
           betweene
           Christ
           and
           his
           Spouse
           is
           so
           familiarly
           and
           to
           the
           life
           pensilled
           out
           by
           that
           union
           which
           is
           betweene
           the
           Husband
           
           and
           the
           Wife
           ,
           that
           though
           ungodly
           men
           may
           stumble
           here
           ,
           as
           at
           some
           stone
           of
           offence
           ,
           yet
           the
           godly
           may
           by
           a
           better
           hand
           receive
           instruction
           and
           much
           bettering
           from
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           To
           come
           to
           the
           words
           themselves
           ,
           they
           are
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Spouse
           to
           Christ
           ,
           containing
           in
           them
           two
           particulars
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           an
           earnest
           desire
           in
           
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Let
             him
             kisse
             mee
             with
             the
             kisses
             of
             his
             mouth
             .
          
        
         
           In
           which
           note
           3.
           things
           further
           ;
           as
           ,
        
         
           First
           the
           person
           desiring
           ,
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           person
           desired
           ,
           Christ.
           
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           the
           thing
           desired
           ,
           
           A
           familiar
           kisse
           of
           his
           mouth
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           ground
           of
           the
           desire
           ,
           fetelit
           from
           the
           excellency
           of
           the
           thing
           desired
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             For
             thy
             love
             is
             sweeter
             then
             wine
             .
          
        
         
           From
           the
           whole
           in
           generall
           ;
           observe
           a
           spirituall
           contract
           
           betweene
           Christ
           and
           his
           Church
           .
           There
           is
           a
           civill
           contract
           betweene
           man
           and
           wife
           ;
           answerable
           to
           w
           ch
           the
           spirituall
           betweene
           Christ
           and
           his
           Chuch
           holds
           fit
           resemblance
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           this
           civill
           contract
           may
           hold
           ;
           both
           parties
           must
           consent
           .
           So
           it
           is
           betweene
           Christ
           and
           his
           Spouse
           ;
           hee
           was
           so
           in
           love
           with
           mankind
           that
           he
           hath
           taken
           our
           nature
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           this
           his
           incarnation
           is
           
           the
           ground
           of
           all
           this
           union
           of
           ours
           with
           him
           .
           For
           first
           ,
           his
           incarnation
           is
           the
           cause
           or
           ground
           of
           our
           union
           with
           him
           in
           grace
           here
           :
           and
           secondly
           ,
           our
           union
           in
           grace
           is
           the
           ground
           of
           our
           union
           with
           him
           in
           glory
           .
           And
           now
           that
           we
           may
           be
           a
           Spouse
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           gives
           us
           his
           Spirit
           to
           testifie
           his
           love
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           might
           give
           our
           consent
           in
           love
           to
           him
           againe
           ;
           and
           that
           wee
           might
           be
           made
           a
           fit
           Spouse
           for
           him
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Likewise
           in
           marriage
           there
           is
           a
           communicating
           of
           all
           good
           things
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           is
           here
           .
           Christ
           here
           in
           this
           spirituall
           contract
           gives
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           with
           himselfe
           all
           good
           things
           unto
           us
           .
           The
           Spirit
           therefore
           is
           the
           Churches
           ;
           his
           happinesse
           
           the
           Churches
           ,
           his
           graces
           are
           the
           Churches
           ,
           his
           righteousnesse
           the
           Churches
           ;
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           all
           his
           priviledges
           and
           prerogatives
           are
           the
           Churches
           ;
           as
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           all
           things
           are
           Christs
           ,
           and
           Christ
           is
           yours
           ;
           and
           the
           reason
           is
           given
           for
           all
           are
           Christs
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           are
           
           Christs
           are
           yours
           by
           this
           spirituall
           symbolizing
           contract
           .
           This
           excellency
           is
           spoken
           of
           by
           the
           Prophet
           Hosea
           ;
           where
           speaking
           of
           
           this
           spirituall
           contract
           betweene
           Christ
           and
           his
           Church
           he
           saith
           ;
        
         
           In
           that
           day
           when
           he
           shall
           marry
           her
           unto
           himselfe
           in
           faithfulnesse
           ,
           he
           will
           make
           a
           covenant
           for
           her
           with
           all
           creatures
           ;
           with
           the
           beasts
           of
           the
           field
           ,
           the
           foules
           of
           
           heaven
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           creepeth
           upon
           the
           earth
           :
           so
           that
           upon
           this
           contract
           commeth
           in
           a
           traine
           of
           familiaritie
           ,
           or
           league
           of
           close
           union
           between
           the
           Church
           and
           all
           the
           creatures
           .
           All
           that
           he
           hath
           done
           ,
           all
           that
           hee
           hath
           suffered
           ,
           by
           this
           contract
           is
           made
           ours
           ,
           and
           we
           have
           the
           benefit
           of
           all
           ,
           by
           being
           his
           members
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           body
           .
        
         
           Object
           .
           But
           what
           have
           wee
           to
           bestow
           upon
           him
           againe
           ?
        
         
           Sol.
           Nothing
           at
           all
           ,
           neither
           portion
           nor
           proportion
           ;
           neither
           beauty
           nor
           riches
           ;
           but
           a
           miserable
           and
           base
           condition
           that
           he
           took
           upon
           him
           .
           For
           use
           :
        
         
           This
           is
           a
           welspring
           of
           much
           comfort
           ,
           &
           a
           ground
           
           
           of
           many
           duties
           .
           For
           our
           comfort
           .
        
         
           Christ
           condescended
           so
           
           farre
           unto
           us
           ,
           and
           into
           such
           a
           neare
           aquaintance
           tooke
           us
           as
           to
           make
           us
           his
           Spouse
           ,
           he
           who
           did
           so
           hath
           al
           things
           at
           his
           command
           :
           and
           then
           what
           can
           wee
           want
           at
           the
           fountaine
           ?
           Wee
           can
           want
           no
           protection
           ;
           for
           that
           is
           the
           covering
           of
           this
           Well
           :
           we
           can
           want
           no
           good
           thing
           ,
           for
           all
           goodnesse
           is
           in
           this
           Well
           of
           life
           ;
           we
           have
           free
           accesse
           unto
           Christ
           as
           the
           wife
           hath
           to
           her
           hus
           band
           ,
           for
           who
           should
           have
           free
           accesse
           to
           the
           husband
           but
           the
           wife
           ;
           or
           who
           so
           free
           as
           shee
           ?
           So
           ,
           who
           hath
           free
           accesse
           to
           Christ
           ,
           but
           the
           Spouse
           ,
           or
           so
           as
           shee
           hath
           .
        
         
         
           Yea
           ,
           but
           we
           have
           infirmities
           ,
           
           and
           are
           by
           them
           a
           wife
           too
           farre
           unfit
           for
           such
           a
           husband
           ?
        
         
           True
           indeede
           :
           but
           shall
           
           man
           beare
           with
           his
           wife
           ,
           because
           shee
           is
           the
           weaker
           vessell
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           Christ
           much
           more
           with
           his
           Spouse
           ?
           But
           this
           union
           of
           man
           with
           wife
           is
           but
           for
           a
           short
           time
           ;
           death
           cuts
           that
           wife
           ,
           but
           here
           (
           which
           is
           our
           chiefest
           comfort
           )
           this
           contract
           is
           not
           for
           a
           time
           but
           for
           ever
           .
           I
           have
           married
           thee
           unto
           my selfe
           for
           ever
           saith
           the
           Lord.
           And
           therefore
           wee
           shall
           never
           want
           potection
           or
           direction
           ,
           or
           good
           thing
           while
           we
           are
           his
           ;
           and
           his
           wee
           shall
           hee
           ever
           .
           And
           thus
           stands
           the
           case
           betweene
           Christ
           and
           us
        
         
         
           Now
           for
           the
           duty
           on
           our
           part
           it
           is
           to
           love
           him
           againe
           with
           a
           mutuall
           and
           obedient
           love
           ,
           to
           honour
           him
           as
           Sarah
           did
           Abraham
           ,
           when
           
           shee
           called
           him
           Lord
           ;
           and
           to
           manifest
           it
           by
           doing
           what
           hee
           would
           have
           us
           to
           doe
           ,
           and
           by
           suffering
           what
           he
           would
           have
           us
           to
           beare
           for
           his
           sake
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           come
           to
           particulars
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           we
           have
           the
           person
           desiring
           ,
           
             Let
             him
             kisse
             me
          
           ;
           Secondly
           the
           person
           desired
           ,
           
             let
             Him
          
           ;
           Thirdly
           ,
           the
           things
           ,
           
             the
             kisses
             of
             his
             mouth
          
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           first
           ;
           Me
           ,
           it
           is
           here
           the
           speech
           of
           the
           whole
           Church
           ,
           and
           so
           of
           every
           particular
           member
           ,
           every
           of
           which
           is
           the
           Spouse
           of
           
           Christ.
           The
           point
           from
           hence
           is
           :
        
         
           
             All
             Christian
             savours
             belong
          
           
           
             to
             all
             Christians
             alike
          
           ;
           wee
           (
           all
           alike
           )
           have
           one
           Faith
           ,
           one
           Baptisme
           ,
           one
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           every
           Christian
           may
           say
           mee
           :
           so
           saith
           the
           whole
           Church
           ;
           and
           every
           Christian
           as
           well
           as
           it
           may
           so
           say
           :
           for
           all
           Christian
           priviledges
           belong
           to
           all
           alike
           .
        
         
           Herein
           take
           comfort
           then
           ,
           
           that
           who
           soever
           belongs
           to
           the
           Church
           in
           generall
           ,
           belongs
           to
           thee
           as
           a
           particular
           of
           the
           whole
           .
           I
           name
           but
           this
           .
        
         
           Now
           secondly
           ,
           this
           teaches
           
           us
           by
           steps
           of
           reason
           to
           ascend
           from
           one
           spirituall
           priviledge
           to
           another
           ,
           as
           thus
           ;
           Abraham
           beleeved
           ,
           
           and
           it
           was
           counted
           to
           him
           for
           righteousnesse
           ;
           and
           therefore
           if
           I
           beleeve
           ,
           I
           shall
           be
           counted
           righteous
           .
           David
           sinned
           ;
           and
           David
           sinning
           repented
           and
           found
           mercy
           ,
           and
           therefore
           if
           I
           repent
           I
           shall
           finde
           mercy
           .
           And
           thus
           all
           priviledges
           belong
           alike
           to
           all
           Christians
           .
           Every
           Christian
           soule
           is
           the
           Spouse
           of
           Christ
           as
           well
           as
           the
           whole
           Church
           .
           Therefore
           Saint
           Paul
           thus
           propoun's
           himselfe
           an
           example
           to
           all
           that
           would
           beleeve
           in
           Christ
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           1.
           16.
           
           
             God
             had
             mercy
             on
             me
          
           .
           Where
           therefore
           hee
           encourageth
           all
           to
           come
           unto
           Christ
           ,
           by
           his
           owne
           experience
           ,
           videlicet
           ,
           that
           hee
           will
           have
           mercy
           on
           thee
           ,
           as
           he
           had
           on
           him
           .
           Whatsoeever
           
           then
           is
           promised
           to
           the
           whole
           Church
           ,
           that
           apply
           to
           thy
           owne
           soule
           in
           particular
           ;
           and
           whatsoever
           is
           required
           of
           the
           whole
           Church
           ,
           that
           know
           to
           bee
           required
           of
           thee
           in
           thy
           particular
           by
           Christ
           ,
           if
           thou
           be
           a
           member
           of
           his
           body
           ,
           and
           beest
           in
           his
           service
           .
           But
           though
           in
           spirituall
           favours
           all
           have
           alike
           portion
           and
           proportion
           ;
           yet
           it
           is
           not
           so
           in
           outward
           things
           .
           For
           here
           some
           are
           rich
           ,
           some
           poore
           ,
           some
           honorable
           ,
           and
           some
           base
           ,
           and
           all
           with
           some
           difference
           :
           but
           in
           the
           best
           priviledges
           and
           best
           gifts
           there
           is
           an
           equall
           extension
           to
           all
           ;
           to
           the
           poore
           Christian
           as
           much
           and
           as
           soone
           as
           to
           the
           rich
           :
           to
           him
           that
           is
           base
           in
           the
           eye
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           
           well
           and
           (
           perhaps
           )
           sooner
           then
           to
           him
           that
           is
           honorable
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           secondly
           ,
           for
           the
           person
           desired
           ;
           
             Let
             him
          
           .
        
         
           Many
           make
           love
           to
           this
           Spouse
           ;
           the
           divell
           ,
           the
           world
           and
           the
           flesh
           .
           The
           divell
           and
           carnall
           persons
           make
           love
           to
           the
           soule
           to
           draw
           her
           away
           from
           Christ
           ,
           but
           shee
           will
           not
           turne
           aside
           ,
           but
           lookes
           to
           Christ
           still
           ,
           
             Let
             him
             kisse
             me
          
           .
           Shee
           goes
           not
           (
           as
           Papists
           doe
           )
           to
           Peter
           and
           Paul
           ,
           or
           any
           Saint
           ;
           but
           to
           Christ
           ,
           and
           to
           him
           onely
           .
           Saith
           shee
           ,
           he
           is
           my
           welbeloved
           
           and
           I
           am
           his
           ,
           hee
           is
           my
           inclosure
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           his
           peculiar
           ;
           none
           have
           I
           in
           heaven
           but
           him
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           none
           that
           I
           desire
           in
           comparison
           
           of
           him
           .
           Hee
           hath
           singled
           out
           me
           ,
           and
           I
           him
           ;
           
             Let
             Him
             kisse
             me
          
           ,
           saith
           the
           Spouse
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           kisse
           none
           but
           him
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           third
           thing
           ,
           the
           thing
           desired
           ;
           
             Let
             Him
             kisse
             me
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           The
           thing
           desired
           here
           ,
           is
           a
           kisse
           .
           There
           are
           divers
           sorts
           of
           kisses
           spoken
           of
           in
           Scripture
           :
           there
           is
           a
           kisse
           of
           superiours
           to
           inferiours
           ,
           and
           of
           inferiours
           to
           superiours
           .
           Also
           there
           is
           an
           holy
           a
           kisse
           ,
           and
           an
           hypocriticall
           kisse
           ,
           as
           b
           Ioabs
           was
           to
           Amasa
           ,
           and
           as
           c
           Iudas
           kisse
           to
           
           Christ.
           There
           are
           kisses
           of
           love
           ,
           so
           d
           Ionathan
           kissed
           David
           ;
           there
           are
           kisses
           of
           subjection
           ;
           and
           here
           what
           is
           sayd
           ,
           may
           well
           bee
           taken
           in
           sence
           as
           there
           ,
           e
           
             kisse
             
             yee
             the
             Sonne
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           But
           this
           kisse
           is
           of
           a
           superiour
           to
           an
           inferiour
           ;
           
             Let
             Him
             kisse
             me
             with
             the
             kisses
             of
             His
             mouth
             :
          
           that
           is
           ,
           let
           him
           shew
           me
           a
           further
           testimony
           of
           his
           love
           by
           his
           presence
           ;
           and
           let
           mee
           enjoy
           a
           further
           communion
           with
           him
           :
           or
           let
           him
           further
           assure
           me
           of
           his
           love
           .
           Consider
           the
           Churches
           meaning
           here
           :
           the
           Church
           ,
           however
           shee
           had
           good
           interest
           in
           this
           spirituall
           joynture
           at
           the
           marriage
           making
           ;
           yet
           shee
           ,
           (
           according
           to
           the
           different
           degrees
           of
           time
           )
           had
           different
           degrees
           of
           desires
           to
           bee
           further
           and
           further
           assured
           .
           From
           Solomons
           time
           ,
           and
           before
           ,
           even
           from
           the
           beginning
           ,
           there
           was
           ever
           a
           desire
           in
           the
           Church
           
           to
           these
           kisses
           of
           Christs
           mouth
           ;
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           hee
           would
           come
           in
           our
           nature
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           would
           manifest
           by
           little
           and
           little
           ,
           and
           clearer
           and
           clearer
           ,
           his
           comming
           in
           the
           flesh
           ;
           which
           accordingly
           he
           did
           by
           degrees
           ,
           and
           with
           open
           countenance
           at
           last
           .
           As
           first
           in
           Paradise
           ;
           a
           
             The
             seede
             of
             the
             woman
             shall
             breake
             the
             Serpents
             head
          
           ;
           then
           to
           Abraham
           ,
           b
           
             In
             thy
             seede
             shall
             all
             the
             families
             of
             the
             earth
             be
             blessed
          
           ;
           aftēr
           that
           ,
           to
           one
           Tribe
           ,
           the
           Tribe
           of
           c
           Iuda
           ;
           then
           to
           one
           Family
           of
           that
           Tribe
           ,
           the
           house
           of
           David
           ;
           
           and
           sweetly
           to
           his
           Prophet
           Esay
           ,
           d
           
             A
             Virgin
             shall
             conceive
          
           ;
           and
           after
           with
           the
           finger
           of
           the
           Baptist
           ,
           Iohn
           pointing
           to
           Christ
           ;
           e
           
             Behold
             
             the
             Lambe
             of
             God
             that
             takes
             away
             the
             sinnes
             of
             the
             world
          
           ;
           and
           so
           you
           see
           how
           Christ
           did
           reveale
           himselfe
           often
           ,
           and
           by
           degrees
           unto
           his
           Church
           ;
           answerable
           to
           which
           were
           the
           desires
           of
           the
           Church
           for
           the
           comming
           of
           Christ
           ;
           as
           the
           Prophet
           Isaiah
           ,
           where
           hee
           
           saith
           ,
           Oh
           that
           thou
           wouldst
           breake
           the
           heavens
           and
           come
           downe
           .
           Where
           hee
           prophesied
           of
           those
           that
           should
           waite
           for
           the
           consummation
           of
           Israel
           :
           And
           thus
           before
           Christ
           came
           in
           the
           flesh
           ;
           the
           Church
           had
           a
           great
           longing
           after
           his
           incarnation
           ;
           as
           here
           :
           
             Let
             him
             kisse
             me
             with
             the
             kisses
             of
             his
             mouth
             .
          
           But
           this
           is
           not
           all
           ,
           and
           shee
           was
           not
           ignorant
           that
           this
           could
           not
           bee
           
           till
           the
           last
           time
           of
           dayes
           ;
           therefore
           she
           desireth
           some
           further
           meanes
           of
           aquaintance
           with
           Christ
           ,
           &
           knowledge
           of
           him
           ;
           desiring
           that
           hee
           would
           manifest
           himselfe
           more
           and
           more
           by
           his
           word
           ,
           by
           his
           graces
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           Spirit
           .
           As
           therefore
           then
           the
           desire
           of
           the
           Church
           was
           for
           the
           comming
           of
           Christ
           ,
           so
           now
           that
           which
           Christians
           should
           desire
           and
           long
           after
           ,
           is
           not
           that
           Christ
           might
           come
           to
           them
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           might
           goe
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           might
           bee
           with
           him
           in
           glory
           .
           They
           love
           his
           appearance
           ;
           but
           because
           this
           cannot
           be
           yet
           ;
           (
           though
           the
           Church
           be
           still
           in
           expectation
           )
           therefore
           he
           desireth
           to
           heare
           his
           words
           ,
           or
           that
           
           hee
           would
           kisse
           her
           with
           his
           mouth
           in
           his
           Word
           .
           And
           yet
           that
           is
           not
           all
           neither
           ;
           but
           that
           shee
           might
           finde
           his
           Spirit
           now
           walking
           with
           her
           here
           ;
           and
           further
           that
           he
           would
           kisse
           her
           with
           his
           mouth
           ,
           by
           encreasing
           his
           good
           graces
           in
           her
           ,
           and
           by
           manifesting
           his
           love
           unto
           her
           :
           this
           is
           the
           desire
           of
           her
           soule
           .
           This
           is
           the
           whole
           suit
           of
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           and
           of
           every
           Christian
           soule
           :
           namely
           that
           Christ
           would
           thus
           kisse
           her
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           would
           reveale
           himselfe
           every
           day
           more
           and
           more
           unto
           her
           ,
           in
           his
           Word
           ,
           in
           his
           Sacraments
           ,
           by
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           by
           increase
           of
           graces
           with
           a
           plentifull
           addition
           .
           This
           I
           say
           ,
           is
           the
           desire
           of
           the
           
           Church
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           the
           desire
           also
           of
           every
           Christian
           faithfull
           soule
           ,
           even
           that
           Christ
           would
           thus
           breath
           upon
           her
           with
           the
           holy
           kisses
           of
           his
           lippes
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           wee
           come
           to
           the
           ground
           of
           this
           desire
           taken
           from
           the
           excellency
           of
           the
           love
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           is
           here
           sayd
           by
           an
           experience
           of
           the
           whole
           of
           Christianitie
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           particular
           of
           every
           Christian
           soule
           ,
           
             to
             bee
             sweeter
             then
             wine
          
           .
        
         
           From
           hence
           wee
           note
           two
           things
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           that
           every
           Christian
           
           soule
           and
           the
           Spouse
           in
           generall
           hath
           a
           sweete
           taste
           of
           the
           love
           of
           Christ
           ,
           even
           in
           this
           life
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           after
           this
           contract
           
           
           and
           taste
           of
           this
           love
           ,
           shee
           hath
           ever
           springing
           up
           in
           her
           a
           further
           desire
           of
           the
           encrease
           and
           manifestation
           thereof
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           first
           ;
           As
           after
           the
           
           contract
           there
           is
           a
           more
           and
           more
           evident
           manifestation
           of
           love
           then
           was
           before
           ;
           yet
           not
           so
           full
           as
           after
           the
           marriage
           :
           so
           Christ
           ,
           though
           hee
           doe
           give
           his
           Spouse
           a
           taste
           of
           his
           love
           here
           ,
           and
           sends
           certaine
           love
           tokens
           unto
           her
           from
           heaven
           ,
           some
           graces
           whereby
           his
           love
           is
           made
           more
           manifest
           then
           before
           it
           was
           ,
           (
           as
           Isaack
           
           sent
           to
           Rebecka
           some
           Iewels
           and
           Bracelets
           to
           manifest
           his
           love
           to
           her
           :
           )
           yet
           his
           love
           is
           not
           fully
           manifested
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           but
           is
           kept
           close
           untill
           the
           day
           of
           the
           great
           
           solemnitie
           .
           But
           because
           Christ
           cannot
           delight
           in
           his
           Spouse
           ,
           unlesse
           she
           be
           decked
           with
           some
           of
           his
           graces
           here
           ;
           therefore
           here
           hee
           gives
           hee
           some
           hand
           sells
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           onely
           a
           taste
           of
           his
           favours
           but
           the
           fruite
           of
           his
           love
           .
        
         
           The
           reasons
           are
           divers
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           reason
           is
           because
           
           hee
           would
           minister
           to
           her
           some
           solace
           after
           the
           long
           time
           of
           her
           absence
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           shee
           might
           not
           faint
           ,
           but
           having
           some
           sweet
           taste
           of
           his
           love
           here
           ,
           might
           stay
           her
           stomacke
           upon
           that
           ,
           somewhat
           in
           hand
           ,
           till
           the
           day
           wherein
           the
           Lord
           Christ
           will
           fully
           manifest
           his
           love
           unto
           her
           .
           The
           Lord
           seeth
           that
           
           his
           children
           are
           apt
           to
           bee
           opprest
           with
           heavinesse
           here
           ;
           and
           therefore
           he
           gives
           them
           a
           taste
           as
           the
           earnest
           of
           the
           bargaine
           ,
           till
           the
           whole
           come
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           somewhat
           to
           comfort
           them
           till
           that
           come
           that
           will
           wipe
           away
           all
           teares
           ,
           and
           shut
           out
           sorrow
           ;
           when
           there
           shall
           be
           no
           woe
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           Lord
           gives
           his
           children
           a
           sweet
           taste
           of
           
           his
           love
           here
           ,
           that
           by
           weaknesse
           and
           frailty
           they
           might
           not
           fall
           away
           and
           so
           lose
           their
           first
           love
           (
           but
           if
           they
           should
           slip
           )
           that
           then
           they
           might
           recover
           their
           first
           grounds
           ,
           and
           say
           with
           the
           Church
           ;
           wee
           will
           goe
           and
           returne
           to
           our
           first
           husband
           ;
           for
           it
           was
           better
           with
           us
           then
           ,
           then
           now
           ,
           Hos.
           2.
           7.
           so
           
           strong
           was
           that
           love
           ,
           and
           so
           sweet
           that
           wee
           had
           from
           him
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           because
           
           the
           manifestation
           of
           this
           his
           love
           doth
           wonderfully
           strengthen
           a
           Christian
           ,
           causing
           him
           to
           goe
           lightly
           through
           the
           heaviest
           affliction
           :
           for
           when
           Christ
           assures
           a
           Christian
           of
           his
           love
           ,
           then
           no
           affliction
           will
           seeme
           grievous
           ,
           but
           hee
           'l
           through
           all
           ,
           hee
           'l
           suffer
           whatsoever
           shall
           be
           fall
           him
           for
           Christs
           sake
           with
           joy
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           Christ
           gives
           his
           
           Church
           ,
           and
           so
           every
           Christian
           a
           taste
           of
           his
           love
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           because
           he
           knowes
           we
           have
           many
           temptations
           in
           this
           world
           which
           are
           ready
           to
           steale
           away
           our
           affections
           ,
           and
           ,
           to
           rob
           God
           
           of
           his
           part
           in
           us
           ;
           as
           carnall
           pleasures
           ,
           riches
           ,
           honours
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           .
           Now
           that
           these
           might
           not
           draw
           away
           our
           affections
           ;
           he
           gives
           us
           a
           taste
           of
           his
           love
           ,
           which
           is
           better
           then
           all
           these
           ,
           and
           all
           things
           else
           ;
           sweeter
           then
           the
           sweetest
           wine
           ,
           or
           best
           thing
           that
           can
           bee
           desired
           .
           I
           say
           God
           gives
           us
           the
           first
           fruits
           of
           his
           love
           here
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           that
           our
           affections
           might
           be
           preserved
           chast
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           wee
           kept
           from
           wandering
           in
           the
           love
           of
           a
           stranger
           .
           And
           so
           hee
           gives
           us
           a
           sweet
           taste
           of
           his
           love
           in
           this
           life
           ;
           that
           neither
           afflictions
           ,
           on
           our
           left
           hand
           ,
           might
           too
           much
           presse
           us
           downe
           or
           discomfort
           us
           ;
           nor
           the
           pleasures
           and
           delights
           of
           this
           life
           on
           our
           
           right
           steale
           us
           from
           God.
           
        
         
           The
           use
           is
           to
           teach
           us
           to
           admire
           at
           the
           goodnesse
           of
           
           God
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           pleased
           so
           to
           provide
           for
           us
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           so
           sufficiently
           as
           to
           keepe
           us
           from
           being
           too
           much
           overcome
           with
           heavinesse
           ,
           through
           the
           multitude
           of
           temptations
           and
           afflictions
           ,
           which
           in
           this
           life
           wee
           are
           subject
           unto
           ,
           and
           to
           expell
           the
           bitternesse
           there
           of
           with
           the
           sweetnesse
           of
           his
           love
           ,
           as
           with
           Sugar
           in
           the
           cup
           ;
           and
           all
           to
           have
           us
           fast
           unto
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           our
           affections
           proper
           unto
           him
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           wee
           come
           to
           the
           second
           Doctrine
           ,
           which
           is
           this
           :
        
         
           
             That
             the
             Church
             (
             and
             so
          
           
           
             every
             Christian
             )
             after
             this
             contract
             and
             first
             taste
             of
             
             Christs
             love
             ,
             and
             evermore
             springing
             up
             in
             him
             ,
             an
             insa
             .
             tiable
             desire
             after
             a
             further
             taste
             and
             deeper
             pledge
             of
             that
             love
             .
          
        
         
           The
           reasons
           why
           are
           two
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           may
           bee
           taken
           from
           the
           nature
           of
           true
           
           love
           ,
           which
           is
           never
           satisfied
           .
           And
           hence
           it
           is
           that
           though
           Christ
           give
           his
           Spouse
           a
           taste
           of
           his
           love
           in
           his
           word
           ,
           by
           sending
           his
           Embassadours
           ,
           his
           Ministers
           with
           his
           love-letters
           ,
           unto
           her
           in
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           giving
           her
           therein
           a
           large
           volume
           of
           his
           love
           ;
           as
           also
           in
           the
           seale
           of
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           Sacramēnts
           (
           those
           love-tokens
           )
           and
           in
           many
           other
           worthy
           influences
           ;
           yet
           all
           this
           cannot
           satisfie
           her
           thirsty
           and
           more
           
           desiring
           soule
           ;
           but
           Christ
           ,
           having
           thus
           manifested
           his
           love
           unto
           her
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           fruits
           ,
           shee
           must
           have
           more
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           still
           longs
           to
           have
           a
           further
           assurance
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           reason
           may
           bee
           drawne
           from
           Christs
           
           infinite
           riches
           ,
           who
           (
           therefore
           )
           is
           so
           infinite
           in
           his
           gifts
           and
           glory
           ,
           in
           his
           power
           ,
           in
           his
           bountie
           ,
           in
           his
           pleasures
           ,
           joyes
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           that
           we
           know
           no
           end
           thereof
           .
           He
           hath
           all
           things
           ,
           
             All
             power
             is
             given
             him
             in
          
           
           
             heaven
             and
             in
             earth
          
           ;
           every
           way
           infinite
           in
           himselfe
           and
           in
           his
           bounties
           infinitely
           magnificent
           ,
           and
           how
           (
           then
           )
           can
           the
           Spouse
           but
           have
           an
           infinite
           desire
           to
           a
           further
           and
           still
           further
           taste
           of
           his
           love
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           nearer
           communion
           
           with
           him
           ?
           And
           so
           whether
           we
           regard
           the
           nature
           of
           love
           ,
           which
           is
           never
           satisfied
           ;
           or
           whether
           wee
           consider
           Christs
           infinite
           riches
           manifest
           in
           his
           truth
           ;
           there
           must
           be
           an
           in
           satiable
           mind
           of
           desire
           in
           a
           Christian
           ,
           to
           bee
           further
           filled
           with
           ,
           and
           more
           fully
           assured
           of
           the
           love
           of
           Christ.
           Where
           grace
           is
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           further
           desire
           of
           growing
           in
           grace
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           an
           higher
           degree
           of
           love
           to
           desire
           an
           enjoying
           of
           the
           presence
           of
           Christ
           ,
           then
           to
           desire
           to
           enjoy
           heaven
           it selfe
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           yet
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           here
           let
           us
           try
           
           our
           love
           by
           our
           labouring
           ,
           for
           that
           sight
           of
           Christ
           w
           ch
           we
           may
           have
           of
           him
           in
           this
           life
           below
           ;
           and
           here
           lot
           us
           
           desire
           often
           and
           much
           to
           see
           him
           in
           his
           ordinances
           ,
           where
           hee
           manifests
           himselfe
           in
           a
           speciall
           manner
           .
           Therefore
           I
           say
           ,
           art
           thou
           sicke
           and
           in
           prison
           ,
           or
           so
           lame
           of
           thy
           limbes
           that
           thon
           canst
           not
           come
           to
           the
           assembly
           ?
           and
           is
           it
           therefore
           thy
           greatest
           trouble
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           greefe
           of
           thy
           soule
           that
           thou
           art
           thus
           shut
           out
           from
           the
           presence
           of
           Christ
           and
           the
           Angells
           in
           his
           ordinances
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           congregation
           of
           the
           Saints
           ,
           where
           he
           by
           familiar
           kisses
           useth
           to
           manifest
           his
           love
           to
           thee
           and
           to
           them
           ?
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           it
           is
           well
           .
           But
           here
           I
           cannot
           but
           wonder
           how
           some
           persons
           dare
           to
           take
           upon
           them
           the
           name
           of
           Christianitie
           ;
           and
           
           yet
           thinke
           the
           men
           too
           holy
           ,
           and
           the
           course
           too
           strict
           that
           lookes
           that
           way
           .
           Surely
           such
           want
           the
           true
           Character
           of
           a
           right
           Christian
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           have
           a
           further
           and
           further
           desire
           of
           the
           manifestation
           of
           Christs
           love
           .
           Many
           of
           these
           neglect
           the
           ordinances
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           if
           they
           come
           where
           they
           may
           bee
           had
           ,
           never
           desire
           by
           them
           a
           further
           increase
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           the
           
             inward
             kisses
          
           of
           Christs
           mouth
           :
           but
           content
           themselves
           with
           the
           outward
           ;
           even
           the
           barke
           of
           those
           ordinances
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Spirit
           should
           witnesse
           and
           seale
           up
           this
           love
           ,
           the
           love
           of
           Christ
           to
           their
           soules
           by
           an
           
             inward
             kisse
          
           ,
           they
           content
           themselves
           with
           the
           outward
           ,
           the
           
           bare
           hearing
           of
           the
           word
           :
           But
           mark
           what
           I
           say
           ;
           where
           this
           further
           desire
           of
           familiaritie
           with
           Christ
           is
           not
           ,
           there
           is
           but
           a
           barren
           soile
           and
           soule
           of
           a
           Christian
           :
           there
           is
           no
           true
           taste
           of
           Christs
           love
           ;
           for
           if
           there
           were
           ,
           there
           would
           be
           a
           further
           desire
           of
           growth
           in
           that
           affection
           .
           There
           are
           some
           that
           make
           a
           faire
           profession
           like
           unto
           many
           that
           marry
           to
           cloake
           their
           adultery
           ;
           for
           so
           ,
           such
           professe
           Christ
           to
           cover
           their
           strong
           covetousnesse
           and
           other
           strong
           faults
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           have
           more
           libertie
           to
           commit
           sin
           .
           But
           Christians
           ,
           truly
           religious
           must
           not
           content
           themselves
           with
           outwardnesse
           in
           these
           kisses
           ,
           but
           give
           ,
           as
           the
           
             outward
             
             man
          
           ,
           so
           the
           sacrifice
           of
           the
           inwaid
           (
           the
           soule
           )
           unto
           God.
           Let
           those
           that
           finde
           (
           after
           such
           tryall
           )
           these
           desires
           springing
           up
           in
           them
           ;
           comfort
           themselves
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           Christs
           ,
           and
           that
           Christ
           will
           manifest
           his
           love
           more
           and
           more
           unto
           them
           .
           For
           he
           hath
           promised
           to
           grant
           the
           desires
           
           of
           the
           righteous
           .
           Hast
           thou
           then
           a
           longing
           desire
           to
           have
           a
           further
           taste
           of
           the
           love
           of
           Christ
           ?
           Vse
           the
           meanes
           conscionably
           ,
           and
           then
           be
           sure
           that
           Christ
           this
           Ioseph
           will
           open
           himselfe
           further
           and
           further
           unto
           thee
           ,
           and
           thy
           soule
           shall
           know
           it
           .
           This
           for
           one
           use
           ;
        
         
           Another
           is
           for
           exhortation
           and
           spirituall
           direction
           ,
           
           as
           how
           wee
           shall
           come
           to
           a
           
           further
           assurance
           ,
           signe
           ,
           and
           fruit
           of
           this
           love
           of
           Christ.
           My
           beloved
           if
           we
           desire
           it
           ;
           wee
           must
           labour
           to
           have
           ;
           first
           ,
           
             chast
             judgements
          
           ,
           and
           secondly
           ,
           
             chast
             affections
          
           .
           A
           chast
           judgement
           from
           errour
           ,
           heresie
           ,
           and
           schisme
           ;
           and
           affections
           chast
           from
           the
           world
           ,
           from
           pleasures
           and
           the
           like
           :
           for
           Christ
           is
           wonderfull
           jealous
           both
           of
           our
           judgements
           ,
           and
           of
           our
           love
           .
           Therefore
           Paul
           desires
           to
           present
           the
           Corinths
           a
           pure
           Virgin
           unto
           Christ.
           
           And
           further
           as
           we
           must
           affect
           goodnesse
           ,
           so
           wee
           must
           professe
           truth
           ;
           wee
           must
           have
           chast
           judgements
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           chast
           affections
           :
           the
           Spouse
           of
           Christ
           as
           shee
           is
           pure
           in
           affections
           ,
           so
           shee
           is
           is
           pure
           in
           judgement
           ;
           shee
           
           heares
           his
           voyce
           and
           followes
           him
           .
           Whatsoever
           comes
           not
           from
           the
           Word
           she
           receives
           not
           but
           rejects
           it
           .
           And
           as
           her
           judgement
           is
           right
           set
           ,
           so
           her
           affections
           are
           pure
           and
           holy
           .
        
         
           Now
           therefore
           labour
           for
           these
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           for
           
             chast
             affections
          
           .
           Christ
           will
           not
           have
           us
           to
           divide
           our
           affections
           ;
           some
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           some
           for
           the
           world
           ;
           or
           partly
           for
           pleasures
           ,
           and
           partly
           for
           him
           ;
           no
           ,
           hee
           will
           not
           have
           it
           so
           :
           for
           ,
           a
           fire
           divided
           hath
           lesse
           heat
           .
           Hee
           will
           have
           the
           whole
           heart
           and
           the
           whole
           of
           our
           affections
           ,
           or
           he
           will
           have
           neither
           heart
           nor
           affection
           .
           If
           wee
           give
           our
           hearts
           to
           the
           world
           or
           to
           the
           pleasures
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           (
           the
           love
           of
           which
           
           is
           enmity
           with
           God
           )
           then
           
           have
           wee
           an
           adulterous
           heart
           :
           which
           to
           doe
           is
           a
           double
           sinne
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           for
           a
           wife
           to
           commit
           whoredome
           ;
           for
           in
           her
           whoredome
           there
           is
           a
           breach
           of
           chastitie
           ,
           and
           breach
           of
           the
           marriage
           band
           .
           And
           indeed
           to
           embrace
           the
           world
           after
           we
           are
           contracted
           unto
           Christ
           ,
           what
           is
           it
           lesse
           then
           whoredome
           ,
           and
           a
           breach
           of
           covenant
           in
           our
           spirituall
           contract
           with
           Christ
           ?
           therefore
           ,
           beware
           of
           worldly-mindednesse
           ,
           which
           as
           glew
           will
           tie
           all
           thy
           affections
           so
           fast
           to
           the
           earth
           ,
           that
           thou
           shalt
           not
           be
           able
           to
           lift
           any
           to
           Christ.
           Take
           heede
           of
           the
           pleasures
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           least
           they
           drowne
           thy
           soule
           in
           perdition
           
           and
           destruction
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           6.
           9.
           for
           many
           soules
           hath
           this
           Sea
           covered
           ,
           even
           of
           those
           that
           have
           professed
           with
           the
           best
           ,
           and
           have
           gone
           for
           good
           Christians
           .
        
         
           But
           thirdly
           ,
           if
           wee
           will
           
           grow
           in
           the
           assurance
           of
           the
           love
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           have
           more
           familiar
           kisses
           of
           his
           mouth
           ;
           then
           labour
           we
           to
           get
           an
           humble
           heart
           ,
           by
           searching
           out
           our
           owne
           great
           unworthinesse
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           what
           wee
           are
           ,
           or
           were
           by
           nature
           .
           Indeed
           ,
           we
           may
           disparage
           our
           credits
           by
           abasing
           our selves
           in
           respect
           of
           men
           ,
           but
           never
           can
           wee
           be
           too
           much
           humbled
           to
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           in
           acknowledging
           our selves
           unworthy
           of
           all
           that
           wee
           have
           .
           
           There
           is
           no
           danger
           in
           debasing
           our selves
           to
           our
           Saviour
           ;
           nay
           't
           is
           for
           our
           greater
           honour
           with
           God
           :
           for
           ,
           those
           that
           thus
           honour
           him
           ,
           hee
           will
           honour
           and
           grace
           with
           his
           blessings
           ,
           who
           giveth
           grace
           to
           the
           humble
           .
           In
           such
           a
           Spirit
           he
           delights
           to
           dwell
           as
           a
           man
           at
           home
           ,
           Esay
           66.
           3.
           
           Let
           us
           with
           all
           humilitie
           (
           then
           )
           acknowledge
           all
           to
           bee
           from
           his
           free
           grace
           ;
           and
           with
           Iacob
           ,
           that
           we
           our selves
           are
           lesse
           
           then
           the
           least
           of
           his
           mercies
           .
        
         
           Againe
           fourthly
           ,
           if
           wee
           
           will
           grow
           in
           the
           assurance
           of
           the
           love
           of
           Christ
           ;
           let
           us
           give
           Christ
           no
           peace
           ,
           nor
           take
           any
           nay
           of
           him
           till
           hee
           hath
           given
           us
           the
           sweet
           kisses
           of
           his
           love
           .
           Many
           
           times
           he
           delayes
           the
           manifesting
           of
           his
           love
           ;
           but
           what
           though
           ?
           yet
           waite
           thou
           his
           pleasure
           ;
           he
           hath
           waited
           long
           upon
           thee
           .
           We
           see
           
             Mary
             Magdalen
          
           ,
           what
           a
           doe
           shee
           made
           when
           shee
           could
           not
           finde
           Christ
           ;
           at
           last
           he
           manifested
           himselfe
           unto
           her
           ,
           and
           called
           her
           by
           
           her
           name
           ,
           demanding
           for
           what
           shee
           wept
           ,
           and
           whom
           she
           sought
           ;
           but
           it
           was
           some
           time
           first
           .
           Doe
           thou
           as
           she
           ,
           give
           him
           no
           rest
           ,
           take
           no
           deniall
           of
           him
           ,
           nor
           give
           off
           till
           he
           answer
           thee
           :
           for
           ,
           hee
           will
           doe
           it
           first
           or
           last
           .
           What
           did
           the
           woman
           of
           Canaan
           ?
           shee
           gave
           Christ
           
           no
           rest
           till
           hee
           did
           encline
           unto
           her
           .
           So
           Iacob
           wrestled
           
           with
           God
           ,
           &
           would
           not
           let
           him
           goe
           till
           he
           had
           assured
           
           him
           of
           his
           love
           and
           favour
           ;
           he
           I
           say
           ,
           who
           hath
           promised
           to
           grant
           the
           desires
           of
           
           the
           righteous
           .
           O
           then
           hath
           he
           given
           thee
           any
           the
           like
           strong
           desire
           after
           him
           ?
           continue
           constant
           ,
           importuning
           him
           by
           earnest
           and
           fervent
           prayer
           ,
           and
           not
           taking
           off
           ,
           till
           he
           incline
           unto
           thee
           .
           Hee
           cannot
           stand
           out
           with
           thee
           long
           ,
           hee
           cannot
           deny
           thee
           though
           he
           differ
           for
           some
           time
           and
           cause
           best
           knowne
           to
           himselfe
           ;
           the
           assurance
           will
           come
           ,
           and
           though
           it
           tarry
           ,
           doe
           thou
           waite
           ,
           Hab.
           2.
           3.
           
        
         
           Fiftly
           ,
           and
           againe
           ,
           take
           every
           thing
           for
           thine
           advantage
           ,
           and
           improve
           thy
           former
           experience
           as
           what
           former
           love
           ,
           and
           favour
           ,
           &
           power
           and
           fidelitie
           and
           stabilitie
           
           thou
           hast
           had
           ,
           and
           make
           thy
           benefit
           of
           them
           all
           to
           thy
           best
           helpe
           ,
           and
           till
           hee
           answer
           thee
           as
           hee
           will
           at
           last
           ,
           and
           as
           hee
           did
           the
           woman
           of
           Canaan
           ;
           plead
           hard
           for
           thy selfe
           (
           as
           shee
           )
           till
           then
           .
           Christ
           accounts
           her
           a
           
             Dog
             ,
             Matth.
          
           15.
           26.
           
           I
           am
           indeed
           so
           ,
           saith
           shee
           ;
           but
           ,
           meane
           time
           ,
           takes
           good
           advantage
           of
           his
           words
           ,
           and
           thereby
           pleades
           strongly
           for
           herselfe
           :
           no
           otherwise
           then
           the
           servants
           of
           Benhadad
           ,
           who
           watched
           the
           words
           of
           Ahab
           ,
           and
           drew
           comfort
           from
           them
           ,
           1
           King.
           20.
           33.
           
           So
           here
           ,
           make
           thou
           thy
           plea
           strong
           by
           thine
           owne
           experience
           ,
           and
           take
           all
           advantages
           .
           God
           hath
           beene
           thus
           and
           thus
           good
           
           unto
           thee
           for
           many
           yeares
           ;
           these
           and
           these
           meanes
           hee
           hath
           given
           thee
           ,
           and
           thus
           and
           thus
           they
           have
           wrought
           for
           thy
           good
           ;
           therefore
           say
           then
           :
           I
           will
           for
           this
           follow
           him
           still
           ,
           and
           untill
           hee
           assure
           mee
           of
           his
           love
           in
           a
           further
           degree
           ,
           and
           further
           doe
           for
           me
           .
        
         
           Sixtly
           ,
           but
           see
           thou
           bee
           
           modest
           in
           thy
           desires
           of
           this
           kind
           .
           Desire
           no
           great
           matter
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           not
           so
           full
           an
           assurance
           of
           this
           love
           of
           Christ
           ,
           at
           the
           beginning
           of
           thy
           desires
           ,
           but
           with
           observation
           and
           attendance
           fitting
           .
           And
           here
           observe
           the
           degrees
           of
           these
           kisses
           ,
           and
           manifestation
           of
           this
           love
           .
           The
           theefe
           on
           
           the
           Crosse
           desired
           but
           to
           bee
           remembred
           of
           Christ
           
           when
           hee
           came
           into
           his
           Kingdome
           no
           more
           but
           to
           bee
           remembred
           ,
           and
           so
           no
           great
           matter
           .
           So
           doe
           thou
           ;
           doe
           but
           desire
           a
           taste
           of
           his
           love
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           little
           .
           For
           so
           the
           deare
           children
           of
           God
           have
           done
           .
           They
           have
           first
           desired
           the
           pardon
           of
           their
           sinnes
           ;
           which
           obtained
           ,
           they
           have
           proceeded
           to
           more
           ,
           as
           humbly
           to
           beg
           such
           and
           such
           graces
           of
           the
           Spirit
           as
           seales
           to
           assure
           them
           further
           and
           further
           to
           seale
           up
           his
           love
           unto
           them
           with
           his
           nearer
           communion
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           communion
           is
           
           not
           alway
           felt
           .
        
         
           I
           answer
           ,
           if
           Christ
           be
           
           strange
           to
           us
           ,
           the
           fault
           is
           our
           owne
           not
           his
           ;
           for
           he
           is
           all
           love
           .
           And
           so
           it
           is
           eyther
           
           
           because
           our
           loose
           hearts
           runne
           after
           some
           carnall
           contents
           ;
           and
           what
           marvell
           then
           that
           Christ
           should
           shew
           himself
           strange
           unto
           us
           who
           runne
           from
           him
           ?
           and
           that
           wee
           should
           goe
           mourning
           all
           the
           day
           long
           without
           any
           sense
           of
           his
           love
           ?
           Or
           else
           it
           is
           because
           
           we
           will
           not
           seeke
           for
           these
           his
           kisses
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           for
           a
           further
           taste
           of
           his
           love
           as
           wee
           should
           in
           his
           ordinances
           ;
           or
           because
           we
           doe
           not
           exercise
           those
           graces
           that
           wee
           have
           as
           is
           required
           by
           our
           attending
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           by
           resting
           by
           Faith
           upon
           Gods
           promise
           for
           a
           blessing
           :
           Or
           because
           wee
           
           are
           negligent
           to
           stir
           up
           those
           graces
           of
           God
           in
           us
           by
           private
           duties
           :
           or
           because
           
           wee
           trust
           our selves
           to
           bad
           companies
           ,
           and
           to
           persons
           led
           about
           with
           evill
           desires
           ,
           or
           possessed
           with
           an
           evill
           Spirit
           :
           Or
           because
           God
           would
           exercise
           and
           try
           our
           Faith
           ,
           and
           so
           let
           us
           see
           our selves
           ;
           that
           is
           in
           our
           owne
           naturall
           state
           of
           weakenesse
           .
           For
           thus
           hee
           left
           Peter
           .
           Otherwise
           it
           is
           Christs
           nature
           to
           manifest
           himselfe
           and
           his
           love
           unto
           his
           by
           the
           familiar
           kisses
           of
           his
           mouth
           .
           Now
           search
           into
           your
           hearts
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           finde
           that
           these
           or
           such
           like
           as
           these
           are
           the
           causes
           why
           Christ
           is
           strange
           unto
           you
           ,
           and
           why
           you
           are
           so
           sencelesse
           of
           your
           communion
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           Consider
           yet
           againe
           
           when
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           at
           what
           time
           
           that
           we
           have
           Christs
           sweetest
           kisses
           ,
           and
           are
           most
           refreshed
           with
           his
           loving
           countenance
           .
           It
           is
           not
           when
           wee
           lay
           our
           strength
           (
           all
           of
           it
           )
           upon
           good
           meanes
           ?
           and
           so
           when
           wee
           strive
           with
           God
           in
           prayer
           ,
           and
           labour
           in
           all
           humility
           ,
           rightly
           ,
           and
           profitably
           to
           use
           all
           his
           holy
           ordinances
           ?
           Marke
           these
           well
           ,
           as
           the
           meanes
           to
           preserve
           and
           encrease
           the
           assurance
           of
           Christs
           love
           in
           you
           .
        
         
           And
           further
           consider
           by
           what
           meanes
           and
           how
           you
           may
           fall
           into
           this
           deadnesse
           of
           heart
           ,
           and
           what
           were
           the
           causes
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           observe
           how
           you
           may
           come
           to
           have
           most
           communion
           with
           Christ
           ,
           and
           at
           what
           time
           ,
           
           and
           after
           what
           performances
           :
           as
           to
           be
           able
           to
           say
           ,
           I
           was
           thus
           and
           thus
           dead
           and
           sencelesse
           of
           Christs
           love
           ;
           but
           now
           I
           am
           thus
           and
           thus
           comforted
           and
           refreshed
           with
           it
           ,
           I
           was
           strong
           for
           my
           pleasures
           ;
           now
           I
           am
           strongly
           bent
           to
           please
           God
           ,
           and
           my selfe
           no
           way
           with
           his
           dishonour
           ;
           I
           was
           all
           for
           my selfe
           ,
           now
           I
           am
           the
           least
           part
           of
           my selfe
           ,
           so
           God
           may
           have
           all
           :
           I
           denyed
           my selfe
           nothing
           ,
           now
           I
           pull
           in
           all
           things
           ,
           and
           resigne
           up
           my selfe
           and
           all
           to
           Gods
           will.
           If
           thus
           wee
           deny
           our selves
           in
           every
           thing
           and
           serve
           God
           in
           all
           ,
           and
           this
           because
           wee
           will
           breake
           away
           from
           all
           impediments
           in
           heavenly
           courses
           ,
           God
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           recompence
           
           us
           in
           spirituall
           things
           abundantly
           ,
           yea
           and
           in
           temporall
           also
           ,
           so
           farre
           as
           he
           shall
           see
           them
           to
           be
           good
           for
           us
           .
        
         
           Adde
           yet
           this
           consideration
           more
           ,
           that
           when
           thou
           wast
           afflicted
           and
           hadst
           none
           to
           comfort
           thee
           ,
           that
           then
           ,
           and
           even
           then
           the
           Lord
           was
           most
           sweet
           unto
           thee
           ,
           that
           then
           he
           refreshed
           thy
           soule
           with
           the
           balsome
           of
           his
           love
           .
           Consider
           this
           and
           thou
           canst
           not
           but
           know
           what
           mouth
           hath
           kissed
           thee
           .
        
         
           These
           may
           helpe
           us
           much
           in
           getting
           a
           further
           assurance
           of
           Christs
           love
           ;
           ●●e
           stirred
           up
           therefore
           to
           a
           desire
           to
           be
           where
           Christ
           is
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           the
           kisses
           of
           his
           love
           in
           his
           ordinances
           ,
           so
           often
           as
           wee
           have
           a
           
           tender
           of
           them
           :
           So
           shall
           we
           get
           more
           store
           ,
           and
           further
           testimonie
           of
           his
           favour
           ,
           and
           so
           shall
           wee
           more
           encrease
           in
           grace
           ,
           and
           communion
           with
           Christ.
           So
           shall
           wee
           never
           want
           good
           assurance
           for
           a
           good
           estate
           in
           heaven
           ,
           or
           comfort
           in
           any
           other
           estate
           .
           For
           cast
           such
           a
           man
           into
           a
           Dungeon
           ,
           hee
           hath
           a
           Paradise
           there
           .
           And
           why
           there
           ?
           Because
           Christ
           comes
           to
           him
           .
           Further
           ,
           if
           wee
           have
           this
           cōmunion
           with
           Christ
           ,
           then
           though
           we
           are
           compassed
           about
           with
           death
           ,
           death
           
           shall
           not
           affright
           us
           ,
           because
           the
           great
           God
           is
           with
           us
           .
           Doe
           with
           such
           a
           man
           what
           you
           will
           ;
           cast
           him
           into
           hell
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           ;
           hee
           having
           a
           sweet
           communion
           
           with
           Christ
           would
           be
           joyfull
           even
           in
           that
           prison
           of
           the
           damned
           .
           And
           take
           this
           with
           you
           :
           the
           more
           sence
           you
           have
           of
           the
           love
           of
           Christ
           ,
           the
           lesse
           you
           will
           regard
           the
           pleasures
           ,
           the
           riches
           or
           contempts
           of
           the
           world
           .
           And
           indeed
           what
           joy
           can
           bee
           compared
           with
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           soule
           hath
           communion
           with
           Christ
           ?
           All
           the
           world
           is
           nothing
           to
           this
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           seeing
           you
           cannot
           require
           this
           love
           of
           
           Christ
           ,
           yet
           shew
           your
           love
           to
           him
           as
           you
           may
           ,
           and
           as
           you
           may
           manifest
           your
           love
           to
           his
           members
           ,
           and
           kisse
           them
           with
           the
           kisses
           of
           your
           love
           .
           Doe
           good
           to
           the
           poore
           ;
           especially
           to
           those
           poore
           that
           have
           the
           
           Church
           of
           God
           in
           their
           Families
           .
           As
           the
           woman
           powred
           her
           oyle
           on
           the
           head
           of
           Christ
           ;
           so
           doe
           you
           powre
           some
           of
           yours
           upon
           the
           feete
           of
           Christ.
           That
           which
           yee
           would
           doe
           to
           him
           if
           hee
           were
           here
           ,
           that
           doe
           to
           his
           members
           ,
           in
           whom
           he
           is
           after
           a
           sort
           present
           with
           you
           .
           Thereby
           you
           may
           further
           your
           communion
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           make
           him
           your
           debter
           ;
           then
           ,
           as
           one
           saith
           well
           :
           hee
           can
           be
           no
           loser
           ,
           that
           makes
           God
           his
           debter
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           POWER
           OF
           Christs
           Resurrection
           .
        
         
           
             COLOS.
             3.
             1.
             
          
           
             If
             yee
             he
             risen
             with
             Christ
             ,
             seeke
             those
             things
             which
             are
             above
             ,
             where
             Christ
             sitteth
             at
             the
             right
             hand
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           THis
           Verse
           hath
           dependance
           on
           the
           second
           Chapter
           
           before
           ,
           the
           twelve
           and
           thirteen
           Verses
           of
           that
           Chapter
           ;
           where
           the
           
           Apostle
           tells
           the
           Colossians
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           risen
           with
           Christ
           from
           the
           dead
           by
           Faith
           ,
           and
           quickned
           by
           the
           Spirit
           that
           raised
           him
           :
           hereupon
           followes
           this
           inference
           ;
           If
           therefore
           yee
           be
           risen
           with
           Christ
           ,
           shew
           it
           by
           seeking
           after
           those
           things
           which
           are
           in
           heaven
           ,
           or
           are
           heavenly
           .
        
         
           The
           Apostle
           had
           much
           adoe
           to
           roote
           out
           those
           dangerous
           seedes
           of
           conceit
           which
           false
           teachers
           had
           sowen
           upon
           these
           Colossians
           ,
           touching
           some
           legall
           ceremonies
           ;
           as
           touch
           not
           ,
           taste
           not
           ,
           handle
           not
           ;
           he
           tells
           them
           that
           these
           dead
           things
           have
           no
           life
           of
           use
           now
           ,
           and
           that
           therefore
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           risen
           with
           Christ
           they
           must
           fall
           to
           other
           matter
           ,
           
           seeking
           those
           things
           that
           are
           above
           .
           These
           ceremonies
           were
           indeede
           appointed
           by
           God
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           but
           now
           being
           ended
           and
           brought
           to
           their
           grave
           ,
           they
           must
           be
           buried
           ,
           there
           never
           to
           rise
           againe
           .
           And
           therefore
           no
           more
           to
           be
           revived
           as
           being
           not
           dead
           onely
           ,
           
           but
           deadly
           .
        
         
           As
           I
           sayd
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           finding
           their
           hearts
           tainted
           with
           this
           false
           doctrine
           ,
           having
           first
           sought
           by
           purging
           to
           drive
           it
           out
           of
           their
           hearts
           and
           liking
           ;
           he
           now
           begins
           to
           season
           them
           with
           that
           truth
           which
           is
           after
           godlinesse
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           with
           heavenly
           and
           other
           truths
           and
           doctrines
           ,
           not
           of
           men
           ,
           such
           as
           were
           those
           of
           these
           false
           Apostles
           ,
           but
           of
           God
           ,
           
           where
           hee
           begins
           with
           generall
           instructions
           ,
           and
           then
           proceeds
           to
           particular
           callings
           ;
           as
           of
           husbands
           and
           wives
           ,
           of
           parents
           and
           masters
           ,
           of
           children
           and
           servan's
           .
           Now
           because
           the
           well
           managing
           of
           the
           particular
           duties
           of
           these
           particular
           callings
           depends
           on
           a
           good
           principle
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           bee
           sound
           in
           Christianitie
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           generall
           :
           Therefore
           hee
           begins
           first
           to
           season
           their
           hearts
           with
           that
           grace
           of
           their
           generall
           callings
           ;
           knowing
           that
           it
           is
           so
           much
           the
           easier
           to
           bee
           good
           in
           their
           particular
           callings
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           first
           good
           in
           the
           generall
           .
           But
           if
           not
           good
           in
           the
           generall
           ,
           then
           never
           good
           in
           the
           particular
           .
           If
           a
           good
           man
           ,
           then
           a
           
           good
           husband
           ,
           a
           good
           father
           ,
           and
           a
           good
           master
           ,
           fit
           for
           any
           good
           service
           ;
           but
           if
           not
           a
           good
           man
           ,
           then
           good
           for
           nothing
           .
           So
           a
           woman
           ,
           if
           a
           good
           woman
           ,
           then
           a
           good
           wife
           ,
           and
           good
           in
           any
           calling
           .
           So
           for
           children
           and
           servants
           ,
           if
           good
           in
           the
           generall
           ,
           
           then
           good
           in
           the
           particular
           also
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           come
           to
           the
           order
           of
           these
           words
           :
           they
           containe
           first
           a
           ground
           ,
           and
           then
           an
           inference
           upon
           that
           ground
           .
           
             If
             you
             be
             risen
             with
          
           
           Christ
           ,
           there
           is
           the
           ground
           :
           
             then
             seeke
             the
             things
             that
             are
             above
             ,
          
           there
           is
           the
           inference
           .
           
           From
           the
           ground
           
           observe
           two
           things
           ;
           First
           ,
           that
           Christ
           is
           risen
           himselfe
           ;
           
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           wee
           therefore
           shall
           rise
           .
        
         
         
           For
           the
           first
           ,
           It
           is
           an
           Article
           of
           our
           Faith
           ,
           and
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           hath
           taken
           a
           
           great
           deale
           of
           paines
           to
           prove
           it
           .
           It
           is
           the
           confidence
           of
           Christians
           ;
           it
           is
           the
           maine
           ,
           or
           free
           hold
           that
           
           wee
           have
           ;
           for
           wee
           hold
           all
           by
           the
           resurrection
           of
           Christ
           ,
           as
           of
           fee
           ;
           and
           wee
           have
           sixteene
           apparitions
           of
           him
           to
           prove
           this
           .
           Besides
           ,
           it
           was
           impossible
           that
           hee
           should
           bee
           held
           of
           the
           bonds
           of
           death
           .
           Impossible
           I
           say
           ,
           being
           invested
           with
           these
           three
           offices
           of
           King
           ,
           Priest
           and
           Prophet
           .
           Impossible
           as
           hee
           was
           King
           ;
           for
           how
           then
           could
           hee
           have
           triumphed
           over
           his
           enemies
           here
           and
           in
           hell
           ?
           Impossible
           as
           hee
           was
           Priest
           ;
           for
           ,
           if
           hee
           had
           not
           
           risen
           ,
           how
           could
           hee
           have
           made
           daily
           intercession
           for
           us
           as
           he
           doth
           ?
           And
           lastly
           ,
           impossible
           as
           he
           was
           a
           Prophet
           ,
           for
           else
           how
           could
           he
           have
           instructed
           his
           people
           in
           doctrines
           of
           salvation
           ?
        
         
           But
           when
           rose
           hee
           ?
           wee
           say
           with
           the
           Scriptures
           and
           
           our
           Creede
           ,
           the
           third
           day
           .
           Now
           as
           Christ
           rose
           ,
           and
           rose
           the
           third
           day
           ,
           (
           manifesting
           thereby
           that
           he
           was
           dead
           )
           and
           this
           after
           so
           great
           basenesse
           ,
           for
           his
           greater
           glory
           .
           So
           it
           is
           to
           teach
           us
           ,
           that
           as
           it
           was
           with
           him
           ;
           so
           it
           is
           with
           all
           his
           members
           :
           never
           nearer
           helpe
           then
           when
           at
           the
           worst
           ;
           nor
           more
           glorious
           then
           when
           basest
           for
           Christ
           ,
           for
           then
           it
           appeares
           to
           bee
           Gods
           owne
           worke
           ,
           who
           therefore
           
           will
           raise
           them
           to
           glory
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           be
           glorified
           in
           and
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           When
           therefore
           wee
           are
           in
           any
           distresse
           ,
           voyd
           of
           the
           helpe
           of
           man
           ,
           then
           God
           will
           come
           in
           and
           raise
           us
           up
           ,
           whether
           in
           our
           credit
           ,
           estate
           or
           persons
           ,
           &c.
           onely
           therefore
           let
           us
           have
           patience
           for
           a
           while
           and
           waite
           his
           comming
           .
        
         
           But
           
             as
             Christ
             is
             risen
             so
          
           
           
             we
             shall
             rise
          
           .
           Hee
           is
           the
           meritorious
           cause
           of
           our
           resurrection
           ;
           hee
           hath
           deserved
           that
           wee
           should
           rise
           .
           Also
           he
           is
           the
           worker
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           by
           that
           same
           power
           whereby
           he
           rose
           againe
           ;
           by
           the
           same
           will
           he
           raise
           up
           us
           at
           the
           last
           day
           .
           He
           is
           every
           way
           the
           cause
           of
           our
           rising
           ,
           (
           and
           hereupon
           )
           we
           are
           risen
           
           with
           him
           :
           As
           hee
           was
           a
           publick
           person
           in
           his
           death
           ;
           and
           as
           upon
           the
           Crosse
           hee
           stood
           in
           the
           place
           of
           all
           the
           elect
           ;
           so
           as
           all
           their
           sinnes
           (
           committed
           ,
           or
           foreseene
           to
           be
           committed
           )
           were
           layd
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           hee
           bare
           the
           iniquitie
           of
           us
           all
           :
           so
           after
           and
           now
           he
           freed
           himselfe
           and
           us
           by
           his
           Resurrection
           .
           First
           ,
           he
           freed
           himselfe
           of
           his
           suretiship
           ,
           our
           bond
           was
           taken
           up
           ,
           and
           our
           debt
           payd
           ;
           where
           justice
           lost
           not
           a
           penny
           by
           us
           .
           So
           wee
           were
           freed
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           rising
           wee
           are
           to
           rise
           with
           him
           .
           for
           what
           should
           hold
           us
           in
           the
           grave
           ,
           now
           that
           deaths
           bands
           are
           loosed
           ,
           or
           shal
           the
           head
           be
           above
           water
           ,
           and
           the
           members
           perish
           in
           it
           ?
           
           But
           further
           to
           speake
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           .
           This
           Resurrection
           of
           Christ
           is
           twofold
           ;
           spirituall
           and
           corporall
           :
           spirituall
           ,
           when
           wee
           take
           life
           from
           Christ
           ;
           and
           ,
           (
           being
           quickned
           by
           him
           )
           begin
           to
           rise
           with
           him
           ;
           corporall
           when
           our
           bodies
           shall
           bee
           raised
           at
           the
           last
           day
           .
           When
           wee
           beleeve
           that
           Christ
           is
           dead
           for
           our
           sinnes
           ;
           our
           sinnes
           are
           then
           in
           their
           grave
           ,
           and
           Christ
           is
           then
           crucified
           to
           us
           :
           and
           when
           wee
           beleeve
           that
           hee
           (
           that
           was
           dead
           )
           is
           now
           risen
           from
           death
           ,
           and
           dies
           no
           more
           :
           we
           beleeve
           that
           our
           graves
           also
           shall
           be
           opened
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           shall
           rise
           (
           as
           he
           rose
           )
           to
           immortalitie
           of
           life
           .
        
         
           Hence
           every
           true
           Christian
           
           
           may
           draw
           water
           of
           life
           to
           comfort
           him
           in
           all
           his
           distresses
           .
           For
           Christ
           hath
           conquered
           all
           his
           spirituall
           enemies
           ;
           and
           the
           resurrection
           of
           Christ
           is
           an
           evidence
           of
           his
           most
           certaine
           conquest
           of
           them
           all
           .
           For
           if
           he
           had
           not
           so
           conquered
           ,
           hee
           could
           not
           have
           risen
           :
           and
           therefore
           when
           he
           rose
           the
           third
           day
           ,
           hee
           bad
           his
           Disciples
           not
           to
           feare
           ,
           Matth.
           28.
           10.
           as
           much
           as
           to
           say
           ;
           feare
           not
           death
           ,
           for
           I
           have
           overcome
           death
           with
           the
           power
           of
           my
           resurrection
           from
           death
           .
           Feare
           not
           sin
           ,
           for
           I
           have
           satisfied
           for
           sin
           ;
           nor
           the
           divell
           ,
           for
           I
           by
           my
           resurrection
           have
           layd
           him
           flat
           upon
           his
           backe
           ,
           bruised
           his
           head
           ,
           and
           led
           him
           in
           triumph
           openly
           .
           Feare
           not
           
           this
           evill
           world
           ;
           for
           I
           have
           overcome
           it
           .
           And
           what
           shall
           I
           say
           more
           ?
           I
           have
           trod
           upon
           the
           neckes
           of
           all
           your
           spirituall
           enemies
           ,
           I
           have
           conquered
           them
           all
           .
           So
           then
           ,
           what
           cause
           of
           feare
           ?
           therefore
           ,
           feare
           not
           ;
           for
           if
           you
           bee
           risen
           with
           Christ
           ,
           you
           are
           begotten
           to
           a
           lively
           hope
           ;
           where
           spirituall
           Resurrection
           is
           ,
           there
           is
           hope
           of
           life
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           doth
           soundly
           reason
           ,
           1
           Pet.
           1.
           3.
           
           A
           ground
           therefore
           of
           precious
           comfort
           to
           every
           true
           Christian.
           
        
         
           Now
           in
           that
           wee
           are
           raised
           by
           the
           same
           power
           to
           a
           
           spirituall
           life
           ,
           whereby
           Christ
           rose
           from
           the
           grave
           ;
           it
           teacheth
           us
           how
           wee
           should
           conceive
           of
           the
           work
           of
           the
           new
           birth
           ;
           also
           of
           the
           
           Image
           of
           God
           in
           us
           ;
           and
           of
           the
           new
           creature
           .
           The
           worke
           of
           grace
           in
           a
           Christian
           ,
           is
           not
           a
           slight
           worke
           (
           a
           word
           and
           away
           ,
           as
           many
           thinke
           )
           but
           it
           is
           a
           powerfull
           worke
           ;
           as
           appeares
           in
           that
           there
           are
           so
           many
           hinderances
           to
           keepe
           a
           man
           (
           dead
           in
           sinne
           )
           from
           rising
           out
           of
           it
           :
           many
           more
           then
           there
           were
           to
           keepe
           Christ
           from
           rising
           out
           of
           the
           grave
           of
           the
           earth
           .
           Yet
           in
           his
           resurrection
           did
           the
           power
           of
           God
           mightily
           appeare
           ,
           as
           Ephe.
           1.
           19
           ,
           20.
           
           Now
           as
           Christ
           was
           killed
           and
           had
           a
           stone
           rolled
           over
           his
           Tombe
           :
           So
           he
           ,
           that
           is
           dead
           in
           sinne
           ,
           hath
           the
           stone
           of
           long
           custome
           rolled
           upon
           his
           heart
           ;
           which
           to
           remove
           requireth
           as
           great
           a
           worke
           
           of
           Gods
           power
           as
           was
           required
           to
           raise
           Christ.
           Wherefore
           let
           those
           that
           finde
           a
           change
           in
           their
           hearts
           (
           the
           stone
           removed
           )
           breake
           forth
           into
           the
           praise
           of
           God
           for
           an
           inestimable
           favour
           such
           as
           this
           is
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           powerfull
           worke
           of
           God
           ,
           more
           powerfull
           then
           the
           making
           of
           the
           world
           of
           nothing
           ;
           for
           there
           are
           many
           adversaries
           .
        
         
           For
           another
           use
           :
           Consider
           this
           rightly
           ,
           eyther
           to
           
           provoke
           unto
           thankefulnesse
           if
           you
           have
           beene
           wrought
           upon
           ;
           or
           to
           prayer
           if
           not
           ;
           seeking
           unto
           God
           for
           this
           in
           the
           use
           of
           the
           meanes
           ,
           who
           onely
           is
           able
           to
           work
           this
           change
           in
           you
           ,
           and
           will
           in
           his
           good
           time
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           cut
           off
           many
           things
           
           that
           might
           here
           be
           spoken
           of
           ;
           wee
           will
           (
           to
           bee
           short
           )
           now
           speak
           of
           the
           inference
           ;
           
             If
             you
             be
             risen
          
           ,
           and
           risen
           
             with
             Christ
          
           by
           his
           power
           ,
           
             then
             seeke
             those
             things
             which
             are
             above
             .
          
           The
           inference
           or
           reason
           is
           thus
           much
           :
           they
           that
           are
           thus
           risen
           have
           a
           new
           life
           ,
           (
           for
           every
           resurrection
           notes
           a
           new
           kind
           of
           being
           )
           if
           spirituall
           then
           a
           spirituall
           being
           ,
           if
           bodily
           
           then
           a
           glorious
           life
           .
           This
           life
           is
           sutable
           to
           our
           Resurrection
           ;
           as
           if
           the
           Apostle
           had
           sayd
           ,
           you
           are
           risen
           with
           Christ
           from
           the
           death
           of
           sinne
           ,
           therefore
           manifest
           your
           Resurrection
           by
           the
           life
           of
           righteousnesse
           :
           more
           specially
           by
           actions
           proportionable
           and
           cohaerent
           with
           your
           new
           estate
           .
           This
           
           is
           the
           meaning
           ,
           from
           whence
           wee
           note
           this
           Doctrine
           ;
        
         
           
             That
             every
             life
             and
             state
             of
             life
             requireth
             answerable
          
           
           
             actions
             ;
             If
             you
             be
             risen
             with
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           so
           have
           a
           spirituall
           life
           as
           you
           professe
           to
           have
           ,
           then
           carry
           your selves
           answerably
           ,
           
             and
             seeke
             those
             things
             that
             are
             above
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           such
           things
           as
           may
           maintaine
           ,
           and
           are
           sutable
           to
           that
           life
           of
           yours
           .
           This
           is
           the
           Apostles
           manner
           of
           reasoning
           in
           this
           place
           .
           And
           this
           is
           so
           in
           nature
           ,
           yea
           and
           so
           in
           corrupt
           nature
           ;
           it
           is
           so
           in
           grace
           ,
           and
           shall
           bee
           so
           in
           glory
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           first
           ,
           it
           appeareth
           plainely
           ;
           for
           even
           those
           creatures
           that
           are
           in
           the
           water
           ,
           delight
           in
           it
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           
           their
           proper
           element
           ,
           and
           they
           cannot
           live
           without
           it
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           it
           is
           so
           in
           corrupt
           nature
           ,
           he
           that
           is
           covetous
           ,
           the
           very
           conceit
           that
           hee
           hath
           of
           his
           riches
           doth
           as
           it
           were
           feede
           him
           ,
           he
           cannot
           live
           without
           them
           .
           So
           he
           that
           lives
           a
           carnall
           life
           here
           ,
           dies
           if
           hee
           be
           taken
           from
           it
           ;
           then
           hee
           is
           as
           a
           Fish
           upon
           dry
           ground
           .
           Take
           a
           Fish
           out
           
           of
           his
           element
           ,
           and
           he
           cannot
           live
           :
           So
           for
           this
           man
           ,
           take
           his
           wealth
           and
           take
           his
           life
           ;
           it
           is
           so
           in
           grace
           ,
           and
           shall
           bee
           so
           in
           glory
           ,
           when
           the
           body
           is
           risen
           glorious
           .
           There
           is
           a
           forsaking
           of
           all
           communion
           with
           sinfull
           men
           ,
           and
           there
           wee
           shall
           have
           communion
           with
           God
           and
           Christ
           ,
           and
           Christ
           shall
           be
           all
           in
           all
           unto
           us
           .
           Then
           
           
           that
           which
           all
           creatures
           supply
           to
           us
           here
           ,
           Christ
           will
           there
           .
           Then
           our
           songs
           will
           be
           holy
           ,
           and
           our
           actions
           holy
           ,
           fitting
           such
           a
           glorious
           condition
           .
           And
           this
           heaven
           is
           begun
           here
           ,
           or
           it
           will
           never
           be
           .
           Grace
           is
           therefore
           called
           heaven
           ,
           because
           heaven
           is
           begunne
           where
           grace
           enters
           :
           and
           because
           glory
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           heaven
           cannot
           begin
           but
           where
           grace
           is
           .
        
         
           So
           then
           a
           Christian
           that
           is
           risen
           with
           Christ
           ,
           must
           
           have
           nothing
           to
           doe
           with
           carnall
           men
           ;
           nothing
           I
           say
           further
           then
           he
           is
           thrust
           upō
           them
           ,
           or
           that
           he
           may
           convert
           them
           .
           They
           must
           not
           familiarly
           company
           with
           men
           of
           a
           contrary
           spirit
           ;
           they
           must
           seeke
           by
           all
           
           meanes
           to
           act
           godlinesse
           in
           their
           conversation
           .
           And
           thus
           should
           the
           life
           of
           a
           Christian
           bee
           set
           ,
           sutable
           to
           his
           new
           estate
           and
           holy
           calling
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           wee
           should
           try
           all
           
           by
           this
           rule
           :
           how
           few
           would
           be
           sound
           to
           be
           risen
           with
           Christ
           ?
           for
           how
           few
           would
           delight
           in
           heavenly
           company
           ,
           or
           in
           heavenly
           actions
           ;
           as
           to
           praise
           God
           ,
           or
           to
           commune
           with
           God
           in
           prayer
           ?
           This
           is
           a
           death
           to
           most
           men
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           is
           to
           bee
           out
           of
           the
           world
           ;
           also
           to
           have
           such
           company
           ,
           and
           to
           bee
           so
           exercised
           is
           a
           dead
           life
           in
           their
           fleshly
           opinions
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           againe
           to
           the
           
           Apostle
           ;
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           here
           ,
           
             Wee
             must
             seeke
             those
             
             things
             which
             are
             above
             with
             Christ.
          
           Seeking
           implyeth
           first
           a
           want
           ;
           a
           man
           will
           never
           seeke
           for
           that
           which
           (
           he
           knowes
           )
           he
           hath
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           
           it
           implyeth
           a
           valuation
           and
           esteeme
           of
           the
           excellency
           of
           that
           thing
           which
           we
           seeke
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           it
           implyeth
           hope
           to
           get
           
           it
           ;
           else
           who
           would
           seeke
           it
           ,
           but
           leave
           it
           rather
           as
           a
           thing
           desperate
           ?
           Fourthly
           ,
           it
           
           doth
           imply
           meanes
           ,
           and
           the
           use
           of
           meanes
           to
           attaine
           to
           that
           wee
           seeke
           through
           want
           or
           other
           wayes
           ,
           with
           hope
           of
           finding
           it
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           
           he
           that
           wants
           a
           thing
           which
           he
           doth
           highly
           esteeme
           ,
           and
           may
           attaine
           unto
           in
           the
           use
           of
           the
           meanes
           ;
           will
           by
           all
           meanes
           avoyd
           all
           contraries
           that
           may
           disappoint
           his
           
           hope
           of
           speeding
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           consider
           what
           
           this
           thing
           is
           that
           wee
           must
           seek
           for
           .
           Briefly
           &
           in
           short
           ,
           it
           is
           Christ
           Iesus
           the
           joy
           of
           all
           hearts
           ;
           in
           whom
           are
           hid
           all
           the
           treasures
           of
           knowledge
           and
           wisedome
           .
           Him
           we
           seeke
           
             in
             capite
          
           ,
           and
           together
           with
           him
           all
           those
           things
           which
           are
           above
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           tends
           to
           true
           blessednesse
           .
           And
           indeede
           all
           the
           excellency
           which
           wee
           have
           ,
           or
           can
           hope
           to
           have
           is
           from
           above
           .
           Our
           full
           happinesse
           and
           glorious
           inheritance
           is
           kept
           for
           us
           in
           the
           Heavens
           .
           All
           our
           priviledges
           are
           from
           above
           ;
           our
           kingdome
           is
           in
           heaven
           ;
           and
           qualification
           for
           this
           happy
           estate
           spoken
           of
           there
           .
           Our
           holinesse
           and
           
           heavenly
           mindednesse
           is
           from
           above
           ;
           fulnesse
           of
           grace
           is
           from
           thence
           ,
           and
           all
           graces
           that
           lead
           to
           perfection
           are
           there
           .
           Power
           to
           enable
           us
           to
           any
           holy
           duty
           is
           from
           above
           ,
           yea
           the
           meanes
           are
           from
           above
           ;
           as
           the
           ordinances
           ,
           the
           word
           and
           Sacraments
           .
           To
           summe
           up
           all
           ;
           thus
           much
           the
           words
           import
           ,
           seeke
           for
           a
           nearer
           communion
           with
           Christ
           ;
           for
           a
           further
           assurance
           of
           heaven
           ;
           for
           a
           further
           qualification
           for
           heaven
           ,
           and
           so
           as
           you
           may
           bee
           more
           and
           more
           in
           heaven
           while
           you
           are
           below
           on
           the
           earth
           ,
           by
           enjoying
           through
           faith
           ,
           your
           heavenly
           priviledges
           ,
           prerogatives
           and
           excellencies
           :
           seeke
           for
           further
           increase
           of
           holinesse
           ,
           
           for
           a
           greater
           measure
           of
           grace
           ;
           and
           for
           grace
           to
           bring
           you
           to
           the
           fruition
           of
           whatsoever
           is
           from
           above
           .
           And
           here
           attend
           upon
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           upon
           the
           Sacraments
           ,
           upon
           holy
           conferences
           where
           Christ
           is
           present
           in
           a
           speciall
           manner
           ;
           and
           by
           holy
           actions
           seeke
           for
           glory
           in
           the
           use
           of
           the
           meanes
           .
           Reach
           not
           too
           high
           ,
           nor
           above
           your
           pitch
           ,
           which
           is
           arrogancy
           ,
           pride
           and
           high
           mindednesse
           ;
           but
           seeke
           for
           heavenly
           things
           by
           heavenly
           meanes
           ,
           and
           in
           humble
           manner
           .
        
         
           Againe
           ,
           where
           wee
           must
           seeke
           the
           things
           above
           ,
           because
           wee
           are
           risen
           with
           Christ
           ,
           (
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           Christ
           being
           an
           article
           and
           ground
           of
           Religion
           ;
           )
           
           wee
           learne
           ,
           
             That
             heavenly
             duties
             have
             their
             spring
             from
             the
             articles
             and
             grounds
             of
             Religion
             .
          
        
         
           The
           reason
           is
           ;
           The
           ground
           of
           our
           faith
           is
           the
           cause
           of
           holy
           duties
           ;
           and
           therefore
           corrupt
           in
           faith
           ,
           corrupt
           in
           obedience
           in
           that
           degree
           .
           Evill
           opinions
           breed
           an
           evill
           life
           ;
           and
           a
           sound
           understanding
           an
           holy
           conversation
           .
        
         
           The
           use
           is
           to
           admonish
           us
           to
           labour
           to
           understand
           the
           
           maine
           grounds
           of
           Religion
           ,
           with
           like
           labour
           ,
           to
           digest
           them
           :
           So
           as
           to
           see
           the
           truth
           of
           them
           in
           the
           regularitie
           of
           our
           lives
           .
           And
           here
           labour
           with
           God
           by
           prayer
           to
           write
           them
           in
           your
           hearts
           with
           the
           pen
           of
           his
           holy
           Spirit
           .
        
         
         
           Againe
           ,
           in
           that
           the
           Apostle
           willeth
           them
           to
           seeke
           heavenly
           graces
           ,
           and
           that
           because
           they
           are
           risen
           with
           Christ
           ;
           note
           further
           this
           inference
           ;
        
         
           
             That
             as
             a
             Christian
             ought
          
           
           
             to
             be
             heavenly
             minded
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           minded
           to
           seeke
           heaven
           ly
           graces
           ;
           so
           hee
           must
           doe
           it
           for
           this
           reason
           ,
           viz.
           because
           hee
           is
           in
           an
           estate
           fitting
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           let
           none
           say
           ,
           
           he
           cannot
           for
           outward
           troubles
           or
           businesse
           ;
           unlesse
           he
           will
           deny
           himselfe
           to
           be
           a
           Christian
           ,
           by
           denying
           to
           have
           any
           leasure
           for
           holy
           businesse
           .
           He
           that
           will
           bee
           a
           Christian
           must
           pretend
           to
           no
           impossibilities
           this
           way
           .
           For
           ,
           art
           thou
           risen
           with
           Christ
           ?
           then
           thou
           must
           finde
           
           time
           to
           seeke
           those
           things
           that
           are
           above
           ,
           and
           to
           bee
           heavenly
           minded
           .
           A
           Christian
           that
           is
           risen
           with
           Christ
           will
           ;
           God
           here
           doth
           not
           as
           Pharoah
           ;
           bid
           us
           to
           doe
           our
           worke
           ,
           and
           to
           gather
           the
           straw
           our selves
           :
           but
           he
           bids
           us
           doe
           upon
           a
           power
           given
           us
           ,
           and
           by
           quickning
           us
           with
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           enabling
           us
           to
           doe
           what
           he
           requireth
           to
           be
           done
           .
           He
           fits
           us
           for
           such
           actions
           as
           hee
           taskes
           us
           unto
           ,
           and
           gives
           us
           the
           power
           of
           doeing
           them
           .
        
         
           Againe
           ,
           
             so
             farre
             as
             a
             Christian
          
           
           
             is
             raised
             by
             Christ
             ,
             so
             farre
             hee
             cannot
             but
             seeke
             those
             things
             that
             are
             above
             .
          
           Wee
           neede
           not
           teach
           a
           bird
           to
           fly
           ,
           for
           shee
           is
           taught
           of
           her
           nature
           so
           to
           doe
           ;
           flight
           
           is
           naturall
           to
           her
           .
           So
           a
           Christian
           cannot
           but
           doe
           the
           things
           answerable
           to
           his
           Christian
           nature
           .
           Hee
           is
           of
           a
           new
           nature
           ,
           and
           therefore
           cannot
           but
           bee
           heavenly
           minded
           ;
           hee
           cannot
           prophane
           the
           Lords
           day
           ,
           hee
           cannot
           sweare
           ,
           hee
           cannot
           lye
           ,
           hee
           cannot
           blaspheme
           ,
           he
           cannot
           delight
           in
           carnall
           courses
           ,
           he
           cannot
           doe
           these
           things
           ,
           so
           farre
           as
           hee
           is
           a
           Christian.
           And
           it
           is
           in
           this
           sense
           that
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           ,
           
             He
             that
             is
             borne
             of
             God
             sinneth
          
           
           not
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           so
           farre
           as
           he
           is
           borne
           againe
           .
        
         
           Againe
           ,
           as
           hee
           is
           a
           Christian
           hee
           may
           doe
           it
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           doe
           it
           ,
           and
           cannot
           but
           doe
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           adde
           further
           ,
           and
           for
           a
           further
           point
           ,
           
             Hee
             glories
             
             
             in
             it
             .
          
           To
           bee
           heavenly
           minded
           ,
           and
           exercised
           in
           spirituall
           duties
           ,
           is
           his
           happinesse
           ,
           and
           his
           joy
           .
           Hee
           is
           never
           so
           well
           ,
           never
           so
           much
           himselfe
           ,
           as
           when
           he
           is
           most
           possessed
           of
           a
           heavenly
           mindednesse
           ,
           &
           most
           frequent
           ,
           or
           not
           often
           exercised
           in
           spirituall
           duties
           :
           so
           farre
           forth
           as
           hee
           is
           a
           Christian
           and
           enlarged
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           ,
           so
           far
           forth
           he
           glories
           in
           holy
           actions
           &
           in
           heavenly
           mindednesse
           .
        
         
           Is
           this
           in
           all
           true
           Christians
           ,
           if
           such
           ?
           what
           then
           may
           
           we
           thinke
           of
           the
           most
           part
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           professe
           religion
           but
           from
           the
           teeth
           outward
           ?
           Surely
           they
           are
           still
           in
           the
           grave
           of
           old
           nature
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           risen
           with
           Christ.
           Such
           is
           the
           ambitious
           
           man
           ,
           the
           covetous
           man
           ,
           the
           voluptuous
           man
           ,
           for
           they
           savour
           not
           the
           things
           that
           are
           above
           ,
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           they
           have
           no
           new
           nature
           in
           them
           :
           for
           if
           they
           had
           ,
           it
           would
           lead
           them
           higher
           then
           these
           underfoot
           things
           ,
           or
           things
           below
           .
           They
           that
           live
           in
           the
           defilements
           of
           the
           flesh
           ,
           shew
           too
           well
           that
           they
           have
           none
           of
           this
           new
           mould
           in
           them
           ;
           for
           if
           they
           had
           ,
           they
           would
           get
           strength
           against
           them
           ;
           at
           least
           they
           would
           have
           a
           continuall
           conflict
           ,
           and
           wrastling
           in
           themselves
           to
           overcome
           them
           .
        
         
           Another
           use
           may
           bee
           for
           tryall
           of
           thy
           estate
           ;
           and
           here
           see
           what
           power
           there
           is
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           in
           
           thee
           to
           make
           thee
           heavenly
           minded
           ,
           to
           joy
           in
           things
           hat
           are
           above
           ,
           more
           then
           in
           all
           the
           world
           againe
           .
           If
           thou
           finde
           this
           power
           in
           thee
           ,
           then
           thou
           art
           a
           Christian
           indeede
           ;
           thou
           canst
           then
           speake
           by
           experience
           ,
           what
           is
           the
           worke
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           thou
           knowest
           well
           what
           is
           the
           vertue
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           Christ.
           Then
           thou
           canst
           say
           with
           Saint
           Paul
           ,
           that
           thou
           art
           still
           striving
           to
           finde
           the
           vertue
           of
           Christ
           more
           and
           more
           in
           
           thee
           ,
           to
           make
           thy selfe
           more
           fully
           assured
           of
           thy
           part
           in
           Christ
           ,
           and
           to
           finde
           the
           power
           of
           his
           Spirit
           mastering
           the
           power
           of
           corruption
           in
           thee
           in
           an
           excellent
           degree
           .
           Let
           us
           therefore
           labour
           for
           this
           power
           ;
           
           for
           this
           is
           to
           
             seeke
             the
             things
             that
             are
             above
          
           ;
           and
           here
           let
           us
           labour
           to
           finde
           the
           want
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           greeve
           that
           wee
           have
           not
           so
           much
           of
           it
           as
           we
           have
           neede
           of
           .
           And
           further
           let
           us
           labour
           to
           know
           the
           excellency
           of
           this
           power
           ,
           esteeming
           more
           of
           it
           then
           of
           any
           power
           else
           ,
           and
           better
           then
           of
           all
           powers
           of
           darkenesse
           in
           this
           flattering
           world
           ,
           for
           when
           all
           other
           things
           leave
           us
           ;
           the
           things
           above
           will
           comfort
           us
           ,
           and
           (
           for
           our
           comfort
           )
           goe
           with
           us
           .
           Let
           us
           therefore
           labour
           to
           see
           some
           hope
           of
           growing
           in
           them
           .
           Thou
           hast
           a
           promise
           (
           using
           the
           meanes
           )
           to
           attaine
           unto
           them
           ;
           for
           the
           same
           Spirit
           is
           set
           over
           by
           assurance
           unto
           thee
           that
           raised
           up
           Christ
           from
           the
           
           dead
           :
           use
           therefore
           all
           sanctified
           meanes
           for
           the
           attaining
           of
           these
           spirituall
           good
           things
           ,
           use
           heavenly
           wayes
           for
           thy
           way
           to
           heavenly
           things
           :
           attend
           upon
           the
           ordinances
           of
           God
           :
           labour
           with
           him
           in
           prayer
           to
           make
           thee
           such
           a
           one
           as
           hee
           may
           delight
           in
           ,
           and
           fit
           thee
           for
           that
           estate
           that
           he
           hath
           provided
           for
           thee
           .
           Labour
           to
           encrease
           in
           vertuous
           actions
           ,
           and
           fly
           all
           contrary
           courses
           ;
           as
           worldly
           mindednesse
           ,
           and
           the
           pleasures
           of
           this
           present
           world
           .
           Beware
           that
           none
           of
           these
           draw
           away
           thy
           heart
           ,
           and
           with
           it
           ,
           thy selfe
           from
           an
           earnest
           seeking
           of
           heavenly
           things
           ,
           (
           so
           )
           as
           thou
           shouldst
           .
           We
           are
           all
           seekers
           ,
           wee
           are
           a
           generation
           of
           seekers
           ,
           as
           
           the
           Psalmist
           saith
           ;
           We
           seeke
           
           while
           wee
           are
           here
           ,
           our
           possession
           is
           hereafter
           .
        
         
           Labour
           therefore
           to
           see
           the
           want
           of
           heavenly
           graces
           ,
           and
           to
           esteeme
           of
           them
           aright
           ,
           and
           to
           see
           hope
           to
           attaine
           them
           ,
           and
           hope
           to
           attaine
           them
           ,
           and
           use
           the
           meanes
           ,
           and
           avoid
           all
           contrary
           courses
           .
           Doing
           thus
           you
           shall
           finde
           the
           vertue
           of
           Christs
           Resurrection
           raising
           you
           up
           more
           and
           more
           to
           seeke
           after
           heaven
           and
           heavenly
           things
           ,
           even
           
             those
             things
             that
             are
             above
          
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A12209-e400
           
             Loquitur
             ad
             modum
             nostrum
             ,
             agit
             ad
             modum
             suum
             ,
             Augustin
             .
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             Doct.
             Generall
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             3.
             21.
             
          
           
             Hos
             2.
             19.
             
             &c.
             
          
           
             Vse
             .
             Twofold
             .
          
           
             First
             of
             comfort
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
          
           
             Sol.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             3.
             6.
             
          
           
             Doct.
             
          
           
             Vse
             1.
             
          
           
             Vse
             2.
             
          
           
             Cant.
             2
             16.
             
          
           
             a
             Rom.
             16.
             16.
             
          
           
             b
             2
             Sam.
             20
             10.
             
          
           
             c
             Mat.
             26.
             49.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             16.
             20
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             d
             1
             Sam.
             20
             41.
             
          
           
             e
             Psal.
             2.
             12.
             
          
           
             a
             Gen.
             3.
             15.
             
          
           
             b
             Gen.
             12.
             3
             
          
           
             c
             Gen.
             49.
             10.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             7.
             14.
             
             Rom.
             5.
             5.
             
          
           
             d
             Esa.
             7.
             14.
             
          
           
             e
             Ioh.
             1.
             29.
             
          
           
             Esa.
             64.
             1.
             
          
           
             Doct.
             1.
             
          
           
             Doct.
             2.
             
          
           
             Doct.
             1.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             24.
             
          
           
             Rea.
             1.
             
          
           
             Reas.
             2.
             
          
           
             Reas.
             3.
             
          
           
             Reas.
             4.
             
          
           
             Use.
             
          
           
             Doct.
             2.
             
          
           
             Reas.
             1.
             
          
           
             Reas.
             2.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             28.
             18
             
          
           
             Vse
             1.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             37.
             4.
             
          
           
             Use
             2.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             11.
             2.
             
          
           
             Iam.
             4.
             4.
             
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             32.
             10.
             
          
           
             4.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             7.
             47.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             15.
             22.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             32.
             24
             
          
           
             Psal.
             37.
             4.
             
          
           
             6.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             23.
             42.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
          
           
             Sol.
             
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             7.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             23
             4.
             
          
           
             Use.
             3.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A12209-e2560
           
             Coherence
             .
          
           
             Non
             solum
             mortuae
             sed
             mortifera
             .
          
           
             Divis.
             2.
             
             Parts
             .
          
           
             Doct
             From
             the
             first
             part
             .
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             Doct.
             1.
             
          
           
             F
             id●ia
             Christiana
             ,
          
           
             Tertullian
             deresurrect
             .
             cap.
             1.
             
          
           
             Doct.
             2.
             
          
           
             Doct.
             3.
             
          
           
             Vse
             1.
             
          
           
             Use
             2.
             
          
           
             Vse
             3.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             6.
             
          
           
             Doct.
             Generall
             .
          
           
             Tanquam
             picis
             in
             arido
             ,
          
           
             Col.
             3.
             11.
             
          
           
             Use
             1.
             
          
           
             Use.
             2.
             
          
           
             Expl.
             1.
             
             What
             is
             meant
             by
             seeking
             .
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             4.
             
          
           
             5.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             What
             we
             must
             seeke
             .
          
           
             Vse
             .
          
           
             Doct.
             2.
             
          
           
             Vse
             
          
           
             Doct.
             3.
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             3.
             9.
             
          
           
             Doct.
             4.
             
          
           
             Vse
             1.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             3.
             9.
             10.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             2
             4.