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           THE
           RICHES
           OF
           GRACE
           .
           
             A
             TREATISE
          
           Shewing
           the
           value
           and
           Excellency
           of
           a
           gracious
           Spirit
           ,
           by
           comparing
           it
           with
           the
           Nature
           and
           Spirits
           of
           wicked
           and
           ungodly
           men
           ,
           which
           desire
           not
           the
           wayes
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           .
        
         
           By
           that
           Reverend
           and
           faithfull
           Minister
           of
           Gods
           Word
           WILLIAM
           FENNER
           ,
           B.
           D.
           sometimes
           fellow
           of
           
             Pembrook
          
           Hall
           in
           
             Cambridge
             ,
          
           and
           late
           of
           
             Rochford
          
           in
           
             Essex
             :
          
           finished
           by
           himselfe
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             .
          
           Printed
           by
           
             R.
             Cotes
             ,
          
           for
           
             I.
             Sweeting
             ,
          
           at
           the
           Angell
           in
           Popes
           head
           Ally
           .
           1641.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           
             TO
             THE
             CHRISTIAN
          
           READER
           ,
           
             GRACE
             ,
             MERCY
             ,
             AND
             PEACE
             .
          
        
         
           THere
           was
           never
           any
           age
           or
           time
           (
           Christian
           Reader
           )
           since
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           how
           corrupt
           soever
           ,
           that
           was
           comparable
           to
           this
           our
           thrice
           unhappy
           age
           ,
           in
           all
           kindes
           of
           corruption
           ,
           wickednesse
           ,
           and
           sinne
           ,
           with
           griefe
           of
           Conscience
           I
           speake
           it
           ,
           with
           weeping
           I
           behold
           it
           ,
           and
           with
           sorrowfull
           heart
           I
           lament
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           seeing
           
           wickednesse
           doth
           so
           abound
           ,
           the
           Lord
           (
           lest
           his
           Children
           (
           frozen
           in
           the
           dregs
           of
           their
           sinnes
           )
           should
           perish
           with
           the
           wicked
           )
           raiseth
           up
           ,
           in
           his
           mercy
           ,
           good
           men
           (
           as
           we
           see
           the
           Author
           of
           this
           Treatise
           ,
           a
           man
           of
           Rare
           parts
           )
           to
           plucke
           off
           the
           Visard
           of
           sinne
           from
           their
           faces
           ,
           and
           to
           lay
           it
           open
           to
           the
           view
           of
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           every
           one
           may
           see
           the
           vilenesse
           of
           his
           wicked
           wayes
           and
           the
           filthy
           dregs
           of
           sinne
           ,
           throwne
           in
           their
           face
           ;
           may
           blush
           at
           the
           same
           ,
           be
           ashamed
           ,
           repent
           ,
           amend
           ,
           and
           turne
           to
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           ,
           and
           so
           eternally
           be
           saved
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           Treatise
           is
           drawne
           to
           the
           life
           ,
           the
           sinnes
           and
           wickednesse
           of
           Ungodly
           men
           ,
           which
           desire
           not
           the
           way
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           ;
           together
           with
           the
           Excellencies
           ,
           riches
           ,
           great
           value
           of
           a
           blessed
           and
           gracious
           spirit
           .
        
         
           The
           Author
           of
           this
           Treatise
           was
           a
           man
           of
           a
           Pretious
           spirit
           ,
           as
           may
           appeare
           by
           this
           and
           other
           workes
           of
           his
           in
           
             Print
             :
          
           A
           Reverent
           and
           worthy
           Divine
           gives
           this
           Testimony
           in
           his
           Commendations
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           
             a
             Minister
             very
             Conscientious
             ,
             one
             that
             had
             a
             great
             ability
             given
             him
             of
             God
             to
             Preach
             Unto
             ,
             and
             worke
             Upon
             the
             hearts
             and
             consciences
          
           
           
             of
             men
             ,
             to
             awaken
             the
             sleepie
             ,
             to
             informe
             the
             erronious
             ,
             to
             settle
             the
             doubtfull
             ,
             to
             confirme
             the
             wounded
             ;
             also
             that
             he
             was
             a
             worthy
             Divine
             ,
             both
             in
             regard
             of
             his
             unwearisome
             paines
             in
             Preaching
             ,
             consuming
             his
             owne
             body
             to
             save
             the
             soules
             of
             others
             ,
             as
             also
             of
             his
             learning
             and
             Exemplary
             Piety
             .
          
           They
           that
           knew
           him
           did
           love
           and
           reverence
           him
           ;
           and
           if
           any
           did
           dis-esteeme
           him
           ,
           it
           was
           because
           they
           did
           not
           fully
           know
           him
           .
           He
           is
           now
           a
           shining
           star
           in
           the
           firmament
           of
           heaven
           ;
           also
           that
           there
           were
           hundreds
           of
           people
           that
           will
           blesse
           God
           to
           all
           Eternity
           for
           his
           paines
           ;
           he
           needs
           not
           our
           prayses
           ,
           but
           our
           imitation
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           true
           that
           this
           birth
           is
           
             Posthumum
             opus
             ,
          
           and
           commeth
           out
           after
           the
           death
           of
           the
           Author
           ;
           but
           I
           hope
           it
           will
           be
           the
           more
           pleasing
           ,
           to
           revive
           the
           memory
           of
           him
           ,
           whose
           life
           and
           labours
           were
           deservedly
           pretious
           in
           the
           esteeme
           of
           Gods
           people
           .
        
         
           This
           Treatise
           is
           one
           of
           the
           Sparkes
           of
           the
           zealous
           (
           dead
           ,
           yet
           living
           )
           Author
           ,
           finished
           by
           himselfe
           ,
           which
           might
           have
           laine
           covered
           in
           the
           ashes
           of
           forgetfulnesse
           ,
           had
           it
           not
           beene
           blowne
           up
           by
           one
           (
           well
           minded
           )
           which
           received
           
           
           
           it
           from
           the
           Authors
           owne
           hand
           :
           it
           hath
           beene
           viewed
           by
           a
           Reverend
           Divine
           ,
           to
           prevent
           Errours
           and
           to
           make
           it
           compleate
           for
           the
           
             Presse
             ,
          
           which
           is
           here
           presented
           to
           thy
           view
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           Christian
           Reader
           ,
           let
           me
           obtaine
           this
           much
           at
           thy
           hand
           as
           to
           except
           of
           his
           labours
           as
           precious
           ,
           well-wishing
           towards
           the
           truth
           and
           the
           professour
           thereof
           .
        
         
           The
           subject
           of
           this
           ensuing
           discourse
           is
           published
           for
           thy
           benefit
           ,
           reade
           it
           ,
           the
           Lord
           give
           thee
           understanding
           to
           conserve
           and
           practice
           it
           in
           thy
           life
           and
           Conversation
           ,
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           THE
           RICHES
           OF
           GRACE
           .
        
         
           
             JOB
             21.
             14.
             
          
           
             Therefore
             say
             they
             unto
             God
             ,
             Depart
             from
             us
             ,
             for
             we
             desire
             not
             the
             knowledge
             of
             thy
             wayes
             .
          
        
         
           
             JObs
          
           Friends
           disputing
           against
           
             Job
             ,
          
           that
           he
           was
           a
           wicked
           man
           ,
           because
           
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           in
           so
           grievous
           a
           manner
           ,
           lay
           so
           long
           upon
           him
           ;
           
             Job
          
           returnes
           answer
           againe
           ,
           If
           this
           be
           true
           Doctrine
           you
           speake
           ,
           that
           God
           scourgeth
           none
           but
           wicked
           men
           ,
           how
           is
           it
           then
           that
           wicked
           men
           so
           oft
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           prosper
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           abounding
           in
           all
           worldly
           pleasures
           and
           delights
           ?
        
         
           Now
           
             Job
          
           shewes
           that
           wicked
           men
           may
           prosper
           in
           five
           things
           .
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           in
           life
           and
           health
           :
           as
           the
           Raven
           may
           live
           five
           times
           longer
           than
           cleaner
           birds
           ,
           
             verse
          
           7.
           
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           In
           their
           
           multitude
           of
           Children
           ,
           
             verse
          
           8.
           
           A
           foule
           Sow
           hath
           more
           young
           than
           an
           Ewe
           hath
           Lambes
           .
        
         
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           In
           Tranquillity
           and
           safety
           ,
           
             verse
          
           9.
           
        
         
           
           Fourthly
           ,
           In
           successe
           and
           increase
           of
           their
           substance
           ,
           
             verse
          
           10.
           as
           the
           wicked
           men
           have
           a
           Proverb
           ,
           the
           worse
           man
           the
           better
           lucke
           .
        
         
           
           Fifth
           ,
           In
           wealth
           ,
           security
           and
           pleasure
           :
           Hearts
           ease
           ,
           say
           they
           ,
           is
           the
           best
           flower
           in
           the
           garden
           ,
           
             vers.
          
           11.
           12.
           13.
           
        
         
           The
           
             Job
          
           sets
           down
           two
           things
           .
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           the
           sinne
           in
           the
           verse
           read
           unto
           you
           ,
           
             They
             say
             unto
             God
             depart
             from
             us
             ,
             for
             we
             desire
             not
          
           
           
             the
             knowledge
             of
             thy
             wayes
             .
          
        
         
           
           The
           punishment
           in
           the
           13.
           
             verse
             ,
             In
             a
             moment
             they
             goe
             downe
             into
             the
             grave
             ,
          
           and
           
             verse
             〈◊〉
             The
             wicked
             are
             reserved
             for
             the
             day
             of
             destruction
             ;
          
           every
           wicked
           man
           God
           hath
           layd
           up
           ,
           and
           purposed
           him
           to
           hell
           ,
           hee
           gives
           him
           of
           prosperity
           to
           fat
           him
           up
           ,
           that
           his
           damnation
           may
           bee
           greater
           .
        
         
           The
           verse
           read
           containes
           in
           it
           three
           things
           .
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           wicked
           mens
           contempt
           of
           grace
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           ;
           
             We
             desire
             not
             the
             knowledge
             of
             thy
             wayes
             .
          
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           Their
           contempt
           
           of
           the
           meanes
           of
           grace
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Depart
             from
             us
             ,
          
           they
           could
           be
           content
           that
           the
           Lord
           should
           depart
           from
           them
           in
           his
           Ordinance
           ;
           if
           no
           Preaching
           ,
           no
           praying
           ,
           no
           Sabbath
           ,
           no
           signe
           of
           God
           amongst
           them
           they
           would
           not
           much
           care
           ,
           not
           much
           lay
           it
           to
           heart
           ;
           nay
           they
           also
           desire
           it
           ,
           they
           say
           unto
           God
           ,
           
             Depart
             from
             us
             .
          
        
         
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           the
           prophanenesse
           of
           their
           lives
           :
           They
           say
           unto
           God
           ,
           
             Depart
             from
             us
             :
          
           though
           few
           say
           so
           with
           their
           mouthes
           ,
           yet
           by
           their
           lives
           so
           they
           live
           ,
           
           so
           they
           behave
           themselves
           .
        
         
           From
           the
           first
           of
           these
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           a
           wicked
           ,
           mans
           contempt
           of
           grace
           wee
           observe
           this
           Doctrine
           .
        
         
           
             That
             a
             wicked
             man
             doth
             not
             so
             much
             as
             desire
          
           
           
             saving
             grace
             .
          
        
         
           For
           the
           clearing
           of
           the
           point
           ,
           wee
           will
           define
           the
           true
           desire
           of
           grace
           ,
           
             A
             true
             desire
             of
             grace
             ,
             is
             a
             super-naturall
             appetite
          
           to
           grace
           not
           had
           ,
           for
           the
           goodnesse
           of
           it
           .
           There
           are
           foure
           things
           in
           the
           true
           desire
           of
           grace
           .
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           
             appetite
             of
             the
             soule
          
           to
           grace
           ;
           when
           the
           heart
           doth
           
           even
           goe
           out
           of
           it selfe
           for
           the
           attaining
           of
           grace
           :
           there
           are
           words
           in
           the
           107.
           
           
             Psalme
             ,
          
           3.
           
             v.
          
           which
           sets
           it
           downe
           expresly
           ,
           by
           the
           
             longing
             soule
             ;
          
           the
           word
           signifieth
           ,
           a
           running
           soule
           ,
           a
           soule
           that
           not
           onely
           goes
           to
           grace
           ,
           and
           the
           meanes
           of
           grace
           ,
           but
           runnes
           to
           it
           with
           an
           eager
           desire
           and
           speede
           .
           An
           hungry
           appetite
           which
           signifies
           an
           hunger
           unfained
           ,
           which
           is
           ▪
        
         
           First
           ,
           
             Unsupportable
          
           without
           meate
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           that
           truely
           desires
           grace
           cannot
           bee
           without
           grace
           .
           As
           one
           sayd
           ,
           Take
           away
           heaven
           ,
           and
           you
           take
           away
           all
           from
           
           me
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           with
           the
           poore
           soule
           ,
           take
           away
           grace
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           out
           of
           hope
           of
           grace
           ,
           it
           can
           never
           rest
           ,
           it
           can
           never
           beare
           the
           want
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           
             insatiable
          
           without
           meate
           ,
           nothing
           can
           satisfie
           him
           but
           meate
           ,
           though
           hee
           had
           all
           the
           wealth
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           yet
           he
           could
           not
           bee
           satisfied
           without
           meate
           .
           So
           it
           is
           in
           the
           true
           desire
           of
           grace
           ,
           fetch
           one
           all
           the
           gold
           of
           
             Ophir
             ,
          
           all
           the
           honours
           &
           pleasures
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           all
           contents
           under
           heaven
           cannot
           satisfie
           him
           ,
           but
           grace
           ,
           hee
           must
           have
           grace
           ,
           no
           content
           in
           any
           thing
           else
           ,
           but
           grace
           ,
           grace
           .
        
         
         
           
           3d.
           A
           hunger
           is
           
             irrepulsable
             ,
          
           it
           will
           beare
           no
           repulse
           of
           cost
           ,
           when
           it
           will
           afford
           to
           give
           large
           sums
           for
           meane
           food
           ;
           nor
           of
           paines
           ,
           as
           appeareth
           by
           the
           woman
           that
           went
           five
           miles
           in
           the
           famine
           for
           food
           ,
           it
           will
           beare
           no
           repulse
           :
           for
           were
           a
           man
           a
           Lord
           ,
           it
           would
           make
           him
           beg
           rather
           than
           withstand
           it
           .
           So
           the
           true
           desire
           of
           grace
           is
           irrepulsable
           ,
           who
           so
           truely
           desires
           it
           and
           cannot
           get
           it
           ,
           he
           wil
           not
           let
           God
           alone
           ,
           nor
           suffer
           him
           to
           rest
           but
           begs
           &
           crys
           for
           it
           ,
           oh
           he
           could
           bee
           content
           to
           give
           all
           he
           hath
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           if
           any
           thing
           in
           himself
           hinder
           ,
           
           he
           will
           willingly
           cast
           it
           off
           ,
           he
           will
           goe
           through
           thicke
           and
           thin
           ,
           he
           will
           endure
           any
           contempt
           ,
           any
           disgrace
           for
           it
           .
           If
           he
           suffer
           any
           disgrace
           ,
           any
           reproach
           for
           grace
           ,
           he
           glorieth
           and
           rejoyceth
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           
           Fourthly
           ,
           hunger
           is
           humble
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           choyce
           in
           its
           meate
           ,
           if
           it
           cannot
           have
           pleasants
           and
           dainties
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           content
           with
           Farmers
           food
           ,
           yea
           any
           thing
           ,
           Pigeons
           dung
           will
           be
           good
           food
           ;
           so
           hee
           that
           truely
           desires
           grace
           ,
           is
           of
           an
           humble
           heart
           ,
           he
           can
           be
           content
           to
           welcome
           childrens
           crummes
           ,
           and
           account
           it
           preferment
           
           to
           sit
           with
           Christ
           his
           dogges
           :
           though
           with
           
             Pauls
          
           Widdow
           they
           wash
           the
           Saints
           feete
           ;
           though
           with
           
             David
          
           they
           be
           doore-keepers
           in
           Gods
           house
           ,
           yet
           so
           they
           may
           have
           grace
           ,
           they
           care
           not
           though
           the
           whole
           world
           trample
           upon
           them
           ,
           though
           they
           bee
           accounted
           the
           off-scowring
           of
           all
           things
           .
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           It
           is
           a
           
             supernaturall
          
           appetite
           ,
           and
           that
           to
           distinguish
           from
           a
           naturall
           ,
           which
           naturall
           men
           have
           ,
           and
           yet
           hate
           grace
           .
           Every
           man
           naturally
           hath
           a
           care
           of
           his
           owne
           preservation
           ;
           wherefore
           seeing
           hee
           
           cannot
           bee
           saved
           ,
           but
           must
           eternally
           perish
           in
           hell
           without
           grace
           ,
           he
           will
           desire
           it
           as
           a
           man
           may
           give
           way
           to
           cutting
           off
           of
           his
           arme
           or
           legge
           ,
           rather
           than
           his
           whole
           body
           should
           perish
           ;
           though
           he
           hate
           the
           cutting
           off
           of
           those
           members
           ,
           yet
           seeing
           an
           unavoydable
           necessity
           ,
           that
           otherwise
           he
           must
           dye
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           ,
           he
           doth
           willingly
           desire
           it
           .
           So
           the
           foolish
           Virgins
           
             Mat.
          
           25.
           desired
           Oyle
           in
           their
           Lampes
           not
           because
           they
           loved
           light
           ,
           for
           their
           deedes
           were
           full
           of
           darkenesse
           ,
           but
           they
           saw
           they
           should
           be
           shut
           out
           of
           heaven
           
           and
           cast
           into
           Hell
           without
           it
           .
           As
           a
           dogge
           that
           desires
           to
           vomit
           ,
           not
           because
           hee
           hates
           the
           meate
           ,
           for
           afterwards
           he
           lickes
           up
           his
           vomit
           againe
           ,
           but
           because
           something
           troubled
           his
           stomach
           :
           So
           many
           a
           man
           vomits
           out
           his
           lust
           ,
           gives
           over
           his
           drunkennesse
           ,
           whordome
           ,
           pride
           ,
           malice
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           sinnes
           ,
           because
           they
           trouble
           his
           conscience
           ,
           and
           hee
           is
           evidently
           convinced
           that
           he
           must
           goe
           to
           hell
           if
           he
           live
           in
           them
           ;
           but
           when
           his
           conscience
           is
           quiet
           againe
           ,
           and
           the
           pinch
           over
           ,
           he
           doth
           willingly
           yeeld
           himselfe
           to
           all
           his
           
           former
           lusts
           .
           Some
           have
           shewed
           from
           that
           place
           ,
           1
           
             Pet.
          
           1.
           
             vers.
          
           12.
           that
           the
           very
           devills
           have
           desired
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           redemption
           by
           Christ
           ;
           though
           others
           be
           of
           judgement
           that
           it
           is
           not
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           Apostle
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           yet
           certainely
           it
           is
           a
           truth
           ,
           for
           hell
           were
           no
           hell
           ,
           if
           damned
           men
           and
           damned
           devils
           ,
           did
           not
           desire
           to
           escape
           it
           ;
           but
           this
           is
           not
           the
           desire
           of
           grace
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           super-naturall
           appetite
           .
        
         
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           appetite
           or
           desire
           
             after
             grace
             not
             had
             :
          
           the
           love
           of
           grace
           is
           a
           good
           thing
           
           whether
           had
           or
           no
           ;
           delight
           is
           in
           good
           when
           had
           ,
           desire
           is
           in
           good
           though
           not
           had
           ;
           a
           good
           though
           wee
           attaine
           it
           not
           ,
           nor
           possesse
           it
           ,
           yet
           we
           love
           it
           ,
           because
           wee
           judge
           and
           see
           it
           to
           bee
           good
           ,
           or
           to
           have
           goodnesse
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           we
           finde
           wee
           delight
           in
           it
           when
           wee
           have
           it
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           want
           of
           it
           ,
           we
           desire
           to
           have
           it
           .
           A
           man
           may
           desire
           good
           that
           he
           hath
           ,
           but
           then
           it
           is
           imperfectly
           had
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           two
           wayes
           .
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           haver
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           person
           having
           it
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           some
           incapability
           
           in
           him
           of
           not
           receiving
           it
           ,
           grace
           is
           a
           whole
           thing
           ,
           so
           is
           faith
           ,
           repentance
           ,
           love
           ,
           zeal
           ,
           &c.
           they
           are
           whole
           ,
           and
           intire
           graces
           ,
           which
           goe
           together
           ,
           but
           because
           we
           see
           how
           good
           they
           are
           ,
           therefore
           wee
           desire
           them
           in
           a
           high
           degree
           ;
           that
           desire
           is
           of
           grace
           not
           had
           ,
           it
           is
           plaine
           ,
           
             Esa.
          
           55.
           1.
           
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           thing
           had
           which
           cannot
           be
           had
           but
           successively
           ,
           as
           a
           Sermon
           cannot
           be
           delivered
           all
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           but
           something
           must
           succeede
           ;
           wherefore
           if
           there
           be
           any
           goodnesse
           in
           a
           people
           ,
           seeing
           and
           hearing
           
           the
           goodnesse
           of
           one
           part
           ,
           they
           will
           desire
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           
           Fourthly
           ,
           for
           the
           goodnesse
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           that
           is
           in
           it
           ,
           a
           wicked
           man
           may
           desire
           grace
           for
           some
           other
           reason
           ,
           but
           never
           for
           the
           goodnesse
           of
           it
           ,
           a
           swine
           may
           desire
           to
           be
           raking
           in
           the
           dung-hill
           where
           there
           is
           a
           pearle
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           not
           for
           the
           pearle
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           mucke
           that
           is
           there
           :
           So
           as
           long
           as
           the
           Gospell
           and
           plenty
           goe
           together
           ;
           the
           Gospell
           and
           Father
           ,
           and
           Mother
           and
           Wife
           ,
           and
           Lands
           ,
           and
           houses
           ,
           and
           life
           goe
           together
           ;
           so
           long
           they
           will
           heare
           the
           Gospell
           
           and
           seeme
           to
           love
           it
           ,
           but
           when
           the
           Gospell
           and
           these
           things
           part
           ,
           then
           they
           and
           the
           Gospell
           part
           also
           .
           But
           the
           true
           desire
           of
           grace
           is
           for
           the
           goodnesse
           that
           is
           in
           it
           .
           
             Balaam
          
           could
           desire
           even
           the
           very
           heart
           of
           a
           righteous
           man
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           when
           he
           should
           be
           dying
           :
           for
           he
           saw
           that
           if
           he
           had
           it
           ,
           there
           was
           hope
           of
           heaven
           and
           salvation
           ,
           but
           otherwise
           he
           must
           downe
           to
           hel
           .
           But
           this
           desire
           is
           nothing
           .
           Now
           that
           the
           true
           desire
           of
           grace
           is
           not
           in
           a
           wicked
           man
           ,
           is
           cleare
           from
           
             Esay
          
           53.
           2.
           where
           the
           Prophet
           speaking
           of
           Christ
           ,
           who
           
           is
           the
           fountaine
           of
           all
           grace
           ,
           saith
           thus
           ,
           
             There
             is
             no
             forme
             nor
             comelines
             ,
             and
             when
             we
             shall
             see
             him
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             beauty
             in
             him
             that
             we
             should
             desire
             him
             ;
          
           this
           is
           meant
           of
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           ,
           for
           as
           the
           learned
           have
           writ
           ,
           Christ
           had
           all
           parts
           in
           the
           perfection
           of
           a
           body
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           soule
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           replenished
           with
           all
           Divine
           graces
           ;
           In
           him
           dwelleth
           the
           fulnesse
           of
           the
           Godhead
           bodily
           ,
           and
           therefore
           there
           was
           beauty
           enough
           in
           him
           to
           have
           ravished
           all
           Angels
           ,
           yea
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           ten
           thousand
           more
           if
           there
           were
           so
           many
           .
           
           But
           men
           in
           their
           naturall
           estate
           see
           not
           this
           ;
           we
           that
           are
           carnall
           ,
           wee
           that
           are
           sinfull
           ,
           we
           that
           are
           in
           our
           sinnes
           ,
           wee
           that
           are
           not
           truely
           changed
           nor
           renewed
           in
           our
           mindes
           ,
           we
           see
           no
           beauty
           in
           him
           that
           we
           should
           desire
           him
           ;
           unlesse
           hee
           will
           bring
           gold
           and
           silver
           ,
           Hawkes
           and
           Hounds
           ,
           Cards
           &
           Dice
           ;
           if
           he
           would
           bring
           these
           ,
           then
           we
           should
           see
           some
           beauty
           in
           him
           ,
           but
           if
           he
           bring
           nothing
           but
           weeping
           ,
           and
           mourning
           ,
           and
           repentance
           ,
           the
           strictnesse
           and
           precisenesse
           ,
           mortifying
           and
           crucifying
           their
           earthly
           members
           ;
           there
           
           is
           no
           beauty
           in
           these
           things
           that
           wee
           should
           desire
           him
           :
           wicked
           men
           may
           have
           a
           Would
           ,
           but
           not
           a
           willing
           desire
           ,
           they
           wish
           thus
           &
           thus
           ,
           but
           as
           the
           old
           Proverbe
           is
           ,
           Wishers
           and
           woulders
           were
           never
           good
           houshoulders
           ,
           but
           there
           is
           no
           true
           desire
           in
           them
           of
           saving
           grace
           .
        
         
           Now
           as
           no
           love
           is
           love
           indeede
           but
           true
           love
           ,
           otherwise
           it
           is
           hatred
           ;
           no
           fire
           ,
           fire
           indeed
           but
           the
           true
           fire
           ;
           no
           holinesse
           ,
           holinesse
           indeed
           but
           true
           holinesse
           ,
           for
           otherwise
           it
           is
           but
           hypocrisie
           ,
           so
           no
           desire
           is
           desire
           indeede
           but
           true
           desire
           .
        
         
         
           
             
               Reas.
            
             1
          
           First
           ,
           because
           grace
           is
           above
           the
           reach
           of
           nature
           ,
           and
           therefore
           an
           asse
           cannot
           desire
           to
           be
           a
           man
           ,
           because
           hee
           cannot
           conceive
           better
           of
           a
           man
           than
           of
           himselfe
           ;
           for
           an
           Asse
           seemes
           best
           to
           an
           Asse
           ,
           a
           drunkard
           to
           a
           drunkard
           ,
           a
           whore
           to
           a
           whore-master
           .
           Now
           if
           so
           be
           that
           a
           naturall
           man
           cannot
           conceive
           better
           of
           grace
           than
           of
           himselfe
           ,
           he
           cannot
           desire
           it
           :
           if
           all
           the
           world
           were
           fooles
           except
           one
           man
           ,
           that
           one
           man
           would
           bee
           accounted
           the
           foole
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           rest
           wise
           men
           .
           So
           hee
           that
           is
           a
           true
           naturall
           
           foole
           is
           highly
           accounted
           of
           by
           his
           fellowes
           :
           so
           a
           naturall
           man
           accounts
           of
           spirituall
           men
           as
           mad
           men
           ,
           The
           spirituall
           man
           ,
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           speaking
           in
           the
           Language
           of
           wicked
           men
           ,
           are
           mad
           .
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           2.
           14.
           
           
             The
             naturall
             man
             perceiveth
             not
             the
             things
             of
             God
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             foolishnesse
             unto
             him
             :
          
           a
           naturall
           man
           may
           perceive
           sweetenes
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           in
           his
           gaine
           ,
           in
           his
           profits
           ,
           in
           his
           pleasures
           ,
           in
           his
           delights
           and
           vanities
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           lusts
           ;
           for
           these
           things
           are
           carnally
           discerned
           ;
           but
           not
           in
           the
           things
           of
           God
           ,
           
             for
             they
             are
             spiritually
             discerned
             ,
          
           
           a
           wicked
           man
           may
           have
           a
           great
           deale
           of
           knowledge
           ,
           that
           a
           child
           of
           God
           cannot
           speake
           of
           more
           truthes
           ,
           nor
           understand
           more
           than
           he
           doth
           ,
           but
           though
           a
           wicked
           man
           understandeth
           spiritual
           things
           yet
           not
           spiritually
           ,
           but
           carnally
           onely
           and
           in
           a
           carnall
           sense
           :
           this
           is
           the
           reason
           that
           a
           worldling
           had
           rather
           have
           a
           1000.
           pound
           than
           true
           grace
           ,
           that
           the
           covetous
           man
           had
           rather
           be
           in
           his
           counting
           house
           ,
           accounting
           his
           interest-money
           and
           his
           gaines
           ,
           than
           at
           the
           House
           of
           God
           to
           heare
           a
           Sermon
           ;
           because
           they
           are
           carnally
           
           discerned
           ,
           but
           these
           things
           of
           God
           are
           spiritually
           discerned
           .
           If
           we
           that
           are
           the
           ministers
           of
           God
           could
           droppe
           shillings
           and
           pounds
           amongst
           men
           in
           our
           preaching
           to
           them
           ,
           they
           would
           come
           to
           the
           Church
           more
           duely
           ,
           and
           heare
           more
           eagarly
           and
           affectionately
           ;
           but
           when
           wee
           deliver
           the
           things
           of
           God
           and
           the
           everlasting
           Mysteries
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           which
           are
           above
           their
           reach
           and
           understandings
           ;
           if
           they
           come
           to
           Church
           ,
           they
           can
           sit
           quietly
           in
           their
           Pewes
           being
           no
           whit
           affected
           with
           the
           Word
           
           as
           if
           it
           were
           nothing
           unto
           them
           .
        
         
           
             
               Reas.
            
             2
          
           Secondly
           ,
           because
           
             Grace
             is
             contrary
             to
             Nature
             ,
          
           fire
           cannot
           desire
           water
           ,
           nor
           water
           fire
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           contrary
           ,
           one
           expelling
           the
           other
           ,
           for
           either
           the
           water
           will
           quench
           the
           fire
           ,
           or
           else
           the
           fire
           will
           licke
           up
           the
           water
           ;
           so
           nature
           and
           grace
           doe
           thwart
           one
           another
           .
           Nature
           would
           have
           a
           man
           love
           himself
           ,
           grace
           forbids
           it
           ,
           and
           commands
           to
           love
           God
           .
           Nature
           would
           have
           a
           man
           to
           bee
           wrathfull
           ,
           cholericke
           ,
           and
           given
           to
           revenge
           upon
           every
           small
           provocation
           ;
           but
           
           Grace
           forbids
           all
           these
           and
           the
           like
           .
           
             The
             Wisedome
             of
             the
             flesh
             is
             enmity
             against
             God
             ,
             Rom.
          
           8.
           17.
           
           Take
           nature
           in
           its
           best
           wits
           ,
           take
           a
           Naturall
           man
           in
           his
           best
           understanding
           ,
           best
           apprehension
           ,
           and
           sweetest
           affable
           disposition
           ,
           take
           the
           very
           flower
           and
           height
           of
           nature
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           learned
           ,
           and
           yet
           it
           is
           at
           enmity
           with
           God
           and
           grace
           ,
           and
           therefore
           impossible
           it
           should
           desire
           grace
           .
           Hereupon
           it
           is
           that
           the
           Magistrate
           neglects
           ,
           true
           Justice
           is
           cold
           or
           lukewarme
           in
           the
           cause
           of
           God
           ,
           let
           grace
           call
           for
           the
           contrary
           ;
           Fathers
           
           and
           Masters
           will
           not
           Catechise
           and
           instruct
           and
           bring
           up
           their
           Children
           and
           servants
           in
           the
           knowledge
           and
           feare
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           though
           grace
           reprove
           them
           never
           so
           bitterly
           for
           the
           neglect
           of
           it
           .
           Divers
           Christians
           will
           be
           earthly
           ,
           dead
           ,
           lukewarme
           ,
           let
           grace
           stirre
           them
           up
           never
           so
           earnestly
           ,
           yet
           still
           grace
           is
           not
           welcome
           ,
           it
           imposeth
           things
           contrary
           ;
           suppose
           a
           man
           should
           come
           to
           a
           fire
           and
           use
           all
           the
           rhetoricke
           and
           arguments
           to
           perswade
           it
           not
           to
           burne
           ,
           let
           him
           threaten
           it
           ,
           Burne
           not
           fire
           ,
           if
           you
           doe
           I
           will
           
           pull
           you
           all
           to
           peeces
           ,
           yet
           it
           will
           burne
           still
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           contrary
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           fire
           to
           suspend
           burning
           ;
           so
           it
           is
           contrary
           to
           nature
           to
           suspend
           its
           lusts
           .
        
         
           
             
               Reas.
            
             3
          
           Because
           grace
           is
           not
           onely
           above
           and
           contrary
           to
           nature
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           a
           hell
           unto
           nature
           ,
           grace
           is
           a
           hell
           to
           a
           naturall
           man
           .
           Now
           a
           Rogue
           cannot
           desire
           the
           stockes
           ,
           a
           theefe
           cannot
           desire
           the
           Gallowes
           ,
           nor
           a
           vagrant
           the
           house
           of
           correction
           ;
           no
           more
           can
           a
           naturall
           man
           desire
           grace
           :
           for
           grace
           arraignes
           and
           commits
           a
           man
           ,
           and
           sends
           him
           downe
           to
           
           hell
           gates
           ,
           into
           hell
           it selfe
           ,
           if
           he
           repents
           not
           .
           I
           grant
           a
           wicked
           man
           may
           thinke
           hee
           desires
           grace
           ,
           when
           he
           wisheth
           ,
           O
           that
           I
           had
           Christ
           ,
           O
           that
           I
           were
           the
           child
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           had
           grace
           !
           but
           if
           one
           should
           come
           to
           this
           man
           ,
           and
           tell
           him
           what
           it
           is
           to
           be
           a
           child
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           have
           Christ
           and
           Grace
           ,
           that
           thus
           and
           thus
           hee
           must
           be
           qualified
           ,
           hee
           must
           take
           up
           the
           crosse
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           follow
           the
           precise
           and
           strict
           rules
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           directions
           of
           grace
           ;
           this
           man
           then
           would
           even
           hate
           those
           conditions
           and
           so
           consequently
           
           his
           former
           wishes
           ,
           
             Amos
          
           5.
           18.
           
           
             Woe
             unto
             them
             that
             desire
             the
             day
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             to
             what
             end
             is
             it
             for
             you
             ?
             the
             day
             of
             the
             Lord
             is
             darkenesse
             ,
             and
             not
             light
             .
          
           As
           if
           the
           Prophet
           had
           sayd
           to
           all
           wicked
           men
           ,
           You
           thinke
           you
           desire
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           Christ
           the
           Saviour
           might
           come
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           but
           to
           what
           end
           is
           it
           ?
           I
           tell
           you
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Lord
           is
           not
           such
           a
           day
           ,
           Christ
           is
           not
           such
           a
           Saviour
           ,
           as
           you
           doe
           imagine
           :
           
             The
             day
             of
             the
             Lord
             is
             darkenesse
             and
             not
             light
             ,
             a
             day
             of
             sorrow
             ,
             of
             griefe
             ,
             of
             Condemnation
             unto
             you
             :
          
           So
           the
           Lord
           complaineth
           
           
           by
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
             You
             have
             wearied
             me
             ;
          
           
           
             Wherein
             have
             we
             wearied
             thee
             ,
             say
             they
             ?
             You
             have
             prophaned
             the
             Table
             of
             Lord
             ,
             yee
             have
             snuffed
             at
             it
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             :
             But
             we
             desire
             the
             comming
             of
             the
             Lord
             ;
          
           yea
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
             The
             Lord
             shall
             suddenly
             come
             ,
             but
             who
             can
          
           
           
             abide
             the
             day
             of
             the
             Lord
             ?
             or
             who
             can
             stand
             when
             hee
             appeares
             ?
             For
             he
             is
             like
             a
             Refiners
             fire
             ,
             and
             like
             Fullers
             Sope
             :
          
           Thou
           desirest
           grace
           ,
           thou
           that
           livest
           in
           thy
           sinne
           ;
           I
           tell
           thee
           that
           is
           hell
           and
           vengeance
           to
           thee
           ,
           for
           it
           commandeth
           thee
           to
           crucifie
           thy
           lusts
           ,
           and
           to
           descend
           unto
           the
           gates
           of
           
           death
           ,
           in
           the
           true
           humiliation
           of
           thy
           soule
           ,
           or
           else
           it
           will
           damne
           thee
           in
           everlasting
           condemnation
           of
           hell
           .
        
         
           
             
               Reas.
            
             4
          
           Because
           nature
           in
           a
           wicked
           man
           is
           in
           its
           full
           strength
           ,
           now
           if
           nature
           in
           the
           Childe
           of
           God
           in
           whom
           it
           is
           in
           some
           measure
           mottified
           ,
           and
           subdued
           ,
           be
           such
           an
           opposite
           and
           enemie
           to
           the
           working
           of
           grace
           ,
           stirring
           up
           cursed
           lusts
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           to
           quench
           the
           motions
           and
           comfortable
           living
           of
           grace
           ;
           how
           much
           more
           when
           nature
           is
           itsin
           ful
           power
           and
           force
           where
           there
           is
           no
           thing
           else
           ?
           Put
           meate
           into
           a
           dead
           mans
           
           mouth
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           no
           absolute
           resistance
           .
           The
           childe
           of
           God
           is
           like
           a
           sick
           man
           troubled
           with
           ill
           humors
           &
           diseases
           ,
           he
           hath
           true
           desire
           of
           grace
           yet
           weake
           and
           low
           ,
           not
           raysed
           to
           that
           height
           and
           power
           which
           they
           shall
           be
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           perfectly
           recovered
           .
           Therefore
           the
           Apostle
           exhorts
           the
           people
           of
           God
           ,
           1
           
             Thes.
          
           5.
           19.
           
           
             Quench
             not
             the
             Spirit
             ,
          
           because
           even
           in
           them
           there
           are
           some
           lusts
           ,
           and
           corruptions
           springing
           out
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           ready
           to
           put
           out
           the
           fire
           of
           grace
           .
        
         
           
             
               Vse
            
             1
          
           This
           is
           for
           comfort
           for
           all
           poore
           broken
           
           hearts
           in
           whom
           God
           hath
           ingendred
           the
           true
           desire
           of
           grace
           ,
           let
           such
           know
           that
           the
           first
           step
           to
           grace
           to
           see
           they
           have
           no
           grace
           ,
           and
           the
           first
           degree
           of
           grace
           is
           the
           desire
           of
           grace
           :
           it
           is
           not
           with
           the
           body
           as
           with
           the
           soule
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           be
           healed
           you
           shall
           be
           healed
           ;
           a
           man
           may
           desire
           to
           be
           healed
           corporally
           ,
           and
           yet
           his
           disease
           continue
           upon
           him
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           not
           so
           with
           the
           soule
           ,
           if
           thou
           wilt
           say
           ,
           Christ
           heale
           me
           ,
           thou
           shalt
           be
           made
           whole
           .
           If
           a
           man
           have
           but
           the
           true
           desire
           of
           grace
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           given
           him
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           10.
           17.
           
           
             Lord
          
           
           
             thou
             hast
             heard
             the
             desire
             of
             the
             humble
             :
          
           when
           the
           poore
           soule
           is
           humbled
           before
           God
           in
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           want
           of
           grace
           ,
           and
           breathes
           and
           desires
           after
           it
           ,
           the
           Lord
           will
           grant
           such
           desires
           .
           So
           
             Psal.
          
           145.
           14.
           
           
             He
             will
             fulfill
             the
             desires
             of
             them
             that
             feare
             him
             ,
             hee
             also
             will
             heare
             their
             cry
             and
             will
             helpe
             them
             .
          
           One
           said
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           Christianity
           is
           to
           desire
           to
           be
           a
           Christian
           And
           another
           sayd
           the
           totall
           summe
           of
           a
           mans
           Religion
           in
           this
           life
           consists
           in
           the
           true
           desires
           of
           saving
           grace
           .
           This
           was
           the
           perfection
           that
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           attained
           
           unto
           
             Rom.
          
           7.
           18.
           
           
             To
             will
             is
             present
             with
             me
             ,
             but
             I
             finde
             no
             meanes
             how
             to
             performe
             that
             which
             is
             good
             .
          
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           wee
           know
           was
           the
           childe
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           one
           dearely
           beloved
           of
           God
           ;
           yet
           there
           was
           the
           pitch
           of
           his
           godlinesse
           ,
           it
           consisted
           more
           in
           desire
           ,
           than
           in
           accomplishment
           ;
           Canst
           thou
           approve
           by
           evident
           and
           sound
           arguments
           that
           thou
           hast
           the
           true
           desires
           of
           grace
           ?
           then
           know
           for
           thy
           comfort
           ,
           that
           the
           Lords
           spirit
           of
           grace
           hath
           beene
           moving
           and
           stirring
           in
           thee
           ,
           
             Philip
          
           2.
           13.
           
           
             It
             is
             God
             that
             worketh
             in
             you
          
           
           
             both
             the
             will
             and
             the
             deed
             ,
          
           and
           that
           of
           his
           good
           pleasure
           ,
           not
           onely
           of
           his
           bounty
           ,
           from
           whence
           hee
           hath
           bestowed
           many
           graces
           even
           upon
           such
           as
           hee
           will
           damne
           afterwards
           for
           their
           accursed
           abuse
           of
           them
           ,
           with
           the
           neglect
           of
           the
           power
           thereof
           .
           But
           if
           God
           have
           set
           thy
           will
           and
           the
           streame
           of
           thy
           affections
           and
           desires
           to
           himselfe
           and
           to
           grace
           ,
           if
           but
           thy
           will
           yet
           it
           is
           Gods
           good
           pleasure
           from
           which
           he
           did
           at
           first
           elect
           thee
           ,
           and
           gave
           his
           sonne
           to
           redeeme
           thee
           .
           As
           it
           is
           with
           sinne
           so
           it
           is
           with
           grace
           in
           this
           :
           The
           desire
           
           of
           murther
           ,
           is
           murther
           ;
           the
           desire
           of
           adultery
           ,
           is
           adultery
           ;
           the
           desire
           to
           steale
           ,
           is
           theft
           :
           So
           it
           is
           with
           grace
           ,
           the
           desire
           of
           faith
           is
           faith
           ;
           the
           desire
           of
           repentance
           is
           repentance
           :
           but
           thou
           wilt
           say
           ,
           What
           good
           is
           it
           to
           desire
           to
           beleeve
           and
           not
           to
           beleeve
           ;
           to
           desire
           to
           repent
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           repent
           ;
           the
           desire
           to
           have
           an
           humble
           heart
           ,
           and
           a
           broken
           heart
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           to
           have
           the
           heart
           humble
           and
           broken
           ?
           I
           answer
           ,
           he
           that
           hath
           the
           true
           desire
           of
           grace
           ,
           hath
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           grace
           .
           Suppose
           a
           man
           should
           be
           scraping
           
           and
           raking
           ,
           and
           grinding
           the
           face
           of
           the
           poore
           ,
           to
           hoard
           up
           a
           great
           deale
           of
           treasure
           and
           riches
           to
           himselfe
           ;
           which
           I
           pray
           you
           is
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           his
           covetousnesse
           ,
           the
           laying
           up
           of
           the
           money
           ,
           or
           his
           greedy
           desires
           and
           oppressions
           ?
           surely
           I
           judge
           his
           covetous
           desires
           and
           oppressions
           .
           For
           any
           ,
           even
           a
           childe
           of
           God
           ,
           may
           lay
           up
           and
           gather
           Riches
           ,
           when
           it
           pleaseth
           God
           to
           cast
           them
           upon
           him
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           is
           not
           the
           having
           of
           Riches
           ,
           but
           the
           coveting
           of
           them
           that
           proves
           a
           man
           to
           bee
           a
           covetous
           man
           .
           For
           not
           
           onely
           great
           Usurers
           and
           oppressing
           Landlords
           are
           covetous
           worldlings
           ,
           for
           I
           tell
           thee
           covetousnesse
           may
           be
           in
           a
           begger
           ,
           and
           under
           thy
           leather
           coate
           ;
           if
           thy
           minde
           be
           running
           after
           the
           world
           ,
           thou
           that
           art
           never
           at
           quiet
           ,
           but
           thy
           heart
           ,
           thy
           head
           ,
           thy
           hand
           and
           all
           is
           taken
           up
           after
           it
           ,
           whether
           thou
           accomplish
           thy
           covetous
           lusts
           or
           no
           ,
           yet
           thou
           art
           one
           of
           those
           covetous
           persons
           spoken
           of
           in
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           6.
           10.
           
           Suppose
           a
           man
           should
           attaine
           to
           a
           great
           measure
           of
           grace
           ,
           that
           hee
           is
           marvellously
           humble
           ,
           marvelously
           zealous
           ,
           
           marvellously
           holy
           and
           strict
           in
           all
           the
           wayes
           of
           God
           ,
           I
           would
           know
           which
           is
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           his
           grace
           ,
           I
           suppose
           his
           strong
           and
           vehement
           desire
           .
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           set
           it
           forth
           by
           a
           similitude
           ,
           suppose
           a
           man
           should
           bee
           in
           a
           great
           straite
           ,
           that
           all
           his
           goods
           were
           to
           bee
           confiscated
           unto
           the
           King
           :
           now
           an
           execution
           is
           ready
           to
           seise
           upon
           them
           ,
           unlesse
           speedily
           he
           make
           them
           over
           to
           some
           friend
           ,
           who
           will
           keepe
           them
           for
           him
           ;
           it
           may
           be
           his
           friend
           is
           an
           hundred
           miles
           from
           him
           ,
           so
           that
           
           by
           no
           meanes
           hee
           can
           come
           to
           him
           ,
           now
           hee
           thinkes
           ,
           Oh
           that
           I
           had
           such
           a
           friend
           whom
           if
           I
           could
           but
           come
           at
           ,
           I
           would
           cast
           my
           whole
           estate
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           repose
           much
           trust
           in
           him
           .
           So
           the
           soule
           that
           apprehendeth
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           curse
           of
           the
           Law
           ready
           to
           seise
           on
           it
           for
           damnation
           ,
           it
           would
           faine
           goe
           to
           Christ
           ,
           but
           hee
           cannot
           tell
           how
           ,
           the
           sense
           of
           his
           vilenesse
           keepes
           him
           off
           ,
           oh
           he
           would
           bee
           glad
           to
           leave
           and
           cast
           away
           all
           his
           lusts
           ,
           and
           dearest
           sinnes
           ,
           and
           take
           up
           the
           crosse
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           if
           hee
           could
           but
           
           reach
           Christ
           ,
           oh
           then
           he
           would
           thinke
           himselfe
           safe
           ,
           he
           would
           lay
           all
           upon
           him
           ,
           his
           very
           soule
           and
           Salvation
           .
           Certainely
           this
           man
           hath
           true
           faith
           in
           Christ
           :
           for
           a
           man
           would
           trust
           him
           well
           before
           hee
           would
           cast
           his
           whole
           estate
           upon
           him
           .
           There
           is
           an
           excellent
           place
           for
           this
           in
           
             Hag.
          
           2.
           6
           ,
           7
           ,
           8.
           
           
             I
             will
             shake
             all
             Nations
             ,
             and
             the
             desires
             of
             all
             Nations
             shall
             come
             :
          
           where
           are
           three
           things
           ,
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           it
           s
           a
           marveilous
           instinct
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           whereby
           hee
           shakes
           all
           the
           children
           he
           hath
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           
           humbling
           their
           soules
           and
           terrifying
           their
           consciences
           upon
           the
           sight
           of
           their
           sinnes
           ,
           and
           they
           stand
           in
           the
           casts
           off
           ,
           cast-awayes
           .
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           their
           desire
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             The
             desire
             of
             all
             Nations
             shall
             come
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           Christ
           shall
           come
           ,
           where
           observe
           that
           Christ
           is
           not
           called
           the
           assurance
           ,
           but
           
             the
             desire
             of
             all
             Nations
             ,
          
           because
           that
           there
           is
           no
           child
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           doth
           truely
           desire
           Christ
           ,
           though
           many
           bee
           his
           who
           have
           not
           the
           assurance
           of
           it
           :
           never
           did
           any
           man
           desire
           to
           eate
           which
           had
           not
           eaten
           
           before
           ,
           so
           [
           I
           desire
           to
           beleeve
           ]
           comes
           from
           [
           I
           doe
           beleeve
           .
           ]
           Let
           then
           none
           be
           troubled
           ,
           and
           feare
           and
           complaine
           for
           the
           want
           of
           faith
           ,
           for
           true
           desire
           springs
           from
           faith
           as
           the
           roote
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           
             
               Vse
            
             2
          
           Hence
           wee
           may
           see
           ,
           that
           grace
           which
           wicked
           men
           desire
           ,
           is
           not
           true
           grace
           .
        
         
           
             
               Object
               .
            
          
           You
           will
           say
           men
           come
           to
           Church
           ,
           they
           pray
           ,
           they
           come
           to
           the
           Sacraments
           for
           grace
           ,
           they
           professe
           they
           would
           have
           grace
           ,
           and
           will
           you
           say
           that
           they
           doe
           not
           desire
           it
           ?
        
         
           
             
               Answ
               .
            
          
           I
           answer
           with
           
             Solomon
             ;
          
           
           
             The
             soule
             of
             the
             sluggard
             desireth
             ,
             and
             hath
             nothing
             ,
             but
             the
             soule
             of
             the
             diligent
             shall
             be
             made
             fat
             .
          
           As
           it
           is
           with
           a
           sluggish
           man
           that
           desires
           his
           ground
           should
           be
           tilled
           ,
           but
           yet
           will
           take
           no
           paines
           to
           plough
           it
           ;
           who
           desires
           that
           his
           busines
           should
           goe
           forward
           ,
           that
           hee
           might
           have
           the
           harvest
           ,
           yet
           will
           not
           be
           at
           the
           cost
           and
           charges
           needfull
           for
           it
           ,
           he
           may
           wish
           and
           desire
           a
           harvest
           ,
           but
           shall
           have
           nothing
           :
           So
           the
           soule
           of
           a
           sluggish
           Christian
           ,
           of
           a
           lukewarme
           professor
           ,
           desires
           faith
           and
           repentance
           ,
           but
           gets
           neither
           ;
           but
           the
           soule
           of
           a
           diligent
           
           Christian
           shall
           have
           enough
           to
           justifie
           him
           ,
           grace
           enough
           eternally
           to
           save
           him
           .
           But
           the
           soule
           of
           a
           carnall
           Christian
           desires
           faith
           ,
           but
           gets
           but
           a
           lazie
           faith
           ,
           a
           faith
           that
           will
           not
           justifie
           him
           ,
           a
           leane
           or
           perhaps
           a
           lazie
           repentance
           that
           will
           not
           save
           him
           ,
           a
           dead
           performance
           and
           profession
           together
           :
           
             Rom.
          
           11.
           7.
           
           
             Israel
          
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             hath
             not
             obtained
             that
             which
             he
             sought
             for
             ,
             but
             the
             Election
             hath
             obtained
             it
             ,
          
           first
           carnall
           
             Israel
          
           sought
           for
           the
           promises
           of
           Christ
           ,
           but
           they
           got
           it
           not
           but
           the
           Election
           hath
           obtained
           it
           .
        
         
         
           
             
               Object
               .
            
             2
          
           O
           but
           our
           Saviour
           saith
           ,
           
             Seeke
             and
             yee
             shall
             finde
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Answ
               .
            
             2
          
           I
           answere
           ,
           true
           ,
           if
           you
           seeke
           
             well
             ;
          
           this
           word
           is
           of
           few
           letters
           ,
           but
           of
           great
           force
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           very
           forme
           of
           all
           Arts
           :
           for
           Rhetoricke
           is
           the
           Art
           of
           pleading
           well
           ,
           and
           Logicke
           of
           disputing
           well
           ,
           so
           is
           Divinity
           the
           Art
           of
           seeking
           well
           ,
           of
           living
           well
           ;
           it
           is
           nothing
           to
           desire
           grace
           ,
           unlesse
           you
           seeke
           it
           well
           :
           the
           truth
           is
           a
           wicked
           man
           desires
           not
           true
           grace
           ,
           but
           something
           that
           seemes
           to
           him
           to
           bee
           true
           grace
           .
           Now
           suppose
           a
           man
           were
           sicke
           ,
           and
           five
           
           pills
           would
           cure
           him
           ,
           he
           thinketh
           foure
           will
           doe
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           neglects
           the
           fifth
           and
           dyes
           for
           want
           of
           it
           .
           So
           a
           man
           having
           his
           conscience
           convinced
           from
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           unlesse
           hee
           have
           such
           and
           such
           faith
           ,
           such
           and
           such
           graces
           of
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           such
           knowledge
           ,
           such
           holinesse
           ,
           he
           shall
           be
           damned
           .
           Hee
           thinkes
           if
           I
           can
           bee
           but
           thus
           and
           thus
           ,
           if
           I
           can
           doe
           but
           thus
           much
           ,
           I
           shall
           bee
           saved
           ,
           whereupon
           hee
           will
           heare
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           he
           will
           pray
           ,
           he
           will
           keepe
           the
           Sabbath
           ,
           give
           over
           this
           and
           that
           sinne
           ,
           leave
           
           his
           drunkennesse
           ,
           his
           swearing
           ,
           and
           yet
           when
           all
           comes
           to
           all
           ,
           he
           goes
           to
           hell
           .
           Why
           ?
           because
           true
           grace
           which
           was
           commanded
           ,
           and
           which
           he
           should
           have
           had
           ,
           hee
           accounted
           and
           called
           Puritanisme
           and
           precisnesse
           ,
           and
           rejected
           as
           a
           superfluous
           thing
           ;
           hee
           thinkes
           if
           he
           can
           attaine
           to
           such
           a
           pitch
           as
           to
           live
           justly
           and
           quietly
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           well
           governed
           ,
           and
           to
           follow
           his
           particular
           calling
           ,
           and
           keepe
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           performe
           some
           good
           duties
           ,
           though
           he
           bee
           not
           zealous
           for
           God
           ,
           nor
           in
           the
           worship
           of
           God
           ,
           will
           not
           endure
           
           reproach
           for
           Christ
           ,
           and
           for
           his
           strict
           profession
           :
           Such
           a
           one
           shall
           be
           damned
           though
           he
           have
           all
           the
           grace
           he
           lookes
           for
           .
           A
           crimson
           shooe
           cannot
           cure
           the
           Goute
           ;
           so
           fine
           comelinesse
           of
           carriage
           in
           a
           naturall
           man
           ,
           cannot
           heale
           the
           infection
           and
           poyson
           of
           corrupt
           nature
           .
           An
           Asse
           is
           an
           Asse
           still
           ,
           though
           he
           be
           never
           so
           well
           trapped
           :
           so
           a
           naturall
           man
           is
           a
           naturall
           man
           still
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           well
           qualified
           :
           Hath
           he
           love
           ,
           hath
           hee
           knowledge
           ,
           meekenesse
           ,
           gentlenesse
           ,
           and
           a
           kind
           of
           humility
           and
           liberality
           ?
           comes
           hee
           to
           the
           
           Church
           ,
           heares
           the
           Word
           ,
           receives
           the
           Sacraments
           ?
           yet
           unlesse
           he
           be
           mortified
           and
           converted
           ,
           changed
           and
           renewed
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           it
           is
           impossible
           he
           should
           bee
           saved
           ;
           
             Tit.
          
           2.
           11.
           12.
           
           
             The
             grace
             of
             God
             which
             bringeth
             Salvation
             ,
             hath
             appeared
             unto
             all
             men
             :
             and
             teacheth
             us
             ,
             that
             we
             should
             deny
             ungodlines
             ,
             &c.
          
           as
           if
           the
           Apostle
           would
           give
           us
           to
           understand
           that
           there
           is
           a
           grace
           that
           bringeth
           not
           Salvation
           ;
           but
           that
           which
           bringeth
           Salvation
           teacheth
           us
           to
           deny
           all
           ungodlinesse
           and
           worldly
           lusts
           ,
           and
           to
           live
           soberly
           ,
           righteously
           ,
           
           and
           godly
           in
           this
           present
           world
           ;
           if
           then
           that
           grace
           thou
           desirest
           and
           hast
           attained
           to
           ,
           teach
           not
           thee
           to
           cast
           away
           all
           sinfull
           corruptions
           ,
           and
           doe
           not
           make
           thee
           live
           holily
           ,
           it
           cannot
           bring
           thee
           to
           heaven
           .
           
             This
             grace
             which
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           )
           
             teacheth
             us
             to
             deny
             ungodly
             lusts
             ,
          
           as
           if
           he
           had
           sayd
           ,
           I
           know
           it
           hath
           appeared
           to
           all
           ,
           all
           the
           world
           hath
           it
           offered
           to
           them
           ,
           it
           hath
           appeared
           to
           them
           ,
           but
           they
           will
           not
           learne
           of
           it
           to
           deny
           ungodlinesse
           ,
           &
           worldly
           lusts
           ,
           and
           therefore
           in
           stead
           of
           Salvation
           it
           bringeth
           damnation
           to
           
           them
           ;
           but
           it
           teacheth
           us
           and
           brings
           Salvation
           to
           us
           .
           But
           now
           because
           men
           are
           apt
           to
           say
           every
           one
           boasting
           ,
           that
           they
           desire
           grace
           :
           therefore
           for
           the
           third
           Use
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Vse
            
             3
          
           Come
           ,
           examine
           thy selfe
           or
           thy
           soule
           ,
           and
           we
           will
           lay
           it
           bare
           before
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           if
           thou
           hast
           grace
           thou
           mayst
           know
           of
           it
           ,
           if
           not
           ,
           thou
           mayest
           bee
           convinced
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           perswaded
           in
           time
           to
           seeke
           truely
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           thou
           hast
           a
           true
           desire
           of
           grace
           ,
           than
           it
           purifieth
           the
           conscience
           from
           all
           dead
           workes
           .
           If
           thy
           
           Conscience
           now
           tell
           thee
           ,
           that
           thou
           hast
           any
           sinne
           and
           corruption
           that
           thou
           art
           not
           willing
           to
           lay
           off
           ;
           it
           is
           an
           evident
           demonstration
           ,
           that
           thou
           hast
           no
           true
           desire
           of
           grace
           .
           A
           man
           that
           hath
           his
           hands
           full
           of
           base
           luggage
           ,
           if
           a
           pearle
           should
           bee
           at
           his
           feete
           ,
           unlesse
           he
           empty
           his
           hands
           hee
           cannot
           take
           it
           up
           ,
           and
           therefore
           if
           he
           will
           not
           cast
           away
           that
           base
           stuffe
           ,
           we
           would
           say
           hee
           hath
           no
           minde
           to
           the
           Pearle
           .
           Now
           thy
           hands
           and
           thy
           heart
           are
           full
           of
           corruptiō
           ;
           so
           that
           though
           grace
           lye
           even
           at
           thy
           feete
           ,
           yet
           thou
           canst
           
           not
           receive
           it
           up
           ,
           unlesse
           thou
           empty
           thy
           hands
           and
           thy
           heart
           .
        
         
           
             
               Mark
               .
            
             1
          
           1.
           
           Wherefore
           if
           there
           be
           any
           lust
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           deare
           ,
           any
           bosome
           sinne
           ,
           which
           thou
           wilt
           not
           part
           with
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           evident
           signe
           that
           thou
           hast
           not
           a
           true
           desire
           of
           grace
           :
           
             Heb.
          
           3.
           18.
           
           Willingnesse
           and
           desire
           to
           live
           honestly
           ,
           and
           a
           good
           conscience
           are
           joyned
           together
           ;
           noting
           ,
           that
           so
           a
           man
           cannot
           have
           a
           desire
           to
           live
           piously
           according
           to
           Gods
           will
           ,
           but
           hee
           must
           have
           a
           good
           conscience
           in
           all
           things
           :
           If
           then
           thy
           conscience
           tell
           thee
           that
           thou
           wilt
           
           sweare
           now
           and
           then
           ,
           thou
           wilt
           tell
           a
           lye
           upon
           occasion
           ,
           and
           bee
           scandalous
           to
           others
           now
           and
           then
           ,
           and
           wilt
           reserve
           some
           passage
           for
           thy
           lusts
           ;
           know
           that
           thou
           canst
           not
           ,
           thou
           dost
           not
           desire
           grace
           .
           For
           true
           grace
           animates
           the
           soule
           to
           lay
           off
           all
           hinderances
           of
           the
           grace
           desired
           .
        
         
           
             
               Mark
               .
            
             2
          
           2.
           
           It
           is
           a
           vehement
           desire
           ,
           if
           true
           ;
           a
           lukewarme
           desire
           is
           not
           true
           desire
           .
           As
           a
           man
           hath
           a
           desire
           to
           a
           peece
           of
           cloth
           and
           goes
           to
           the
           Drapers
           shop
           to
           buy
           it
           ,
           he
           judgeth
           it
           to
           bee
           worth
           twenty
           or
           forty
           shillings
           ,
           now
           if
           the
           
           Draper
           should
           hold
           it
           at
           three
           or
           foure
           pound
           ,
           he
           scornes
           the
           motion
           and
           slings
           away
           with
           detestation
           of
           it
           ,
           he
           desired
           it
           ,
           but
           his
           desire
           was
           stinted
           ,
           upon
           such
           a
           condition
           ,
           at
           such
           a
           price
           above
           which
           hee
           loatheth
           it
           .
           This
           is
           the
           reason
           why
           the
           Mininisters
           of
           Christ
           are
           so
           unwelcome
           to
           men
           ,
           and
           their
           Ministery
           too
           .
           Because
           they
           would
           bring
           men
           beyond
           the
           price
           which
           they
           would
           bid
           for
           Christ
           and
           grace
           ;
           they
           would
           willingly
           have
           Christ
           ,
           have
           faith
           ,
           have
           heaven
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           loath
           to
           take
           so
           much
           paines
           ,
           to
           bee
           
           at
           so
           much
           cost
           ,
           as
           they
           must
           be
           at
           ,
           if
           they
           ever
           have
           it
           ,
           suppose
           thou
           give
           over
           thy
           whoring
           ,
           thy
           swearing
           ,
           for
           grace
           ,
           yet
           if
           not
           thy
           company
           keeping
           ,
           thy
           lying
           ,
           thou
           hast
           no
           true
           desire
           of
           grace
           ;
           though
           thou
           give
           over
           all
           thy
           grosse
           sinnes
           ,
           yet
           if
           thou
           retainest
           thy
           deadnesse
           ,
           thy
           luke-warmenesse
           ,
           though
           thou
           give
           over
           all
           thy
           sinnes
           save
           one
           ,
           though
           but
           in
           a
           corner
           or
           a
           nook
           of
           thy
           heart
           ,
           though
           I
           say
           thou
           come
           to
           this
           price
           ,
           yet
           unlesse
           thou
           wilt
           give
           all
           thou
           hast
           ,
           no
           true
           desire
           of
           grace
           .
           For
           the
           man
           that
           truly
           desires
           grace
           ,
           
           his
           desires
           are
           vehement
           such
           as
           will
           part
           with
           all
           things
           for
           it
           ;
           2
           
             Cor.
          
           7.
           11.
           
           
             Yea
             what
             vehement
             desires
             ;
          
           the
           word
           signifies
           desire
           upon
           desire
           ,
           one
           desire
           upon
           the
           backe
           of
           another
           ,
           and
           all
           for
           grace
           .
           
             Gen.
          
           30.
           
           
             Give
             me
             children
             or
             else
             I
             dye
             ,
          
           saith
           
             Rachel
          
           unto
           
             Jacob
             :
          
           So
           the
           heart
           cryeth
           unto
           the
           Lord
           for
           grace
           as
           for
           a
           thing
           without
           which
           it
           perisheth
           ;
           
             Augustine
          
           saith
           ,
           that
           the
           desire
           of
           grace
           is
           the
           thirst
           of
           the
           soule
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           burning
           and
           gnawing
           desire
           ,
           that
           will
           consume
           a
           man
           with
           desiring
           .
           Here
           therefore
           the
           
           whole
           world
           is
           convinced
           of
           their
           unprofitable
           desires
           .
           For
           what
           dead
           prayer
           ?
           what
           dead
           hearing
           ?
           what
           dead
           receiving
           ?
           as
           if
           men
           would
           teach
           God
           how
           to
           deny
           them
           ,
           or
           as
           if
           they
           would
           bid
           the
           Lord
           keepe
           his
           graces
           .
           They
           will
           come
           and
           say
           prayers
           ,
           and
           give
           an
           eare
           ,
           but
           they
           have
           no
           burning
           nor
           thirsting
           desire
           .
        
         
           
             
               Mark
               .
            
             3
          
           3
           Delight
           in
           the
           means
           of
           grace
           :
           though
           delight
           be
           an
           effect
           of
           true
           desire
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           a
           signe
           of
           grace
           ,
           because
           grace
           in
           
             potentia
             ,
          
           is
           in
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           God
           ;
           therefore
           the
           man
           that
           
           desires
           grace
           ,
           hee
           will
           delight
           in
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           grace
           ;
           hee
           that
           desires
           learning
           ,
           delights
           in
           reading
           and
           studying
           the
           meanes
           of
           it
           :
           so
           hee
           that
           desires
           mortification
           ,
           delights
           in
           the
           powerfull
           preaching
           ,
           whereby
           hee
           may
           have
           all
           the
           corruptions
           of
           his
           heart
           layd
           open
           ;
           hee
           that
           desires
           grace
           ,
           delights
           in
           all
           the
           meanes
           of
           it
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           37.
           4.
           
           
             Delight
             .
             thy selfe
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             hee
             shall
             give
             thee
             the
             desire
             of
             thine
             heart
             ;
          
           Doest
           not
           thou
           onely
           pray
           ,
           but
           doest
           thou
           delight
           in
           prayer
           ?
           doest
           not
           thou
           onely
           heare
           the
           Word
           ,
           
           but
           delightest
           in
           hearing
           the
           Word
           ?
           doest
           thou
           not
           onely
           come
           to
           the
           Sacraments
           ,
           but
           delight
           in
           the
           receiving
           ?
           Then
           thy
           desire
           is
           true
           desire
           ;
           when
           the
           heart
           hath
           this
           delight
           ,
           there
           is
           an
           inward
           drawing
           the
           heart
           to
           it
           :
           Canst
           thou
           finde
           a
           forcible
           tugging
           and
           moving
           of
           thy
           heart
           and
           soule
           to
           all
           holy
           duties
           ,
           that
           thou
           canst
           not
           but
           must
           at
           them
           ;
           but
           if
           thou
           art
           aukward
           and
           untoward
           unto
           holy
           duties
           ,
           to
           the
           worship
           of
           God
           ,
           thy
           desires
           are
           counterfeit
           .
        
         
           
             
               Mark
               .
            
             4
          
           The
           more
           delayes
           ,
           the
           greater
           desire
           ;
           delayes
           
           are
           as
           Oyle
           cast
           into
           the
           fire
           ,
           which
           makes
           the
           flame
           the
           greater
           .
           As
           a
           stone
           the
           further
           it
           is
           from
           its
           center
           ,
           the
           faster
           it
           goes
           to
           it
           :
           so
           if
           thou
           dost
           truely
           desire
           grace
           ,
           the
           longer
           thy
           soule
           is
           before
           it
           can
           attaine
           it
           ,
           the
           more
           thou
           art
           affected
           after
           it
           .
           The
           Comicke
           hath
           a
           pretty
           Proverb
           ,
           When
           a
           man
           is
           athirst
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           miserable
           thing
           to
           goe
           digge
           a
           Well
           to
           quench
           it
           ,
           for
           every
           shovelfull
           will
           but
           aggravate
           his
           drought
           :
           So
           it
           is
           with
           men
           that
           desire
           grace
           :
           
             Prov.
          
           13.
           12.
           
           
             Hope
             desired
             maketh
             the
             heart
             sicke
             ;
          
           when
           a
           mans
           
           desires
           are
           held
           off
           and
           still
           deferred
           ,
           that
           yet
           he
           cannot
           have
           it
           ,
           it
           doth
           even
           make
           the
           heart
           sicke
           with
           griefe
           :
           a
           man
           that
           wants
           health
           is
           sicke
           because
           he
           cannot
           get
           it
           ,
           he
           tumbleth
           ,
           and
           tosseth
           ,
           and
           turneth
           from
           this
           side
           to
           that
           side
           ,
           cannot
           be
           at
           rest
           ;
           So
           the
           soule
           that
           truely
           desireth
           grace
           ,
           is
           even
           sicke
           for
           it
           ;
           it
           cannot
           have
           content
           in
           this
           nor
           in
           that
           ,
           it
           is
           never
           where
           it
           would
           be
           ,
           it
           is
           as
           a
           stone
           cast
           up
           from
           its
           owne
           center
           ,
           till
           it
           have
           gotten
           Christ
           and
           his
           graces
           ;
           every
           delay
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           small
           ,
           seemes
           tedious
           to
           a
           
           man
           at
           such
           a
           time
           .
           But
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           thou
           hast
           beene
           without
           grace
           it
           may
           bee
           these
           20.
           30.
           40.
           50.
           or
           60.
           yeares
           ;
           what
           are
           thy
           desires
           ?
           are
           they
           more
           than
           before
           ?
           No
           ,
           but
           as
           before
           ,
           so
           they
           are
           still
           ;
           as
           thou
           didst
           pray
           before
           ,
           so
           thou
           prayest
           still
           ;
           as
           thou
           heardst
           before
           ,
           so
           thou
           hearest
           still
           ;
           and
           as
           thou
           was
           faint
           in
           thy
           desires
           ,
           so
           thou
           art
           still
           ,
           and
           such
           are
           thy
           endeavours
           ;
           it
           is
           an
           evident
           argument
           that
           thou
           didst
           never
           truly
           desire
           grace
           ;
           true
           desire
           the
           longer
           the
           more
           earnest
           .
           Therfore
           the
           Prophet
           begins
           
           his
           prayer
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           13.
           with
           a
           
             How
             long
             Lord
          
           shall
           I
           have
           this
           proud
           heart
           ,
           shall
           I
           never
           be
           humble
           ?
           
             How
             long
             Lord
          
           shall
           I
           have
           this
           unbeleeving
           and
           impenitent
           heart
           ,
           shall
           I
           never
           have
           faith
           to
           rest
           upon
           thee
           ,
           and
           repent
           of
           my
           sinnes
           cōmitted
           against
           thee
           ?
           
             How
             long
             Lord
          
           shall
           I
           have
           such
           a
           dead
           heart
           ,
           such
           earthly
           affections
           in
           thy
           worship
           and
           service
           ,
           shall
           my
           heart
           never
           bee
           quickned
           ,
           and
           my
           affections
           never
           drawne
           to
           thee
           ,
           and
           fastned
           neerer
           to
           thy
           service
           ?
           
             How
             long
             Lord
          
           shall
           my
           heart
           bee
           under
           these
           corruptions
           
           shall
           I
           never
           get
           victory
           over
           them
           ?
           how
           long
           shall
           I
           serve
           the
           devil
           ,
           shall
           I
           never
           serve
           my
           God
           ?
           how
           long
           ere
           I
           shall
           bee
           a
           factor
           for
           heaven
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           beene
           for
           earth
           ?
        
         
           
             
               Mark
               .
            
             5
          
           If
           thy
           desires
           be
           true
           ,
           then
           thou
           hast
           gotten
           some
           grace
           :
           As
           it
           is
           in
           the
           veines
           of
           a
           mans
           body
           ,
           the
           more
           they
           are
           opened
           ,
           the
           more
           they
           are
           filled
           with
           blood
           :
           and
           as
           the
           bellowes
           the
           more
           they
           are
           opened
           ,
           the
           more
           they
           are
           filled
           with
           wind
           :
           so
           it
           is
           with
           the
           heart
           ,
           the
           more
           it
           is
           opened
           with
           enlarged
           desires
           unto
           God
           ,
           the
           more
           it
           is
           filled
           
           by
           God
           with
           grace
           ;
           the
           
             Psalmist
          
           hath
           a
           sweet
           passage
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           37.
           4.
           
           
             Thou
             hast
             given
             him
             his
             hearts
             desire
             ,
          
           there
           is
           no
           desire
           on
           mans
           part
           ,
           but
           there
           is
           a
           
             [
             hath
             given
             ]
          
           on
           Gods
           part
           :
           
             Psal.
          
           145.
           16.
           there
           is
           no
           living
           thing
           in
           the
           world
           that
           can
           desire
           ,
           but
           the
           Lord
           satisfieth
           the
           desire
           of
           it
           .
           Examine
           therefore
           thy selfe
           ,
           hast
           thou
           desired
           faith
           ,
           and
           yet
           doest
           thou
           distrust
           God
           ?
           hast
           thou
           desired
           repentance
           ,
           and
           doest
           thou
           live
           in
           thy
           sinne
           ,
           never
           the
           humbler
           ,
           never
           the
           lowlyer
           ,
           for
           all
           thy
           desires
           ,
           but
           as
           thou
           wast
           yesterday
           ,
           so
           thou
           art
           to
           day
           ,
           as
           the
           last
           
           weeke
           ,
           so
           this
           ,
           as
           the
           last
           yeare
           ,
           so
           this
           ?
           certainely
           thy
           desires
           are
           not
           true
           .
        
         
           For
           then
           thou
           shouldest
           finde
           God
           satisfying
           of
           them
           :
           as
           thou
           desirest
           ,
           so
           thou
           speedest
           ;
           little
           desiring
           ,
           little
           speeding
           ;
           great
           desire
           ,
           great
           speeding
           ;
           Alamentable
           thing
           it
           is
           that
           the
           desire
           of
           grace
           ,
           so
           great
           a
           thing
           ,
           should
           be
           so
           little
           esteemed
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           men
           say
           they
           have
           good
           desires
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           like
           wicked
           God-fathers
           and
           Godmothers
           at
           the
           Font
           :
           who
           if
           the
           Minister
           asketh
           them
           ,
           Doe
           you
           forsake
           the
           Devill
           and
           
           all
           his
           workes
           ,
           the
           vanity
           and
           pompe
           of
           this
           world
           ;
           say
           ,
           Wee
           forsake
           them
           all
           :
           Now
           let
           the
           Devill
           but
           tempt
           them
           to
           pride
           ,
           malice
           ,
           drunkennesse
           ,
           revenge
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           presently
           they
           yeeld
           to
           it
           ,
           they
           say
           they
           forsake
           them
           all
           ,
           but
           they
           doe
           but
           lye
           ;
           So
           aske
           them
           ,
           Doe
           you
           desire
           grace
           ?
           Yes
           ,
           that
           is
           my
           desire
           ,
           saith
           one
           ,
           and
           I
           desire
           it
           saith
           another
           ,
           but
           they
           desire
           not
           to
           cut
           off
           their
           sinnes
           ,
           or
           if
           they
           doe
           ,
           it
           is
           as
           
             Saul
          
           cut
           off
           the
           witches
           ,
           hee
           cut
           them
           off
           with
           one
           hand
           and
           enquired
           of
           them
           with
           the
           other
           ,
           when
           
           he
           was
           in
           a
           straight
           :
           So
           men
           can
           be
           content
           to
           cut
           off
           their
           sinnes
           ,
           till
           a
           pinch
           come
           to
           draw
           them
           to
           them
           againe
           ,
           they
           can
           lay
           a
           side
           their
           covetousnesse
           till
           a
           baite
           bee
           offered
           them
           ,
           to
           revenge
           againe
           ,
           to
           drunkennesse
           againe
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           gaming
           ,
           whoredome
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           :
           that
           these
           men
           doe
           not
           desire
           grace
           is
           evident
           .
        
         
           
           They
           that
           truely
           desire
           grace
           ,
           desire
           the
           meanes
           of
           grace
           :
           men
           that
           desire
           a
           crop
           of
           corne
           ,
           they
           will
           bee
           at
           the
           cost
           ,
           charges
           ,
           and
           paines
           ,
           for
           ploughing
           ,
           harrowing
           ,
           and
           sowing
           
           of
           their
           ground
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           requisites
           ;
           but
           notwithstanding
           their
           desires
           of
           grace
           ,
           they
           are
           both
           to
           be
           at
           the
           cost
           and
           paines
           to
           heare
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           and
           keepe
           it
           :
           
             Paul
          
           and
           
             Barnabas
          
           going
           to
           
             Paphos
             ,
             Paulus
             Sergus
          
           hearing
           of
           it
           ,
           presently
           desireth
           to
           heare
           him
           Preach
           ;
           no
           sooner
           can
           a
           faithfull
           people
           come
           to
           a
           town
           but
           the
           godly
           Christians
           will
           be
           at
           him
           ,
           to
           preach
           to
           them
           :
           No
           sooner
           did
           the
           
             Eunuch
          
           espye
           
             Philip
             ,
          
           but
           hee
           presently
           calls
           him
           into
           his
           Chariot
           to
           expound
           the
           Scriptures
           to
           him
           ;
           But
           thou
           mayst
           
           heare
           the
           Word
           every
           Sabbath
           day
           ,
           but
           it
           may
           be
           thou
           wilt
           sit
           at
           home
           or
           in
           the
           Ale-house
           ,
           or
           if
           thou
           hearest
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           with
           a
           slight
           care
           :
           Christ
           hath
           commanded
           thee
           to
           pray
           for
           labourers
           ,
           how
           many
           prayers
           hast
           thou
           put
           up
           to
           God
           for
           faithfull
           Ministers
           ,
           such
           as
           may
           breake
           to
           every
           one
           his
           portion
           in
           due
           season
           :
           I
           feare
           there
           are
           many
           thousands
           amongst
           us
           to
           whom
           these
           things
           are
           as
           Riddles
           ,
           men
           doe
           not
           desire
           the
           breath
           of
           grace
           ,
           I
           know
           there
           are
           many
           talkers
           ,
           but
           few
           doers
           ,
           talkers
           by
           the
           ell
           ,
           but
           
           doers
           by
           the
           inch
           ,
           men
           must
           first
           be
           doers
           and
           then
           talkers
           ,
           some
           are
           onely
           great
           speakers
           of
           Religion
           and
           holinesse
           :
           and
           now
           you
           all
           sit
           in
           your
           Pewes
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           which
           is
           the
           best
           Christian
           among
           you
           ,
           you
           all
           heare
           and
           looke
           upon
           the
           Minister
           ,
           but
           the
           triall
           is
           anon
           when
           the
           Church
           doores
           are
           shut
           ,
           and
           you
           gone
           home
           to
           your
           houses
           ,
           by
           your
           meditations
           ,
           repetitions
           ,
           prayer
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           duties
           to
           engrave
           it
           into
           your
           hearts
           ,
           and
           that
           your
           lives
           may
           be
           guided
           by
           it
           .
           Many
           hearers
           are
           like
           ale-houses
           with
           faire
           
           inscriptions
           engraven
           at
           the
           entry
           or
           walls
           of
           the
           house
           ,
           as
           love
           God
           ,
           feare
           God
           ,
           honour
           the
           King
           ,
           pray
           continually
           ,
           be
           watchfull
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           yet
           there
           is
           nothing
           but
           drunkennesse
           ,
           and
           cursing
           ,
           swearing
           ,
           and
           all
           hellish
           ungodlinesse
           within
           :
           So
           it
           is
           with
           men
           that
           make
           faire
           motions
           ,
           faire
           shewes
           ,
           like
           
             Ezcchiels
          
           hearers
           ,
           they
           will
           heare
           well
           enough
           ,
           but
           they
           doe
           not
           ;
           as
           talking
           without
           doing
           is
           nothing
           ,
           so
           there
           can
           be
           no
           doing
           without
           talking
           ;
           a
           man
           that
           hath
           true
           grace
           ,
           he
           desires
           to
           bee
           speaking
           of
           it
           ,
           we
           beleeve
           ,
           
           and
           therefore
           we
           speak
           ;
           if
           a
           man
           have
           grace
           in
           his
           inward
           soule
           ,
           it
           will
           cast
           forth
           a
           savour
           into
           his
           lippes
           ,
           it
           will
           season
           his
           speech
           ;
           the
           voluptuous
           man
           talkes
           of
           his
           hounds
           ,
           and
           Hawkes
           ;
           the
           Drunkard
           of
           his
           cuppes
           ,
           the
           worldling
           of
           his
           plough
           ,
           and
           cart
           ,
           and
           cowes
           ;
           the
           trades
           man
           of
           his
           wares
           ,
           and
           the
           women
           of
           their
           housholdstuffe
           ,
           this
           or
           that
           matter
           ,
           but
           scarce
           a
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           the
           worke
           of
           grace
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           Men
           desire
           not
           the
           companions
           of
           grace
           ,
           like
           to
           like
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           Proverb
           is
           ,
           birds
           
           of
           a
           featherwill
           flye
           together
           ;
           Where
           shall
           we
           have
           the
           drunkard
           ,
           but
           at
           the
           Ale-bench
           ?
           the
           Whore-master
           ,
           but
           at
           the
           drabs
           house
           ?
           the
           gamester
           ,
           but
           at
           the
           gaming
           house
           ?
           the
           worldling
           ,
           but
           with
           worldly
           men
           ?
           They
           cannot
           indure
           the
           society
           of
           the
           Saints
           ,
           for
           they
           cannot
           rip
           up
           an
           oath
           ,
           but
           some
           
             James
          
           will
           rebuke
           them
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             My
             brethren
             ,
             sweare
             not
             at
             all
             ;
          
           they
           cannot
           tell
           a
           lye
           ,
           but
           some
           
             John
          
           will
           tell
           them
           of
           hell
           ,
           
             that
             they
             shall
             be
             cast
             into
             the
             Lake
             that
             burneth
             with
             fire
             and
             brimstone
             ;
          
           they
           cannot
           drinke
           a
           pot
           or
           two
           ,
           
           and
           be
           a
           little
           merry
           ,
           but
           some
           
             Paul
          
           will
           tell
           them
           that
           
             drunkards
             shall
             not
             inherit
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             heaven
             ;
          
           they
           cannot
           play
           the
           wantons
           ,
           but
           some
           one
           or
           other
           that
           takes
           Christs
           part
           ,
           will
           checke
           them
           ,
           and
           tell
           them
           that
           
             hell
             openeth
             her
             mouth
             wide
             to
             receive
             them
             .
          
           I
           never
           read
           in
           any
           history
           ,
           sacred
           or
           prophane
           ,
           that
           ever
           any
           of
           the
           governours
           of
           
             Sodome
          
           did
           visite
           
             Lot
          
           but
           when
           they
           would
           have
           done
           him
           mischiefe
           .
        
         
           And
           againe
           ,
           when
           they
           desire
           not
           the
           workes
           of
           grace
           ,
           grace
           bids
           men
           live
           in
           love
           
           and
           amity
           and
           forgive
           wrongs
           ,
           now
           where
           men
           conceive
           malice
           ,
           and
           revenge
           ,
           and
           receive
           6.
           10.
           20.
           
           Sacraments
           and
           swallow
           up
           wrath
           and
           hatred
           ,
           and
           spend
           1000.
           shillings
           in
           revenge
           ,
           these
           desire
           grace
           no
           more
           than
           the
           devill
           :
           nay
           grace
           will
           teach
           a
           man
           to
           deny
           his
           lusts
           ,
           and
           sinfull
           pleasures
           ,
           and
           corrupt
           desires
           :
           I
           know
           many
           think
           they
           desire
           grace
           ;
           O
           they
           would
           have
           it
           faine
           ,
           but
           they
           will
           not
           have
           it
           in
           Gods
           sense
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           a
           fool
           sent
           to
           fetch
           wood
           from
           the
           stacke
           ,
           hee
           would
           not
           
           goe
           up
           to
           the
           top
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           stood
           pulling
           at
           the
           bottome
           ,
           and
           had
           got
           but
           a
           few
           stickes
           ,
           which
           if
           hee
           had
           gone
           to
           the
           top
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           had
           a
           great
           many
           more
           in
           lesse
           time
           ,
           but
           whiles
           he
           was
           pulling
           at
           the
           bottome
           ,
           at
           last
           the
           whole
           stacke
           fell
           upon
           him
           and
           killed
           him
           .
           Just
           so
           it
           is
           with
           all
           men
           ,
           all
           the
           world
           hath
           a
           stacke
           of
           sinne
           lying
           upon
           their
           backes
           ,
           and
           consciences
           ,
           now
           they
           must
           take
           away
           the
           whole
           stacke
           before
           they
           can
           be
           converted
           :
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           men
           pray
           ,
           O
           Lord
           convert
           me
           ,
           O
           Lord
           give
           mee
           thy
           
           grace
           ,
           but
           they
           cast
           not
           away
           all
           their
           sinnes
           ,
           they
           may
           bee
           a
           pulling
           at
           this
           or
           that
           ,
           but
           retaine
           others
           ;
           they
           live
           in
           their
           deadnes
           and
           lukewarmenes
           in
           Gods
           worship
           ,
           and
           in
           carnall
           performance
           of
           Gods
           duties
           ;
           at
           last
           the
           whole
           pile
           of
           their
           sinnes
           falls
           upon
           them
           and
           damnes
           them
           ,
           body
           and
           soule
           in
           hell
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           And
           lastly
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           evident
           signe
           that
           men
           have
           not
           true
           desire
           of
           grace
           ,
           for
           when
           grace
           is
           offered
           ,
           then
           they
           will
           not
           accept
           of
           it
           nor
           take
           it
           .
           Can
           a
           man
           desire
           an
           hundred
           pound
           ,
           and
           yet
           when
           it
           
           lyeth
           at
           his
           feete
           ,
           and
           offered
           him
           ,
           will
           not
           take
           it
           up
           :
           God
           offers
           thee
           grace
           ,
           hee
           calls
           by
           his
           ministers
           ,
           
             How
             long
             will
             ye
             love
             foolishnesse
             ?
             forsake
             your
             wayes
             ye
             foolish
             ,
             and
             ye
             shall
             live
             ,
             and
             walke
             in
             the
             way
             of
             understanding
             ,
             Prov.
          
           8.
           
           But
           now
           men
           will
           not
           ,
           they
           cast
           grace
           from
           them
           ;
           I
           tell
           thee
           hereafter
           ,
           thou
           mayst
           desire
           grace
           when
           grace
           will
           not
           be
           found
           ;
           
             You
             shall
             seeke
             me
             ,
             but
             you
             shall
             not
             finde
             me
             ,
          
           saith
           Christ
           .
           Now
           I
           bid
           you
           repent
           ,
           
             but
             you
             will
             not
             beleeve
             and
             receive
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             but
             the
             time
             shall
             come
             ,
             that
             you
             shall
             seeke
             for
             me
             ,
          
           and
           that
           
           grace
           which
           was
           offered
           you
           ,
           
             but
             you
             shall
             not
             finde
             me
             ,
             Ezek.
          
           24.
           13.
           
           
             Because
             I
             would
             have
             purged
             you
             ,
             and
             thou
             wast
             not
             purged
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             not
             bee
             purged
             from
             thy
             filthinesse
             any
             more
             ,
             till
             I
             haue
             caused
             my
             fury
             to
             rest
             upon
             thee
             :
          
           even
           so
           the
           Lord
           saith
           to
           every
           soule
           to
           whom
           hee
           offers
           the
           meanes
           of
           grace
           ,
           Because
           I
           would
           have
           converted
           thee
           and
           plucked
           thee
           from
           thy
           sinnes
           ,
           but
           thou
           wouldst
           not
           ,
           I
           would
           have
           purged
           thee
           from
           thy
           drunkennesse
           ,
           and
           whoredomes
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           foule
           filthinesse
           of
           your
           corrupt
           heart
           ,
           but
           yee
           
           have
           neglected
           and
           contemned
           al
           those
           meanes
           of
           purging
           ,
           whereby
           I
           would
           have
           purged
           you
           .
           Therefore
           now
           marke
           Gods
           finall
           sentence
           upon
           thy
           destruction
           ,
           
             thou
             shalt
             never
             be
             purged
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             cry
             and
             call
             for
             mercy
             ,
             yet
             thou
             shalt
             never
             have
             it
             ;
          
           marke
           it
           now
           yee
           that
           have
           grace
           preached
           unto
           you
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           take
           it
           ,
           now
           accept
           it
           ,
           God
           will
           not
           let
           you
           have
           it
           hereafter
           ,
           if
           you
           would
           never
           so
           faine
           ,
           but
           they
           that
           neglect
           grace
           now
           ,
           grace
           will
           neglect
           them
           hereafter
           .
        
         
           
             
               Object
               .
            
          
           But
           how
           shall
           we
           get
           our
           hearts
           truely
           to
           desire
           
           grace
           ?
        
         
           
             
               Answ
               .
            
          
           I
           answere
           ,
           first
           ,
           learne
           to
           know
           it
           :
           grace
           is
           such
           an
           admirable
           thing
           that
           if
           men
           knew
           it
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           but
           desire
           it
           .
           All
           men
           desire
           good
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           but
           a
           seeming
           good
           ;
           this
           is
           that
           reason
           that
           drunkards
           desire
           drunkennesse
           ,
           and
           the
           angry
           men
           revenge
           ,
           because
           they
           conceive
           a
           good
           in
           it
           :
           But
           if
           the
           drunkard
           did
           but
           know
           and
           consider
           ,
           that
           his
           drunkennes
           would
           lead
           him
           to
           hell
           ;
           if
           the
           angry
           man
           knew
           that
           the
           end
           of
           his
           lust
           was
           damnation
           ,
           they
           could
           have
           but
           a
           small
           (
           if
           any
           )
           desire
           to
           them
           ,
           or
           comfort
           
           in
           them
           ,
           but
           if
           you
           'ld
           desire
           grace
           ,
           then
           labour
           to
           know
           it
           ;
           Teach
           me
           the
           way
           of
           thy
           Statutes
           ,
           and
           I
           shall
           keepe
           them
           ,
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           
             Psal.
          
           119.
           33.
           
           
             Psal.
          
           9.
           10.
           
           
             They
             that
             know
             thy
             name
             will
             put
             their
             trust
             in
             thee
             .
          
           That
           man
           that
           knowes
           and
           is
           acquainted
           with
           God
           ,
           that
           knowes
           what
           it
           is
           to
           bee
           patient
           ,
           humble
           ,
           holy
           ,
           lowly
           ,
           meeke
           ,
           and
           despised
           for
           Christs
           sake
           ,
           that
           man
           will
           put
           his
           trust
           in
           God
           ,
           and
           seeketh
           after
           such
           excellent
           ornaments
           ,
           let
           come
           what
           will
           come
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           which
           all
           men
           know
           to
           be
           good
           ,
           all
           men
           desire
           ,
           
           and
           therefore
           few
           men
           desire
           the
           true
           good
           ,
           because
           few
           men
           know
           it
           ;
           knowledge
           of
           Salvation
           in
           the
           Scripture
           is
           put
           for
           salvation
           :
           a
           man
           
           cannot
           have
           his
           sinnes
           pardoned
           ,
           his
           heart
           subdued
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           corruptions
           mortified
           ,
           but
           he
           must
           know
           what
           it
           is
           .
        
         
           God
           never
           knowes
           any
           but
           they
           know
           it
           themselves
           ,
           those
           that
           bragge
           of
           their
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           yet
           live
           in
           their
           sinne
           ,
           know
           not
           God
           ,
           they
           have
           perhaps
           an
           intellectuall
           and
           carnall
           knowledge
           of
           him
           ,
           but
           no
           saving
           knowledge
           of
           him
           ,
           1
           
             Pet.
          
           2.
           9.
           
           Therefore
           one
           
           sayd
           ,
           if
           all
           the
           learning
           in
           the
           world
           were
           put
           together
           in
           one
           man
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           not
           so
           much
           as
           in
           the
           most
           ignorant
           child
           of
           God
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           dull
           and
           weak
           in
           apprehension
           of
           other
           things
           ,
           yet
           if
           hee
           be
           truely
           acquainted
           with
           Christ
           ,
           he
           hath
           more
           knowledge
           than
           all
           the
           Doctors
           in
           the
           world
           have
           by
           their
           humane
           learning
           .
        
         
           
             
               Answ
               .
            
             2
          
           The
           taste
           of
           grace
           is
           sweete
           and
           dainty
           ,
           that
           if
           we
           could
           but
           once
           taste
           it
           ,
           our
           hearts
           would
           ever
           water
           after
           it
           ,
           and
           we
           should
           have
           little
           lust
           to
           the
           contrary
           evill
           ;
           
             Luke
          
           5.
           39.
           
           Thou
           
           that
           tastest
           of
           pride
           ,
           of
           covetousnesse
           ,
           of
           worldly-mindednesse
           ,
           thou
           tastest
           of
           very
           ranke
           poyson
           ;
           but
           if
           once
           thou
           tastest
           of
           the
           pure
           liquor
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           good
           things
           of
           faith
           ,
           repentance
           ,
           holinesse
           ,
           purity
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           things
           of
           God
           ,
           thou
           wouldst
           never
           desire
           the
           other
           againe
           :
           The
           Prophet
           
             David
          
           knew
           not
           how
           to
           bring
           men
           
             to
             trust
             in
             God
             ,
          
           but
           by
           wishing
           them
           
             to
             taste
             how
             good
             the
             Lord
             is
             ,
             Psal.
          
           34.
           8.
           
           Hath
           there
           any
           man
           had
           the
           least
           relish
           of
           grace
           ,
           though
           now
           they
           mocke
           at
           it
           ,
           and
           reproach
           it
           ,
           and
           their
           
           consciences
           tell
           them
           as
           much
           .
        
         
           Before
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           tasted
           of
           the
           Manna
           ,
           they
           cryed
           out
           ,
           
             What
             manner
             of
             meate
             is
             this
             ?
          
           here
           is
           stuffe
           indeede
           ;
           but
           when
           once
           they
           had
           tasted
           of
           it
           ,
           they
           adventured
           the
           breach
           of
           the
           Sabbath
           to
           get
           it
           :
           So
           men
           cry
           out
           at
           the
           Preaching
           of
           the
           Word
           ;
           what
           Preaching
           is
           this
           ?
           here
           is
           thundring
           indeede
           ,
           of
           wrath
           and
           revenge
           ,
           hell
           and
           damnation
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           :
           what
           ,
           can
           wee
           not
           goe
           to
           heaven
           without
           all
           this
           pudder
           and
           stirre
           ?
           Alas
           !
           men
           know
           not
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Word
           ,
           
           men
           superficially
           know
           God
           and
           his
           wayes
           ;
           like
           a
           foole
           hearing
           of
           a
           Lemmon
           tasteth
           the
           pill
           ,
           and
           because
           the
           pill
           is
           bitter
           hee
           casteth
           away
           the
           Lemmon
           :
           So
           thou
           hearest
           of
           this
           and
           that
           Commandement
           ,
           to
           mortifie
           thy
           lusts
           ,
           to
           kill
           thy
           corruption
           ,
           or
           else
           of
           opening
           hell
           for
           thee
           ,
           thy
           lippes
           sticke
           in
           these
           bitter
           pills
           ,
           and
           therefore
           thou
           rejectest
           the
           saving
           sweetenesse
           of
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           .
           But
           I
           have
           given
           over
           my
           drunkennesse
           ,
           my
           swearing
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           will
           some
           say
           ,
           yet
           I
           feele
           no
           such
           sweetenesse
           by
           it
           ,
           they
           say
           it
           is
           
           a
           glorious
           thing
           to
           be
           a
           professor
           ,
           to
           doe
           thus
           and
           thus
           ,
           but
           I
           see
           no
           such
           matter
           .
           Thou
           foole
           thou
           tastest
           but
           the
           paring
           and
           the
           rinde
           only
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           dost
           thou
           therefore
           conclude
           that
           there
           is
           no
           more
           sweetenesse
           in
           the
           heart
           of
           it
           ?
           know
           thou
           whatsoever
           thou
           conceivest
           ,
           yet
           Gods
           people
           that
           have
           tasted
           the
           sweetenesse
           of
           it
           account
           it
           otherwise
           ;
           so
           did
           
             David
             ,
             Psa.
          
           119.
           103.
           
           
             How
             sweete
             are
             thy
             words
             unto
             my
             taste
             !
             yea
             sweeter
             than
             honey
             to
             my
             mouth
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Answ
               .
            
             2
          
           If
           you
           would
           desire
           grace
           ,
           then
           purge
           out
           the
           ill
           humors
           of
           sinne
           ,
           
           out
           of
           thy
           soule
           ;
           Suppose
           a
           man
           hath
           attained
           to
           some
           knowledge
           of
           grace
           ,
           and
           taste
           of
           it
           ,
           yet
           if
           sinne
           be
           not
           purged
           out
           ,
           it
           will
           dead
           his
           desires
           .
           
             Barzillay
          
           refused
           to
           sit
           at
           the
           Kings
           table
           ,
           and
           eate
           of
           the
           Kings
           meate
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           evill
           humors
           of
           his
           body
           :
           So
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           the
           old
           man
           is
           not
           cast
           off
           ,
           though
           the
           soule
           stand
           in
           never
           so
           much
           neede
           of
           grace
           ,
           though
           it
           seeth
           and
           judgeth
           of
           it selfe
           damned
           without
           it
           ,
           yet
           sinne
           puts
           the
           soule
           out
           of
           taste
           ,
           it
           cannot
           desire
           it
           :
           Sinne
           is
           like
           grease
           to
           the
           horses
           teeth
           ,
           it
           takes
           away
           
           his
           stomach
           ,
           though
           there
           be
           never
           so
           much
           meate
           in
           the
           racke
           ,
           hee
           hath
           no
           minde
           to
           eate
           :
           Wherefore
           when
           the
           Apostle
           exhorts
           men
           to
           desire
           the
           
             sincere
             milke
             of
             the
             word
             ,
          
           1
           
             Pet.
          
           2.
           2.
           he
           first
           exhorts
           them
           to
           lay
           aside
           all
           malice
           ,
           guile
           ,
           hypocrisie
           ,
           envy
           ,
           and
           evill
           speaking
           ,
           for
           except
           a
           man
           first
           lay
           aside
           these
           corruptiōs
           ,
           he
           cannot
           desire
           grace
           ,
           for
           thereby
           the
           devill
           greaseth
           thy
           teeth
           ,
           and
           taketh
           away
           the
           edge
           of
           thy
           soule
           from
           the
           desire
           of
           grace
           .
           When
           a
           man
           desires
           to
           sleepe
           ,
           he
           desires
           to
           heare
           no
           noyse
           ;
           so
           when
           a
           man
           
           doth
           desire
           to
           sleepe
           in
           sinne
           ,
           he
           desires
           not
           to
           heare
           the
           voyce
           of
           grace
           disturbing
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           Devill
           like
           a
           diligent
           Chamberlaine
           draweth
           the
           curtaines
           of
           darknesse
           and
           security
           about
           him
           .
           
             David
          
           professeth
           to
           God
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           119.
           18.
           that
           his
           eyes
           fayled
           for
           his
           promise
           ,
           
             When
             wilt
             thou
             comfort
             me
             ?
          
           he
           had
           no
           comfort
           in
           his
           crowne
           or
           Kingdome
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           thing
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           prayes
           ,
           Oh
           ,
           when
           wilt
           thou
           comfort
           me
           ?
           but
           alas
           !
           men
           suffer
           themselves
           to
           be
           filled
           with
           this
           and
           that
           lust
           ,
           with
           some
           corruptions
           or
           other
           .
           
           Now
           when
           a
           mans
           purse
           is
           full
           of
           stones
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           roome
           for
           silver
           ;
           so
           when
           the
           heart
           is
           full
           of
           sinne
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           roome
           for
           grace
           ;
           
             Joh.
          
           8.
           37.
           
           
             My
             Words
             ,
          
           saith
           Christ
           to
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           
             have
             no
             place
             in
             you
             .
          
           As
           a
           great
           Inne
           filled
           with
           guests
           ,
           all
           the
           roome
           is
           taken
           up
           ,
           so
           as
           there
           is
           no
           roome
           for
           others
           ;
           and
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           noyse
           they
           cannot
           heare
           what
           others
           call
           for
           :
           so
           it
           is
           when
           the
           soule
           is
           filled
           with
           sinne
           continually
           bawling
           for
           tendance
           ,
           and
           accomplishment
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           roome
           for
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           to
           
           enter
           ,
           all
           the
           roomes
           are
           taken
           up
           ,
           there
           are
           guests
           in
           every
           corner
           ,
           all
           the
           faculties
           are
           filled
           .
           Therefore
           the
           Apostle
           
             James
             ,
             Jam.
          
           1.
           21.
           exhorts
           them
           ,
           
             Wherefore
             lay
             aside
             all
             malice
             ,
             and
             superfluity
             of
             naughtinesse
             ,
             and
             receive
             with
             meekenesse
             ,
             the
             ingrafted
             Word
             ,
             which
             is
             able
             to
             save
             your
             soules
             :
          
           all
           superfluity
           of
           wickednesse
           ,
           sinne
           ,
           and
           evill
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           never
           so
           small
           or
           little
           ,
           it
           is
           superfluity
           ,
           and
           therefore
           if
           ever
           you
           would
           take
           physick
           take
           it
           fasting
           ,
           if
           you
           desire
           it
           should
           doe
           you
           most
           good
           ,
           so
           there
           is
           no
           taking
           of
           the
           Word
           
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           any
           meanes
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           to
           have
           any
           profit
           by
           them
           upon
           a
           full
           stomach
           ;
           as
           when
           the
           heart
           is
           filled
           with
           sinne
           ,
           with
           pride
           ,
           envy
           ,
           malice
           ,
           hypocrisie
           ,
           earthlinesse
           ,
           deadnesse
           ,
           untowardnesse
           to
           godly
           duties
           .
        
         
           If
           thou
           wouldst
           desire
           grace
           ,
           consider
           the
           want
           of
           it
           ;
           wert
           thou
           never
           so
           gracelesse
           ,
           yet
           if
           thou
           didst
           but
           know
           the
           want
           of
           it
           ,
           thou
           wouldst
           desire
           it
           :
           without
           grace
           thou
           art
           childe
           of
           hell
           ,
           a
           brat
           of
           the
           devill
           ,
           and
           an
           heire
           to
           the
           curse
           of
           the
           great
           God
           ;
           better
           had
           it
           beene
           for
           thee
           ,
           that
           thou
           hadst
           
           beene
           borne
           a
           dogge
           ,
           or
           a
           toade
           ,
           a
           serpent
           ,
           or
           any
           thing
           else
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           borne
           to
           live
           and
           dye
           without
           Grace
           .
           Art
           thou
           proud
           ,
           and
           hast
           not
           grace
           to
           bee
           humbled
           ?
           know
           ,
           
             God
             will
             know
             thee
             a
             farre
             off
             ,
          
           and
           then
           woe
           ,
           woe
           ,
           damnation
           is
           thy
           end
           ;
           Livest
           thou
           in
           any
           sinne
           and
           hast
           not
           grace
           to
           mortifie
           ,
           and
           in
           time
           to
           kill
           it
           ?
           better
           had
           it
           beene
           for
           thee
           that
           thy
           cradle
           had
           beene
           thy
           Coffin
           ,
           and
           thy
           mothers
           womb
           thy
           grave
           ,
           than
           that
           thou
           shouldst
           live
           to
           sinne
           ,
           and
           dye
           without
           repentance
           .
           O
           cursed
           art
           thou
           ,
           there
           are
           not
           
           so
           many
           letters
           in
           Gods
           booke
           ,
           as
           thou
           hast
           curses
           for
           thy
           portion
           ,
           it
           would
           burst
           thy
           heart
           with
           griefe
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           sensible
           of
           the
           100000.
           part
           of
           that
           woefull
           griefe
           .
        
         
           
             My
             heart
             breaketh
             for
             the
             longing
             for
             thy
             judgement
             :
          
           
           the
           Prophet
           considering
           what
           a
           fearefull
           thing
           it
           was
           to
           bee
           without
           the
           comfort
           of
           Gods
           word
           ,
           it
           breakes
           his
           very
           soule
           .
           True
           desire
           of
           grace
           is
           sensible
           of
           the
           want
           of
           it
           ;
           I
           say
           not
           therefore
           that
           it
           is
           without
           grace
           ,
           for
           there
           is
           difference
           ,
           betweene
           being
           in
           want
           of
           a
           thing
           ,
           and
           being
           
           without
           a
           thing
           ;
           a
           man
           may
           be
           in
           want
           of
           full
           health
           and
           strength
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           without
           health
           and
           strength
           :
           so
           a
           Christian
           seeing
           in
           himselfe
           ,
           not
           to
           have
           attained
           to
           the
           full
           degree
           of
           grace
           ,
           desiring
           after
           it
           ,
           is
           sensible
           of
           the
           want
           of
           it
           .
           A
           dead
           man
           yee
           may
           carry
           to
           
             London
             ,
          
           or
           whither
           you
           will
           ,
           he
           never
           desires
           to
           baite
           in
           the
           way
           ,
           hee
           feeles
           no
           hunger
           nor
           thirst
           ,
           whereas
           a
           living
           man
           cannot
           travaile
           long
           ,
           but
           necessity
           of
           nature
           calls
           for
           refreshment
           ;
           a
           fearefull
           signe
           that
           men
           are
           dead
           in
           sinne
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           state
           
           of
           eternall
           death
           ,
           seeing
           they
           can
           travaile
           up
           and
           downe
           their
           whole
           lives
           ,
           and
           yet
           feele
           no
           want
           of
           grace
           .
        
         
           
             
               Answ
               .
            
             5
          
           Lastly
           ,
           feare
           to
           offend
           God
           ;
           the
           feare
           of
           evill
           is
           the
           desire
           of
           good
           ,
           feare
           to
           transgresse
           against
           Gods
           Commandements
           ,
           feare
           to
           pray
           coldly
           ,
           feare
           to
           have
           a
           by
           thought
           at
           any
           of
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           God
           ,
           feare
           to
           bee
           proud
           ,
           feare
           to
           carry
           malice
           ,
           and
           thoughts
           of
           revenge
           ,
           feare
           to
           do
           any
           evill
           to
           displease
           thy
           heavenly
           Father
           .
        
         
           This
           feare
           is
           a
           marke
           of
           true
           repentance
           ,
           2
           
             Cor.
          
           7.
           11.
           
           Where
           there
           
           is
           most
           feare
           ,
           there
           is
           most
           desire
           :
           What
           is
           the
           reason
           that
           women
           are
           most
           subject
           to
           desire
           ,
           but
           because
           they
           are
           most
           fearfull
           ?
           What
           is
           the
           reason
           that
           Stags
           and
           Harts
           (
           as
           King
           
             James
          
           excellently
           noteth
           )
           are
           so
           thirsty
           after
           revenge
           ,
           but
           because
           they
           are
           timerous
           and
           fearefull
           by
           nature
           ?
           Who
           desire
           most
           to
           be
           exalted
           ,
           to
           this
           and
           that
           honour
           ,
           place
           ,
           and
           office
           ,
           of
           credit
           and
           preferment
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           feare
           they
           shall
           never
           have
           honour
           enough
           ?
           Who
           are
           more
           covetous
           than
           they
           that
           feare
           they
           shall
           never
           
           have
           riches
           enough
           ?
           Would
           I
           urge
           you
           to
           the
           desire
           of
           grace
           ,
           I
           thinke
           I
           can
           bring
           such
           motives
           out
           of
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           will
           either
           leave
           you
           in
           the
           gall
           of
           bitternesse
           ,
           or
           else
           make
           you
           to
           desire
           grace
           .
        
         
           
             
               Mot.
            
             1
          
           Grace
           is
           like
           the
           poore
           man
           
             Solomon
          
           speakes
           of
           in
           
             Eccles.
          
           9.
           15.
           who
           when
           a
           King
           had
           besieged
           a
           City
           ,
           yet
           he
           by
           his
           wisdome
           delivered
           it
           ,
           but
           no
           man
           remembred
           this
           poore
           man
           ,
           though
           they
           had
           beene
           all
           dead
           men
           had
           not
           he
           by
           his
           wisdome
           delivered
           them
           ,
           yet
           no
           man
           accounted
           
           or
           esteemed
           of
           him
           .
           So
           it
           is
           with
           grace
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           for
           grace
           ,
           we
           should
           all
           be
           damned
           ;
           and
           albeit
           that
           grace
           doth
           bring
           Salvation
           among
           us
           ,
           yet
           where
           is
           the
           man
           that
           truely
           accounts
           of
           it
           even
           so
           as
           to
           desire
           it
           ?
        
         
           
             
               Mot.
            
             2
          
           Consider
           that
           there
           is
           no
           good
           ,
           indeede
           good
           to
           thee
           ,
           but
           onely
           in
           grace
           :
           What
           is
           it
           that
           men
           desire
           ?
           is
           it
           not
           good
           ?
           
             Psal.
          
           4.
           
           
             Many
             say
             ,
             who
             will
             shew
             us
             any
             good
             ?
          
           some
           good
           or
           other
           all
           seeme
           to
           ayme
           at
           :
           but
           it
           is
           a
           wonder
           ,
           what
           wide
           aymes
           men
           take
           ,
           some
           think
           it
           is
           in
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           therefore
           
           ayme
           onely
           how
           they
           may
           spend
           the
           time
           merrily
           ,
           in
           eating
           and
           drinking
           ,
           in
           hawking
           and
           hunting
           ,
           in
           carding
           and
           dicing
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           some
           thinke
           it
           in
           honour
           ,
           and
           some
           in
           riches
           ,
           some
           in
           learning
           ;
           some
           in
           one
           thing
           ,
           and
           some
           in
           another
           ;
           but
           alas
           !
           thou
           mayst
           eate
           and
           drinke
           ,
           and
           yet
           be
           damned
           when
           thou
           hast
           done
           ;
           thou
           mayst
           desire
           much
           gold
           and
           silver
           ,
           and
           yet
           perish
           in
           hell
           ,
           after
           thou
           hast
           got
           it
           ;
           thou
           mayst
           desire
           honour
           and
           promotion
           ,
           and
           yet
           bee
           damned
           when
           thou
           hast
           attained
           it
           ;
           these
           are
           true
           ,
           
           but
           vaine
           goods
           ,
           outward
           and
           temporary
           ,
           good
           onely
           in
           reference
           to
           a
           further
           good
           ,
           so
           that
           if
           a
           man
           should
           rest
           on
           them
           ,
           he
           should
           lose
           all
           his
           good
           .
           Our
           Saviour
           Christ
           puts
           a
           base
           Pronoune
           upon
           them
           ,
           calling
           them
           
             these
             things
             ,
          
           as
           if
           they
           were
           not
           worthy
           the
           naming
           ,
           
             Mat.
          
           6.
           33.
           
           
             Seeke
             first
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             righteousnesse
             thereof
             ,
             and
             all
             these
             things
             shall
             be
             added
             unto
             you
             :
          
           Where
           our
           Saviour
           forbids
           his
           Disciples
           the
           seeking
           of
           earthly
           things
           .
           In
           the
           first
           place
           talke
           not
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           neither
           let
           your
           thoughts
           bee
           
           troubled
           about
           them
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           not
           what
           they
           seeme
           ,
           or
           as
           many
           judge
           them
           to
           be
           ,
           but
           if
           you
           would
           have
           the
           true
           good
           ,
           
             first
             secke
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             heaven
             .
          
           So
           in
           
             James
          
           5.
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3.
           
           
             Goe
             too
             now
             ye
             rich
             men
             ,
             weepe
             and
             howle
             ,
             for
             the
             miseries
             that
             shall
             come
             upon
             you
             ;
             your
             riches
             are
             corrupt
             ,
             &
             your
             garments
             moath-eaten
             ,
             your
             gold
             and
             your
             silver
             is
             cankered
             ,
             and
             the
             rust
             of
             them
             shall
             be
             a
             witnesse
             against
             you
             .
          
           Weepe
           and
           howle
           yee
           great
           men
           ,
           Knights
           ,
           Lords
           and
           rich
           men
           ;
           if
           you
           have
           no
           other
           treasure
           ,
           your
           portion
           shall
           be
           damnation
           and
           
           destruction
           in
           the
           day
           of
           Gods
           wrath
           .
           It
           is
           grace
           alone
           that
           is
           true
           good
           ,
           inward
           substantiall
           good
           ,
           and
           the
           last
           good
           of
           the
           soule
           ;
           all
           other
           goods
           they
           are
           but
           finite
           ,
           but
           grace
           inestates
           a
           man
           into
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           an
           infinite
           full
           and
           perfect
           good
           :
           riches
           ,
           honour
           ,
           and
           wisedome
           ,
           these
           things
           are
           good
           ,
           but
           thou
           must
           give
           account
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           if
           thy
           account
           bee
           not
           good
           ,
           thou
           shalt
           bee
           damned
           for
           the
           unprofitable
           use
           of
           them
           :
           those
           things
           are
           not
           like
           fat
           Parsonages
           ,
           which
           it
           may
           be
           bring
           100.
           or
           200.
           
           pound
           into
           the
           Parsons
           purse
           yearely
           ,
           and
           yet
           may
           be
           ,
           they
           are
           but
           10.
           or
           20.
           pound
           in
           the
           Kings
           bookes
           :
           it
           is
           not
           so
           with
           grace
           ,
           but
           every
           pound
           is
           a
           pound
           ,
           every
           shilling
           is
           a
           shilling
           ,
           yea
           every
           farthing
           is
           a
           farthing
           in
           Gods
           booke
           :
           so
           that
           if
           God
           hath
           given
           thee
           wisedome
           ,
           knowledge
           ,
           riches
           ,
           houses
           ,
           honours
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           talent
           ,
           know
           that
           God
           hath
           set
           it
           downe
           to
           a
           farthing
           ,
           and
           thy
           account
           shall
           bee
           as
           strictly
           demaunded
           of
           thee
           ,
           if
           thou
           hast
           not
           grace
           .
           Grace
           would
           discharge
           a
           man
           of
           all
           these
           ;
           when
           all
           other
           
           goods
           are
           but
           as
           burthens
           to
           men
           to
           sinke
           them
           to
           hell
           .
        
         
           
             
               Object
               .
            
          
           I
           hope
           I
           desire
           grace
           ,
           may
           some
           say
           ,
           I
           pray
           ,
           I
           reade
           ,
           I
           heare
           ,
           I
           meditate
           ,
           and
           conferre
           of
           good
           things
           .
        
         
           
             
               Answ
               .
            
          
           When
           a
           man
           is
           at
           a
           banquet
           ,
           doth
           hee
           desire
           the
           dishes
           ,
           or
           the
           meate
           in
           the
           dishes
           ?
           indeede
           hee
           may
           pull
           at
           the
           dishes
           ,
           but
           reacheth
           thereby
           to
           the
           meate
           .
           Prayer
           ,
           and
           Preaching
           ,
           Sacraments
           ,
           &c.
           they
           are
           but
           as
           it
           were
           the
           dishes
           ;
           God
           disheth
           up
           his
           graces
           in
           his
           Ordinances
           :
           now
           should
           guests
           when
           they
           are
           at
           a
           banquet
           ,
           sit
           cutting
           
           the
           dishes
           ,
           they
           might
           cut
           them
           ,
           and
           yet
           rise
           a
           hungry
           ,
           and
           starve
           for
           all
           the
           nourishment
           they
           would
           give
           .
           So
           men
           cut
           the
           meate
           ,
           and
           when
           that
           is
           eaten
           they
           cast
           away
           the
           dishes
           ;
           Prayer
           ,
           Preaching
           ,
           Sacraments
           ,
           they
           must
           cease
           ,
           if
           therefore
           thou
           hast
           not
           gotten
           meate
           out
           of
           those
           dishes
           ,
           if
           thou
           hast
           not
           received
           the
           grace
           offered
           unto
           thee
           by
           them
           ,
           thou
           art
           never
           the
           better
           :
           thou
           hast
           heard
           the
           word
           ,
           but
           hast
           thou
           received
           the
           spirit
           ?
           thou
           hast
           prayed
           ,
           but
           hast
           thou
           gotten
           grace
           ?
           thou
           hast
           received
           the
           Sacraments
           ,
           
           but
           hast
           thou
           received
           Christ
           ,
           and
           his
           graces
           also
           ?
           otherwise
           thou
           hast
           nothing
           .
           O
           what
           a
           strange
           thing
           is
           it
           ,
           that
           men
           should
           feede
           upon
           dishes
           ,
           and
           not
           seeke
           after
           the
           meate
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           starve
           their
           soules
           !
           Did
           the
           Prodigall
           ,
           
             Luk.
          
           15.
           feede
           upon
           his
           fathers
           dishes
           ?
           No
           ,
           but
           on
           his
           fat
           calfe
           ;
           What
           though
           I
           have
           a
           golden
           key
           ,
           if
           it
           will
           not
           open
           the
           doore
           ?
           What
           good
           is
           it
           for
           a
           man
           to
           have
           brave
           gally
           pots
           about
           him
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           no
           physicke
           in
           them
           to
           heale
           his
           sicknesse
           ?
           A
           boate
           ,
           a
           boate
           ,
           cryes
           the
           passenger
           ,
           
           when
           he
           would
           goe
           over
           the
           water
           ;
           what
           ,
           is
           it
           the
           boate
           he
           desireth
           ?
           No
           ,
           but
           that
           hee
           may
           passe
           over
           the
           water
           .
           We
           cry
           out
           a
           Sermon
           ,
           a
           Sermon
           ,
           a
           prayer
           ,
           a
           Sacrament
           ,
           but
           to
           what
           end
           ?
           wee
           should
           desire
           them
           as
           a
           meanes
           wherby
           God
           conveyeth
           grace
           ,
           using
           them
           as
           boates
           carrying
           us
           unto
           holinesse
           ,
           to
           faith
           ,
           love
           ,
           meekenesse
           ,
           humility
           ,
           &c.
           otherwise
           thou
           wilt
           bee
           never
           the
           better
           :
           for
           if
           a
           man
           have
           a
           hundred
           boates
           ,
           yet
           if
           they
           cannot
           carry
           him
           over
           the
           water
           ,
           what
           is
           he
           the
           nearer
           for
           them
           ?
           if
           a
           man
           have
           heard
           an
           
           hundred
           Sermons
           ,
           and
           have
           as
           many
           prayers
           ,
           and
           Sacraments
           ,
           yet
           if
           thereby
           hee
           have
           not
           grace
           ,
           nor
           be
           carried
           to
           holinesse
           and
           Sanctification
           at
           the
           day
           of
           Judgement
           ,
           he
           shall
           be
           at
           the
           farthest
           part
           of
           the
           River
           ,
           of
           the
           Haven
           of
           blessednesse
           .
        
         
           
           No
           good
           can
           satisfie
           but
           onely
           grace
           :
           
             Eccles.
          
           1.
           8.
           
           
             All
             things
             are
             full
             of
             labour
             ,
             the
             eye
             is
             not
             satisfied
             with
             seeing
             ,
             nor
             the
             eare
             filled
             with
             hearing
             :
          
           suppose
           the
           eye
           should
           see
           all
           the
           brave
           and
           beautifull
           things
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           yet
           the
           eye
           is
           not
           satisfied
           with
           seeing
           of
           them
           :
           suppose
           a
           
           man
           should
           heare
           all
           the
           melodious
           musique
           ,
           yet
           would
           not
           the
           eare
           be
           satisfied
           .
           The
           woman
           that
           came
           to
           draw
           water
           at
           
             Jacobs
          
           Well
           ,
           
             John
          
           4.
           13.
           our
           Saviour
           tells
           her
           ,
           
             Whosoever
             drinketh
             of
             this
             water
             ,
             shall
             thirst
             againe
             ,
          
           these
           things
           may
           allay
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           but
           not
           quench
           a
           mans
           thirst
           .
           For
           give
           a
           covetous
           man
           never
           so
           much
           wealth
           and
           riches
           ,
           yet
           his
           thirst
           is
           not
           quenched
           ,
           but
           there
           is
           roome
           for
           him
           to
           covet
           againe
           .
           Give
           
             Alexander
          
           one
           world
           and
           he
           will
           aske
           for
           another
           .
           Thou
           art
           sick
           and
           desirest
           health
           ,
           thou
           hast
           
           health
           ,
           yet
           thou
           desirest
           something
           else
           :
           thou
           art
           in
           Prison
           ,
           thou
           desirest
           liberty
           ;
           when
           thou
           hast
           it
           ,
           doest
           thou
           leave
           off
           desiring
           ?
           No
           ,
           but
           thou
           wouldst
           have
           some
           other
           thing
           .
           Suppose
           a
           man
           were
           worth
           ten
           pound
           ,
           he
           desireth
           to
           be
           worth
           twenty
           ;
           and
           when
           be
           hath
           that
           ,
           hee
           desireth
           an
           hundred
           ,
           and
           so
           a
           thousand
           pound
           .
           All
           the
           goods
           in
           the
           world
           is
           like
           Ale-house
           Beere
           ,
           which
           the
           travailor
           drinketh
           of
           ,
           but
           it
           doth
           not
           quench
           his
           thirst
           ;
           a
           man
           can
           never
           satisfie
           his
           desire
           ,
           with
           any
           worldly
           good
           .
           If
           thou
           
           wouldst
           have
           that
           which
           will
           satisfie
           thee
           ,
           then
           desire
           grace
           ,
           for
           grace
           is
           the
           proper
           object
           of
           the
           soule
           .
           Suppose
           thou
           hadst
           all
           the
           brave
           sights
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           yet
           thou
           couldst
           not
           see
           them
           with
           thine
           eyes
           ;
           suppose
           thou
           hadst
           all
           the
           sweete
           Musique
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           yet
           thou
           couldst
           not
           heare
           it
           ;
           for
           the
           sights
           are
           the
           objects
           of
           the
           eyes
           ,
           and
           Musique
           of
           the
           eares
           .
           So
           all
           the
           good
           things
           of
           the
           world
           are
           but
           for
           the
           body
           ,
           not
           for
           the
           soule
           ;
           riches
           ,
           honours
           ,
           pleasures
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           are
           the
           objects
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           the
           
           soule
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           soule
           can
           never
           be
           satisfied
           with
           them
           .
           A
           father
           in
           his
           meditations
           speakes
           thus
           ,
           Lord
           thou
           hast
           made
           my
           soule
           for
           thy selfe
           ,
           and
           it
           can
           never
           be
           at
           rest
           ,
           till
           it
           can
           find
           rest
           in
           thee
           .
           The
           soule
           is
           like
           
             Noahs
          
           Dove
           which
           could
           finde
           no
           rest
           (
           the
           waters
           overflowing
           the
           earth
           )
           till
           she
           returned
           to
           
             Noah
          
           in
           the
           Arke
           againe
           :
           so
           unlesse
           thy
           heart
           hath
           found
           God
           ,
           and
           bee
           drawne
           up
           to
           him
           the
           center
           of
           it
           ;
           thou
           mayst
           wander
           up
           and
           downe
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           and
           yet
           never
           have
           content
           .
           Couldest
           thou
           get
           
           wealth
           ,
           honour
           ,
           wisedome
           ,
           learning
           ,
           health
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           yet
           without
           grace
           the
           soule
           is
           empty
           ,
           and
           hath
           not
           satisfaction
           .
           They
           are
           all
           transitory
           ,
           and
           therefore
           cannot
           give
           content
           .
           Suppose
           a
           man
           could
           have
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           yet
           lose
           it
           againe
           ,
           it
           would
           more
           vexe
           him
           and
           disquiet
           him
           than
           if
           he
           had
           never
           had
           it
           .
           Hence
           it
           is
           that
           a
           poore
           begger
           ,
           that
           hath
           alwayes
           endured
           want
           ,
           can
           beare
           it
           better
           than
           a
           broken
           Gentleman
           that
           hath
           lived
           in
           wealth
           and
           pleasures
           in
           former
           time
           ,
           want
           and
           necessity
           is
           a
           hundred
           
           times
           more
           grievous
           to
           him
           :
           
             Wilt
             thou
          
           (
           saith
           
             Solomon
             ,
             Prov.
          
           23.
           5.
           
           )
           
             cast
             thine
             eye
             upon
             that
             which
             is
             nothing
             ?
             for
             riches
             taketh
             her
             to
             her
             wings
             ,
             as
             an
             Eagle
             that
             flyeth
             to
             the
             Heavens
             :
          
           he
           doth
           not
           say
           that
           riches
           flyeth
           like
           a
           hawke
           which
           by
           a
           whistle
           or
           some
           other
           meanes
           will
           come
           to
           the
           Faulkoner
           againe
           ;
           but
           is
           like
           an
           Eagle
           ,
           which
           no
           Art
           under
           heaven
           can
           bring
           backe
           againe
           ;
           all
           thy
           riches
           ,
           all
           thy
           honours
           ,
           hast
           thou
           never
           so
           much
           of
           them
           ,
           they
           cannot
           continue
           long
           with
           thee
           ;
           for
           either
           they
           will
           leave
           thee
           ,
           or
           thou
           
           must
           leave
           them
           at
           the
           houre
           of
           death
           ,
           then
           out
           goes
           the
           soule
           ,
           and
           God
           knowes
           whither
           ;
           it
           may
           be
           the
           more
           honours
           thou
           hast
           ,
           and
           riches
           ,
           pleasures
           ,
           preferments
           ,
           &c.
           the
           worse
           thy
           case
           is
           ,
           and
           the
           greater
           thy
           condemnation
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           suppose
           they
           were
           permanent
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           unnaturall
           to
           the
           soule
           ;
           Can
           a
           horse
           feede
           upon
           flesh
           ,
           or
           a
           Lyon
           upon
           straw
           ?
           so
           my
           beloved
           ,
           can
           a
           mans
           soule
           feede
           upon
           shillings
           and
           pounds
           ?
           can
           a
           mans
           soule
           feede
           upon
           lusts
           ,
           and
           pleasures
           and
           vanities
           ?
           No
           ,
           the
           
           soule
           is
           of
           a
           spirituall
           substance
           ,
           and
           therefore
           cannot
           be
           satisfied
           with
           worldly
           contentments
           :
           as
           it
           is
           with
           the
           body
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           with
           the
           soule
           in
           this
           ,
           the
           necessity
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           and
           emptinesse
           thereof
           is
           not
           filled
           with
           spirituall
           things
           ,
           but
           with
           earthly
           ;
           so
           a
           spirituall
           emptinesse
           must
           haue
           a
           spiritual
           replenishment
           :
           Can
           a
           man
           fill
           a
           house
           with
           grace
           ?
           No
           ,
           a
           house
           is
           a
           body
           ,
           and
           therefore
           must
           have
           houshold
           stuffe
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           which
           are
           bodies
           to
           fill
           it
           :
           so
           the
           soule
           which
           is
           incorporeall
           is
           not
           filled
           with
           bodies
           ,
           
           with
           silver
           and
           gold
           ,
           or
           any
           thing
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           for
           all
           the
           honours
           ,
           pleasures
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           are
           bodily
           honours
           ,
           bodily
           pleasures
           ,
           and
           bodily
           delights
           ,
           and
           therefore
           cannot
           fill
           a
           spirituall
           emptinesse
           ;
           the
           foole
           ,
           that
           our
           Saviour
           speaks
           of
           
             Luke
          
           12.
           shewed
           himselfe
           to
           be
           a
           foole
           indeede
           ,
           in
           that
           hee
           sayd
           to
           his
           soule
           ,
           
             Soule
             take
             thy
             ease
             ,
             thou
             hast
             much
             goods
             layd
             up
             for
             many
             yeares
             ,
             vers.
          
           19.
           whereas
           al
           those
           goods
           did
           onely
           concerne
           his
           body
           ,
           for
           notwithstanding
           all
           them
           ,
           his
           soule
           was
           miserable
           ,
           empty
           ,
           
           and
           wicked
           ;
           his
           body
           indeed
           had
           much
           goods
           ,
           much
           silver
           and
           gold
           layd
           up
           for
           many
           years
           ,
           but
           his
           soule
           had
           never
           a
           ragge
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           the
           soule
           it selfe
           is
           unsatiable
           ,
           and
           therefore
           nothing
           can
           satisfie
           it
           .
           The
           soules
           of
           men
           ever
           since
           the
           Apostasy
           of
           the
           soule
           from
           God
           ,
           by
           
             Adams
          
           fall
           ,
           have
           wandred
           up
           and
           downe
           like
           Devils
           ,
           men
           run
           one
           after
           this
           lust
           ,
           another
           after
           that
           ,
           one
           after
           this
           profit
           ,
           that
           preferment
           ,
           yet
           finde
           no
           rest
           in
           any
           thing
           .
           It
           is
           the
           curse
           of
           God
           upon
           mans
           soule
           ,
           because
           it
           would
           not
           
           rest
           on
           God
           ,
           that
           therefore
           it
           should
           not
           rest
           on
           any
           thing
           else
           ;
           the
           soule
           shall
           never
           have
           satisfaction
           ,
           unlesse
           grace
           bring
           it
           backe
           againe
           to
           the
           same
           God
           ,
           from
           whence
           it
           hath
           fallen
           ,
           and
           so
           set
           it
           upon
           God
           and
           Christ
           :
           A
           wicked
           man
           may
           say
           he
           is
           contented
           ,
           and
           he
           thankes
           God
           he
           hath
           enough
           ;
           but
           the
           reason
           is
           ,
           becaus
           he
           thinks
           he
           hath
           grace
           too
           ,
           and
           that
           enough
           to
           carry
           him
           to
           heaven
           :
           for
           if
           that
           wicked
           men
           knew
           that
           they
           had
           no
           grace
           ,
           or
           that
           they
           had
           not
           enough
           to
           free
           them
           frō
           hel
           ,
           were
           they
           never
           
           so
           rich
           ,
           honourable
           ,
           &c.
           yet
           they
           could
           have
           but
           cold
           comfort
           .
           
             Why
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           
             Esay
          
           55.
           2.
           
             doe
             you
             lay
             out
             your
             silver
             ,
             and
             not
             for
             bread
             ,
             and
             your
             labour
             without
             being
             satisfied
             ?
          
           Why
           doe
           you
           bestow
           all
           your
           thoughts
           and
           meditations
           ,
           all
           your
           paines
           and
           labours
           to
           get
           the
           world
           ,
           to
           get
           gaine
           and
           preferment
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           your
           lusts
           ?
           Know
           this
           is
           not
           bread
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           Scorpion
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           fish
           ,
           but
           a
           Serpent
           ;
           will
           you
           feede
           your
           bodies
           with
           them
           for
           a
           while
           ,
           and
           starve
           your
           soules
           for
           ever
           ?
           Suppose
           thou
           hadst
           got
           all
           that
           thou
           
           canst
           desire
           of
           these
           goods
           ,
           and
           thou
           commest
           to
           lye
           upon
           thy
           death-bed
           ,
           afflicted
           with
           many
           paines
           and
           aches
           of
           thy
           body
           ,
           and
           troubled
           with
           the
           stings
           of
           an
           accusing
           conscience
           in
           thy
           soule
           ,
           some
           man
           would
           tell
           thee
           of
           thy
           great
           honours
           and
           preferments
           ,
           of
           thy
           large
           revenewes
           ,
           and
           present
           thy
           golden
           coffers
           ,
           and
           should
           say
           ;
           Sir
           why
           doe
           you
           complaine
           of
           paines
           ,
           and
           aches
           ,
           and
           agonies
           ?
           thinke
           of
           these
           things
           :
           alas
           ,
           they
           cannot
           give
           ease
           to
           the
           least
           of
           thy
           torments
           ,
           they
           cannot
           shelter
           thy
           soule
           from
           that
           fearefull
           
           doomes
           sentence
           ,
           
             Goe
             ye
             cursed
             into
             everlasting
             fire
             :
          
           it
           is
           not
           gold
           nor
           silver
           ,
           nor
           all
           the
           wealth
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           can
           deliver
           a
           sinner
           from
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           :
           wouldst
           thou
           have
           true
           good
           ?
           God
           is
           onely
           good
           ;
           he
           is
           good
           in
           the
           highest
           perfection
           ,
           he
           is
           an
           absolute
           good
           without
           evill
           ,
           all
           other
           good
           hath
           its
           mixture
           of
           sorrow
           ,
           griefe
           ,
           and
           hatred
           ,
           with
           love
           ,
           delight
           ,
           and
           joy
           .
           But
           God
           is
           the
           onely
           good
           ,
           
             Prov.
          
           11.
           23.
           
           
             The
             desire
             of
             the
             Righteous
             is
             onely
             good
             ,
          
           he
           desires
           God
           ,
           and
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           eternall
           love
           of
           God
           in
           Christ
           
           to
           be
           manifested
           unto
           him
           ,
           and
           therein
           hee
           roules
           and
           rests
           himselfe
           ,
           but
           the
           hope
           of
           the
           wicked
           is
           indignation
           ,
           hee
           onely
           desires
           the
           base
           pelfe
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           but
           the
           wrath
           of
           heaven
           is
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           he
           shall
           bewaile
           his
           owne
           soule
           ,
           that
           for
           such
           base
           things
           hee
           should
           refuse
           the
           eternall
           good
           and
           neglect
           it
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           God
           is
           eminent
           in
           all
           goodnesse
           ,
           all
           other
           good
           hath
           for
           the
           most
           part
           but
           one
           good
           in
           it
           ,
           or
           three
           at
           the
           most
           ,
           meate
           will
           not
           cloath
           a
           man
           ,
           nor
           cloth
           will
           not
           
           feede
           a
           man
           ,
           but
           in
           God
           there
           is
           all
           good
           ,
           infinitely
           greater
           than
           mans
           soule
           is
           or
           can
           be
           capable
           of
           .
           Dost
           thou
           desire
           Riches
           ?
           goe
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           then
           thou
           shalt
           have
           all
           that
           thou
           canst
           desire
           .
           Dost
           thou
           desire
           honour
           ,
           and
           length
           of
           dayes
           ,
           even
           eternity
           ?
           goe
           to
           God
           .
           When
           a
           man
           goes
           to
           one
           place
           for
           food
           ,
           they
           must
           goe
           to
           another
           place
           for
           cloathes
           ;
           shouldest
           thou
           goe
           to
           the
           Drapers
           shop
           for
           cloathes
           ,
           then
           thou
           must
           goe
           to
           another
           place
           for
           meate
           .
           Thou
           takest
           an
           hundred
           wayes
           in
           vaine
           that
           seekest
           after
           the
           things
           of
           
           this
           world
           ;
           if
           thou
           wouldst
           goe
           to
           God
           ,
           thou
           might'st
           have
           all
           thy
           desires
           accomplished
           ,
           and
           all
           thy
           wants
           supplyed
           at
           once
           in
           him
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           God
           is
           such
           a
           good
           that
           without
           him
           nothing
           is
           good
           ,
           when
           thou
           desirest
           gold
           ,
           thou
           desirest
           not
           the
           earth
           ,
           but
           the
           good
           of
           it
           ;
           if
           thou
           couldst
           have
           the
           good
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           thou
           wouldst
           not
           desire
           the
           earthen
           matter
           of
           it
           :
           the
           good
           of
           gold
           and
           silver
           ,
           of
           apparell
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           is
           from
           God
           ;
           whatsoever
           good
           it
           be
           ,
           if
           God
           be
           not
           in
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           its
           selfe
           ;
           
           thou
           hast
           money
           in
           thy
           purse
           ,
           if
           thou
           hast
           not
           God
           also
           in
           thy
           heart
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           treasure
           ,
           but
           canker
           ;
           thou
           that
           art
           cloathed
           with
           never
           such
           costly
           garments
           ,
           if
           withall
           thou
           art
           not
           cloathed
           with
           Christs
           Righteousnesse
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           garments
           to
           cover
           thee
           ,
           but
           badges
           of
           thy
           loathsomenesse
           ,
           and
           nakednesse
           before
           God
           ;
           the
           gold
           ,
           of
           thy
           gold
           ;
           the
           honour
           ,
           of
           thy
           honours
           ;
           the
           pleasure
           and
           delight
           of
           thy
           delights
           ;
           the
           garment
           ,
           of
           thy
           garments
           ;
           is
           Gods
           love
           in
           them
           all
           .
           In
           joy
           God
           ,
           and
           thou
           hast
           good
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           
           63.
           1.
           
           
             O
             God
             thou
             art
             my
             God
             ,
             my
             soule
             thirsteth
             after
             thee
             ,
             my
             flesh
             longeth
             greatly
             after
             thee
             ,
             in
             a
             barren
             and
             dry
             land
             without
             water
             ;
          
           a
           barren
           good
           ,
           the
           Juyce
           &
           sap
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           and
           the
           roote
           of
           all
           good
           is
           from
           God
           alone
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           God
           is
           such
           a
           good
           ,
           that
           if
           thou
           hast
           him
           not
           for
           thy
           great
           good
           ,
           who
           is
           of
           all
           infinite
           goodnesse
           to
           his
           people
           ,
           who
           have
           chosen
           and
           preferred
           for
           their
           onely
           good
           ;
           The
           same
           God
           will
           be
           a
           God
           of
           infinite
           terrour
           and
           wrath
           to
           all
           such
           as
           have
           rejected
           him
           ,
           and
           chosen
           
           false
           Gods
           to
           themselves
           .
           Is
           God
           become
           this
           evill
           ?
           justly
           mayst
           thou
           tremble
           ,
           and
           feare
           all
           ;
           all
           the
           devills
           in
           hell
           ,
           without
           the
           wrath
           of
           thy
           God
           ,
           whom
           thou
           hast
           rejected
           ,
           the
           flames
           of
           hell
           would
           not
           bee
           terrible
           ,
           but
           the
           Lords
           wrath
           as
           a
           fire
           ,
           and
           a
           River
           of
           Brimstone
           doth
           kindle
           it
           .
           
             Our
             God
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           )
           
             is
             a
             consuming
             fire
             :
          
           the
           very
           hell
           of
           hell
           ,
           the
           fire
           of
           fire
           will
           God
           bee
           to
           thy
           soule
           without
           grace
           .
           Wherefore
           if
           thou
           wouldst
           desire
           any
           thing
           to
           doe
           thy
           soule
           good
           ,
           then
           desire
           
           grace
           ;
           grace
           ,
           or
           else
           thou
           perishest
           ;
           grace
           ,
           or
           else
           thou
           dyest
           ;
           get
           grace
           ,
           or
           else
           thou
           art
           damned
           in
           hell
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A41124e-350
           
             Doct.
             
          
           
             Mal.
             2.
             17.
             
          
           
             Mal.
             1.
             12.
             13.
             
          
           
             Mal.
             3.
             1.
             2.
             
          
           
             Luke
             1.
             7.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             119.
             119
             ,
             120.