The souls vocation or effectual calling to Christ. By T.HThe soules vocation or effectual calling to Christ. By T.H

these are pretty things to tickle their conceits, but they never go down, they digest not the promise of Christ, and therefore that love which comes from hence, is but a feigned love, and that joy which ariseth from hence, is but a false joy, it breeds no good blood, it breeds no good complexion, but mere vanities and overtures in a Christians course; here is the difference between the love and joy of an hypocrite, and of a Saint of God: this is the first trial.

these are prettie things to tickle their conceits, but they never goe downe, they digest not the promise of Christ, and therefore that love which comes from hence, is but a fained love, and that joy which ariseth from hence, is but a false joy, it breeds no good bloud, it breeds no good complexion, but meere vanities and overtures in a Christians course; here is the difference betweene the love and joy of an hypocrite, and of a Saint of God: this is the first triall.

Trial. 2 Secondly, if thou entertain thy Saviour, as beseems a Saviour, thou must entertain him as a King (for he is a King) that is, give up all to him, and entertain none but those that attend upon him, and appertain to him; in a word, love all in Christ, love all for Christ, but express thy affection and joy to him above all; he is the King, all the rest are but retainers, and therefore entertain him in the first place; he that loves any thing equal with Christ, he never loved Christ truly; he that sets up any thing, cheek by jowl with his Saviour, he despiseth, he renounceth his Saviour. It is all one (in plain terms) as if a man should put a slave into the chamber where the King is, and say, he hath entertained the King, this base behaviour of his, will drive the King away, as well as if he did openly and professedly bid him be gone.

Triall. 2 Secondly, if thou entertaine thy Saviour, as beseemes a Saviour, thou must entertaine him as a King (for he is a King) that is, give up all to him, and entertaine none but those that attend upon him, and appertaine to him; in a word, love all in Christ, love all for Christ, but expresse thy affection and joy to him above all; he is the King, all the rest are but retainers, and therefore entertaine him in the first place; hee that loves any thing equall with Christ, hee never loved Christ truly; he that sets up any thing, cheeke by jowle with his Saviour, he despiseth, he renounceth his Saviour. It is all one (in plaine termes) as if a man should put a slave into the chamber where the King is, and say, he hath entertained the King, this base behaviour of his, will drive the King away, as well as if he did openly and profesly bid him be gone.