I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…

Fifthly: Did you ever read that Christ did finally forsake a man in whose heart, and soul, still he did leave his Goods, Furniture, and Spiritual Household-stuff? A man sometimes goes from home▪ and sometimes he doth quite leave his house. There is much difference between those two: If a man leave his house, and comes no more, then he carries away all his goods; and when ye see them carried away, ye say, this man will come no more. But though a man ride a great Journey, yet he may come again; and ye say, surely he will come again; why? Because still his Goods, Wife, and Children are in his House. So if Christ reject a man, and go away finally, he carries away all his Goods, Spiritual Gifts, Graces, and Principles: But though he be long absent, yet if his Household-stuff abide in the heart; if there be the same desires after him, and delight in him, and admiring of him, and mourning for want of him; ye may say, surely he will come again; Why? Because his Household-stuff is here still. When did, Christ ever forsake a man, in whose heart he left this Spiritual Furniture?

Fiftly: Did you ever read that Christ did finally forsake a man in whose heart, and soul, stil he did leave his Goods, Furniture, and Spiritual Houshold-stuff? A man somtimes goes from home▪ and somtimes he doth quite leave his house. There is much difference between those two: If a man leave his house, and comes no more, then he carries away all his goods; and when ye see them carried away, ye say, this man wil come no more. But though a man ride a great Journey, yet he may come again; and ye say, surely he wil come again; why? Because still his Goods, Wife, and Children are in his House. So if Christ reject a man, and go away finally, he carries away all his Goods, Spiritual Gifts, Graces, and Principles: But though he be long absent, yet if his Houshold-stuff abide in the heart; if there be the same desires after him, and delight in him, and admiring of him, and mourning for want of him; ye may say, surely he wil come again; Why? Because his Houshold-stuff is here still. When did, Christ ever forsake a man, in whose heart he left this Spiritual Furniture?