Sacramental meditations upon divers select places of scripture

I remember when the Worthies of Israel brake through the Host of the Philistines, and brought unto David the waters of the well of Bethlehem: It's said, 2 Sam. 23. 17. he would not drink thereof, but poured it out before the Lord, and said, Be it far from me that I should do this; is not this the Blood of the men that went in Jeopardy of their lives.

I remember when the Worthies of Israel brake through the Host of the Philistines, and brought unto David the waters of the well of Bethlehem: It's said, 2 Sam. 23. 17. he would not drink thereof, but pouered it out before the Lord, and said, Be it far from me that I should do this; is not this the Blood of the men that went in Jeopardy of their lives.

He longed for it, and yet would not taste it, how pleasant soever it would have been to him, considering what hazard was run to obtain it.

Ah Christian, it was but the hazard of their Blood that gave cheque to David's appetite to the water; and if the water had cost an equal quantity of their blood, yet it had been but a low argument to dissuade him from drinking it, to this consideration that now ⟨p. 98⟩lies before thee. Thy sin actually cost the Blood of Christ, one drop whereof is more valuable than all humane blood; and yet wilt thou not deny thy Lusts, nor resist a temptation for his sake? Behold the Lamb of God slain for thy sin, and thou canst never have slight thoughts of it any more.

Ah Christian, it was but the hazard of their Blood that gave cheque to David's appetite to the water; and if the water had cost an equal quantity of their blood, yet it had been but a low argument to disswade him from drinking it, to this consideration that now