The Godly Man's Picture

8. If we are prizers of Christ, then we prize him in health as well as in sickness; when we are enlarged, as well as when we are straitened: A friend is prized at all times▪ the Rose of Sharon is always sweet: He who values his Saviour aright, hath as precious thoughts of him in a day of prosperity, as in ⟨p. 67⟩a day of adversity: The wicked make use of Christ, only when they are in straits; as the Elders of Gilead went to Jeptha when they were in distress, Judg. 11. 7. Themistocles complained of the Athenians, that they ran to him but as to a Tree, to shelter them in a storm: Sinners desire Christ only for a shelter: The Hebrews never chose their Judges, but when they were in some imminent^* dangers: Godless persons never look after Christ, but at death, when they are in danger of hell.

8. If we are prizers of Christ, then we prize him in health as well as in sickness; when we are inlarged, as well as when we are straitned: A friend is prized at all times▪ the Rose of Sharon is always sweet: He who values his Saviour aright, hath as precious thoughts of him in a day of prosperity, as in ⟨p. 67⟩a day of adversity: The wicked make use of Christ, only when they are in straits; as the Elders of Gilead went to Ieptha when they were in distress, Iudg. 11. 7. Themistocies complained of the Athenians, that they ran to him but as to a Tree, to shelter them in a storm: Sinners desire Christ only for a shelter: The Hebrews never chose their Judges, but when they were in some imminent^* dangers: Godless persons never look after Christ, but at death, when they are in danger of hell.

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