Secondly, a man worships Christ,1 not only by an act of his mind, but a man hath Christ likewise when he hath him in the deep affection of his heart, when he deeply affects him in his heart, as his chiefest good. The former was an act of the Judgment and understanding; this belongs to the heart, will, and affections. Plal. 73.25. Whom have I in heaven but thee, or in earth in comparison of thee, and Psal. 42.1• my soul pants or breathes after thee my God. He was then a ⟨p. 10⟩banished man from the congregation, and it was a weary sad time to him, his soul panted like a chased Dear, for the rivers of water, his soul was athirst for God! Oh when shall I come, and appear before him? this is such a longing desire, when a man wants Christ; As that it is called, hunger and thirst, Matth. 5. such a desire as cannot be satisfied, but with meeting with that which the soul doth hunger and thirst for; give an hungry man a house full of gold, and he is hungry still, but give him meat and then you satisfy him; So in this case, the soul that hungers after Christ, give him profit and pleasure, and you give him nothing, but his soul is fit to perish for want of Christ,2 this is a deep worship we put upon Christ; and in so affecting of him, we have him; when the soul hath the Lord Jesus, the highest and chiefest cause of rejoicing it hath, is, only its having of Christ Gal. 6.14. if he have his part in Christ, that is his Crown and his Portion, he counts it a goodly portion, his lot is fallen into a pleasant place; if we have him for our portion, we have enough, therein the soul is fully satisfied, and if we have lost him, we chiefly mourn for that, our chiefest care is to get him; and we mourn most bitterly for want of him, Zach. 12.10. and we make it our desire chiefly to have him, and then we truly have him when we so set him up in our hearts, we may affect many earthly blessings and want them, as gold and silver, and friends, and health, and yet want them all, but no man desires Christ thus, but he hath him. I mean if he desire him as his chiefest good, the having of any blessing doth not so rejoice his heart, nor the want of it so afflict him, such a soul hath Christ.
Secondly, a man worships Christ,1 not only by an act of his mind, but a man hath Christ likewise when he hath him in the deep affection of his heart, when he deeply affects him in his heart, as his chiefest good. The former was an act of the Judgment and understanding; this belongs to the heart, will, and affections. Plal. 73.25. Whom have I in heaven but thee, or in earth in comparison of thee, and Psal. 42.1• my soul pants or breathes after thee my God. He was then a ⟨p. 10⟩banished man from the congregation, and it was a weary sad time to him, his soul panted like a chased Deare, for the rivers of water, his soul was athirst for God! Oh when shall I come, and appeare before him? this is such a longing desire, when a man wants Christ; As that it is called, hunger and thirst, Matth. 5. such a desire as cannot be satisfied, but with meeting with that which the soul doth hunger and thirst for; give an hungry man a house full of gold, and he is hungry still, but give him meate and then you satisfy him; So in this case, the soul that hungers after Christ, give him profit and pleasure, and you give him nothing, but his soul is fit to perish for want of Christ,2 this is a deep worship we put upon Christ; and in so affecting of him, we have him; when the soul hath the Lord Jesus, the highest and chiefest cause of rejoycing it hath, is, only its having of Christ Gal. 6.14. if he have his part in Christ, that is his Crown and his Portion, he counts it a goodly portion, his lot is falne into a pleasant place; if we have him for our portion, we have enough, therein the soul is fully satisfied, and if we have lost him, we chiefly mourne for that, our chiefest care is to get him; and we mourne most bitterly for want of him, Zach. 12.10. and we make it our desire cheifely to have him, and then we truly have him when we so set him up in our hearts, we may affect many earthly blessings and want them, as gold and silver, and friends, and health, and yet want them all, but no man desires Christ thus, but he hath him. I meane if he desire him as his cheifest good, the having of any blessing doth not so rejoyce his heart, nor the want of it so afflict him, such a soul hath Christ.
- 1Two parts of the worship of Christ is in the will & affections.Two parts of the worship of Christ is in the wil & affections.
- 2Deep measure of worshipping of Christ.Deep measure of worshiping of Christ.
