Secondly. Every Godly Christian expects his Great and Chief Blessedness in this Enjoyment. Here, he says, here, Even this is all my Salvation and all my Desire; If HE that shall be the Just Ruler over men, will please to shine as the light of the Morning upon me. As the Prophet said unto the person that Entertained him, What shall be done for thee? I will say it unto the Believer; Christian, What shall be done for thee? Wouldest thou have all the Riches and Pleasures and Honours of the Earth heaped upon thee? I know the Reply that such an one will make It is the guise & mark of every Godly Christian, to Cry out with a flaming Soul, as the Martyr did in the Flames, None but CHRIST! None but CHRIST! A Godly Christian looks upon Acquaintance with a CHRIST, as the Inchoation of his Blessedness. He is of that Judgment; Phil. 3. 8. I count all things but loss, for the Excellency of the ⟨p. 21⟩knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. He •oks upon Admission to a CHRIST, as •e Consummation of his Blessedness. He […] of that Judgment; Phil. 1. 23. To be with Christ, is by far the best of all. A CHRIST, he is the light of God. The Real Christian says, Lord, In thy light, I shall see light: all the light, and all the good, that my Soul can wish for. A CHRIST, He is the ALL of every sincere Christian. He subscribes to that; Col. 3. 11. Christ is ALL. His Language is, Christus meus et Omnia; If CHRIST be mine, ALL is mine. The All-sufficiency of a CHRIST, is most affectionately Celebrated by every serious Christian. We read, Col. 1. 19. It pleased the Father, that in him should all Fullness dwell. And it Pleases, it Comforts, it Revives the Christian, to see that Fullness in him. He sees that All-sufficiency in a CHRIST, which will yield him Everlasting Satisfaction; that Wisdom, and Righteousness, and Holiness, and Redemption, which will answer all of his Necessities. Tell him of, A CHRIST, A CHRIST; his heart even ⟨p. 22⟩leaps within him at the •ound of that Name. A CHRIST; that is to […] A Store-house of Truth; a Fountain of Grace; enough to make amends […] the Absence of every thing else. Tho' I should have nothing else ve• if I have a CHRIST, I am a possessor of all things. A CHRIST; The very Heaven of Heaven it self. Tis the Top of HEAVEN, to be with him, and behold his Glory.
Secondly. Every Godly Christian expects his Great and Chief Blessedness in this Enjoyment. Here, he sayes, here, Even this is all my Salvation and all my Desire; If HE that shall be the Just Ruler over men, will please to shine as the light of the Morning upon me. As the Prophet said unto the person that Entertained him, What shall be done for thee? I will say it unto the Believer; Christian, What shall be done for thee? Wouldest thou have all the Riches and Pleasures and Honours of the Earth heaped upon thee? I know the Reply that such an one will make It is the guise & mark of every Godly Christian, to Cry out with a flaming Soul, as the Martyr did in the Flames, None but CHRIST! None but CHRIST! A Godly Christian looks upon Acquaintance with a CHRIST, as the Inchoation of his Blessedness. He is of that Judgment; Phil. 3. 8. I count all things but loss, for the Excellency of the ⟨p. 21⟩knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. He •oks upon Admission to a CHRIST, as •e Consummation of his Blessedness. He 〈…〉 of that Judgment; Phil. 1. 23. To be with Christ, is by far the best of all. A CHRIST, he is the light of God. The Real Christian sayes, Lord, In thy light, I shall see light: all the light, and all the good, that my Soul can wish for. A CHRIST, He is the ALL of every sincere Christian. He subscribes to that; Col. 3. 11. Christ is ALL. His Language is, Christus meus et Omnia; If CHRIST be mine, ALL is mine. The Alsufficiency of a CHRIST, is most affectionately Celebrated by every serious Christian. We read, Col. 1. 19. It pleased the Father, that in him should all Fulness dwell. And it Pleases, it Comforts, it Revives the Christian, to see that Fulness in him. He sees that Alsufficiency in a CHRIST, which will yield him Everlasting Satisfaction; that Wisdom, and Righteousness, and Holiness, and Redemption, which will answer all of his Necessities. Tell him of, A CHRIST, A CHRIST; his heart even ⟨p. 22⟩leaps within him at the •ound of that Name. A CHRIST; that is to 〈…〉 A Store-house of Truth; a Fountain of Grace; enough to make amends 〈…〉 the Absence of every thing else. Tho' I should have nothing else ve if I have a CHRIST, I am a possessor of all things. A CHRIST; The very Heaven of Heaven it self. Tis the Top of HEAVEN, to be with him, and behold his Glory.
