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death_n	apostle_n	sin_n	speak_v	5,697	5	5.3444	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35325	The three last sermons preached by the late Reverend Mr. Timothy Cruso, who dyed Novem. 26, 1697 to which is added his sermon on the 5th Nov. 1697.	Cruso, Timothy, 1656?-1697.; Fuller, Francis, 1637?-1701.	1698 (1698)	Wing C7444; ESTC R31349	39,661	90

all for as the same Authority binds to so the same goodness furnishes with all alike Wheresoever Christ hath been or is to be found we are to seek him there is a variety of Divine Ordinances all tending to the same Purpose viz. Fellowship with Christ but none of them are to be disused We should follow Christ from one Ordinance to another as the zealous Multitude did from Place to Place When our Lord departed privately by Ship to a Desert Place the People that knew him seeing it ran a-foot out of all cities and out-went the Ship and came together to him Mark 6.33 They that have an hearty desire to meet with Christ will seek him in their Closets and seek him in his Sanctuary and above all at his Table where his Death is solemnly Commemorated A Crucified Jesus is there chiefly to be sought we contradict our selves if we say we would see Jesus and do not go where he feeds but avoid the Institutions which he is present in and communicates himself by His Enemies had so much Policy as to seek him where he frequently resorted John 18.2 3. 3. They that are not contented with the best of Means unless they attain this End of the Enjoyment of Christ by them As David notwithstanding his great respect to the Tabernacle and performance of Publick Worship there carried his Thoughts and Desires beyond it to him that filled it with his Glory Psalm 42.1 2. My Soul panteth after thee oh God My Soul thirsteth for God c. As true Seekers of Jesus Christ can have no Satisfaction in the bare Hearing of the Word of Christ though an Angel were to Preach it nor can such an one really Feast upon the sacred Elements which respect Christ though the greatest Apostle were now alive to Dispense them To an Hypocrite it s enough to have the outward Means and attend upon them for indeed the presence or absence of Christ is an indifferent Thing to such but to have some sweet Experience of Divine Communion or else an afflicting Sense of the want of it is the Mark of an unfeigned Believer Perhaps the greatest Saint upon Earth hath not always that manifest Communion with Christ which he would have but the least of Saints is greatly troubled and concerned when he hath it not I will say that Mourning and Lamenting after the Lord is as sure a Token of Integrity as the most comfortable Enjoyment of him 4. They that hold on in the unwearied Pursuits of Christ notwithstanding all Discouragements They that do not seek Christ heartily will quickly cease and give over seeking him It is strength of Affection which makes us persevere and continue in this Work which otherwise would soon tire us out When Elijah was snatcht up to Heaven by a whirlwind the Sons of the Prophets at Jericho suspecting lest he should be cast upon some Mountain or into some Valley were for ending sifty Men to seek him and urged Elisha for his Consent till he was ashamed to deny them any longer and so the Men went and sought him three Days but found him not 2 Kings 2.16 17. Their respect to the Man of God put them upon doing his as a voluntary act though they were forbidden for Elisha had said you shall not send How much more earnest and eager should we be in seeking after Christ when we are commanded If we think it our Duty to begin any enquiry or search at all we cannot but think that 't is our Sin to desist even tho he seem to flee from us and to go further off the faster we advance towards him though he conceal and hide himself the more the nearer we press to him 5. They which steer the same Course which Christ did and walk as he walked are sincere Seekers of him 'T is a vain pretence to say we are engaged in the pursuit of christ and go a contrary Way if we would find him out where he is we must undoubtedly tread in his Steps As some quick-scented Creatures in hunting after their Prey will exactly follow the Track where it hath gone before them upright Souls strive as much to imitate Christ as to enjoy him and they practice Imitation in order to Fruition We cannot hope to have our passage through the World sweetned with the presence of Christ unless we learn to be as he was in the World As our Lord Jesus carried himself in all manner of Conversation towards God and towards Men so shall we do if our Hearts are set aright because there is no meeting with him out of his own Way In that very way of filial Obedience wherein Christ sought the honouring and pleasing of God we are also to seek the approving of our selves to Christ and the kind Intimations of Love from him 6. They seek a Crucified Jesus indeed that have an holy Ambition of being Crucified with Christ as Paul was Gal. 2.20 Perhaps there are some too many in the World who would be glad to be sure that Christ was Crucified for them but they are by no means willing to be Crucified with him i. e. In the Language of the same Apostle Rom. 6.6 To have their old Man Crucified with him their Lusts and Corruptions destroyed and put to Death by Vertue of his Death Now this argues a great deceitfulness of Heart in desiring some Benefit from Christ without any regard to his Person i. e. seeking not him but his We dissemble with Christ except we covet to have our Sins drowned in his Blood as well as to have our Souls wafted to Heaven by it This is what the Holy Apostle aimed at and prest after To know the Fellowship of his Sufferings and to be made conformable to his Death Phil. 3.10 All that are found faithful seek to resemble the Death of Christ by Mortification now as well as to reap the Fruit of it in Glorification at the last II. Why all disquieting Fears in such as truly Design the seeking of Christ are groundless I would not be understood to speak against those humble reverential cautious watchful Fears which do very week become every Child of God and suit with the Relation wherein he stands and the Difficulties Snares and Hazards whereby he is yet surrounded but I am to beat down those uncomfortable restless perplexing and distracting Fears which are quite of another kind which are more proper to Slaves then Children and which are indeed the Remnants of a Spirit of Bondage in Believers These ought not to be for Six Reasons 1. This Crucified Jesus whom we seek lives on our behalf He Died for us and now Lives again for us and Lives for every and so long as he Lives we shall not Dye When Joseph's brethren saw that their Father was Dead they begun to be afraid that their Brother Joseph would now Revenge himself upon them for the Injury they had formerly done to him Gen. 50.15 So if Christ had seen Corruption and remained still under the Power of