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A95609	A Scripture-map of the wildernesse of sin, and vvay to Canaan. Or The sinners way to the saints rest. Wherein the close bewildring sleights of sin, wiles of the Devill, and windings of the heart, as also the various bewildrings of lost sinners, yea, even of saints, before, in, and after conversion; the necessity of leaning upon Christ alone for salvation, with directions therein: as also, the evident and eminent danger of false guides, false wayes, false leaning-stocks, are plainly, and practically discovered. Being the summe of LXIV lecture sermons preached at Sudbury in Suffolk, on Cantic. 8.5. / By Faithful Teate, M.A. minister of the Gospel.	Teate, Faithful, b. 1621.	1655 (1655)	Wing T615; Thomason E839_1; ESTC R203761	372,945	489

the sufferers Therefore Fourthly and lastly 4. Partic. That because Christ was made weak weary even as we we have boldness to leane our weaknesses and wearinesses on him In that Christ was subjected to our weariness and weaknesses and for our sakes and in our natures and it is on him thus prepared and made a sutable support that we are called to lean we may undoubtedly have great encouragement and strong consolation so argueth the Apostle Heb. 4.15 16. We have not an high Priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities but was in all points tempted like as we are sin only excepted therefore let us come boldly to the Throne of grace We may come to Christ and say Lord strengthen us in our duty as thou wast in thine Agony refresh us out of the Well of living waters for once thou wast weary and didst sit down upon the Well Lord lift up my head out of the waters of bitternesse for once thine owne head was bowed down to the brook in the way Comfort you the comfortlesse amongst you with these words CHAP. IX How Christ was prepared to be the strength and stay of weake and weary soules by his estate of exaltation 2ly In his estate of Exaltation he was also prepared hereunto BUt alas what encouragement were this to weak and weary soules to leane upon Christ if he were onely made weak and weary you 'l say the less helpe is there for us if he were so too and indeed had Christ laid down onely his strength and forsaken for us his Fathers bosome his resting place and had not repossessed and taken them up againe I should not be so strongly perswaded to plead with you to lean upon him But this I know that Christ is dead yea rather that he is risen again his strength was laid down but 't is taken up again his resting place was a while as it were quitted by him but is now restored unto him and in him unto them that lean upon him for because he lives they shall live also because he is strong they shall be strengthned because he is at rest they shall be refreshed for he hath therefore prayed the Father that where and in what state he is they may be also Therefore 2ly Christ was prepared to become a sutable support unto the weak and weary by being lifted up unto his Crown and by the state of his exaltation I shall lay down these three Propositions Three Propositions explayning this 1. That exalted Christ took up all strengrh and refreshment as well as when Crucified he stooped down to weaknesses and wearinesses 2. That that strength and rest was taken up in our behalfe for our sakes and interest as well as his own 3. That therefore herein we may take exceeding encouragement to lean upon him both as to the one and the other First 1. That Christ glorified hath received sufficient strength There is strength and rest enough with Christ glorified and triumphant for all believers militant First For strength read Ephe. 1.19 20 21. and tell me poore heart what thou wouldest have more then is there exprest It s said the mighty power of God wrought and in whom in Christ Jesus and when when he raised him from the dead and to what end that he might set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places this was the exaltation of him who was crucified through weaknesse and what followes Where are those places of what rank are they Why far above all principalities and power and might and dominion and every name that is named c. and hath put all things under his feet except himselfe who put them under as the Apostle else where argues so that Christian name what name thou canst here 's a name one name that may revive thee more then all they need discourage thee Think of what power thou canst or what might thou wilt here 's strength above all strength might beyond all might as himselfe saith Look and be saved so say I lean and be strengthned How saist thou now doth the name of Devill disturbe thee doth the Principality Satan scare thee doth the power of legion affright thee thou darest not begin to wrestle with these or if thou hast begun thou darest not hold on why whilest a fearful heart names these or any of these let a faithful heart name Christ in stead of all and it will more then answer all for him hath God exalted yea highly exalted Phil. 2.9 and given him a name above every name yea far above every name whether it be principality or might or power present or future that is to day or can possibly be to morrow yea in this world or in that which is to come 2ly Rest for all that leane upon him 2ly For Rest You heard in the last that God set him at his own right hand so Heb. 1.3 He sat down on the right hand of the Majestie on high Now sitting you know imports Rest especially sitting in Majestie and then on high there 's power and rest together This glorious rest of Jesus Christ after all his labours travells and soules-wearinesse is that which we properly and particularly commemorate in that which the Holy Ghost calls the Lords day that Christian Sabbath wherin Christ hath rested from all his labours that is wearying labours wherefore he blessed the Lords day and sanctified it 'T is true perhaps will your soules say we know indeed that there are enough refreshments and strength to spare in the Lord and with his Sonne Jesus Christ but alas what is that to us we see in the world that others are rich but that is little to us when we are poore others strong and healthfull but that is little to us when we are sick Oh! what is his strength and rest to us Poore soule much every way I had almost said as much as to himselfe Have you heard what Christ said in the dayes of his infirmity For your sakes sanctifie I my selfe could you but heare him speake from the seat of his Majestie on high his voyce would be For your sakes have I thus glorified my self yea such hath his voyce already and often been and I have believed it therefore have I spoken This therefore which is the 2d Proposi That the strength and rest he hath received he hath received for us Proved 1. From express Scripture testimony Second Proposition will abundantly appeare 1. If you consider express testimony of Scripture 2. The Scripture Character of Christs receiving this strength and rest 3. Of ours received from and through Christ 4. Of Christs untill we have received ours 1. For express testimony of Scripture A three-fold Cord shall I make use of to bind up your faith close unto this truth Predictions that went before him the very words that came from and together with him the report that after him 1. The Scriptures before Christ is born of him 1.

he and wherein is he thus blessed that comes to learne in Christs Schoole why verse 13. That thou maist give him rest from the time of trouble this will make thee a goodmends for the soarest whipping if thou learn the lesson of Christianity to day thou shalt have rest to morrow Thus God expresly speaking concerning this knowledge Isai 28.9 10 11. saith of it verse 12. This is the rest wherewith you may cause the weary to rest and this is the refreshing And it must needs be that the knowledge of the Lord Christ must be a refreshing knowledge to the soule upon three accounts For 1. It is a spirituall First It is a spiritual therefore a refreshing knowledge to the Spirit 't is a knowledge of spirituall things and after a spirituall manner The understanding of things carnall or spirituall things in a carnal sort cannot indeed satisfactorily refresh the Spirit The soule that knowes Christ knowes him not after the flesh but spiritually and whosoever to knows him knowes the things that God hath prepared for them that love him and what are the things prepared but Mansions adequate and eternall rest which things being revealed by the Spirit and spiritually discerned by the soule are ravishing and refreshing to the soul your hearts bear testimony hereunto compare 1 Cor. 2.9 10 14. with Jo. 14.2 2ly It is an experimentall 2ly An experimentall and therefore a refreshing knowledge They that know Christ feele Christ and the feeling of him must needs be refreshing to them 1 Jo. 1.1 Our hands have handled the word of life this experimentall knowledge the Apostle communicates as being abundantly himselfe refreshed that their joy also might be full ver 4. Thirdly To know Christ 3ly A soule Centring knowledge must needs afford rest to our understandings because Christ is the very Center of all knowledge knowing him you need go no farther knowing him you may well sit down and rest and refresh your your selves for you know enough you know all 1 Cor. 2.2 I determined to know nothing among you but Jesus Christ and him crucified so Phil. 3.10 That I might know him and the power of his Resurrection and fellowship of his sufferings If Paul as learned as he otherwise was could but reach unto this knowledge he doth not once entertaine a thought that his wearied understanding should travell any farther 2ly 2ly Of your wearied Consciences Come and leane your weary Consciences upon Jesus Christ Oh! how do some complaine of tyred Consciences and how falne would they sit down but know not where to rest themselves This was Davids sad out-cry Psal 38.3 There is no rest in my bones because of my sin Now what shall such a soule do in such a case I le tell you in Isaiahs words Thus saith the Lord God the holy one of Israel Isai 30.15 In returning and rest you shall be saved in quietnesse and confidence shall be your strength that is return to Christ and lean upon him and you shall have rest and strength from him unto the quieting of your wearied and distracted soules But how shall weary Consciences doe to refresh themselves by leaning on Jesus Christ Question How that shal be Answer I answer Bring all your Conscience fraught and laiden and unburthen it upon Jesus Christ Christ doth not bid weary and loaden Consciences to lay downe their burthens 1. Lay downe thy burthens upon Christ and then to come unto him but come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden which undoubtedly and peculiarly refers to Conscience-loadings and I will give you rest Mat. 11.28 That is b●ing your burthens to me and I le take them down 1. Vnlade the acknowledgements of your sins into Christs bosome First Let weary Consciences unlade all their acknowledgements and disgorgings of sinne into Christs own bosome immediately Thus David in the fore quoted Psalme 38.18 He resolves upon acknowledgement of his sin and this he empties into the Lords own bosome verse 9. 1. Your sinne-sorrowes Secondly As you bring your sin-acknowledgements so bring your sin-sorrowes to Christ let your faith put the Lord Christ to the same worke whereunto he is called by the Father to carry our griefes and sorrowes So Isai 53.4 Thus David Psal 38.6 When he was troubled and bowed down greatly going mourning all the day long he had immediate recourse to the Lord Christ 3ly Your wearying sighs and groanings Thirdly Let us also disburthen all wearying sighs and tyring groanes of our troubled minds into the bosome of Jesus Christ Thus David Psal 38.9 Lord all my desire is before thee and my groaning is not hid from thee Wouldst thou pray down the guilt or groan down the power of any Corruption that clogs thy poore Conscience even to the making of thee weary of thy very life then leane on Jesus Christ and thou shalt find rest Yea this I would Note unto you before I leave you that Christ doth not bid weary soules to go to the Father Note but to come to him with their heavy loadings believe it 't will be ill leaning of a tyred Conscience upon God the Father with Christ the Advocate If any man sin we have an Advocate with the Father 1 Joh. 2.1 Come not to the Father first but to the Advocate and by the Advocate to the Father If a man have a Creditor to speak with he will speake with his Surety first and if he can but engage him he can with boldnesse look his Creditor in the face But woe woe to that Conscience that comes sinful and Christlesse unto the great and righteous holy and sin-abhorring Majestie of the Lord God 2ly 2ly Take up Cordials from Christ Let thy weary Conscience take from Christs hand his Cordials as well as lay downe thy burthen on his shoulders 'T is true I am the chiefe of sinners so let repentance speak in thy soule yea But this is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation so let thy faith speak viz. That Christ came into the world to save such I shall o●e day fall by such a strong Corruption if Conscience-trouble say so let faith say nay but Christ came into world that he might destroy the works of the Devill c. And thus in any other case of Conscience the way to have an heart sprinkled from an evill Conscience is to draw near in the full assurance of faith unto Jesus Christ having him as an High Priest over the houshold of God Heb. 10.21 22. 3ly 3ly Your wearied affections Leane your tyred affections upon the Lord Christ and in him let them rest themselves As to know Christ is the only true stay to the understanding so to love him c. is the onely true stay to the affections Set your affections on things above where Christ sits Col. 3.1 As who should say else will they flutter about as the wandring dove without any rest at all but in Christ they

shal have a set Mansion The Spouse bears pregnant testimony hereunto Cant. 5.18 Where she saith He is altogether lovely that is an Adequate entyre and full object for the affections to sit down upon and having this they have Rest Other things are not stayes for our affections because not altogether to be affected The world is not nor the things of the world Meat is to be somewhat affected for the nourishment of the bodyes sake and Cloathes for the warmth and Money for the service of the outward man in the world and Wife and Children and Friends as Helps and Comforts in the world but our affections may not nay they cannot though they would rest in these things but are still travelling farther and the reason is because there is not one of them that is altogether lovely Such is Christ and therefore a Center him for your affections as well as a Rest for your minds and consciences Lastly Leane upon Christ as the rest of your poore soules 4ly Your wearied soules I meane as to their whole state and well being when they shall be rent asunder from the Carkasses wherin they dwell Woe be to that soule of whom the world is weary and whom the house of its habitation I mean its body as weary of it throwes out of doors if it have not then a Christ to cast it selfe upon and be not able to say as David Psal 116.7 Returne to thy rest O my soule Go up to Mount Nebo and die there Believe it believe it that 's an high Hill and that 's hard worke you had need of a Staffe and an Arme to lean upon you had need of an eye of faith to look upwards Stephen when he dyed did so Act. 7.55 Leaning on Christ and leaving of the world had need goe together By faith Jacob when he was a dying as typifying this worshipped leaning upon his Staffe Heb. 11.21 And blessed are they that thus dye in the Lord for as much as my present discourse saith and so saith the Spirit They shall have rest from all their labours Rev. 14.13 And thus much of the second Question CHAP. VIII Containes Querie third what the saving leaning upon Christ is 1. As to the Object How Christ was prepared to be the strength of the weake and stay of the weary 1. By his estate of Humiliation COme we now to the third Question 3d. Quest What this leaning upon Christ is Answer in four Considerations 1. Of its Object viz. the Beloved And how Christ came to be the strength of the weak and the stay of the weary viz. What the leaning of a weak and weary soule upon Christ for strength and refreshment is In answer whereunto these foure Things fall under our inspection The Object the Originall or spring of the act the Notion the Nature of the Act. First For the Object The Texts tells you it is the Beloved that is Christ But how or in what respect is Christ or how comes Christ to be the strength of the weak and the stay of the weary bewildred soule surely it is not Christ any how considered that is thus the soules support and therefore Christ is not confusedly to be leaned upon but Christ so and so considered and understood and therefore there are distinct Notions under or in the which he is to be leaned unto Now the enquiry after these falls necessary and I hope usefully under this head For as it is not flesh that strengtheneth the body simgly considered but flesh thus and thus wholesomely drest and prepared whence that in the 23. Psal 5. Thou preparest a Table for me The Lord as it were condescends to dresse his meat for him especially you know that flesh must be well cook'd that is to strengthen the weake that is prepared for the sick And as it is not a Bed that will give refreshment to a sick and weary one but a Bed thus and thus prepared well made whence that Psal 41.3 The Lord will make all his bed in his sicknesse Mean worke you 'l say for the great God to dresse our meat and make our beds yet such as he pleaseth himselfe in because he delighteth in mercy So I say It is not barely the Lord Christ but Christ as I may say with reverence thus and thus drest that is the strength of the weak and Christ thus and thus prepared that is therest refreshment of the weary Take Christs owne account of this matter Io. 3.14 As Moses lifted up the Serpent in the wildernesse so must the Son of man be lifted up Marke must be It was not enough that he was incarnate and made flesh that he was the Sonne of man but being made flesh there is a necessity of his being drest and made ready for the food of soules The Brasse did not cure them unlesse it were thus and thus prepared it must be made in figure of a Serpent Neither did this Serpent cure them but it must be lifted up so Christ must be lifted up And this one word speakes Gods whole mind as to the preparation of the Lord Christ How Christ was prepared hereunto to be the strength and the stay of lost soules for this one word hath a double aspect as Christ had a double lifting up 1. He was lifted up to his Crosse so prepared for the souls support in his state of Humiliation 2. He was lifted up to his Crown and so prepared by his state of Exaltation and upon such account it is that Christs salvation for lost souls is called a prepared salvation Luk. 2.30 31. Mine eyes have seen thy salvation which thou hast prepared Unto each of these I must therefore speak a few words And 1. As to the estate of our Lord Christs Humiliation observe with me four Things 1. In his estate of humiliation The explication of it in four particulars 1. That Jesus Christ in the dayes of his flesh was subjected to all the weaknesses and wearinesses of poor soules sin onely excepted 2. That it was for our behoof rather then his own and for our sakes not his own that he was thus subjected 3. That hereby he became an apt and sutable support for the weak and the weary to lean upon And therefore 4. They may herein have strong consolation and encouragement to leane upon him For the first 1. Christ was therein subjected to all our weaknesses and wearinesses sin onely excepted 1. Properly to our naturall infirmities The Lord in the dayes of his Humiliation was subjected unto all our weaknesses and wearinesses sinne excepted Yea and to the sins of the Elect too but in a different kind 1. Then Christ did properly and in the plainest and fullest sence beare all the weaknesses and wearinesses appertaining unto and following upon our natures I mean our decayed natures sinne onely excepted for set sin aside Christ was a true man not like unto Adam before the fall and in the state of immortality Christ took upon

received by us from Christ and you must acknowledge that they are the very things received by Christ from the Father 1. As for the believers strength Col. 1.11 Who are strengthned with all might according to his glorious power Almighty strength is derived from Christ to believers therefore the very strength unto which he is exalted so Phil. 4.13 I can do all things here 's a kind of Omnipotency in a Creature but how through Christ strengthning me Note Let me tell the weak hearts that are among you for their comfort that leaning can do as much as Christ on whom thou leanest is able to doe and Christ can do as much as God can doe for he can doe all things so with reverence I speake it can faith in him that was once crucified through weakness but is now raised in power and unto power that once being weary sat down on the well but now being at rest sits down on the right hand of the Majesty on high 2ly Rest of Christs own receiving 2ly As for the rest quiet peace and establishment that the soule hath that leanes on the Lord Jesus Scripture so phraseth it that if it were not the very rest and peace of Christ in glory I still mean relatively considered viz. as the head of believers in its measure it would not be able to bear such Hyperboles 'T is not call'd only peace with God and rest with Christ but the very quiet and peace of God even that peace that passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts through Christ Phi. 4.7 An infinite peace shall keep house in a finite Creature a peace that passeth all understanding shall keep our minds Now add this infinite peace to almighty power and how can you speak higher of Christ the Prince of peace on whose shoulders the Government of all things in heaven and earth is laid Lastly 4. From the notion in which scriptures represent Christs owne state as Mediator untill we have full possession of that strength and See how the scriptures represent Christs estate as he is Mediator though personally and absolutely considered he is infinitely and absolutely God blessed for ever yet I say as Mediator and relatively lookt upon and it will yet more fully appeare how that the strength and rest that Christ glorified hath received he hath received in trust for us for till such time as we all that ever have leaned or doe leane or shall come truly to leane on him come to be fully strong in him and at rest with him himselfe is not compleat in his glory This is the judgement of reverend men and to me it seems sufficiently to he grounded on that phrase Ephe. 1.22 23. God gave Christ to be head over all things to his Church which is his body Note the fulnes of him that filleth all in all Christ as personally considered is God filling all in all Christ relatively considered as head of his Church is not full till they be full full of strength in all grace and goodnesse full of rest from all evill so that in that day that every beleever shall come fully to be saved in that day shall Christ be fully glorified and not till that blessed looked for long'd for day which though it be for an appointed time yet in the end it will come therefore wait for it for in the end it will come and will not tarry Therefore Thirdly Herein may leaners on this Beloved 3d. Propos Therefore may weak weary soules have strong consolation and encouragement to leane on Christ for strength rest have strong consolation a sure foundation whereon the highest faith may securely build Is this a truth that that Christ that was once both weak and weary and both for thee hath now all power and rest and all for thee Why here lean O friends yea leane inseparably O Beloved O let thy faith be as the Holy Ghost calls it Col. 2.12 The faith of the operation of God which he wrought in Christ when he raised him from the dead wherein also you are risen with him Let persecutions watchings wearinesses Note let Principalities powers and Dominions let what hath or doth or can come upon you rise up against you only rise you up against them and you shall rise up above them through the faith of the operation of God whereby he raised up Christ for his own glory and as you have seen for your advantage Wherefore we having such strong consolation who have fled for a refuge to the hope that is set before us Let us hold this hope as an anchor of the soul both sure and stedfast when Rain descends and Winds rise and Waves beat because our forerunner is for us entred even Jesus c. Heb. 6.18 19 20. Let Isaiahs prophesie be found true of thee and me Isai 45.24 Surely shall one say in the Lord I have strength and righteousnesse For this is his Righteousness and hereunto shall that strength be laid forth that To you who are troubled there may be rest with us when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty Angels c. 2 Thes 1.7 When he shall render vengeance to all that trouble you to him be glory for evermore CHAP. X. Containes the reason why so few receive strength and refreshment from Christ that yet seeme to leane upon Christ ANd thus have I explained the Object of this Act of leaning viz. Christ as humbled first to weakness and weariness and then exalted to strength and rest that he might be the support of the weak and the stay of the weary Object But now if this be so Whence is it that there are so many found leaning on Christ that yet continue in their weaknesses and wearinesses still Oh! saith a poor soul methinks my experience confutes your Doctrin for I have been an hanger upon Christ for some years and yet my grace spiritual refreshments are as smal as ever how is it then that Christ is prepared to be so sutable a support to leaning soules Ans I answer thou maist its likely think thou hast been so viz. a leaning soule but hast got no strength neither any refreshing truly I sadly feare thou hast but pleased thy selfe with fancy and never yet madest application of the Lord Christ unto thy soul by faith Never never lay the blame on the preparing of Christ for he is exquisitely accomplished and most fully furnished to supply weak and weary soules surely if he have not supplyed it is because thou hast not applyed Note God hath prepared Christ for you And now he must be improved by you The best made Bed must be laid downe upon if you would have Rest the best drest food must be eaten of if you would have strength The Brass made into a Serpent and lifted up too must also be lookt upon Jo. 3.14 There 's Application as well as Preparation and Jesus Christ lifted up both to Cross and Crown and

that trust on Christs name Jo. 14.26 The Holy Ghost whom the Father shall send saith Christ in my name shall teach you all things and shall bring all things to your remembrance even whatsoever I have said unto you If young Preachers that know what beleeving meanes could but lean more upon Christ in this promise they need not lean so much as themselves complaine to their Notes Hath not Christ said that his Spirit shall bring to our remembrance what soever he hath said And what have we to say more If we have for ought I know our memory may be indeed most faithful to us wherein it may seem most to fail us whilst we forget against our wills what we should have omitted with our wills And how can it harme us or spoyle our Sermons if we be content to forego our fancies that we may act our faith The former may please and advance our selves the latter shall advance Christ and please the Lord. 3ly Leane upon Christ as the strength of your Wills I le grant to the Arminians that our wills are strong enough for Rebellion and too strong too even as an iron sinew but alas alas as to the strings of God even a Ephraim 〈◊〉 heartlesse Dove Wouldst thou now be strengthned there also Read Psal 110. Which is evidently spoken of Christ to whom it is affixed Heb. 1.13 ver 2. Send forth the Rod of thy strength out of Sion and then mark vers 3. Thy people shall be a willing people in the day of thy power If ever thy Will get any sanctified strength it is onely in the day of Christs power and by the sending forth his strength Fourthly Leane 4ly Of thine affections one Christ as the strength of your Affections Sirs God will never be contented with your affections unlesse he may have the strength of your affections Thou 〈◊〉 love the Lord thy God with all thy soul and with all thy strength Luk. 10.27 Now unlesse thou have Christ in thine Affections as their strength they will be too weake for God or the things of God Now if you could lean more you would love more and feare and desire and hope and joy and put forth every other affection in more strength You have the Spouse leaning upon Christ in my Text which is verse 5. And as soone as she lean● see how she strengthens affections you would wonder there should be such suddain virtue in leaning for ve●● 6. she breaks out Love is strong as death the Coals there as the Coals of fire with a most vehement flame many waters cannot quench it neither can the floods drown it if man would give all the substance of his house for love 〈◊〉 would utterly be contemned If Satan saith she should u● never so much meanes if the Serpent should cast his golden Apple before me it would not allure me if the Dragon should send all the floods of his mouth after me it would not affright me but that I should still zealously ardently vehemently and unto death affect the dearly beloved of my soule such was the strength of her affections and this she gat by leaning on Jesus Christ CHAP. VII Containes Answer 2d Lost soules are to leane on Christ for all their rest 2ly You must lean on Christ for all your Rest SEcondly Leane upon Jesus Christ for all your Rest Sirs There are times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord for repenting and converted souls Act. 3.19 but those are onely by the sending of Jesus Christ verse 20. Till God send Christ to thy soule never looke he should send refreshings to thy soule Observe that of the Apostle Heb. 4.3 We which have believed do enter into rest and then verse 8. If Jesus that is Iosuah had gi●●● them rest c. From which it appeares that there 〈◊〉 true and spirituall rest but of Christs own giving Iosuah brought them to Canaan but it is onely Christ Jesus that could give them rest And againe that there is no way for poore bewildred soules for of such is the Apostles discouse there to come at this rest but by leaning that is by believing But more particularly leane on Christ as the resting place of your Understandings Consciences Affections whole soules when wearied with the wayes of the wildernesse of sin 1. As the rest of your understands Fi●st Leane upon Christ as the resting place of your Understandings he is the great Prophet of his people Secondly Consciences Leane upon him as the resting place of your weary Consciences He is the great high Priest of his people Thirdly Affections Leane upon Christ as the resting place of your tyred affections he is the Lord and Husband of his people Fourthly Leane on Christ as the resting place of your whole soules Soules he is the God and Saviour of his people For the first viz. Our Understandings I shall lay down these two Propositions First 1. Of your understandings Two Propositions 1. Proposition That there is no resting place for our understandings in the knowledge of any other thing That there is no rest for them in the knowledge of any other object but the Lord Jesus Christ I shall prove it by the most eminent instance that any age in the world could give of it and it is Solomon who gave his heart to know wisdome and to search out all things by understanding as himselfe saith Eccle. 1.13 He had moreover all Opportunities and helpes which other working heads have wanted I am come saith he to a great estate and great experience of wisdome and knowledge verse 16. And what shall the man do that commeth after the King 2.12 such a King so great so wise so studious This wisdome of his reacheth so farre as to excell all the Children of the East and people of Egypt the wisest quarters of the world yea he had knowledge of all the Trees and Plants from the Cedar of Lebanon to the Hysop of the wall yea also of all Beasts and Fowls and Fishes He had exceeding much understanding and largenesse of heart and wisdome as the sand on the Sea shore 1 King 4.29 30 33. And yet this Solomon saith of much study though undoubtedly as easie to him as to any man 'T is a wearinesse to the flesh Eccle. 12.12 And in much wisdome is much griefe and he that encreaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow Eccle. 1.18 So that both wearinesse to the flesh and toyle to the spirit is the onely rest to be expected in the confining of our understandings unto any other speculation save onely the knowledge of Jesus Christ 2d Propos That there is sufficient and ultimate refreshing to our understandings in knowing Christ But secondly Jesus Christ and the knowledge of him is the resting place of a tyred understanding Psal 94.12 Blessed is the man whom thou correctest and teachest him out of thy Law Though God take the Rod into his hand to teach him his lesson by yet blessed is