RULE. III.

Thirdly, In thy coming, be sure of this, to come with thy whole soule; that is, do not come to Christ only as one meanes of help for you, and thinking it is Good to make use of al means we can, and Christ I see to be as likely a means as any other. No, but come to Christ as the only means, so as to cast thy whole soul upon him, not to hang upon any thing else, and so to give out, as it were, an arme to him, and yet to have somewhat else to rest upon if that fail. As we come to a friend some∣times, and desire somewhat of him, but how? so as we would make a friend other where, that if that fail we may have two strings to our bow: but we must come to Christ and lay the ful weight upon him alone, the ful soul upon him. We must come to Christ, not as if we were over some deep pit, and here is one thing to rest up∣on that is strong enough, that if we would lay weight up∣on that is alone we might be safe. Wel, but there is another thing, that is a rotten thing, now we are loth to venture upon the strong, the sound, not knowing it to be so, but we lay a part upon the rotten, and part upon the sound, by this perhaps we may come to fal and perish, because the ful weight was not laid upon that that was sound. So here, the Lord propounds his son as an alsufficient redee∣mer for us, in whom there is righteousness and salvation, and requires of those that come to his Son, that they shal come with their whol souls, and lay the whol weight of their soules upon him for life and salvation, and al their good and happiness. Now if they think to have two strings to their bow, they would have Christ, but they would have the world too, and their own wayes too, upon this a Thousand to one but they miscarry. It was an excellent speech of Joseph, sending for his father Jacob in Genesis 45.20. Joseph sent to have his father Jacob brought to him, now there Page  147 was many things that Jacob had regard to before, but now, saith he, regard not the stuff, for the good of all the Land of Egypt is yours. So when the Lord doth cal any poor sinner to come to him, the Lord saith to it, regard not the stuff, let your Heart be wholly taken off from all Creature comforts that are most dear unto you it is all but stuff, here is Heaven, here is the Riches of Heaven, the Riches of Christ is yours, and then doth the Soul come to Christ indeed, when it laies all upon Christ, and is satisfied with him alone.