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[ 1612] Wherein the true Knowledg of Christ consisteth.

MAry, when she went in quest of her Saviour, stopt not at the empty Mo∣nument, but searches and follows him so far,* 1.1 that she discovered him un∣der the disguise of a Gardiner, and then casting her s••lf at his feet, takes pos∣session of him, with this acclamation, Rabboni; which is in effect as much as Thomas his congrat••lation,* 1.2 My Lord, and my God. Thus it is, that true Know∣ledg doth not alwayes hunt objects at the view, nor doth it stop at the numerous effects wrought by the Creator;* 1.3 It is not a shallow or supersicial knowledg, that God is, in a general consideration, the cause of all things, a Creator at large, but in a nearer, My God, my Creator; So that Religion and Faith are but aery empty sounds, if a Man possesse nothing of them beyond the words; the fruit of either consists in their application; 'Tis true, that Christ is the Saviour of the World, so much I know, but this is an uselesse truth to me, if my knowledge reach no fur∣ther, unlesse my Faith entitle me to him, and by appropri••ting his work, be able to call him my Lord, my God, my Rede••mer, &c.

Notes

• * 1.1

  H. King Serm. at Court, 1626.
• * 1.2

  Ioh. ••0. 28.
• * 1.3

  Haec t••ta est scientia ••omi∣nis, scire quod ipse ni••il est per se••et qui••∣quid ••x Deo est, et prop••er Deum est. Aug. in Psal. 70.