2 Thou art near in their mouth, and far from
Sacramental Meditations.
• thee : There be millions of menandwomenin theworld, naturally as good as thee, that ſhall have no intereſt in it,
• or benefit by it: But for thee, it was ſhed, and for the re- •miſſion of thy fins ; my blood was the only thing in the • world that was equal to the defert ofthy ſins, and it hath made full fatisfaction to God for them all: Thy ſins, which are many, are therefore forgiven thee : Myblood hath pur- • chaſed the eternal inheritance of glory for thee ; and this
•dayI amcome todeliver the ſeals and pledges thereof into thine hand.
Take then the ſeals of eternal falvation this • day, take thine own Chriſt with all thathe is, and hath ; in thine arms .
Whatever I have ſuffered, done, or procur- ⚫ed for any of my faints ; I have fuffered, done, andprocured the ſame for thee."
Why, all this is here to be done, as really and truly, tho' in amore ſpiritual way, at this table. And ſhall not fuch bufineſs as this is, fully fix and engage thy heart ? What then ſhall do it?
Awake, faith; awake, repentance ; awake, love ; yea, let allthe powers ofmy foul be thoroughly awakened this day to attend the Lord.
THE SECOND
MEDITATION,
UPON JER. xii. 2. Thou art near in their mouth, and farfrom their T reins.
HIS fcripture gives us the character and deſcriptionof an hypocrite : Andhe is here deſcribed two ways ; viz.
1. By what he hath .
2. By what he hath not.
First, The hypocrite is deſcribedbywhat he hath : Hehath God in his mouth ; " Thou art near in their mouth ;" i. e.
They profeſs with a full mouth, that they are thy people, faith Pifcator ; or, they ſpeak much about the law (as another explains it) ; God, and his temple, religion, with its rites, are much talked of among them ; they havehim in their prayers andduties ; and this is allthat the hypocrite hath ofGod; re