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grass hath of the rain, the dew, the small rain, and the showers, Deut. xxxii. 2.- Do all thou doest as soul-work unto Christ, Zech. vii. 5, 6. as immediately dealing with Christ Jesus, as if he were looking on thee, and thou on him, and fetch all thy strength from him.
Observe what holy motions you find in your soul to duties. Prize the least good thought thou hast of Christ, the least good word thou speakest of him sincerely from the heart. Rich mercy; O, bless God for it! Observe, if every day you have the day-spring from on high, with his morning-dews of mourning for sin, constantly visiting thee, Luke i. 78. Have you the bright morning-star, with fresh influences of grace and peace, constantly arising, Rev. xxii. 16. and Christ sweetly greeting the soul in all duties?-Whatever duty makes not more spiritual, will make more carnal; what doth not quicken and humble will deaden and harden.
Judas may have the soup, the outward privileges of baptism, and the Supper of the Lord; but John leaned on Christ's bosom. That is the gospel ordinance posture, in which we should pray and hear, and likewise perform all duties. Nothing but lying in that bosom will dissolve hardness of heart, and make thee to mourn kindly for sin, and cure a careless spirit,
