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B00218	The trauellers ioy: or, A sermon on the third verse of the second chapter of Salomons song. By Master Iohn Adamson, minister of the Word of God at Liberton.	Adamson, John, d. 1653.	1623 (1623)	STC 143; ESTC S124444	16,908	48

declared the effectuall working of the excellency of this Tree in the Christian soule it worketh desire and delight The reasons of this soules desire and delight are set downe three in number First she delighteth in this Trée that shee may rest and repose vnder it Secondly that she may be couered with the shadow of it Thirdly that she may eat the fruit of it as being swéet to her taste Concerning the soules delight and desire consider how that first she speakes of the excellency of this trée and then of her desire toward it and her delight in it For it is not possible wee can haue a desire of the Lord or a delight in the Lord except wee first know his excellency and goodnesse It is true concerning the naturall man of naturall things vnknowne of him he hath no desire how much lesse can spirituall things affect him being vnknowne of him The men of this world misregard the Lord and those things that belong to his Kingdome because they know them not Mat. 13.45 46. The Kingdome of Heauen is like a pearle of great price which when a Merchant hath found he selleth all that he hath and buyeth it He finding this pearle quitteth himselfe of all things to gaine it to get it except he finde it and see it hee laboureth not to attaine vnto it he careth for no more but this present life because he knoweth no better Mar. 8.34 If the Gadarens had knowne Christ they would not haue preferred their swine vnto him The Lord Iesus came vnto his owne people Ioh. 1.11 the Iewes but his owne receiued him not Mat. 27.20 21. 1 Cor. 2.7 Why because they knew him not for if they had knowne him they would not haue preferred a robber vnto him if they had knowne him they would not haue crucified that Lord of glory The Lord said to the woman of Samaria Ioh. 4.10 If thou knewest the gift of God thou wouldst haue asked she asked not because she knew not No maruell to see the worldling haue little desire of the Lord haue little delight in him What wonder he fixe his heart on the things of of this world onely séeing he knoweth no better for if he knew better he would do better If these carnall and worldly minded men that were called to the wedding of the Kings Sonne Luk. 14.16 had knowne how great a benefit they were inuited vnto they would not haue refused to come They would not haue preferred their farmes and Oxen that is their earthly commodities they would not haue preferred their wiues that is their fleshly pleasures to that heauenly banquet All tend to this that we striue to get a sight of Christ Phil. 3.8 that we study by all meanes to attaine to the excellency of the knowledge of him that our hearts may be inamoured with him that he may become the Butte of our desires and only obiect of our delights Secondly as desire must begin at knowledge so knowledge must end in desire in vaine we heare of Christ in vaine we know him except our hearing and our knowledge set an edge on our desire to affect him to séeke him When Iesus had showne vnto the Iewes of the Bread of Life which came downe from Heauen to giue life to the world Io● 6.34 their desire as stirred vp openeth their mouth to say Lord giue vs euermore that bread What euer a man knoweth of Christ he knoweth nothing as he ought to know 1 Cor. 8.2 except he loue him as much as he knoweth him if we acknowledge him to excell all other things we must loue him and delight in him wee must desire him and require him aboue all other things Now to the reason of the soules desire and delight First the wearied soule delighteth in this trée that she may sit that is rest remaine and repose her selfe vnder it Christ is to be sought and desired for himselfe that we may rest and remaine in him that we may repose on him And good reason haue we so to do if we consider either what he is or what he hath what the father hath professed of him or what the Sonne hath promised of himselfe What is he hee is Alpha and Omega the first and the last Reu. 1.8 Rom. 11.36 He is the last end of all ends for to him are all things therefore he is to be desired for himselfe and all other things for him What euer we desire beside him we are not to rest vpon it but must vse it as a meane to further vs to this last end this supreme good and wee dishonour him much and disaduantage our selues more if we desire or séeke him for any other thing beside himselfe if we take in that last end of all things to be vsed as a meane and mids to any other thing Secondly we haue good reason to rest on him if we consider what he hath He hath in himselfe all perfection and beauty he hath in himselfe sufficiency both for himselfe and for vs Gen. 17.1 as being El shaddai God all-sufficient Col. 1.19 Col. 2.9 10 Ioh. 1.14 It pleased the Father that all fulnesse should dwell in him in him dwelleth all the fulnesse of the Godhead bodily in him we are compleat and full he is full of grace and truth fulnesse of light fulnesse of life fulnesse of saluation is in him and what good thing is to bée desired which wee shall not finde in him In him are hid all the treasures of wisdome and knowledge Col. 2.3 He is made of the Father to be our wisdome iustification 1. Cor. 1.30 sanctification and redemption are we fooles in him we haue wisdome are wee guilty of sinne and condemnation in him we haue righteousnesse are wee filthy and prophane in him wee haue sanctification are we sold vnder sinne to hell Ephes 1.7 in him we haue redemption euen the remission of our sinnes in his bloud Seeing then he hath all things we stand in need of to frée vs from extreme misery and to bring vs to supreme felicity good reason haue wee to rest and repose on him Thirdly what professed the father of him This is my beloued Son 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mat. 17.5 in whom I am well pleased on whom I haue rested and reposed If the father hath rested on him for fulnesse of satisfaction why should not we repose on him for fulnesse of saluation Lastly what hath he promised of himselfe Mat. 11.29 In me yee shall finde rest to your soules Wée may with that rich man Luk. 12.19 bid our soules rest on our Barnes but try who will hée shall finde no true rest but in Christ Iesus As for other things the more we possesse them the more they possesse vs yea the more they oppresse vs the more obtained the more they inflame the desire as water the more it be drunke by a dropsie man the more it kindleth his thirst and as