glorycloud's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- we must seek the thing that are above "[Duty]. 3. Thirdly, as St. Paul says, "If we be risen with Christ, then we must seek the things that are above" [Col. 3:1]. But how and by what means can we rise with Christ, seeing we did not die with Him? Answer. We rise with Christ thus. The burgess of a town in the Parliament House bears the person of a whole town. And whatsoever he says, that the whole town says; and whatsoever is done to him is also done to all the town. So Christ upon the cross stood in our place and bare our person; and what He suffered, we suffered. And when He died, all the faithful died in Him. And so likewise as He is risen again, so are all the faithful risen in Him. The consideration whereof does teach us that we must not have our hearts wedded to this world. We may use the things of this life, but yet so as though we used them not. For our love and care must be for the things above, and specially we must seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness, peace of conscience, and joy in the Holy Ghost. We must therefor sue for the pardon of sin, for reconciliation to God in Christ, and for sanctification. There are the precious pearls which we must seek; and when we have found them we must sell all that we have to buy them; and, having bought them, we must lay them up in the secret corners of our hearts, valuing and esteeming of them better than all things in the world beside." William Perkins pg. 257 'An Exposition of the Creed' The Works of William Perkins Volume 5 12:37 p.m. - 2023-06-01 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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