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21 hearkening to her voice, Gen. xxv. 28. as a nurse, that having her breast full of milk, doth love the child that sucks it from her, even so the Lord Jesus Christ, when he hath his breast full of heavenly milk is glad when he hath children to suck the same. Let us therefore, as the apostles willeth, 1 Pet. ii. 1. Lay aside all maliciousness, guile, and dissimulation, all envy and ill-speaking, as new born babes desire the sincere milk the word, that they may grow thereby,' to be perfect men in Christ Jesut. Let us breathe after the fountain of living water, which spring- eth up unto eternal life, as the hart brayeth for the rivers of water, Psalm Ixii. 1. to quench his thirst.And for as much as many things are so troublesome, and one thing is so needful, let us ever be seeking that needful thing, even the end of all things, that is, to learn to 'fear God,' and to strive continually to keep bus command- ments,' Eccl. xii. 12. which we must learn by hearing of the word of God, whereby faith, (without the which, it is impossible to please God, Heb. xi. 9.) may be begot- ten, and nourished in the hearts of men, Rom. x. 17. This is that good part which Mary hath chosen, which is much better than her sister's choice, because it