Thou wilt find all that in a manner loss, which thou hast placed in men out of Jesus.
Do not trust nor rely upon a windy reed: For all flesh is grass, and all the glory thereof shall fade like the flower of the grass. Isaiah xl.
3. Thou wilt soon be deceived, if thou only regard the outward shew of men.
For if thou seek thy comfort and thy gain in others, thou wilt often meet with loss.
If in all thou seek Jesus, doubtless thou wilt find Jesus.
But if thou seek thyself, thou wilt indeed find thyself, but to thy own ruin.
For a man does himself more harm if he seek not Jesus, than the whole world and all his enemies could do him.
Chap. VIII.
Of familiar friendship with Jesus.
1. When Jesus is present, all goes well, and nothing seems difficult: but when Jesus is absent every thing is hard.