The fifth offeClion is joy, which in the unregenerate is meeriy fenfual and brutifh; it hath no better objeCls than gold, or greatneffe, or offices, oc honors, or the like : and what arc all thefe but afhadow, a fhip, a bird, an arrow, a ~ofl: that \'affeth by ? .or rother, as crackjing of tbornes under a for, as flafhes of hghtmng before everlatting .fjre? But the joy of the regenerate IS a fp~ntual 1oy, and the matter of It IS the light of Gods countenance, or the robe of Chnfl:s nghteonfneffe, or the prom1fcs of Gods \Vord; or above all, God Almighty, bleffed evermore: Thus David,, Whom have I in heaven bttt thee? andthereis none ~tpon <arth that I defire befides thee, Pfal. 73. 2 5. .Why, this is that joy wh1ch no man can conceive, but he that enjoyes it; this is that white jfone, Rev. 2. 17. whofe fplendor fhmes only upon heavenly hearts; thJs is that Rev. 2 , , 7 , glimpfe of heavens glory, which fpringing up in a fanClified heart, out ofthe wells of falvation, and carried along with addition of frefh comforts (from the 'Nord and Sacra– ments) through a fruitful c11rrent and courfe of mans life, is at lafl: entertained into tpe boundlcffe and bottomlefs Ocean ofthe joyes of Heaven. I will not fay, but fometimes it may be affaulted, and fl:opped with fame doubts, or difl:rufl:s, or weakneffes of de8,/rons wal'<- grec, yet in rcfpeCl of its creotion, or effence, or blisful iffue·, it is (faith one) a very ing wirh God. glimpsof heav<T(, a p11re tafle oftherivers oflife, and firjf-fmits ( as he calls it) of ever• lafling joyes. · 1'he l!xth affettion is forro~v, which in the unregenerate is a worldly forrow, and the efFeCls of it are death; fo the Apofl:le, The forrow of the w.rld work.fth demh, 2 Cor. 2 Cor. '""' 7· 1 o. In this kind how endlefs are the (orrowes of men for their loffes, or croffcs, that\ fometimes may befal them? And how[oever fame may endeavour to comfort tb'em in Chrill:, they are fo dead-hearted that nothing can perfwade, nothing relifh with them that concerns heaven or falvation. But in the regenerate, forrow looks up to God-wards not that the beholding of Go1 in himfelf can bring forrow to a man, for he is aq1ofl: Ff•l. 4· 6, 7· comfortable objeCl, which made David fay, The lighc ofthy Countenance- u gladnefs t01ny heart: but the beholding of fin, which hindcreth from the clear fight of that ob– jeCl, this is it which breeds forrow, and this the Ap~fl:le call•godly forrow, working re~ oCor. 7 . 1o. pemaucetofalvation, nottobn·epemedof 2Cor.7.10. ItJsnotevery {orrow, butgqd– V. 9· !yfarrow ; I rejoyce (faith the Apofl:le) noc that ye-were madeforry, but chat ye fm:owell to repent4nce : And would you know who .[orrows to repentance? it is he, and onely he that groans and·fighs under the heavy we•ght and burden of his fins, that is of a bro– ken and contrite heort, that trembles at Uods Word, that is grieved at )lis enormi~ies, tliat forfakes all fins, and that refigns up himfelf in all holy obedience to Gods bleffed will· this farrow.is a bleffed fomw that brings forth joy and immortality : TherH_ore col!ifor; yr' comfortye all that 11101171/ m s.on, what though for a mght ( m pongs of the new birph) Pfalm 6 · 6 • you lie !;mowing and weeping for your fi!1s ( marke awhile, and the day will dawn, ride on, beca11[< of the ·.,ord of tmth, and ·a day-ltar will arife in your hearts that \Vill never fet; my weep and weep again, till you can fay with David, Ail the night mak,j I my bed to fwim with my tears, and prefently the Sun of Righteouf!lefs. will apjoear, and he will dry away your tears, and fhme upon,you With everlafhng hght. Certain– ly thus is it with every regenerate man, he loves, and hates, and hopes, and feares, and pr, 1 . 1 ~~- 4 u joyes, and farrows, and all thefe. paffiom; are renewed in him: To give infl:ance in. one, ]~0. ~2· 62. 5 1 f~· J :o. ) 19· l:S. U(e. David for all the regenerate; h1s love "Jppears, Pfol. I I9. 47· My dehght ]hall b•"' rhy commandments which I have loved: h1s batrd appears, PfaL I JO. 22. I hate thy rnemi" with a perfei:t hatred. His hope appears, Pfal. 62.'5. My fonl, lV•tit thOit only up•n God, formycxpeEfationU.from him. Hisfear appears P[al.I19.12o. Hisjudgmmtsat(.ter– •·ible, I tremble andquak.f. His joy app~:ars, Pfal. 119. r6. Thy Teftimonies are iny de– light, I rejoyce in them"' one that findel hgreat JPoi/es. His f•rrows appears, Pfal. 119. I 36. Mine eyes gujh out withrive>·s ofJVo1ter. Here IS Love, and Hatrtd, and Hope, and Fear, and joy, and Sorrow, and all are fet upon their right fpiritual objeCls. You fee now a pourtraiture of the newman, which fhould he the cafe of all men; my text faith indefinitely [Aman] implying every Man; and every part of .Ma11 ; every man fhould be regenerated!, every part of man fhollld be renewed; and whereas man confifl:s of two parts, the body and foul, <11l tha member.'i,of his body, the Heart, the Eye, the. Ear, the Tong!'' in fpecial; all tFJe powers of his foul, the Vnderftanding, the Will, the Memory; the C~11Jcience, the Ajfefliomin general, all mu/[ be renewed, and the whole man.] bom llgain. · And yet ( beloved) I mean not fo, a9 that' a man renewed\ is ndVer ov~rcome with fin ; I know there is in hill\ !' cominHal fight betwixt the flefh al)d the Jpirit, each. of ~· wh•ch
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