5 t8 Book iv. 1L.rokmg unto ']du.s. Chap.2.SeC.L6. ----hi; fwe _e_t_c_o_u_n-te-n-an_c_e_,_h_e_w_o_u-:- ld:-ce_r_ta-:-in-:1:-y-d-:-t-.a-w-;th-e-:-ir-:f.-:-o-ul:-s-u-n-to-b-: im-.--N-a-y-,-f.-ay_r_h_at all the damr,ed in hell were brougllt up wtth thetr burmng fiery chains 10 the mmoll: door of Heaven· could well:rike up a window, and Jet them look in, and behold rh~ Throne, and rh~ Lamb, and the Troops of glorified Spirits cloathed in white, with Crowns of gold on their heads, and Palm; in their hands, finging the etemal praifes of their glorious Y.ing; oh how would they be fweerened in their pain, and convinced of their foolifl1 choice, and ravrthed wrth the fulnefs of dwfe joyes and pltafuresrhar are in Chrili's lace for evermore<_ furdy much more may dtis glory of Chriil warm thy heart; 0 my foul ! wharan happrnefs were tt to fee the Krug on Ius Throne; to fee the Lamb, rhe latr Tree of L1fe, the br.nches which cannot for rl.e narrownef; of rhe place have room to grow in.. For the 1-lellvrnof H eavens cannot conr,t;,, btm ? What an happinefs were it 10 fee I 'e it felf, and to be warmed wi1h the heat of immediate love that comes out of the precious heart and bowel•of this prin~ely and royal Standard-beaw? as yet thou canfl not, mull: not fee thefe l•ghrs, there s no feerng theKm~ rl~u; in his beau,y rril thou comeft to glury; for rhen, •nd then only mu .t thou fee hrm tace tO face, and yet the Idea and Image of this glory is feen and may be feen of e. ery rruc believrno foul . encugh may be feen by an eye of faith, to kindle in thine heart a flame of love"to rh~ Lord JefusCln ill:: Oh who can rhink of the glory rhat is in this darnry delightful One, and nor be fwailowed up in love ? Who can think of Cbrifl s fitting at God's right hand, and fparkling in this glory round abour, and calling our beams of glory through Eafl, and WeiL and North, and South, through Heaven, and Earth and Hdl, and not lo·. e him with rhe W• ole heart, foul and might? J reme 1 ber one dying, and hear– ing fome difcourfe of Jdus Chrifl : Oh ( fatd fl>e) fpea/z.more of this, let me bear more of thiS; be not !Veary of telling his praife, I long to f:e hi~, holV Jhould I but long to hear of him? Su"ely [cannot fay 100 much of Jefus Chnfl; 111 rhrs bltffcd fubjetl: no man can poffibly hyperbohze; had I the tongues of Men and An· e),, 1 could never fu!Jy fet forth Ch•'i!l . ir involve. an eternal contradttl:JOn that the creamre can fee to the bottom ' of rhe Crea;or. Suppofe all rh~ fands on the Sea-lhore, all rhe Flower<, Herb•,leavf!, twigs of Trees in Wootls knd Forrerts,aiJ the Stars of Heaven,were all rational creatures, and had they that wifd,,m. and tongue; of Angt'b ~o fpeak of the Jovelintfs, beauty, glo– ry and excellency of Chnfl, M gone to Heavm,an~ jittmg nt the right hand of hi, Father, they would in all their exprelllons lhy millions of miles on t~is fide J efus Chrifl. 0 rhe lovelir.efs, beau'y, and glory of his Counrenance I can I fpeak, or you l1ear of fuch a Chrill: I and are we not allrn a bm ning love, in a feraphrcallove, or ar leaf! iR a conjugal love I 0 my heart ! how is it thou art nor love lick? how h it thou doll not charge rhe Cant, 5· s. · daughters of jemfalem as the Spt.ufe did, I ch•r;ge you 0 dnughters of jerufalem, if ye find my beloved that ye tell him, I amJick.. of love? 2. For his bounty, no fooner wa. he afcended, and fer down at God's right hand, bur he gives gifts l<ntomen; and he fends dow11 the holy Gholl. Tltis was the Gift of gifts; I fhJIJ only weigh two circumftances in this Gift, either whereof both dignifies, and call:, a fparkle of bounty from the Giver, into the heart of the Receiver to move him . to love. As --- One circumflance is the grearnefs of the Giver; cerrainly the prcheminence or dig– r.iry of any principle ennobleth and enhancerh the effect ; a gift coming from a great Perfon carrieHver a fcenr wi1h irof a certain grearnefs, and reliflterh either of excel– lency, or fuperioriry, or nobilrry, or all. lr is floried of Charles rbe fifth, that in his wars being ever prefl with want of money, and fo unable tn remunerate the fervices of diver. Dutch Captains, and Nobles , whom he had entertained; he ufed after any great exploit pc<formed by them, to call rogerher his Noble> and Camp into fuch a field, and there in rhe prtfencepf them all to rake a G<>ld chain from about his own neck, and to pur it >bout the neck'of fuch a Captain, or fuch a Collond, and fo ro embr.ce him and ro gi<e l:i111 thanks for hi~ gallant fervi~e: why, this rhey ell:e~med a greater favo~r (being circumltanced by fuch a Perfon. rn fuch a way) rf1an If mvery deed he had gi– ven them a fufficicnr pay, or remuneration. 0 they valued that Chain more than many bufl1els of.rhe like Gold ; rhe very Perfon of the Emperour hanged at the·Chain fuch a precious Jewel , as in warlike conceits a miilion of Gold could nor counrervarl. 0 my foul, it an Emperour thus <>ained the affection) of men, how lhouldfl rl1ou bur love . Chri •l the great EmpnourofHeaven andEarrh: irwas herhatgaverheehis Spirit, it N"'mb. u. 17· was he that HO~ off theSn.rit wh,ch u upon ··im, ( fo is the expreffi?n of God ro /!'fofes) and pm it upon thee ; and dorh not the Perfon of Chrtft, the Dtgmry of Chnf!, mhance the
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