Ambrose - BT200 A42 1658

Chlp.x.Sett.6. B·ookiH. God can fpeak experimentally of the truths it knowes :- I k!;ow _) whom I have belitved, faith Paul; I have experienced hisfaith- ~ Tilll. r.r 1., fulneffe and all.Jufficiency, I dare trufl: my all with him, I am fure he will keep it fafe to that day. .Common knowledge refls in generals, but they that are taught·ofGod can fa'y, as we-.bave beard, fo hav~ we fem, they can go along with every truth, and fay , it isfo indud, I have experienc't this and that word upcn mJ 6Wn he11rt. In this cafe the Scripture is the original, a.nd their heart is the coppy ofic , as yojl have heard; they can read over the promifes, and threatnirtgs, and fay probMHm eft. David in his Pfalmes; and Paul in hi5 Epiilles fpeakes their very hearts , and feds their very temptations,,and makes their very ~bjections : J h they can Jet tift heir feale that God is true, tht:y can folemnly de- 0 + H · clare by their lives and. converfations that God is true and faithful in his word and promifc:s. 4. God Eeacheth.fw~ecly and comfortably : thou haft taught~( me , faith <IJavid, and then it foilowes, how fvmt are t!!J wordi · 1 ~:.1''10%.; Hnto .mJ tllji? yea fweeter then the bony to my-mouth? he rolled the · word and promifes as fugar under his tongue , and fucked .from · thence more fweetneffe then Sllmpfon did from his honey~ comb· : . Luther faid , he woula not live in P aradift if he mu/1- live withoutc . b . · r 'd h . Y'. t.m vcr o 111 the ·Word; kut With the Word ( 131 e) I crmld ilve tn he~. When infirne facile. Chri{\ l:lUt h1s hand by the hole of the doore, to teach the heart , eft 11i ~•re • . her bcwe!S were movtd, <1nd then her finger's drop upon the handlesofLutb.4.Tem. , .thelockjweet [me/ling myrrhe , Cant. 5· 5· The teachings - of0P~rl4t· Chrill left fuch a bleffing upon the firil motions of the Spoufes heart, that with the very touch of them fhe isrefrefhed·, her fingers drop myrrhe, and her bowels are moved as the very.mo.:. numents ofhis gracious teachings; So in {Pint. 1.3. Becaufe of the Can~.t.J ' favour of thy op •tmentJ, thy :l(ame is as an oyntment pouredfortb, therefore do the Virgins love thee. Chri({ in Ordinances doth u 0Ji[ary , open, a box ofointmentswhich ddfufeth a fpirituaJ favaur .- in Church-Affemblies, and this onely the fpiritual Chriftian feels. Cane, 4. u ... Hence the_Church is compared to aGarden fout up, a Fountaine je11led; Wtcked men are no.t able to drink . of her delicacies ., or fm~ll of her fwee~ne ffe; . a fpiritual S~rmon is afountain fealed up • . the fp~ntual adm•mfirat~on -of a Sacrament, is a garden indofed: . Somem~es 0 Lo:d t~o~ gweft meaflrange motiQn , or affection (failfl:Aug.l. 16o Auguftme) · wh1"b i[1t were bHI perfelhd in me, Icould not ima[jne Confe[., 4q., . .B b 3 . whfft

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