Book.IV. Looking unto 1e(us. Cbap.4 s~a. I --'·<h • 1 1a not bhfl&me, n.either.fhal/fruit,be in the vinu, the !11bour of the olive 1. · 3 7> fb,d! jlltlr, andthefit!dJjballyeeldnomeat, thejlock,.fo,a!lbecutgff frBm the f old, and there /hall be no herd in the jl-111/s, yet I will rejoJce in theLQtd, I will joy in the g od o{ my fa!vation. When all is darke abroad in the world, the foul in this frame will rejoyce in God alqne; on the contrary, the foul that hath or.ly a natural pleafantndfe ofSpirit, when affliction comes, it is all amort, and down ; I appeale to you that have the molt delightful fpirics, when you have friends, and meanes, . and all you like, you are jocund and merry, but when affliction comes, how quickly are your fpirits down .? furely your ' pleafantnelfe is not fpiritual , for iffo, it would bean: up your hearts joyful in affliction. "S(}Ar.etiill, ~9-othC)S, And now againe t.he Paf[eover, afeafl of the {ewes w,u nigh; our Engliih Annotations on thefe words can tell us that this feems to be * the third Paf[eover afw· Chri.fts baptifmr. And therefore here I conclude the third yeare of Chrifis tniniftry ; there is but one yeare more before Chrifis death, to which uow I come, and to fome palfages therein , mo£1: obfervable in reference to our fouls falvation, CHAP. IV. SEcT . I·. oftht.{oNrth ytAre of Chrlfls miniftry, Andgenerally of ·· h~ ai!ings in th11t ytare• • : His -wis th.e l:ill 'yeare of.Chril.l:s minillry in .which: were thou(andsofpalfages: The Evangelil.l: 'fohn relates more·of Chril.l: this yeare than in all the former; and if I fiudied not brevity,. wemight dwell more on his ad-ings for us this yeare, than , hi~hl!rto we have done from the beginning-of his ftlinith:y ;,. llOW it. W~S .that h!: was tr~nsfigured, ~OW it . WllS tMt · · . · · . · he :
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