Chap.2.Sett.7 Louklnguntl1ef.,u. Boolc.IV.Part.V. / 913 --------------~-----------------------------------· of the'wor!d; h~ is .with us, and which is more, he !s i? us for our Col. z. z. comfort. Chrijt m you the hapeef glory. Not Chnfi: mSermons 7 • which we heare, nor Chrift in chapters which we reade, nor Chrift in Sacraments which we receive ; nor Chrift in our hea.ds by high notions, nor Chrifi in our mouths by frequent glorious expreffions . but Chrift in our hearts by his Spirit, is unto usthe hope of glory. The grounds of our comforts in this re~ fped:,is.- r. Chrifts prefence; it is faid of Paul that afrer a fad thip- . wrack the fight offome Chriftian brethren fo cheared him, that a upon Zhe fight of thetn he thank§d GBd, and too/z.courage; it is A ·Z 8 •1 f! laid of Ce(ar, that he cheared the drooping Mariners in a il:orme, by minding them of ~ prefence, 7ou carry Ce{ar ; how much more thould the in.being ofChrifl: folace Saints? ·to I am withyou. 0 my foul, was it not a cordial to the Difciples in a fi:orme that 'Chrift was with them, whom th'ewindes and waves obeyed? chearc up now, for if the Spirit be in thee, Chrift is with thee. ' 2 . Chrifts complacency; if his Spirit dwell in us, how f'hould he but be well-pleafed with us ? a man cannot properly be faid to dwellinaprifon, in which herakethnodelight; the Spiriti in- _, dw~lling imports a delight M Chrift ill fuch a foul, here )l1iH J ·PCal.t3Ui: tiwell, for I havedejimJ. it,or delighted in it; faith God of z;ow. though many times drooping Chriftians, viewing their ,own beggarlinelfe and vileneffe, judge themfelves worthy to be do- _ tcfted and deferred, and would relinquifh thcmfdves if they poffibly could, yet Chrifi: looketh to the poore and contrite foul :;ts a meet habitation for himfelfe to dwell-in , I dwell in the hig.h ~md hoi] p/(lce, with him 11l[o th.rt io of a c~ntrite, and humule Ifa• f T ,1 f ~ Spm t . · - · 3. Chrifts communications; union is the ground ofour communion with < hrifl: ; and the nearer our union, the greater is our communion ; i£ Chrift were only in a beleevcr by the habit ofgrace, the umonwould not be fo great, but it Chrift be in us _by his Spirit, the union is nearer, and therefore the communion will be greater. 0 my foul remember this in all thy ftraits; there can be no creature-want, or danger whatfoever whereiq the improvement of this in-dwelling of the Spirit may notre.. frefh thee~ art thou lick ?, the Phyfitian bo~h. of foul .and body is - ---- --- --· ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .. -- ---· ~~~h!~ ' !: i'
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