Sermon>· of the Go ~v R i a s~ then, uerum di•oga.udete((aith the Apojilo Then, to ir; againe andagairiq double it Phil·t·t · ;llld rreble it, and fpare not. Goo~leavchave you,. . . , Now then : for thiS [aiM Regzaand faltM Dwma, (both) )oyne thetriplicities ; [e,; if they fuit not, this and :he fir.ll: (.of JOy.) ~~~virtute, Godsjlrength, the very pro: mife, and hope of ir, yeelds JOY ,Wlt~m ;, there IS l.ttabttur. ' But,made~pparem 'mfa. lute is further matter of exttltabtt(wlthout.) But, Tt~a, Tua,Dgmzne, to that, bclon<>s 0 q;am ! there is, his place : 0, hewgreatly, flAil Davidrejoycewithin, triumph witt out; in the Lord; being fawd by flim, fo mightily, and fo marveUoujly favedby Him! , .Theferworriplicities, are in the firll:verfe (both.) There isnew joy, in the fecorid verfe, upon a riew ground (thcgoodne/Jeef God.) fhe IT. "''fo. And Jlrcngth, ~nd goodnejfe doe .well t?gether; neither ~ithot~t oth.erfaveth, :~:~~~?:."3 Strengthalone, 1t could well ;but wlil no~, tJllgoodneffecome to 1t. Both?d1d 1t,here. , or hi~ htarr: For,inthis ver[e,favedhyflrength : and m the feventh verfe,!n the memeofthe mpft •Of hul'f'·J High he did itotmifcarrie. Byjlmigth; th~t,oy noarme ofjlejh: By mercie ~ that, by nomerit of his owne. · Bur, Yt5 :toodneffe is overallHis workes, overftrmgth and all. For, idheweth it P"l.•H-i· felfe, not in j avingon!y (which is amatter of iiectjity ; ) but over and befides that, iofatisfying his deftm (and that is matter of meere botmty.) . . . And indeed,no way doth hisgaodiiejfe fo fhew it felfe, as id fending ~M our de{im. Nornothing,isfopropcrly;thenameof Ioy,asthedejire (mt. The denying of our Jefire; Nay, the but delaying it, is an abatement to our joy : But thedejire accomplifoed,thar, istheTree of /ifc(faithSalomon:) And theTreeof life, wasin the midjlof Prov.ti.i~; the Gdrdm; the very center of Paradifo,artd all tile joyesthcre. The fatisfying his Gen,•·$!, Jejire; ' . . . . . . . _ To (atisfie; is otiething: arid to f atisjiel:iy prevention; another. Bmveene them two, they make up a newtriplicitie. Fort,heformer, o.f fatiifjingthedefire,is[a downe; either, as conceive<\ in thehedrt(Deftderiumcordis ;) or, as exprelfed with the lips CpralAtio lahiomm.) It is much, to fatiifie thefe two; Hisgoodnelfe, gives (aiiifac1ion, bo'th to the one, and to the other : fatisfo8ion, td thebeart, bygranting thedeftre; fatiiflltlion, to the lips, by liot denying the reqtu.ft. And upon thefe two (in the verfe) there is a Seta. For thefe two (one would thinke) wete able to content any. . . But, this Seta, is no seta td Go o, He hath aseld, or anEta, above this Sel.i." He hath, not only a fatisfJing, but a [titisfyingbyfrevention : not expeCting either, but preventmg ~oth :grantingthat, which neither the tips ever mentioned, nor the he•rt once 1mag1ned: never came out of the mouth,nay, never came into'the ininde. And this, is thepr.cvenijli of His goodnejfe. . _ As for theheart and thelips, we will not becurious, nor fl:and fcanning their o'r~ der, which lhould ll:and firfl, theheart; orrhe lips. I linmv, though the tongue be.the . ,., penof never fowidyawriter, thebeari can enditefall:er, by much. But what skills it Pf,l.H. ' · · which is lirll: t Both!dgether (I am fure)tan defire more;thandther alone; and He 'Wtll[att.j'ethemboth. . ' , , Satisfle the lips: Petite&d•hittir, Speakeandfpeed. Sdtiifetheheari :tAve(} Mluh.7.7; h,!he,,wtlh andhave. Not only, openthymot~th: b·utenlargethyheart, neverfowide, P{a!,S•.•a. 48d. He.wilt fill it. This,is able,tofatisjie Daiiid(I thinke)and to make hinJling seta, .wh1ch •s theuJJ•"•c~-,. · This,may fatisfe D,wid. But thisfatisjiei not Go t>, In Hisgoodnelfe tbDavid: ;Tnp>·tvtntini 'N 0 [a115' With HmJ' but fatis jitptrqllt. And indeed,' both rhefe (make the bell: of bolh,wiJhHI< ~em you can) are ll:ill, bur a pojl-v_enifli, the h~art dnd thelippsgoe before, an~ g~ohi•U•· i?. 0 sgoodneffecomesafrer. Nay,ull Hisgolidneffeg~t before ;till it be,apr.cvt!'_tfl,,~r fattsfi~s.Htm11et, And, thaus; not when Heflares fvnu,ttll we come toHzm Efay l•· •il; nit our pennons; Nortill He rneet us, He with his mcrcic us with our prayers: u~,whcn Hepreventsus;before we ll:irr~ a foot : and heares ~s, not when, but ante~ Ef.,y c 1 .• 4 : qu•m,before w~ rcqt~eft; and an[wers us not while butycr even we deftre:ilpmilig,(en- Mmh.7·1• ' D ddd 4 ding
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