Serm.I a. to di fcern their Spiritll4l Condition ? 311 p. etencly boil over.I am f ofeph your Brother, I will fhew you kindnefs, be not troubled, Gen,45.i. and the following verfes. While thou fol- lowell God with thy complaints, and preffe(I hard after Chri(t ; he will at length (hew, and make known himfelf unto thee. Oh thou weep- ing (inner, I am Jells thy Brother, I am thy Redeemers I will be thy Sa - viour, though thou hall dealt unkindly with me, yet I will receive thee with the fweet embracemenrs of my everla(ting love. Read Pfal.85.8. Ifof..6.1)z, 3. 1/4.54.7,8. Fifthly, Ain ales be more obfervant of the purpofe and difpsfrtion of thy heart,the inclination of thy i!l, thegeneral fcope of thy lc fe,than the pRlionate fenfe ofjay and cogs fort.T here is but little conftincy in thefe Ioys,like che tide, they ebb and Cow.Like a Land -flcud, might overflow for a while, but a little after be dried wp; joyes are the fleet -meats of the foul,but are not for its con(lant fare and diec.por a fpiritual banquer,nor for a (land - ìn dish. Thus is was with David. And the experience of Chri(lians proves ir. Sixthly, When thou canfl not experience the fweetnefiof the Prorní fe, yet then firmly believe the verity of the Promife. The Truth of the Promtfe doth not depend upon our fenfe and feeling of ir, efpecially when we would ; where might be evidentia credibilitatis, when there is not eviden- tia rei,fuflicient reafon to believe, because it is a promife made by God, when thou dolt not as yet fee the performance of ir. Though thou naft not called honey,yet thou wilt believe it to be fweet,if cold by one that hath eaten thereof. Sevenchly, Carry thy felf really towards thy fin, gas thou doll conceive through mi. God loth towards thee. Thou faie(t, God loth not love thee,be lure thou doll not love thy fin ; thou fayeft,he bath tali thee of}, be lure thou calf off thy fin ; fmile as little upon thy fin, as in thygreate? darkuefs of difcomforr, thou faye(i God doch upon thee. Lighter the lip by calling thy fins over - board, and thou {halt come fafe to !hoar. This Ecclipfe may be by the interpofition of fome fin betwixt thee,and the light of Gods countenance. Eightly,Diligenrlyobferve what grace is of the greatefl growth in thy food, and make the bell improvement of that for thy fispport. The body natural doch grow in all the parts of ir,but nor equally,as to all dimenfions ; the finger grows not to the magnitude of the writ or arm ; ,In.mixt bodies there are all the elements, but one is predominant. Atnongtl the many branches of a tree, one might our top all the refl. In a ring of Bells all found, but the great Bell is heard above them all. In the new Creature there are all Graces radically and ferninally, but yet one might be more R r eminent
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