To the Poor in Spirit. fnners, and efpecially as Confciota of the abufe of his Grace, that there mull needs ,lotiowfuch a firangenefs as will damp anddull our 'a prehen f - ens of his Love : and fuch an abatement-ofour Confidence, as will make us draw back, and look at Godafar off: Seeing therefore that atthis di- fiance nofull apprehenfcons ofLove can be expe- lled : It is the Pleafureofour Redeemerfhortly to Return, with ten thoufands ofhis Saints, with the noble irrry ofhis c. i'7 artyrs and the cot- tendance of bis Angels . and to give you fuch a Convincing Demonflration ofhis Love, as /ball leave no roomforone more Doubt. Your Com- forts are now but a Tafle, they (hall be then a Feafl : They arenow but Intermittent, they ¡hall be then Continual. flow Joan now doyour Con- queredfears return ? and what an uncon//ancy andunevennefi is there in our Peace ? but then our Peace mull needs be Perfelt and Permanent, when wefhallpleafe GodandEnjoy him in Pcrfe- [lion to Perpetuity. Certainly, Chriflians, your Comforts fhouldbe now more abundant, but that they are not ripe : It is that, and not this, that isyour harvefl : I have toldyou in another Book the *flake and danger of expec`aing too much here, and the .Necefsity of Looking and Longing for that Reft, ifwe will havePeace in- deed ! But alas, how bard is thisleion learned ? t nbelievers
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