'2.7-4 ·: A 9-AitJt er~ 8rNte. Part Il•' . the ple.~t[#rc of one homs. clear and lively Knowledge of my , falvatson, and of the fpectal Love of God , then to be eulted · above thegreatefl Prince , and to hal·e all tbe Pleafures .that my fenfcs can d~fire. The Deligbts of the .fldh are bafeand bru~ . tifh, and norhinglo the fpiritual Heavenly Ddighrs of the re~ .. newed mind. · · · 5. The m.tnntr of our Holy Knowledge; makcth it more JJe. lighrful. t: It is a Certai;.z and luf~tlltltle . Knowledge. It is not a [ mtty ht J , or barepojfibility : It is not, It is poffi6Je there mPZJ ha Eeavm andHappinefs hereafter : But it is tU trne as the Wordof God is true : We have his oWn hand, and/Ml, and earncfo for it : Even his preciom promi[ts, andoath, confirmed by mi– racles, ahd fulfilled-prophecy, and bearing his own image and fupe-rfcription, aFJd ·{hiningrousbyits·own light: We havein our hearts the fPirit which is God.r earneft; by which we are fealed up. to th~ day of our final full redemption. And if the foul yet flagger ~t the promifeof God throt.lgh the.reqJnants ofunbelief, tbat tball not make the promife of God of none effect· ; but hi~ foundation lhaH fiHI fiand fure ·: · H~s word fuall not pafs ti!J all be fulfilled, thougQ heaven and c=arch~all pafs away. A mef.fage by one that we: re fent tO us from the dead , were not more credi~ . ble then the Word of God. And ,.tbis Gtrtninty --~f Holy Faith and Knowledge~ a very great contentment to the foul. When d1e G·lory of. the Saints i~ a thing as fure as if we faw .. it with our eyes, and as fure as-thckthings whith we daily fee; it is a greatp!ea(ureto thefoul.,whenitcanbut apprehend this joyful · Ct/rtainty. ·' . . . . . 2 . . And that there J$ a certatn eajimfs and plaumefs In thegreat , and nuejfary poinrs of faith , as to the m~tnncr of Revelation, doth add much to Faith' .r, SAti6faf1ion and Delight. The poims that life and deitth lie on, are noc le~t fo obfcure as Tight perplex ,, us , left we did not know the me~nmgQf them. But they are fo plain, that he that runs may read them; anq the fimple, rhac are but bonefi· heaned, may cerrainly tmderfiand them : WJ1ich . quiets,andp!(afrtb,andfatisfi.nthemind• ., . . . · 3. And yet there is anexc.iting D'ilfibtlty 1n man_y t:lungs that :tre o.ffered to ot'lr J(nowled·ge, whtch dGth hut make our holy fludies the more delightful. If the Word of God were fo 'laiH 1nd olrviov--4 t.oall, that it might be all underilood at the fi.r.ft read– ing; the plainnejj would bri.ng_?ur Sif{red K~owledge mto con- . u~~ •'
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