'· pan: II. · A StSint or 4. Brute~' z1 )· te~pt , as being an eaGe coll!mon thing. ·Things co.""0m.on and .eaiily got , are little ~et by :. Bu~ w~~n the plai19He[s i6 _fuch as rpay pre11tn! Mr de[p;tJr an.d diJ{at~j4flM11, apd yet the DilficultJ fuch, that tt may ~old UJ zn ft~d]; and pr~vent· cur eontcVJpt, 1.~ makes the mofi dehghtfHl Knowle,dge. It Is Pleafant to find fome daily ~tddition .to our Light, ~nd to be on thegaining and thr·iving hand and thts upon our d1ltgent (earch : Succefes are as plea– Jant ;sa prefent fulnefs of ·fupplies :. The daily· bleffing of ~od upon our fl:udies , and htunble learptng ' addeth to our d.elt~hr . So that all this fer together, may fuewyou how pkafant a thtng it is to have the Knowledge of a Saint. Efpecially if you add that he bath an Experirpental, and fo a. ['r~eeter Knowledge, then the mofi \earnecl men hav~ that are un– godly. He bath tafled t~at the Lord is ~racious, a.nd he hat!t tlljhd the fwe~tnefs of h1s Love, and pt all the Rtches of hts Grace in Chriil: ,, and of his full11n~ precious .prornifes , aod o£ the inward powerful workings of his fpirit. His cxpcrim~ntal KnowJedge is the mofi Delightful Knowledge. , The Pleafufe of •Natural Knowledge is great, but the Pleafare -of fa-wi;ng Knowledge is much guater. I do not!>elieve ,that eve~ any of the Ambitious troublers 9f the world, that let go Heavea that rhey mayR:ule on Earth, have llalf the Plcafare in their :(irea.tncfs and ufnrped Dignitics,as an ho1Jeft Studmt bath in .his .Book;, an~ fiu4iou,s.exercifcs and f¥cce,f(es: ~ut if.;~ou compare .the Pleafurcs of tbetr ~r,eatnef.s and Commands , wtth the Plea– fure Qf a irue Believing[rml, in his life of Faith, and {weec fore– thoughts of his He:a.venly Inheritance, I mufi plainly tell ·you that we difdain th_e.comparifon. Again I fay , that if you will com– pare the Drunkards, the Fornica~ors, or the Ambitious or Cove– toes mans .delight,with the folace that I find in my retired ftudics, even about.naturAl common things, -I difdain the .comparifon : 'But if Y'OU cornp~re their Pleafure, with-that litt1e; alas coo little, pleafure that I .find in the believing thoughts of Life Eter– nal! , I do not _only difdain your comparif9n , but de– tefi ir. Were I minded to be long,I would fhew you from thefe twelve particular Infiances , the abundant Pleafure of Holy Know– ledge. 1. ~h~t a P1eafant d1ing is it to know the Lord , theEternd God, mh1s.bleffed Attributes ! The dimmeflglimmering KnowN n 2 .led~e
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