Part II. :A S~tint 1r ~ Brutt.: 9. And it is Pleafant to a ChriG.ian to k.,no'YJ9 hi:; D'Nti It very 'much quieteth and delighteth his mind rw.ben he .can ~ut k..now -what is the -will of God ; When the way of Duty 1~ phun before · him how chearfnlly canhe go on, whatever meet h1m?' andhow eafi~ dotb it m:lke his la.bour and his fuffering? I o. Yeait is Ple.?{ant to a 'Believer to under fl:and .nis verydanger : Though the D(/.nger it fclf be dreadful to him, yet to k.._ntiw it, that he may avoid ir, is his defire and his delight. . I 1.• And 1 howPlea[ant is it to underfiand all. the Hdp~, En– 'coHragnmnt·sand Comfor-ts that God bath prov~ded for us m our way ? and how many more are for us, then agamfl: us? · 12. But ab€>vc: all, howPieaftmt is it to k._nowby faith, the life that we mufrlive withGod for ever ' ? and what he will do for us to all eternity , in . the performance of his holy Cove~ nant. I do but briefly name thefe Infl:am;:e~ of Delightful Knowledge,· which are fweeter to tlie holy foul then all the Pleafures of fin to the ungod,ly. Do you thi~k that any of you bath fuch folid Pleafure inyour fins, .as D~tvia had in the Lawof God, w-hen he meditated in it with fuch delight, and faith, How fwecl u it to r»J 1NO'uth.1 even f'*eeter then the heney and the hony-cQmb . Surely you dare not (Otnparewith him inPleafures. 2. Another part of Holinefsthat is Pltafant.in the Nature of it, is that which is-fubjectcd in the he~trt or ajfeflions. - Aml here is , the chiefejJ of its fwectnefs and deli~hts. · 1. Thevery cempl1~tnu -of the Will with theWill Gf God, and its Conformity to his Law, doth carry a quieting Pleafure in ir. -That foul is happyeft that i~ nutrefJ God, and lik!fho him ; and that f~ul maywell be futlefi of ])1/ig/,t, that'is mofi Rappy: ·And that foul is neareft and lik.!ft 'uYJt() God; whofeWill is moR conformed to · buWill : The trtJuble of the Heart is its unfettleanefs, when it is . not bottomedon theWill of God : ·When we feel that Gods . Will doth ~t~li andj11tujieus, and that we woul~ fain be what he womldhave us be, and refl in his Dl[pojingWill, as well as ()bey his Commanding Will,this givesabundant Pleafure andqlilictnef.s to the foul. , . 2. 1 he holy workings of Ght~·rit}'in the foul; are· exceedmgPlcPl[,mt. All the a&s ofLo?Je to God and man arc very fwee·t.. )'his is the.holy work, that is its own wages. ,x. !heLa11 of God i~ f~ f~eet an exercife, that verily-my : foul · Nn ! \ -- - · ~ad,~
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