•786 '.A S11int 8r 4Brute. 'Par.t ·IT.' of Heawens cannot -contain him ; and ·yet he delighteth in the hmnble foul, and h1th refpcd: to the <::ontrite, yea dwells with them that tremble at his Word. Is any thing fo pleafant as the Praifes of the Lord ! How fweet is it to fee and praife him ~s rhe Creator, in the various wonderful creatures which he hatb mad'e '! How pleafan t to obferve his works of providence , to them that read them by the light of the Sanctuary, and in Faith and Pati~ .cnce learn the interpretation~ from him that only can i'nterpret them. But 0 hew unfpeakably Plea[dnt is it to fee the Father .in the Son; and theGod-hetJtd in the m.t~n·h()od of our Lord, and the Richesof Grace in the gJ4.r of the holyGofptl, and the mani· fold wifdom of 6od in the Chl¥rch ~where the Angels thc:mfelves difdain not to behold it! Ephcf. 3. 1 o, II. The praifing of God for the incarnation of his Son, was a work that a .chore of Angels were employed in as the infiractors or the 'Church , Luke z.' I 3, r 4. There is not a promife in the book of ·.God , nor one paffage of the Life and Miracles of Chrifr, and tee reil: of the· Hifiory of the Gofpel, nor one of the holy workS' of the fpirit upon the foul, nor one of t:hofe thoufand -mercies w the Church, or ro our felves, or friends, that infinite Goo.dnefs dorh befi:ow, but contain fuch macrer of Praife to God, as might fill believing hearts with Pleafure, and find them mofi delightful work: Much mo,re whenaft thefe are at once before Ns, what afeajf is there for a gracious Soul! · 0 you befooled fle!hly minds , that find no pleafure in the things of God, but bad rather be drinking, or gaming, or fcrap– ing in the world, awaken your fouls and fee what you a!e doing ! With what eyes do you fee, withwh~·t hearls do you thtnk of the Works, and Word, and Wayes of God, and of the Holy em– ployments that you are fo much againfi ! Fo.r my own part , I freely ancl truly here profefs to you , that I would not exchange the Plett[Nre that my foul enjoyeth in thu one piece of the holy Work of God, for all your mirth, and fport, and gain, and what– ever the world and fin affords you : I would n·ot change the de– lights which I enjoy, in one of thefe h~ly daye.r_and _dPJtie~, in the mentioning of the eternal God, and celebraung hts pnufe , . and magnifying his Name, and chinking, and fpeaking of the nches of his Love, and the glory of his Kingdom, no not for all the pleafure of your lives. 0 that your fouls were . cur,e~ of t~ofe dangerous dif~afes, t~a~ makeyou l,~ath thefw~et~ft thmgs~;~d :.
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