Part IT.' • 'A St~lnt ir 4 Brute.' ty, and let your hea,rts and tongues expatiate in the fir!life of the Heavenly Majefiy, and ufe this work and pl~ it clofe, and be not . tOO je/dom, or cu.ftomary, or care/efs in it, and yol!l fhallfind the difference between the Piuzfures of Faith and of the fiefh, of a Holy and of a fen(ual life , Pfalm I 35. 2, ~· Te th.zt {fand in the Roufe of the Lord, in the Courts of the Hottfe cf eur Gt~d : fr~ife the Lord, ffw the Lord is Good: fing praifes to hu N llme, .for it iJ pleafant. J Pfal. 71. 8. La my mouthbe filled withJhy Praife, and with thy honMr Pill the day. J Pfal. 96. 2. 6. Sing unto the Lr~rd; blefJ hu name ; fheW forth hio jlllvP~tion fr6m ~.1y to Jay. Honour and Majeftyare before him : flrength and be~~uty P~re _in bis San-_ Bu~try. J . . 0 that the Lord will but jhine upon my foul with the Light cf his countenance , and 9pen my heart to tlte entertainment of his LrJvt, and hold a gracious Communion with my foul, by his holy Spirit, and kee~ open thefe doors to me, and continue this liberty · of his Houfe and Ordinances which weenjoy this day, that I.may joyn with a faithful humble people, in holy Commsnion, and in his Praife and Worfhip, and that with a heart that is fuitnble to thcfe works! I thaH then fay with Dttvid, Pfal. I 6. 6. The lines ~t.re ftdn ts me in plea{ltnt places; 1 h~tve tt goodly heritage. I will ask for no greater pleafures, or bon<?,urs, or advancement in tllis world -! Let who will fmfet on the pleafures of the fidh ! Here doth my fo1:1l delight to dwell! Pfalm 27. 4, 5, 6. One thing h~tve 1 de fired {)f the Lord, that will I feel( after ; that 1 may awe/I in the Ho~Jeof the Lord 11ll the daies of my life, to behold the beauty of the L,;rd, and teenquire i'! his holJTemple : For in the time of trouble he Will hide me in hu pa11ilion; & in thefecret of his T P~ber1Jaclefb~ll he hide mg : he Jhall Jet mf up upon a Rvcl,. : Ana then ·fhall my he11d be liftrd up above mine enemies round abrwt me :there– fore will 1 offrr in his Taber~acle facrificesof [oy , 1will jing,yra ]will fin.f. Traifes to the LlJrd.J Till I come to thepromifcd Ever– /afting Pleafures, I ihall ask of God no greater Ple-A[urn~ Thefe would be as much as my foul in the prifon of fldh can bear. · Till I come to rhe Land of Promifc, may l bu·t have thefe clt:ftcrs of irsgrapes in my prefent Wildernefs, I fhall not repine : Myheart her_e fl;.i/1 heglid, andmyglory fl;all rtjoJte, and at de~tth, myjlefb foal! reft in hope. For as rhe Lord now fueweth me the path of lif~, fo in hisprefen6e u fulnefs of [QJ, 11nd at hiJ right hand are · ple~fures for evermore, Pfal. 16. 9, I I. pp . ~ . 4. Another ·- - .
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