ig.S.. ~ 'Jl'Silini 8r 4 Briiie~ . .. Part n; and their coiiqnefis; their frrivings againfr their ancient le!ls an~ h0w t~ey haveoverco~e them; a_nd the fweec refrefuing: wh1ch rhe1r fouls -have .had m the exerCi feof Love,~nd faith, and hope! They c~n dive into the Ocean of mercy, and fpeak of the abundant ktndnefs of the ·Lord, and earne!lly awlken and invite c:.ach other to praife him for his Goodnefs, and to declare bis .wo.nderoU:s.works for the children of men; They can direct · eafq other inthei_r difficaltics; aqd.encourage e_ac~ other in holY. ways;.and fire.ngthen one another .m holy refoluttons, and com– fort one another with the fame .comforts' rhat they rhemfelves ha.ve _been comforted with by the Lord ! And may not . our hearts,rejoyce and burn wi.rhin us, while we difcotlrfe of fuch im- . porMnt ,things.as the~e,. in fuc,h a feriofU~ - exp.~riment~l, edifying ~ manner ?. They can dtfcourfe together of thetr meetmg before rhe throne of Chri!l, and ofthe,bleffed convcrfe which they tball have in Heaven, with the, Lord himfclf, and with.the holy J\·n– gd$, and where they fhall be, and what they fhall do, to all ete.r.. . ni£y, in the prefe~ce of Gopwhere is .(ulnefs of joy, and before -him wqer.e ~re th~ eternalJ11e~fares, .-.. ,. . ,'_ . . _ 0 Chrdl:tam, dtd not your gr~ces ~ang~~fh .~Yyp,m: .o.wn _qeg l • lects, and your fouls grow out of reltili .wtth , thefe fpmt_ual and ·: mqfi ~xcellent things, your fpeeches of them wquld be more fa. voury; you would be more frequent, lively, and chee{ful in yo~rdifCOI.Jrfe of.holyJ:h~qgn .and t-hen your:eonve-rfe wou,ld Be • moreedifying and deligQtful eo each o~her... W~ fh(w fo' little ' ofcGraceiilour wnference, _that makes it to be buc ,little . ~ilfe-.. rent from other mens ; And (which is the cemrnondl: cafe, and . very dolef1:1l) we qioH: of us remain fo igno~ant and imprudenc, that we tnarr holy <;onference l?y our mixtures ofsmwife cxpre{fi- . ons. and difgrace it to others by our inJuliicious we.~Jzfle/~ :This is– the bane of Chrifiian.difcourfe ; eveo the }'Vant of ·koly sk.jll and wifdom 9 and of underflanding to fpeak :of:rhe Jhings .of God~ ac_cording' ro their tranfcendent worth and \\;eight; as much (and more) then the ~ant of. ~e~l. :. Butj~·we c?uld dff~omfe ' of thefe holy ~atters arighti wtth ~ifdl)~ and. Wt(h /er~oufnefs, how f>Weet, how fr:uitfnl wo'uld the .~oriip~a~y of h~ly J>erfons be! We lbould be ftill among them, as in 'the ·fa{TIJlY .of God, . a~1d fhould hear that whichmar fouls do mol:t: de fire to hear ; and w.eJhould preach to oneanother the riches ~f grace in our fa,. miljax;,d~fcourfe ; a~.4 f?ul~ !!Jigh~ b~ '~~!~~fed by t~e ~on(~ren~f
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