PartIf: r;r· s~tini 1r li Brute~ 3Gi fire [te fee the g~-od.of li~ c.hofo;.' ;~nd njoyce in tbe gladHe(s of !Ju nAtion 1 mr1glory W1th hu tnherstance, P1al. I o6. 5. [ Smg unto th'e L~rd : fin[, P[ulms ll~tq /;im : t~tlk_, of all hti wonderouJ ')11orkf:] Glor;yeinhur.holy na":e :lathe heArt ~f them rejoyc1 thllt {etk_, the L~rd] Paal. I OS· I, 2, 3.. The Stunts j!M/t .fh9ut aloud for joy, Pfal. 1_32· 9,.16. [ Bcgl01dm ~h~ L~rd, 0 ;erJghte– ous, and fhout for Jf'] all ye that ~tre uprzght sn· ~eart] Pfal. 3 2. 1 I. [ Behold my fervants /ball rrjoy_ce ; hut ye fo~ll h · afoamed: Bcho/Jmy ferv..znts fhall jiHg for JOJ uf hu~rt : but ye foal/ cry for farroW of heart, 11ndj7;"/L hoult for vexation of JPirit; Ifa. 65. 13 , I 4.] Abundance fuch paffages tell youwbt momer of perfons it is · that God delighttth in., and what he wouid have you /7e "nd doe. if'hde I have recited to fhamc the godly· out of their undeC"ent troables and dejedcdnefs , .as you would fbrw a child his face · in,agl4s,when he·cryeth, that he may fee how he deformerh ir. . The very J(in;;dom <f GiJd confiftuh iwrighteoHfmf.r, 11nd Puite~ . ~nd joy in the HolJ. Gh@ft . . Ifyou would liv.e as is mo.fi pleajii:Jg . ~nto God, and as befecmct h thofe that are mdced beltevers, lee the joy of believers be (as far as is poffible) your ordinary frame : And ifby,fin you- wound, your fouls, and bring fmart upon your felves, dw~ll no't in .that W_?unded .fmar~ing flare ; but go toyour Phyfic10ns, and beg of God thar he will rrftore to , J~U t.hejoy 6f hri f alvation, andmfli.?J you to bear the voice of joy iind gladn-efs,that yo~r hrt·k.PJ heart ·{/.rtd qpnes maj rejeytr,Na.st.-8~1 l . . And rake nottce thro·ughout aH 'the·Scnpture, whether you fi·nd rhe fervants of God fo much complai·ning· of their want: of aifurance, and ofrheir frequer1t doubtings of their own fincce – rity arrd his love; I thinkyou will find this a very rare thing in ' the ancient Saints. They were fenfi.ble of jirt as well :~s we; and they were as fenfible ofGods affEcting· hand, and oft (as : ]ob, David, HtiGekiah,'&c.) complained under it, perhaps wirli fome excefs, and roo much queHioningGods favom ro them:as – if he had forfcakcn them. But ( be!ides and without any f11ch · affiit'iion) to live in ordinary trouble of mind through the · dot1bting of their fi.ncerity, and of Gods fpccial lQve, and 't(!) ' he exercifed in the c~mplaining :and difconfolate way as ·now ab.lilndanceof Chriihans are, this I find little of tJ1e Scripture · Samrs • . The reafon was not becaufe they had more holinf/s and · /ifs ji11- than many that mwne thus caft down: For ·the Gofpel i - - -- - ·- · ~L~) - · time~
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