iPa.rt lt . ·- · 'A Saint 1r a Bri;~ · . . . ·371 that his people takepleafurc in the Lord-:. that the S~eints 6e j 01 .. ful 'inglory ; that. tiJCJ Ji.ng t~lrmtl.upon thesr beds, and th4t the hitJ~ .. prai/es of God 6e m thesr msuthes, P];~tm 149. 4,} 1 6. · . 0 let not the Spirit of GoJ b~ th?ught.to .be like: rhe evil f}i– rit that vexedS11ut, that filled hts mmd Wtth melancholy anguifu . and confufion : It is the, evil fpirit chat remech and cormenteth thofe that it poifeifeth ; though the fpirit of God doth hRmblt_ and by ordinate for row prepare for joy : But its proper work i; to fanUifte,and to comfort,and to eft.:b/ifh the Believer with Pe~ce that pAJ{eth nnderft11naing. As it is a greater fign of the operation of the Spirit of Chrifl:, r.o refiore the lapfed by a[pirit of meek: ne(s, and to bear one ,mothersburdeNs, and e~ercife tenderneft, compaffion and charity, then to ce.nfureand ~nvy, and call for fire from heaven : So even at home (though there we are allowed w be more rigid and cenforious) it is amore fureand fatisfactory .difcovery of the Spirit of Grace within us, if we are raifed to a fweet dc.fight in God, and quieted in his Love, and carrycd out in .chearful obedience, thankfully acknowled_ging the grace that we have received , and waiting in the ufe of means for more, then if we are only turmoiled and troubled in our minds, and toffed up - and down with unprofitablegriefs and fear!, that abateour Love to ·God, and our holy joyes. It is the fti!Jvoice that doth mofi fully acquaint us that it is Chrifi the Prince of Peace that fpeaketh to us : Though at firfi when he findech a finner in a fiace ofenmity and rebellion, he often ufech to thunder and lighten , and call to ~im as tO Saul, [Why per{ec.uteft thou me?] Wilt thou kjc~ againft · .theprick....r? Wiltthou fight againll heaven ? Or canfi diou bear thewrath of God Almighty ? Yet to the h~tmh/edpenittHt foul, there !s none in all the world fo tender as Jefus Chrifi, the Lamb of God, the Churches husband, that cherifheth them as his own .f ifili. ·0 tha t you d'dbut know the greatncfs and rendernefs. of .hi.' love w you, ~-vh ile you lie trembling under the u.njufl: appre~ henftonsof O!S wra h ! It would then fo tra~fport you wir:h ra.· vifhing delights, thattbe world would fee that the Saints of the mofi High ha:ve higher Pleafures thc:n the world affordtth. -· - - ... ' , · ---· --- . ... ~- - r :
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