22 6 Direct ions to~be mains to die. ration and wearinefsof them, and make the thoughts of refit to be fweet to you. Have you yet not fin enough, and for row , and fear and trouble enough ? Or muft God lay a greater load on you to make you defire to be dif-bur- dened ? Every hour you fpend, and every creature you have to dowith, afford you fome occalion ofrenewing your defires to depart from thefe and be with Chrift. Diree1. 7. Obferve and magnifie that of God which is here revealed to you in his word and. orks. Study him and admire him inScripture, {Indy and admire him in the frame ofnature ; And when you look towards Sun, or Moon, or fea, or land, and perceive how little it is that you know, and how defirable it is to know them perfeftly,think then ofthat Ilate,where you (hall know them' all, in God himfelf who is more then all. Study and admirehim in. thecourfe or Providences : flay and admire him in the perfon of Chrill ; in the frame of his ho- ly life ; in the work ofRedemption ; in the holy frame of his Laws and Covenants ; Rudy and admirehim in his Saints, and the frame ofhis holy Image on their fouls. This life offludy- ing and admiring God, and dwelling upon himwith all our fouls, will exceedingly difpofe us to be willing to come to him, and to fubmit to death. Dir(E.8.1.ive all.° in the daily exercife ofholy Joy and Praife to God;which is the heavenly imployment.for if you ufe your (elves to this heavenly life, it will much incline you to defire to be there. Exercife fear, and godly forrow,and care in their places: but fpecially after faith and Love,be fureto live in holy Joy& Praife.Be much in the conf.deration of all that Riches of grace inChrift,communicated & to be commrnunicated to you. And be much inThanks to God for his mercies ; and cheering and comforting your foul, in the Lord your God : And thus the Joyof Grace will much difpofe you to the Joysof Glory and the Peace which theKingdom of God confilfeth in,will in- cline you to the Peace of the Everlafting Kingd : and the cheerful Praifing of God onEarth, in Pfalms or other ways of Praife, will prepare and difpofe you to the heavenly Praifes. And thereforeChriffians exceedingly wrong their fouls, and hinder themfelves from a willingnefs to be with God,in fpend- . 1,ng
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