comfortable walk: ith God. flied in his foule, thofe intruding ufurping Tyrants ; onely naturall Lords over naturall men : I meane, horrours of guiltineffe, falfe feare, ilavifh terrours, damps and droo- pings ; all uncomfortable penfiveneffe,deietlions, and feare. And leaving fuch Harpies as tilde, and heart-eaters, onely to the grumbling and guilty confciences of all thofe that hate to bee reformed, and Satans eaves , as their proper furies ; let himwith anholy violenceagainft thedevils cruell affaults and contradietions of his owne diftruftfull heart, and with a cheerefull fpirit, lay hold upon his juft inheritance and e- verlafting portion , purchafed for him by the bitter and painefrll fufferings of the Sonne of Gad, even floods and frefh fucceffions of fweeteft joys, fhed and fhowred downe continually from the Throne of Grace upon his up- right heart, in great abundance ; if he will but onely vouch- fafe toopen thedoore by the hand of faith, that the blef- fed beames of fuch lightfotneneffe and comfort, fhining from the face of Chrift, may come in. Let his foule, full fairelyarayed with its heavenly roabes to which, the beau- tyof the morning, bightneffe of the ivioone, aud glory of the Sunne are but a Ihadow ; and liftning fweetely to that melodious Song, cornpofed all of Peace ancl Toy, Pleafures and Pardon of finne. which the mercy of God makes in the care of its faith ; fallto, and fill it felfe at the Wedding Feaft of theKings Sonne, with thofe ever-fpringing rivers of fpirituall refrefhing, out of the bottomeleffe dtpth of Gods free love revealed in the myftery of Chrift , by the miniftery of the Word and Sacramentall grace ; as with marrow and fatneffe : Let it fucke abundantly, and bee fads- fied with thebrefts of everlafting confolations. And 11th he is incorporated into Iefus Chriff, andupon all afiailes bath the wings of faith in a readineffe , tooutfoare the height of all humane miferies : Let a him for ever ftand ltke a Clinflianum & in hoc ab infideIi bus difrerre oportet,vt omnia generose ferat : & velut alatus re humanorum malorum impetu ruperics, rem exILbeat Supra Petram itatutus eft fidelis: propterei & undarurn Ititsbus in cxpugaalulis of Si firmattas Chryf: Hern,2. vidpop. 'Anne& enim tent,trunurn undo ekvatz fnerinr, ad Alias Bodes non perveMunt, omni tali incurfu fublimior Mount 379
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