;84 --~----ur-lt-o----:th;-e-e-a-:-t-;al~l,h;--o-;1:-;d-:- in ::g:-:t:;:h=y~ir=lt~eg:=r--;it:-=y~. H~is-;1-o-ve-t-;h-er ~y is intende~ to:wards thee, by t~e reO:raint of the mfluence, as 1t were, and fenfe of1t from thy foule, as a Brooke growes bigg, by damming it up for a while: And thy love is more enBarried towards him, when thou feeleO: by the want ofit, what an Heaven upon earth it is~ tohave his face fhine upon thee, with its quidming refrefhing prefence; and that afenfible embracem~nt of Iefm Chrifl in the arm~s of thy Faith, is the very life ofthe foule,as the Soule is the life ofthe Body; the Crowne of all fweet contentment in this valeoftearcs, and apeece, as it were, of everlafring pleafures. cHAP. V. Eight conCtujions more drawneftom the afore-mentioned places. ' s·Whenwe are·affaul- 5. N times of tryall. tcd. . Thou feefr rometimes a F,;_ ther fetting downe his little One upon its feete, to try its frrength, and whether it bee yet able to frand by it felfe or no; But withall, bee holds his armes (Ill both fides, to uphold it, ifhe-fee it incline either way_,and. to preferve it from hurt. Affure thy felfe, thy heavenly Father takes care ofthee with infinitely more tenderneffe, in all thy tdalls, either by outward af'flictions or inward temptations. Though thou foou!deft fv~ll, yet · foalt thou not bee utterly cafl downe,fortheLordupholdeththee with hiJ hand, Pfo!. 37.24. Never did Gold-fmith attend fo curioufly 1 and pundually upon thofe pretious met tails he carts into the 6r.e,to obferve tho veny fidl: feafon~ :md bee fiu:o.that they tarry no longer in th~ fLWn.ac~, tlwn the . - ·- ~~
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