----·--------- --....--------- Part.2.Cap.u. ' ~Jflifled Confcien,cc!. 513 unutterablea~d joyfull raviP?~en! of~pirit upon the neerer ernbracern~nt of~~r ctearefl: ~pou(e, and more fenfible grafping of refrdhing graces. She lies fo pe:.: cefu11 y in his armes ofmercy,and under the 7J an~ ,nqr of hi; lo'ZJt'; that !Pc fweetly fings unto her felfe, 011j hlo'Z:ed u mine,and I am Bt.r. But in the beginning of the third (For.the day~s ofs=;ods ch_ilqe after converfion,are like the·dayes of the yeere; Some fair nnd J11ining; fome tempeftuous and cloudy; 1ome happy with heavenly Hony dewes,as it were, ofun.. fjx:akcabla. j,oy,. and ut1~0~1ceivcable pe~ce; others more diftmll and difafi:rous, ifl may Jo fpeake, for want ofan amiable afpefr from theThrone ofgraces) J Cw ,a ltttle after, the cafe is feareft.Jlly altered with her·: For i11e li~s (!:rugling,and difi:re~~d in the irkeiome,anct comfoctleffe defolations of a fpirituall d_efertion. Her Spoufe is gone, the very heart and life :.11l her lightiomeneffc in this world, and the world to come. .Nofenfenowof the Savour flf Hu good op{ttnenfts, 1)0 feeling ofth~ Aifurance ofhisfav.our, Nothjng lttft ofall that former Heaven, but onely ~a £1d and woefullhcart,which had been happy.In this rufull Cafe, She cafi:s abOLit for recovery ofHer wonted comfort:Aff1ies thofe meanes,which were accufi:omed to convey unto her with joy, frefh llreames, and:fi:r~ngth from tirpe to time, o~t of the We!J· of Salvation. I. Firft, i11c {eekes her Spoufe, and former rcfre- I,By private Prayer. lhings ofSpirit,byfecret pr~yer, rneditation,expcrimeptall confiderations, .ca~l~ng to mi_nd formet affurances ofhis love,reflecting upon the foot-fi:eps of a faving \Vorke,unfained change,and fweet commi.IDion with him aforetime, and otherfilent,Selfe-inquifitions and inward exer.cifes of the heart: But fhee found himnot, verf.t; i. Secondly, £he enquires abroad, and hath re- 2. By enquirfng of ocourfe unto gedly Chrillians; efpecially fuch as have thcr godly Chrifiians. K k 3 bin
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