--------~----~------~--~------- $ t R I NjlruftionJ [f»' " right flomftrtin,g Sea,l• ----~·- - · ---·--· 'Illat they fuould frill appeare;, and pr~fen~ th~· fdvestothofe Souks, wh~rein they fhirw in th_cj£ t-rue excellency, orient fairenefle., and na,ti ve b~aQ!:y .. Now privation ofexcellent things hath fpeci<Jl pow. .. er to raife our imaginations, to an higher theine o f efiimation of them; and to cauie us at their r~~ turne~ to entertaine them,with much more longing, farredearer apprehen{ions, and embracem<;:nt. Abfence and intermifsion of the moft defirable cemforts,adde a great deale of life to the love of them, and weight of pretioufi1dfe to their valewation . The goodne!fe_ofwhatfoever wee enjoy, is bette r perc~ived by vicifsitude of want, then continuall fruition. Sleepe is more fweet after the tedioufneif e of fame wakefull, and wearifome nights : Liberty, and enjoyment ofthe free aire,and faces of men, after reftraint and imprifonment : The glory and faireneife ofthe Sunne, after a blacke day, or boyfrerous fiorme, &c, So Gods favourable afpect is much more acceptable after an angry tempefr, and hidinc~ hu fac~ for .:~ feafon. And the graces of St~lva tion farre more amiable, and admirable-to the eye ~ of his humbled Childe, after the darkeneife pf a ·fpirituall defertion. Wherefore our gracious GoQ. . doth many times in great mercy and wifedome, de - prive his deareft fervants for a time, of the pre- .fence oftheir Spoufe, the aOuranci of his love, an d ·fence ofthofe graces; that the abfence thereof, ma y -. reprefent the glory of fuch an incomparable ha£.I>ineife, and thofe heavenly Pearles, more to the hfe; and ·difcontinuance 9f their ·enjoyment, may inflame, and atfea: their hearts with more holy grtc- . dHretfe, and eager purfuite after them ; and ftirre up in them that height of efteeme, and heate of love, which may in fome good meafure, bee an - ·fwerable to their unvalewable excellency ~ fweet- .neff'e. Such a dulnefi'e. ofheart, deadneife of a.tfedi- - - . . . ~ns,
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