fart.z.Chap.i 5. eAjfiitfed (onfcimceJ. kings of~he Spirit? 1t is becaufe Thou hall formerly grafped the Lord JefuJ fweetly, & favingly, in the armes ofthy Soule; been fenfibly refreihed With the favour of Huggod ointments; raviihea extraordinarily with the beauty ofHis Perfon, deareneffe ofHis blood,riches ofHis purchafe, and glory of his king:., dome; And hafi heretofore holden Him, as the very life ofthe Soul~, and <:hiefefi and onely trcafure; ejaculating, with <David, unfaincdly from the heart~ roote, W.hom have I in HeAven but Thed Andthere Pftl•31·1). iJ none upon earth, that I deftre, 6eftder Thee.? (Earth is an Hell, and Heaven no Heaven, without Iefm Chrirf.) I fay,the pre!ent griefc,that thy well-belo- A flrong argument .ved is now gone, argues evidently, this former en- that thou fhalt not be joyment.of His gracious prefence. And then build vv~thout htm for ever, , l 1' fiR k eh ;Ro d Rom, I 1.29 ,upon t,as upon t 1e 1ure o'c e: Once f'tp.r, an J 0 hn 1 ~ 1 • Hu for ever. 7he ,f,iJU and calling of God, are 'With- Malach ~ . 6. out repentAnce : whom He loveth once,, Hee loveth un- * Semel eletlas,femptr to the end: He is no cHangelinJ_ in hu love ; I am the diletlees. . Lord fatth He · I chan11e not : therefore yee formes of • Renatas noJS Jena[ct• ' ' "' · tur Si de 'Deo cone pe ]acolu~renotconfomed: * OnceeleEl:ed ever6eloved: . ' . e • ' . 'f ru, 'erru. ertt parr114 Once ~ ~e\-y-bor~e; and bor_n~ to eternity : 1 once tull4, n_on erit abor( 1111 , the ~ancbfYmg Sp!nt bath felZ d uron Thee for Ief_l# Augull:.Rom.8.J8,~9 Chnfl,thou art madefure, and lockt fall for ever, m b 'De quo fonflijJimut the armes o~ l1is love, with everlafl:ing barres Ci>f i~evir, .~ alij in' Sa-_ mercy :md mJcrht, from any mortall hurt, and adver- -' afiScrtptur~~ cert~ .r. , 9 . ~ l con dtrepotuu; de e• 1ary power, n10U ma1h t 1Cn Cafi: down the gauntlet ettam alij (an[li viri ofdefiance agat~fl the Divell, an? the. whole world; certo confidere po§Unt and take up wtth Paul, that VI<~l:onous challenge & de~ent: Ratio; quia unto all created things : b I am p~rfivaded, that nei- omnium [anffsrum fi· ther death 1to; li.f:e nor An11el.r nor Principalitie.r nor der eodem [undamenttJ ' . ') <' c\:. ' • ' • promiffionum divinaru power.r,nor thtmJJ prefent, nor thmiJ's to come, nor hetrTht ~ t· ., · 'e' . r. 1 ·rt't J h 6 h •'> <'> " ll UT)• "· que 1p U1S nor aept , nor any ot er ,Creature, /hall be able to fe -: 6mner inhabttat, lich parate meefrom the love of<Jod,Vrhtch is in Christ le(us diverfa men(Ura. 71e our Lord : He inay hide Hu f ace ftom Thee for a gr~tia propria & rewhile; but t hou halt His owne fl1re, and inviolable mrj]ione fe"atorum, VV d fi H' h Th · H 'll lob, Vavrd, P.aulus, or rom 1s owne m out • at . ee w 1 re- certq •QIJJidere potuerut M m turne ,
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