554 Inftrsf.Uonl for A right comforting Seel.j• ----------------------- ---------------- '· from Clomp3ring the three e1htcs of a Chriftian, upon whom thy foule relies. It is the Divels policy~ fay Dtvines,to procure for his Oaves, all the favours, · honours,and advancements ; all the profperities and pleafures he can poffibly ; left if he ibould not follaw, and ful1jll their humours this way, they might thinke upon feeking after,and ierying a newMafier: Not caring to vexe, or molefi: them in this World ; becaufehe knowes full well, he fhall have time enough hereafter to torment them in Hell. And wilt not thou contrarily, be content, ifGod fo pleafe, to paffe thorow this vale of teares, even with Hemans horrour:Pfa/. 8~.1 5. Sith Heaven isfo neere at hand, and thou haft a little before thee,an everlafiing time, to rowe in the bottomelefl:,and boundle{fe Ocean of all glory and bliffe ; in an endlefle variety ofnew and frdh delights,infinitely excellent an.d fweet, above thelargefi created conceit? · . 6. Let us fuppofe a Chrifi:ian in thefe three fiates : {And it is no uncouth thing to thofc who obferve,or feeleGods fecret,and unfearchable dealmgs with his Children.) . . . I. Firfi:,in a faire and comfortable calme, and Sunfhine,after the tempefi:uous troubles, and travaile in ·the pangs ofthe New-birth:when the light ofGods counteriance ; the firft rcfrelhing warmth ofhis £111.. Ctifying Spirit ; the fre!h fweetneffe and vi tall fl:irrings ofgrace; the ra~i{hing c6nfcioufi1effe of his happy converfion, doe fill his {oule, M With marrow and fatne((e; and feed it with a ,kindly, and more lively dii'pofttion to all good and godly duties. 2,Secondly,in afpirituall r>dertion; when the f~nfe of Gods favour, love, and wonted prefencc; the comfortable ufe, and exercife of the Ordinances, graces and fpirituall aff,!ires langn~(h, and leave him for a time. 3. 1 hirdly ,In the {h1te of recovery, and refl:itution from fuch a fearefuU Dampe, and deprivation ofdivinecomfort, unto formerjoyfull feelings , and re-enjoyment
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