' InftrutfioHJ fir a right C8mftrting SeC1:.3. compaffionate tender-:-heartedndfe and lov~ did. yearne within him towards Jo6, with more deareneffe and delight, at that cry, e Though h~c flay me~ yet Wilt I truft i~t him; then at any time elfe, even i~ the Spring ofhis fpirituall profperity, or fullefl: tide of mo!l: heavenly feelings. Here then is comfort more then thy heart can hold, if thou wilt be coun~ felled by the Prophets, that thou maift profje.,., For when thou thinkdl:, that all is gone, that thou art a lo!l: man,and utterly forfaken; even in the depth of thy fpirituall darknetfe, (thou being fo fpidtually difpofed, as I have faid, and which thou canfl: not ·deny) I fay, even then, (and thou oughte!l: fo to apprehend and believe) thelo:ve of Cod is, as it were,doubled towards thee, much more endeared, by reafon of thy difl:reffe; and cannot hold, but breakes out m2ny times into extraordinary pangs, and expreffions thereof: As wee may fee, Ifo. 54· n. O:bl thou afflicted, tojJed With tempeft, and not comforted,&c. And into profelfton of refolution; and waiting to doe us good ; which he will fuperabundantly performe, in the bell: time. Behold, I Will lay thyftones With faire colours, and 14] tby foundationsWith Sapliires, Ibid. And therefore Wilt the Lord 'Waite, that-..~e mAy b~ gracious. unto you; and therefore Will hee ee cx~!te}f, that hec mny have mercy upon you: For the L 0 R en ~ tJ God of iudgement. Bleffed are all they that Wait for him, Jflqo.I8. Retiring the eff;::d:s,and exercife ofour love, trom him whom we love dearely, makes it returne with redoubled fervour into our owne bofomes ; and there growes . into amore vehement flame, which never refrs, . ,uritill it breake out againe with dearer pangs upon the beloved Party. Even .when as the Sun fuff:rs ~n Eclipfe, and it's beames are driven backe, and reAeeted from the faceofthe Moone, interpoieddirecHy betweene it and cur Ggbt, fo th<ilt they ihine not
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