. folfe~inriching examin11tion. 1 l19 fanfrHica.tion. . highe!l: , and ,..difference them from the ilare of ~ - ' I I have told you before, thlHheformall.pro- IDegrees of a. feffour by the power of a temporary faith may 1 tt?lination at· , • • ' tamable bya £01ace htmfelfe With the fweet and comforta- · temporar 1 - ; ble·confideration of Gods rich mercies towards faith, · his childr~n io Chrift: Jefus. And wholly pof– teffe himfclfe of them in conceit, as aman cloth himfelfe of gold in a dreame, Matth.7.2:.. Matth. / 2 ;.n:Rev. ~·•7·I.fo·65·5· But thus, and in thisfen{e, Itis :as ·ifaman looking npon another mans Or.. chard, richly laden with all kinde offiuit) beautified with variety of fairefl: and ·fweetefl: flowers, 'full of all pleafures and;delicacies, and out of a melancholyeonceic iliould.fuppofe them to·behis owne, and thereupon fbould plot and pmje&with himfelfe, how to the befr advantage, and with the moft fweetneffe hemight difpofeand en;oy the comforts and commodities thereof; fo vainlypleating himfelfe with an imaginary fruition of other mens happiridfe. It is otherwife with ·the 'tme Chriftian : His comfort ·in the merits ·ofChrifr, merciesofGod, androyall privilegesofHeaven, is like that of theownersoffuch anOrchard, who is·rightlyentituled unto ir) and jufrlypoffeft.of it, and doth truly and reaUy at his pleafure tafte and feed upon the fruit and pleafures thereof. Or thus; Aman magy times, when beeheares an eloquent and paffionate difcourfe of fome noble or worthy frory, full of pleafant paffages:> and joyfuJI accitients, doth all the time of the narration, put on I -asicwere the affecrions_, refolutions, triumphs·of · · R 3 the · t --- umrm===: :::-~~::so:::===: /
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