r - ------~------ ~------- q:he Sai~tts fore' . A counter· Let a man imaginewith himfelfe,when he pur– }'O}fonagainil pofes and refolves to abfent himfelfe from a Ser- ' this. mon, that hee layes, as it were, in the one Scale of I I •Gods HotJfe is the Prefenc:e.• . Chamberof the Kint; of Glory. theWeights, the glorious Majeftie,prefence,and honour of God; the comfort, happmeffe,and fal– vation of his owne Soule : and in the other, a littlewretched pleafure,orprofit; and fo futfers / this miferabJe Vanitie to weigh downe fo infi– nite a Majefrie. For, firft, Gods Houfe, where hi-s Word is faithfully .preached, is, as it were, the Prefence– Chamherof the everlafl:ing King ofGlGry. Here he fits ina Chaire ofState,with more fpeciall and eminent Power and Majeftie, as anciently he fate betweene the Cherubins. · - ~ Secondly, Chrill: himfelfe is here prefent: For, · Clu-iftiuhere. wherefoever two or three are gathered together in hit Math.xS.:.o. N. h . . h "d a. lt' h A d r. h . r.. "d . ame, eu tn t emt J~> o 1 t em. n 10 e ts 1a1 , to walke in the midH of the [evengDld-en Candleflic/a; andwi~h fpeciall power an~ providence to direet · aQd gmde thefe holy Exerctfes. · . 3 Thirdly, tne holy Spirit of God is prefeht, in The Spirit is our A!femblies ,· plentifully {hedding into the ther~. 4 I The Angels are there. 1 Car.u,lo. 1 ~et.x.u. hearts ofthe faithfull, the rich TreafuresofW ifdome and Grace• . Fourthly, the blelfed Angels ofGod-are her~; as ·appeareth, I · Cor. I I. I o. not onel y to doe fer– vice unto the Lord, unto the Eleer, and unto his Minillerie; but alfo,after a fort, to folace and re– Joyce themfelves in the beau tie of Gods Houfe, . and in the Myfreries publifhed,in theGofpel: as ·appearesJ 1 Pet. I. 12. ·. Fifthly,
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