294 4 gracious fpirit, time was wherein they have had many meltirgs, much hidden thong JIy, fo as they have profe ftd , rht the joy they have found, hath been fo great, that if it had continued but a 6. bile, they could not have lived, but their fpi- rits would haveexpired. A folid work ofthe foule proceeding from an hum- .blebroken heart, cdfling it felfe .upon the faithfulneffe and freeneffe of the graceof God in the promife, for par- doning and far-i iit'ying mercy, and there telling, fo as willing to venture it felfe therefor ever, though it ha, h no prefent fence ofjoy,yet it is far: e more to be prized then the firorTeft of rhefe fudden flâfhes of affeaion. Thefe flafl,y affeaiöns which have not prir,c pl.es to maintain them, are like Conduits in the Citi runningNOwineat the corona tj- on of Prircr:s,or farm other great tri- umph, but it 'i11 not hold : they are like Lande floods, which feeme [[ 6 bea great Sea, but come to nothing in a day or two ; As there may be flafhes of ter- ror, and yet- no true fear of God,. T he Ifraelites were terrified when the I. a w wasgiven)& yet God l'aich,De'i:. 5.29. oh
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