Burroughes - Houston-Packer Collection BS1265.6.C43 B8 1649

follows Godfury. Gods Spirit oftentimesappears moil in theglory of ï , whendeath approach- h, becaufe graceand glory is then a-. bout tomeet: Thai foule that hath fol- lowcd God fully here, when it comes' to depart out of the body, it onely changrth the place, not the company ; which was the fpeechofa late reverend holy Divineof ours , a little before his death. 1 /all charge myp/ lre , faith he, 44t not may company : meaning, t hat as he had converted with God,and ollowed of er the Lord here in this World, he was now going to convene with him, and followafrerkiimme :e fully in a betterworld. D ath to inch a foule,ic is but Gods callingofir from thelower gallery of this world , to the upper galleryof Heaven to walk with him there. Mere the converfe that Jefus Chriabath with the fouls of his peo- p1e , is compared to that converfc,that friends haveone withanother, in their waIings together in their galleries, Cant.. 5, TheKing is held in the galle- ries .. he dothnot onely walkwith his Beloved there, but is as it were bound, he is kept there by the bands oflove, and 349

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