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wherein the

fight

of god

appears

to be

fuel)

a

happy,lhing.

fatisfie

your

felves in bafe and

brutish lufts;If

you can

be

fine,

and gay,

and.

eate

and

drink,

and

be

unclean and fitshy,

there's

your

fatisfaetion.

O

the

difference between the fatisfaeiion

of

a foule in

the

fight

of

an

infinite

God,

and

the

fatisfaCtion

of

a

foule

in

a

base

brutish

luii. Bieffed are they

that doe

fee

God,

they (hall

be fatisfied

:

In the

36

Pfal: likewife

,

faith

the

hialmitt

there

(peaking

but

of the

fight of

God

even

in

his

houle

;

How excellent

is

thy

loving kindneffe

a God,

therefore

the children

of

men

put

their.truft

under

the

fhaddow

of

thy

wings

;

They ffrall

be

aboundantly

fatisfied with the

fatneffe

of

thy

houfe,

and

thou

fhalt

make them

drink,

of

the

River

of

thy

pleafures

:

Why

io

?

For

with

thee is

the fountains

of

life

;

on

thy

light(hall

wefee

light. Hence comes

the

fatisfaClion,hence

comes

the Rivers of pleafure, hence

is

the Fountaine of

all

good unto them

;

For

in

thy

l

ght

fhal!

we

fee

light. They come

to

fee

God

by

Cod,

as a

man comes

to

fee

the

Sunby

the light

of the

Sun,

the

Sun lends his

beames

upon

the world,

and

by

thofe beames

of

light

that the

Sun

fends downe upon our

eyes,

we come

to

fee

the

Sun

it

felfe

:

Sa,

In

thy

light

(hall we fee

light

;

The light

of

God

(hall

Thine

upon

the

foules

of the

Saints

that are pure

in

heart,

and

fo

they

(hall come to

fee

that

God

which

is

the

Fountain

of

all life. And ö

the

drawing

of

the

foule

to God then.

Thirdly, It's

made

in

Scripture

the very

fpring of

all

Grace

in the

foule, being

made partaker

of

the

Divine

nature,

and

of

the transforming

of the

foule

into

the

very Image

of

God.

2

Pet:

I,

a.

Grace

and

peace

be

multiplyed unto

you ;

how

?

Through

the

knowledge

of God,

and

ofjefus

our

Lord. All

Grace

and peace

it

comes through

the

knowledge

of

God,

and

Jefus

our

Lord

;

According, faith

he,

as his divine

power

,

bath given

onto us

all

things

that

pertaine

to

life

and

godlinefe how

?

Through

the

knowledge

of

him

that

path

Called us.

Oh,

the

knowledge

of Go

d

is

a

Fountaine of good

indeed unto

the

foule

,

whereby, faith

he, are given

unto

us exceeding

great

and

treciom

promifes,

that

by

thefe you

might

be

partakers ofthe

Divine

nature,

having

of

aped

the

Corruption

that

is in

the

world

through

loft

:

and

all

this

Hill, Through the

knowledge

of

Iii

God.

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