428 wherein the fight of God .appeares to be fach a happy thing, Sixthly, The fight of God darkens all the glory of the world 'before the foule,; takes off heart from creature - Comforts : ,Now the foule comes to fee the Comforts of the creature that before were admir'd to be as nothing ; one fight of God prefently darken, all the world : As the light of a Can'ile is darkened when the Sun arifes;So when God arifes in the heart, As 7, 2, It's faid, that Abraham faw the god of Glory, she God of Glory appeared ro Abrahams, and fo he came out of his own Countrey ; I t was that that toók Abrahams heart off from his kindred, from his Fathers houle, from all things in die World ; The God of Glory appeared to him : Let The God of Glory appeare to the foule, and it will take off the foule from any thing,.whatfoever Ingagements there are:upon the heart. Many of you perhaps have your hearts fet upon fome vaine thing, frame ftrong Luft is in your heart, and you thinkit's im- poilble to have your hearts taken off Let me tell you, one fight of God will doe it, if God would but Lt one beanie of his Glory in c on you, it would take off ydur hearts from the ftrongeft lull that is, and onely himielfe would be fancaLied by you : They are blefied that have feene Cod. Seventhly, Yea it would make alt afflictions to be but lit- tle, and carry the foule through all difficulties whatfoever ; you complain how hard it is to iinfer, and that there Is this and the other trouble in the wayes of. Gód. The appearing of Cod to your fouies would prefen ly ftrengthen you againit all difficulties, and it would be nothing in your efteem:,thar you fuffer here in the world for his fake. That's a famous Scrip- ture which we have in the i i of the lieb: 'tic the example of Mofes, v. 27, By faith, he forf oke, Egypt, notfear , g the wrath of the King: Why ? For he endured, how came that to pafle ? as feting him who is Invifi.6le : ;By Faith he forfooke Egypt, It was one of the diflculreft works that ever a man under- took _; Moles that had fo much Glory in Egypt; The Son of Paraohs Daughter ; And like ( as fortie repdrr) to have been her Heire ; For Pharaohs Da'ighrer had no Child (fo fephus ) and Adopted him ; So that it's conceived he might have Inherited the Kingdome after Pharaoh: Butnow,though. ire
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