Chap. r o. Expof tion upon the Bookof J O B. Vert. t . 423 holinefs) grieves him prefently. And in proportion, look how much any man is more holy then others, by Co much is he more afided with the impurity-of others. As the:holySpirit ofGod, who is all holy : Co the fpirits of holy .men `who yet have a mix- ture of tin) cannot but be afìted with the tins of men. Fourthly, Some of the Saints would part with this life, be caufe they have got fuch affurance and evidence of a better life. When much of eternal life appears to a godly man, he is weary of a temporal life.. Natural things are but burdenfome, trifles to thofè who are flored with fpiritual. Chrifl faith (Loeke:5. 39.) No man having dru ;tk, old wine, ftraightway de feth stew, for be faith the old is better : He that tapes what, is better then he en- joyes, is unfatisfied with all he enjoyes. We can hardly be perfwaded what we have is good, when we fee better,of the fame kind. How muchmore hardly is this.perfwafon wrought in us, that earthly things ( which differ in kind from heavenly ) aru any great good, when heavenly things are open before us. When the Difciples (at the transfiguration) hadbut a glimpfe of glo- ry,_They, fay, It is good to be bere, Let no build three tabernacles. They donot fpealt comparatively,. as if. , no.W they had met with fïmewhat, better then ever they had before ; but polìtively, as if they had never met with any good before. When the Spirit car- ries the Saints into his wine -cellar , and gives them a draught of everlafling confolations, the wineof worldly comforts will not down ; they. begin to difrelith the dainties and delicacies of the creature. A true fight of heaven makes the earth (Cara worth, the looking after , or the living in. Such live, becaufe God will have them live to do him fervice, not becaufe they delire to live to ferve their own ends. Pawl was in a great firaight be- twixt two (Phil. I. 23.) whether he should depart or abide in the fleíh : -but, the firaight was not in reference to himfclf, he was affured, dying wouldbe to him, but a travelling to.Chrifi,- and therefore death was to him an eatie election. His flraight was only this, whether he ih:ould not abide I1i71 in the flcfh, to füpply the needs of the Church, and forbear glory a while, that he might prepare others for-glory, The fame-Apoflle (2 Cor. 5. ) faith in the first verfe, We know that if she earthly boufe cfthis tabernacle be diffolved, the have 'a building of God, an houfe made without hands, eternal inthe heavens; When their faith was thus upon the wing, foaring up to theaffurance of an houfe md
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