Chap. 19. An Expofition upon the Boo1Z, of j o B. V'erf. r2. 229 are quic4;iy loofned, and whore (takes are foone pull up, and then downe it fails. Man himfelfe in regard of his natural! life ispe- rifhing, his body is a Tabernacle ; Our earthly houfe of this Ta- bernacle, as theApofile calls it, (2Cor. 5.2. ) Now as the body ofman wherein his naturals life dwells is a Tabernacle, foare all thofe things which concerne the fupport and continuance of his natural] life. Who would troll to or fhelter himfelfe in a Taber- nacle, when we have the N meof the Lord as a ilrong Tower, into which we may flie with afllarance of fafety. Hethat gets moft ofthe world hath got but a Tabernacle, and bee that loofeth all that he bath in the world, bath loft but a Taber- nacle. A little true knowledge of what the world is, mingled though with but a little true faith about the thingsof the world to come, will eafilycarry us above all the good and evill of the world. Againe (in purfuance of the Allegorie ) we know when anAr- mie encampeth about a Citie, and layeth Liege to it, no man can get out; Thus it is with many poorefoeeles,afjliflions hemme them in round, theyhave never a port to get out at, the Tray is one!y open to heaven. The Lord is pleafed to lay very clofe lieges to many of his people; they are firaitned in their outward enjoyments, they are firaitned in their fpirituallenjoyments; andcan finde no comfort. As the foules offome refute to be comforted, fo com- fort refufeth the foules ofothers ; or all comforts are (as by a ftrong hand yea as by a ftrong hoff) withholden from their foules. David: mightymen broke through the hoff of the Phi- liffims, when he longed for the water ofBethlem ; But Gods hoff oftroubles and afThâions,cannot bebroken throughby the migh- tieft among the formes of men, though there be a well of water beyond them , which their foules long for as much as David did for that ofBet hlem ,, Lattly , Take this note from the aliuuon allo; They encamp aping me. 1``i ffiitiont may continue long upon us, or about 01. There is a difference between the fightingof a Batten, and 'encamping: a batten is but for an houre, or a day, but Encam- pings are for continuance; we have heard of encamping:, and befiegipgs, not onely for a few dayes, but for many moneths, yea
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