218 Chip. 22. AnExp¡'tionupon theB,00kcf JO B. Verf. 2I. That the renewing of our Comtnmaiom with God, and making peace with him, is followedwith aa manner of mercies and good things. So ¡hall good come unto thee. Therewas never any man a !Doles by acquaintance withGod : Gods acquaintance is a gainful! ac- quaintance :Our acquaintance withGod, Should we confider it, abftraftly and feparate from all benefit but his very acquaintance "yet that is benefit enough ;God is the chiefeft Good,& therefore . when we enjoy him, we enjoy all Good. The enjoyment of God himfelfe is infinitely more then the enjoyment ofall created good things that come fromGod.Friends are fometimes inthofe heights of friendthi p and noblenefs offpirit one toanother, that they count the enjoyment of one another to bemore then all the benefirs they can heape upon or reapby one another; it is your good Company, faith lush a friend, and your acquaintance that d.lights me more then all the good youcan beftow upon me.. And is not God much morefo tous Thus (Ifay) acqaintance with God alone is all good ; but befides(as thepoynt leads us to confider) God gives out good things from himfelf,ro all hisholy acquaintants, temporali or bodily good comes to us by his ac- quaintance, and fo all() (and that chiefly) loth fpirituall or foul good. Acquaint thy fee with cod, and the dewes of grace, fhowers ofthe Spirit (hall fall into thy bofome.Acquaint thy Pelf withGod, and fpirituall Comfort (hall flow inunto thee,fpiritual ftsength (hallflow in unto thee, thy;fòulefhall be filled as with marrow and fames. And as good fhatl come to thee in perfon,fo to thine ; to thy family and pofterity good !hall come. And as God will caufe good tocome to filch, fo to flay and abide with them. As good comes, fo good continues according to the command and commiffion which it bath fromGod.Thus he pro- mifed in the Prophet (Ifa. 48. IS.) in cafe his people had harks ned to his commandements , Then had thy peace been as a river, and thy pofterity as the naves ofthe Sea. Thy peace and profpe- rity had not been as a Land flood or Brooks ofwater which faile in firmer when we have moil needof them, (all worldly things are apt to doe fo) but they fhouldhave flowed perpetually as a river Both, which is fedby a cont ant Spring, or as the Sea doth which is the feeder of all Springs. A godly man gets not onely ajarge portionofgood things, bata lafting portion, yea apor' tion
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