z.56 Chap.. 22,. sin ExpoJrim upon the 73ook of j O B. Veal z6', Whenceobferve ; That they who mournfir, and trarnefromfn,.(hall havedeligbts in the L rd. Whenonce finne is bitter to us, the Lord will be Tweet to us; arid until! finbebitter to us, the Lord is not fweetc `to us ; fin hinders our delightful! enjyymentof the creature, it puts gall and wormwood into our difh, andcup, it is that which makes all relations grievous and-burthenfome tous ; yer this is buta knall matter, that it hinders us from the contentrisenr, and fweetneffes which are to be had in the creature ; fin takesus ç;fffrom delight.' iñgin God.That foul cannot delight in theAlmighty,wiìo loveth and continueth in the love of finne. If fuch profeffe aelïght in God, it is but a falle boalt, and a high prefumption; it is im poflìble for fuch.to delight in the Lord indeed. 70b (Chap. 27. io.) faith ofthe hypocrite ; Will he,delight kimfelfe in the Al- mighty r will be always call upon God He may pretend to a de- light in the Allmighty, he may have fame flafhes, Come raptures, but his joyes and delights are not in the Allmighty, what joyes foever he hath they are in fomewhat belowGod ; the hypocrite may delight himfelfe in fomewhat received from the Almighty, in fume prefent.benefit, or future expr âation that hebath from the Almighty; he cannot:delight io the Almighty himfelf, or in God as God: As it is impoffible in the nature of the thing, for a man to de- light in fin, and in God too ; fo God hath faid that he whohath a,delight in fin, fhall not finde any delight in him.God bath faid, Delight thyfelfe in ene,and.I will give thee the defires of thy heart, (Pfal. 37. 4.) But ifany man will follow the deliresofbis owne heart, he fhaUnot delight hirrifelfe inGod. Sin feparateth be- tween Ged and its (Ifa 59. z.) that is, it feparates between the, comforts andmet ties which are in God,acd us; fin doth not,can- not feparate us from the power, or prefence, from the eye, or ju. Rice of God, fo finne Bothnot feparate ( for God is nigh to (in- ners both to fee what they are doing, & to punifh them for what, they have done finfully) but fin feparates from all thofe delights that flow fromGod, from chofe joyes which his people take in him ; yea finbreeds a ttrangeneffe between God and the foule fo that the foule that loveth finne, cannot have any holy famili P.rity or converfe with God. The Lord faith to thofewho repent (.7ra, tt
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