Chap. 23. íßn Exp.Rion up)n the Bla o tJ B. V : 1 ' . 32,1 of the fpirit of a Saint,then this.that the fence of the love ofGod .moms c afar . to him, takes offthe relifh ofa`I creature love,in the mid It ofhis mare: T ats- highe(1 Etioyments of it. That foul is purely ípiritua!1, which l'="'r;9 riches, am," having abundance ofworldly en oymnts, fnïdS, rnlncma:cexn ono, all that he can Mire ;et i -, the affluence and higheftfloat o{,g,e, ;o,_ of al there can lay, that the lweetceffe which he tall,N h in God pc leb4r. drowns the reliih ofall chefs., and makes them a; taftlt ffe as the 116C3' white of an Egg,_ in comparifonof that fweetntffe which he bath rafted in the goods effe o God ; this is (pirituellnefie i t the very heig`a ofir;but ufually God is then fweeteft tous when the world is bit erect to us. Ail .fledfcules makemsfl haft after God ; and it is well to do fo ; it is a very fad liigne, the worft Symptome that c.in appear upon the ((Jules ofany, when af.ftions draw them off fromGod,or when they grow cold in their afFetions towards God,. whale the love of the world growes cold towards them. TheProphet(xlmos 6.7.)forefneweth a verygreat calamity that f3iould fall upon the people ofGod ; Thou ¡haitgo Captive wi b the firfi that got Cdptive &c. And in the 8 verse ; The Lord god hats frrorn by himfelfe faith the Lord the Cod of hofls, Iabhorre the Excellency offacob,andhate bin `halaces(As ifhe had faid,though I have inverted him with excellent priviledges, & though he make a great proftTton ofmy name; yet becaufe of his provocations and unworthy walkings) I will deliverup the City and ah'that e therein, there's Captivity ; then comesPeftilence in the 9th verte; And it f,al come to psfs,that iften men remain in r neb;ufe that they ¡hag dye ; and they flails not bury them after the ordinary way, but burne them, and the neereft relations (hall do it. (17 r. to.) end a mans 'Uncle ¡ball take him up, and he that barnal.) him, to bring the bones cut of the bout; andJhall /ay unto him ¡hat iF by the fides of the boule, ie there yet any with thee ? andhe /hallfay,no,then fha/i heray hold thy tongue, for we may not make mention of the .Name of the Lord. As if when all thefe evills and plagues were come upon them, theyhad been flopt or reftrai nod from prayer, and totallywithdrawn fromGod,by tome prohibition from men, who were fo far from calling the people to folicite God by pray, er to takeoff his hand, that they forbid them fo much as make mention ofhis name; As if they wereeither afraid or abhorred atr`olunu`1 to mention thenameof God, becaufe he had been fo terrible a- Seri I. I. De. mong them in bis JudgementsAnd whereas we trat flate,tye P7a1 el .m: t. T t not
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