454 Ofthe vanity ofworldly pleafures. PCal.t9.to.8t Gods teftimonies were his delight and his counfellers; that 119.t4.24.97. he had taken Gods teffimoniesas his heritage for euer, be- ro;.Ili.tó% caufe theywere the ioyofhis heart, and that he reioyced in Gods word, as one that had found agreat (poile. And there- fore when for his finne he had loft the fenfe and -feelingof this delight and comfort, it was not all theioy and pleafure ofakingdome that would giuehis mind contentment, but as onerobbedand depriued of all his pleafure, he earneftly defireth God to rcfloreit yntohim: ti'lakeme (faith he) to PGI.St.8. ta. heareioy andgladnes, that thebones which thou haFlbroken may reioyce : reFlore meto the lay of thyplowton, and flablifhme i,Chron.a9.9. with thyfreeSpirit: and elfewhere, he faith, thatexcept Gods law hadbeenhis delight, he /houldhaue perißiedin his of l:/lion. Soit is Paid, that when the people offeredwillingly towards thebuilding of the Temple, they reioyced with great ioy. And thus our Sauiour Chrifttook fuchpleafure indoing his Fathers will,that itmore delighted him,thcn to eat his meat lohn4.34. whenhe wasan hungred; and his beloued Apofle profef- feth,that he tooke nogreater ioy in any thing,then to fee the fruitsofhis Apoftlelltip, and to heare that his fonnes, whom he hadbegottenvntoGod, did walke in his truth. Which Iolt.epitt.;.4. examples (ifwe had the like holy hearts and fan6bfied affe- ¿}ions) wewould follow, weaning our felues from deligh- ting in worldly vanities, that we might wholly ioy in the Lord,and in thefe fpirituall pleafures;which ifwewould do, then fhould we find morecotnfort in this courfe, then euer the worldcould affordvitto vs; for the Lord wouldnot giue vs ioywith a fparing hand ;but asthe Prophet fpeaketh, we Pfal.;e.8. fhould be fatisfiedwith thefarnefeofhiahoop, and odwould Pfalm.89.15. mule vs to drinkeout of thericers ofhú pleajures : yea then fhouldwe be, as healto faith,eternallybleffed:for they who delight in the Lord in this life, they fhall find in his pretence Pfalm.r6.u. in the life to come,fnlnesofioy, andpleafuresat hisright hand far euermore. Cana,
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