430 want god,andwant all. Abfolonhath all bodily beauty ; he that with the rich man in theparable,hath morc1ibfiancc thenhis knife, canhold;he that with the falfe Prophets bath all the applaufe of the world, every mans tongue a trumpet to found his praifes ; he that with the min at the wedding feafi hat.i all the Ordinances of god, yet if with all this he bath not God, he may fáy as, Haman did in another cafe, all this availeme nothing. He that is without Gid, is a houfe without a foundation to uphold him, a befieged City without a Captaine to refcue him, a fheep in the mouth of a Lyon without a Shepheard to deliver him, a chafed Hart, his fìnnes like a thoufand arrowes flic- king in him, thevenomeof the infernali fiery ferpent boyling and burning within him ; his confciencewith a hideous cry . purfuinghim, and no water -brooke torefrethhim,and a con- demned malefaftor ready everymoment to come tohis heart-, rending , foule-torturing , and never ending execution, without a hing of mercies topardonhim c The loflèofGod hofall loffes the greateft, nodarkene ffe like the want ofthis Sun, no famine like the want of this bread, no florme com- parableto the want of this calme. Q the bleffedneffe of the foule which enjoyes God ! O the flavery, bafenef, mffery . of the foule which is without God ! Saul in his dìftreffecry.. ed out, the. Philiflines mmkematte againff me, andCodii depar- ted from me. Thecarnali man will one day cry out, the De-. vils make warre againfi me, the fiends ofHell are come upon me, and god is departed from me: Had man the lively fence and feelingof future woes,terrors, and perplexities, where- intohis being without Cod will'caft him,he would givehim, felfe no ref}untill he had gotten the fweet and fure,fruition of him.,O therefore be as loth tolive now without god en- lightening, enlivening, fanetifying, and poffefíing you , as you will be loath at 'aft to perifh, without rod pardoning, helping, faxing, and delivering yon. G P ..
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