' ' - . a <ltlJ~tftia:u ~utr; · · · 2.7 wfurd of Solomon is verified, Prov. 14· 10. The huzrt . . k{:~~eth his own ,bitternefs, and a ftranger intermeddler ~~f~t with hi! joy, i.e. No cr~atut~e on earth is privy to tfte fecret groans or fweeteft fQlace of a retired Saint : { ~hat's the fe~ond Rea{oq. , -' · S E ..C T. Ill. The third Reafon u drawn, from God foeing in fecret. '• ·. ANother Reafon isdrawnfromGods Omnifcience and Omniprefence,theText faith, Thy F~therf~es in Jeeret :· And the ftrength and force of thisargument Iyes in thefe four particulars. I. God fees in Jeer et, ther:ef~re he takes notice whe.. ther you pr~y in fecret yea or.no : He looksafter thee (as-it were Ywhen thou goe£1: into fuch a chamber and foli!ary ~.lice, an_d faith; That foul ·hath now an oppor– tuntty, a convetuent place and fit octafion, ~o watt up– on me, and will he not ?Will he bealways fo bufie in other company, that I mijft have none of his fellow– fhip? Mufi: his c;onverfe be fo much w-ith men, that he can fpare no time for communion with God: Nay, will he go fo often into fuch a room to do {uch and fuch a bufineis,·and can he never find a time to ·go down up– on 'his knees, and 'vifit me? hath he 1o tnuch to do in · the world, that he.bath no leifure to look up ,to Hea– ven? Dohis worldly dccafions frill thruil: out fpiritua~ meditations? will he never fet liitnfelf folemnly .to .tranfact betwixt my felf and him ,in Prayer and Me... ditation; the· mofi: important bufinefs of his foul ? Ah firs, theQmnipr<;fent God t~kes noticeof all your , · motions int<;) and out of your chambers, .and .~xpe0:s that fometimes ~t leaft your fouls fhould ~att upon himc: And why ~ould Chriftians fruftrat~ his expetlatton? · . ; \ C 4 l. God
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