/ a tJJ~~ilta.n ~-utr; 37 ~nd find himJn fecret; .\'{0-fome in- ·· .. '· . 1 • terpret that place in Cant.3.24. T~e ~ee ~r.Cotton mloco Soul had fought her b~loved in the be4 of Temple~ . wo(lhip and publick Ordinances.:, ll) the {heets and broad·wayes of Synagogues ~nd eomm_union~o.f Saint~) frill ilie found not her beloved ; then fhe feeks him in .conferences and occafional meeting with the watch- , men,bu~ the can yet hear no tydings ofJefusChrifl,bur_, · ~ faith lhe, It was but t~- little-thttt I pajfed from them, but I foun_d,himwhom, my {ou(loveth•• Obferve it, th:s was ,not when Jhe was paft all means tn awayofneglea of, 'or being abov~ Ordinances; f~r fhe I was-feeki'nghim fiilJ, which implyes ·the ufe of means, only fhe had paft the publick withCJut find,ing, -and no\v !he is ·in th~ ufe of private helps, the afcet-'duties of lYieditatioq,· , Self-examination; fe·Gret Prayer, . and th~rein th~ foul finds -God·; not that this refleCts difparag~ntent on the publick Ordinances, but to fhew .tbat God is a· fre~ Agent, and tobean ingagem~.nt and incouragenj9nt t~, us in t~e ufe of all Gods a.ppoint~ents: And wheri the fouJ thus~ndsGo~ in acorner,it c~uries away fome..: thing of God tha~ qafi~ a rweet perf~me upon hi.s per~ ion and aCling, that is taken notice of by ~thers; le. inay be faid of fuch a foul a.s Ifaac fpoke ofhis fon Ja..,. tob, Gen. 1 27. 27~ See,tht fmeU tif. my Son i.s as the [mell DJ" a field which the Lordhat~ blejfed. So \vhet:J a,fer,ious ChrHlian comes down from his Clofet where he bath met whhhis God,. qh what a ~weet_ perfume o( well~ . f~ented grace.s doth he ea({ for th? . 1~efavoqr C?f ~eligton is upon him, ,1orne breat~ing o4oJlrs of h9fine!~, ~reak from his lips, haads, , and feet; die,pow~t of ~odlinefs qoth mani.feft it felf in his expreffioris., ,at!i· ons,converfation : Where hath fuchan one been? Sl.l.rt:· ; he bath_'been· converfi.rig with .God ;,.t~ere is ~he. .Y' image arid infcription of G~d upon .him, an~ ile that·hlelfed frame cont~tiue~, he is ~o~ _: ~il.'e h~m; ·. -' ~ --~ .I;) felf ~ ·v
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