· ~o (ltlotet~~~arer, ~ercourf~ with your beft .Beloved ? How can .you fay~ you love him,whep you have no mind o.f his company t If you ' did indeed love him, you Ca~t. 3· S.· would .holq' him, ~nd not let him .Amor m.e~t:5, pondu 5 go,until yo~had (with the Spo1:1fe) tneum. ·· broug~t him h1to the Chambers of intimate communion, aBq folirary .:eceffes: Love is the weight of the foul, and d~aws it to the 'QPj~(1 beloveq :Ifyq1,1r hearts w~re rav\fht with ltim y~q WQuld take more pl'~afure in converfing with ltim, you would blefs · God for an opP,ort_unhy of (n– joying hfm : But 'this fir~ngenefs fpeaks a grea.t defelt ~n this noble grace :- And would you be efi:eeme4 fuch ;ts love not God ? What a fad thing is it to be low and • fcant in love to Qod unde-r fuch firong engagements to love ? Poo·r foul! have not thofe filken filver cords .of ... ' • . .. . i ) ~ • • love wh~~b h~ve been cafi: ahQ.Qt th~e, dr~wri thee near.. er,and bound thee fafier to thy Qod than· thus ? Have not fuch bello~s and incentive~, kindled and increafed thy fpark of love inrq a flame ?: Lamen~ thy fin., and ., {hame thy felf befor'e thy G:od., fc;>r this d~~ay of love, ~~d q~nge_rous negleCt. . ' ~ ·· 7· Do not youby theieomi'_flions.dedare your felve~ ingrateful ro th~ grace of Go~? It's Gods way to hire fouls to approach to him, by holding out pro1nifes o{ r~war~, ·a~ we do o~er Apples, Fruit, &c. to children, . to intice them to us: nor is it a Bait to couzen and in- •. t .• ,. . \ . . ' ' . fnar~ u~, but ~eal offers of kindnefs ~o us, whereof we may pa~tak.e, ~nQ wherewith \Ve qtay be happy : Sup~ po(~aPrince ~efire a Begga~s ~ompany, with ~xpreffi1 ons o( dyar a'ffe(;tions,and pro~ifes ofmany kindnelfes; ls jt nqt g~ofs ingratitude, i.f-1he fling away 1 and fcorn ~ne ~oti.oQ t Or fuppofe apo_t~nt Perfon fenq to a poor ~~nalQ,yingme1fage, tel1ingh~mhe hat~ con6dered his f~f~, a;n<;l h~tQ qppointe~ tim.~ and place, t~at th~y t:WO ·og!'he~,W.~¥ ~Qn(er <ibO~t th~ ~ecelfary CQI,1C{!r;ri~en;t
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