· < Heart~Treajure: / -· 18,s ~ Ulbere are thJ former loving-k.indne./[u which Pfalm a,.~ 1bott (hewedft to me ? . 49· , .. Thus; Cbrifi:ians , thuS" lay up, and thus . draw forth your i weec Experiences in fuch a. (rimeof need, .. in this Night of defertion, as· 'fhamar once did prGduce JudahJ Stajfe, Sig· Gen. ;8_~ . •et!J and Bruelets, ~s . her Pledge· .when ibe was 2.S•. • brought out to be burnt. 0 Sirs, when God deal~ gracioufly with you, cafi not thefe pre– cious·love-tokens at your heels , as whoriih fpirics do;, .but 'lay up thefe tel1imonies of Qf ·.trove; {ent from your H~Uband Chrift, among your cboicefl treftfures, that you may prJduce them as occalion {erves, . . . · •, . GHAP. X VI. ' !l()'IJ1 11 Tr,t~[ure Df Comforts u rg ~~laid up , ~ ;, the HerJrt. , C .I f ' I - A .Fourth Treafur~ to be hoarded up itt th~ breafi ot a. Believer., is the fweet and fatisfying comfons ot the Spirit-• · 'fis trQe,. · thefe are the Arbitrary and immediate effetl:s. of the {antl:ifyingand fealiog:Spirit~ v·et or– dinarily comforc ·is d.opprd from Heaven in· to the ~elieving Soul in a way ,of Duty and. holy endeayour, the nearer we approach to the ~ut1, and the more light and h~at, now exerc;(es of Religi l)n are a foules approach- ., .ing to t~eSun of Righ teoufoefs , and for thi~ .~~ufe 'cts good for us ro..dr~w near ro .God; . · ~ .~ha~ \Y~ -~~y ~~~~~Q~ af.!d ~~nt~J QUr !ottlSup... ~ 9g • '• •' '
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