·• \ > ~148 He4rt-1reafure. ht)irted with this trcafure, and full-handed in drawing it out, be fure [he Lord wiJl be o., pen-he~n ed to ,adroit you, and open-hand ed ~o fill you¥ hungry fouls with ravifhing in,. ·– comes : You fhall bave J e[us Chrift to lodge · wirhyou all the night of affl iction in ,fweec ·en1brace'i ~ Who would not lu.ve thisTrea"¥ fL.tre that he may be welcome to Heaven ? · 5. A rre:alured foul can live wdl in ' a /. tin1eof fpirirual de~nb , in rbe dait s of Fa~ "' mit1e fuch fuall be fatisficd ~ when,cthers are Jlfat 73 .i9.· hungry andthid~y, ~ud rhdr {ouls fainting; a · treafured Chrrfhan bathgoodcommons : for , the Chriftian thus fi ocked bath}aid up thac fin,.os ~. xt, which fiands ·him id fiead in an evil day: 1 1.. ?cis true, ·a famine of the 11'ord is an affii6live judgment (O a childeof God ; Ordinances E1. ek.14 ~ 'arerr the Saints their 'glory , and the excel~ lcncy of their flrength, rhe defire of their eys, ·and that which their fouls do piry, the want of che Word for a fea{on doth more grieve them, than the total lofs dorh affea: wicked ,, / /men : though it concern them more, for Gods Chiidren have that to live upon that naru- , tal men have-not, they have a frock of in– ward ftrength that will carry them to theRock of Ages, a flre~m ot.grace in ~heir~ hearts that will lead them to theFcuntain of grace: Re~ al.Saincs ai·e never .faroilhed but alwaies furnifhed :' they qm make a better thift to live than others can , they ha:V.e fomething .wirh· in dootE ~ a treafu'rcofTrurbs, Graces, Corn~ forts, 'and Expedenc;es makes ~ theSaint a rich J. ,oh. 7 . 3 $. fc_a~? f~~ ~o~ is wh~re t~~fe ar~ : ·thefi~~ing · Alt'erl -·· . ... , ) i
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