Heywood - Houston-Packer Collection BV4510.A2 H49 1667

' Heart-Trea;ure.\ , 249 Ri~er-s of livingWater, t.bat are in the· ~rue Be· . ,. ·,' 'ltevers6ell7, and the htdden /W.~t,rma wtUmake Rev•. 2.·1T! ;;t good meaL wher1 .God ,him(,elf fi~s. at the T;tble; They that. cannot go to publtck Affembltes m~y find the Lords prefencea little Sanauary, he is every whe're to be found~and · can make amends in·privare for want of pub· iick !iber,.cy : ··the Word opet1ed and app-ly– ed was convincing, (adsfying and edifying; ., "' 1 well they have their Le[op frill before t1 hem,– the Bible in their hands, and a promife ot the Spirit tobring things to th~ir remembrance : and why m~y not rhe rreafured foul , whofe fenfes are well exercifcd by an habit of Scrip. . .. n•re·J\.nowledge and feU-conference preach ·_ · to hi~felf in the w~n.c of other Preacher~_? Aep• .., .. 4~· certal lyan ableChnt:han, at full age mayat• f · gefijlrong meat though hecarve for himfelf: / one leaf of rhe Bible was in Lutber.J account worcb a wotld; _tnuchmore alJ a Chrifiians treafure whereby hee is enabled to·improve Script,ures: Hifiories and Tradition tels us of fome good Chrifiians~ who indark timesha~ vinggot a few leaves of the Bible,run with it ineoa corner, agd ,Cither read it themfelves or .. hired others r'o read, whereby they received ' incredib,le comfort, profitj and arrived )at a firange.-degree of knowledge andcourage: So , likewife tqe fouls of Gods chjldrep may feek · .and fee Gods Face in private communion of ~ Saints, in co~ference, prayer, a.nd praife, God -may make 1c an l1appy exchange to them; .the pri:v~te le£Ier glafs of ,fecrec dncies n1ay ~epre~ent Go,cJ ~~~~~arlyl t<;? the eye of their · · ' fouls, ' I ' ' . ' .

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