Dauids longing, andVquids loud. 3ò9 fire many times,is asToone quenched as kindled ; but it wasan ardent affe&ion, fprin;ing from adeepe apprehenfionof the good of the thingdefred, and being in a manner impatientofdeiaies, till the thing it f lfe were eniayed. Adde he cto ; that whereas there are infaluatio i twothings ,:the one the polfeffion of it inheauen, which Saint Peter caned, e eh, endoforicfaith , the other thealfa- q of it hereonearth which Saint 'mil termeth, *the färflfruits ofthefpirir, aRom.2.a;. Dauids longing wasentended uato both :. for(to vfe Pauly phrafe) hee did euen fjghishimfelfe, defiringlcbe. clothedwiththathanfalbhichisfromheauen ,andhee fz.Coa9:z ;` longed)alto forrrbe earnfl ofrh.¡pirit,to be a pledge tohis fouleofthe future in- t eph.t,43,4 heritance. Thus Ihaue briefly and tritelyopened unto you the true fenfeof Da- kíd,longing, the firft part of my text: Let vsnow cornetofee what this is to vs, that Dauidsdelire was fo feruent for faluation. Itdoth teachvs thus much, and this is the point which I willinfift upon: viz. Thedot;. That in thehearts ofall that ;hallbet Cancel , there isavehement dare, and an vnfai.7ed longing tobee paced. I pray marke well this point, and bee not readie tothinke it a flight obferuation, till you bane heard it well prooued andwell pre{led.Firft ofal,tonehing thefenfe thereof,it mutt be vnderflood with this eau- tina& limitation,namely that I doe not entend it tofuch infantsand little ones, which doe belong votesthe ele&ionof gracc,bnt onely tofuch asare ofyearesof difcretion,which areofpower& ability to concebir& vnderftand,ard are come to haue the vfe of-there natnrall powers of clearing andlonging which are in all. uMarh,rw,r4¡ For as touchingthe rellas God.bathhis part in many fach(" oroffachistheGing_ dome of Gad) to his manner of drawing them into the flaw ofgrace,andof their apprehending it,is knowne only tohimflfe.Phis is the meaningof the Do&rice. Now for proofe ofit this one exampleofDanìd is a fuffiçient ground:for feeing all Gods childrenare guided byonefpirit, and like the childrenofone family, fprung of one father, and bred vp after one fallrion,are ofone dilpofition in re fpt&ofIpirituall things, itmult needs follow that the longing afterfaluation which was in Dauid,is(though not haply in thefame meafure,yet for the geneall naturethereof) in all that thanbee failed, and they are able in the wieneffeofa good confcience to fay as he did here,O Lord 1 base longedfor thyfaluaties.Yet I.:B ignorance in the courfe ofholy Scripture, Ihould make vsto beholde Dnuid in this moode,likeaPellicanein the wildernelfe,fappoliine, him tobe alone herein, and fo wefhould becomenegligent to frame our Blues to fo good a patterne,let vs fewhether the like affe&ion be not tobe found in othersof GodsSaints. Be- gicne firft, with Abrahamthe fatherofthe fairhfull without likeneffeto whole faith there can be noFalustion: whatfaith Chrifloflim ? *Tourfather Abraham *Ioh,S.5B reioyeed tofee my doy,andleefaeb it and rvieglad. We know-what our Sauioermea- rieth by (his Day) to mitre his eomming in the Bella for the redemption ctfman- kind. This dayofChrilt,Abraham'fa* afar offand as he reioyced tobraifined aUch.:t,rdi ofít, fOwe nay relolue, that it was the principali dellimofhis foule, tobein- terrelfed into the faivatión which was procured by it in due time. The more m1hvaham reioyced iu ir,the more Ire longed for it,and with.the greaterdelire he expe&ed ir,with the greater gladneffe of fpirit he entertained it. Come dowsea littlelower from him , to lacob that one voice of his vtteredby him in great vehemencie epos his death-bed , while hee was telling the' future eflate of his progenie,!halt witnefie the difpofitionofhiri heart in this cafe: r O Lord 1 haue Y._ Gen;gg,æg waitedfor thy falnatinn. Hee law by the fpirie of prophecie manytroubles and . miferies like to cornevpon his children, thereforeas a manweaned fromout- ward things by this meaner, and taught to relie only vpon the Lord hee cryerhout , OLord Ihonewaited for thyfalsarion. Was it not the longing af- terChrifl , whichmade' Molls to Owns the rebuke of Chriflgreaterriches then zHeb,rz,26, the treajsres of ,Egypt ? was not Hezekiah hisheart full of longing, and was her not even readie to faint in his defines after the metric of God, when T 3 'lió`'
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