Dauidf longing, and Vauids loüe. 213 burdc , too heauy forthee , with 7ac4, r that thou srt !di then the leaf{ ofall çGen. u.ro. Gods enereie,,with Daniel,° thatopenfbame belongethto thee, with ° lob, that thou tDan.gq: ca.ftnot utiliserone thingofa thumped : that fo thou mayeft haue,ifitbe pofsible, but eum a glympfe ofthat woefull fcorc which theLord bath againft thee, a- gaínf the day of reckoning, and a tafleof the honourof hell r then, and newer till then, wilt thou long tobe frued ; then, and artier till then,will the mercyof God bt fweet onto thee: ,when thou feeleftthe intollerable burthenofa *wow,. oPro. t8,í9, did /pirit,tin foule will'rhir/lafter righteóufn ,andallthingswillbebutrdung xMotó6 onto thee,that thou mayef)wilt Chrifl, thetidings ofhimwill make thy very heart YfbA ;.8, to leape within thee, as the greetingof t3Lldry didthe babe in thewotebe of :Lnk.r.ere Elizabeth; they will come downeupon the perplexedfoule, A like the reineupon aPtal.7a.6, themownegr e,andasthefhowersthatwatertheearth. So muchfor tht fir parr. Dared, loneing. Now followed] the fecond part, Detail; lout, Thy lace is mydelight. Many The fecund wordsoflikeeflo& 'Doddvieth its this Plalltae,yct wé may notaccount them any Port. idle repetitions,butrather repute them as teflimonies ofabundance ofzeale, the heartofa religious man being like the fire which in the ffrengththerofbreaketh foorth intomany fparkles, fo that alto, out of the inward abundance, burfleth out into many fpeeches. Touching the thing it felfe, the matter (you fee)of pallid/ loue itis the law. By whichword heedoth not here enderlfand that pare ofGods resealedwill, which with arefpea and reference had MOthe Gofpell, iscalled the Law, the efe whereofis (as Paul teacheth) to cute wroth, to rflop b Ron gg; euery mouth, that all may be culpable before God ; but hhereit is taken in a larger d feule, for the whole Word ofGod. anti for theentire body ofthat holy dorine, re,r7. which is b3 iuf/ritaoiorr of God t totnakevsperfeffvntoall goodWorker. This was that which was Dauidr delight, the ioy of his heart, and gladding of his rook, thevery quickening and enliuing ofhis fpirits. And it isby thewaywor- thyto beohferued inDaniel, that {till,looke what affe&ionher profeltth tocar- tie toGodhinfelfe , thefarnehee alto profef ith to cart tohis Word: as hee a Pfal.n6.e. faith, hee loueth God, f ohe faith alfo, rlaeebrier to his Law, tashefearerhGod,'fo íPtal,rr6,g7, hisheart flood in aweof the word; as he faid, O Lord that art myportion, lobe faid, g Vor; uo. k thy tr flimoniee here 7 taken as an heritage for euer e which is meeteto be noted, b Ved;t6i. bath forthe better iltulhration and manifellationofDauid, heart, and forthe kr °eft s7. difconeryofth. idle proteftations, which many make, who ifthey be dealtwith, Vedua concerning the true knowledgeof God and the way of faluation, will aufwer, what tell you me oftheft things,fay what you can, I amCure you can tell no more but this,th it I mull lose God aboueallthings, &c. And I trufl I Thal] alwayes lose God os well asyou, orthe heft learned. But now here is their hypocrifie dricried, inthat they hauefo fnall loueunto the Word. Thisby theway,though not enprofirabiy. Tocomenetrer to the point, the thing whichwe learnehence Deúrine, our ofDauid, ioyning thefe two together, I long forfelicities, andthy Law ism, delight, is this, that it is not enough fora man tolay, hee longs andd:fires to be faued,vnlelíche makeconfcience tovie theappointed meanerto bringhim there. unto. It had beenbut Is) pocrifie inDaudd, to fayhe longed forfaluation, ifhis confcience hadnot been able towitnelfe with him, that the Lawwas his delight. It is metre mockery, for a man to fay he longethfor bread, and prayeth to God euery day togiuehis, his daily bread, ifhee titheryetwalke in no calling, or elfe feeke te, get by fraud and rapine, not flaying himfelfe at all upon Gods proni. dente. Whowill imagine that a manwifheth for health, who eitherdefpifeth or negle&erh the meanesofhis recouery ? God bath in his wifedome appointed a lawful)meanes for euery lawful!thing: this meanes being obediently vied, the comfortable obtaining ofthe end, maybeboldly looked for; the meanes being not obferued,to think; to attainto the end,is mere prefumption. Godwould deliver
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