oftrue eonuerf0 . x63 lay. h isa thing incidenttotreafures,when they are found, toworke ioy aim! The a;da iö great is theirreioycing thatcan makethemfelues theownersofthem 5 but farm greater is histoy, thatfindeth thetreafiere of faluation. O Lord(faith thePro- phet.)/64 then vp the lights f thycauntenancevpon vt: and this 'hall makeus to bane ePfaf:4:ß7. moreioyofheart,then the menofthe worldham when theirwheatandtbeir Wine doth abound. When the Eunuch readingbyhimfelf intheBible,hadby the greatmer- cyand goodnclleof God, attained to the vnderflandingof a notableplace in Efay touchingchria, the Scripture faith, hue went enbee way reioÿcingf, In the fAEl.8.39. beginningof the fame chapter it is laid,that when`Pbilap theApoillecanie into Samaria, andpreachedChrifi vino them, therewasgreat ioy inthat city e. SO it g verte&ë it is raidof the Iayler,that hie reioyeed, that hewith all his houlheldbelemedin g.dh. hA&.r6.;q,`, I releyeed(faithDauid) at shywords, as one that ftnderhgreatf,ellet' : great is the. i Pfa,ng.r6.á boy ofthcm thatfindefpoyles for fpoylesbring victory,and vtftorymakes the triumph: ípoyle brings profit, and viélory bringspleafute r both'then mutt needs cattle exceeding toy. Daniels meaningthenwasthis, that whatbattellfn- euer hedid fight, what towne foeuer he fpoyled; fíis ioywas nothing fo:great, as it was by taking pleafure in the knowledge and vnderllandingofGods word. The Scripture is very large in the commendationof this ioy. It is better then kpfut63:3 life(faith DanidWs) Itisa peacewhichpaJethadvederffanding , faithPasll. It is a ioyvsf eakeableanaglorioles, faithSaint Peterm, m , pct. r a. Ofpall other ioyes itmay betruly faid,as lab fpeakesof the ioy ofhypocrites, theyarebutler amoment " likeafireofthornes,thatcallsagreatblaze&crack wish lerh greatly for the time, but isoutwith tke.turningofabands yea asSalamptl. faith, men in the laughingefworldl men, theheart isforrowful!, and the endof that mirth rs heartineffee: but thetoy ofGods childrenin the thingsofGod, is felled o Pro54.5?..- andperpetuall 5 your ioyjhallnoman takefromyou, faithCbrillt. pIob,a6,auë As reioycingandgladnelle ofheart is a thing common toall Godschildren, when the knowledggeof Chrì.11is reuealed,attd is altoafarremore excellentioy, then the fadingand deceitfull ioyesof theCons ofmen, fo thereafonand taufe ofit isexprelled. When as the peopleof the iewts in the time of their captiuïty liuedrnder AbsJhnerojh,one Hamanan enemy toGod,and to them for their Religion fake, mooued the Ring,and wrought him tomakes bloodydecreeagainfl them,-for the rooting outof the wholenation : hereupon (faith thetext) the peoplewere ingreat perplexity: but afterwards, when as by the mediationof Queeise He- fier, the cruel( fentencewas reuerfed, andnewts thereofPent by'poftes into a-, uery quarter of theCountrey, then was leyawlgladneffè tothe fewer, afeafl, and signedday 't. There was once a bloody handwriting flood'.in forceagain ft vs gHea.eu in thehigh Court ofheauen: the tenour whereof was this, That feting wee wereunableto continuein the thingsrequired by theLawofGod, wee (honld bee condemnedeuerlaflingly : neitherwas their anyeleature to beefound ei- ther inor heauen in earth able to alter it, or to pacifie thedifplcafureofGod againflvs. But now, bythe mediationof the SonneofGod,Chrill lefts, this bill is cancelled, herManed ittohis Croffe (faithSaint Paul',) and the newes rCol.zrç heereof is the very furnme and fubilanceofall, our preaching, to proclaime this peace, andtoworke our hearts (erawillingneffetoentenaineit: Why then Ihould there not bee a farregreater ioy in our hearts, to heareof this, then therewas among the !ewes to vnderflandof a bodilydeliverance ? Ifwee were as fenfibleof the miferiesof the foule, as weeareofthecalamities of thebody, weecouldnot choofe but Phewa greatermeafure of reioycing. When the Lord brought againe the captivity of Sion (faithDagid). then was ear mouth filled with laughter,andour tonguewith ioy'. Seewhat ioy washere afterthefreedome from fPfäl,sa6,t ànearthly bandage : what thenmull it bed, to heare, butefpecially to feele a . Mass (elfe fetat ltberty,from.the tyrannyof theDiuell, and brought into the ha z __. glorioirf
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