ihs soudeieauaffcac7ing taGhriff. I3 5 fearehim, and trait for him; it isthe wretcheddi- (temper of the foule : we can fall out with heaven and ourfelves, becaufe we cannot have what we would;naywe quarrell againft themeans ofgrace: what availe meanes and Lelpes as long as I have filch a ftubborne naughty heart: Pfal. 174. lit. The Lord taketh eleafure in thofe thatfeare him, and wait for his merry : alas brethren, out ofthe pride of your owne fpirits, you fall out withGod and your felves, and fo deprive your felves of this comfort. But youwill fay, were my hopes of the right objea, flampe, andofthe right coyne,then aman m;ght comfort himfelfe therein: though hewanted the fence ofGods love,and theafï'urance ofhis mercy: but thereare many falfe hopes,flafhy hopes,leane hopes, how {hall a man know that his hope is found and good, and will comfort him ? You may know it by there foure particulars. Any: The fidíl is this, a grounded hope, it hath a peculiar certainty in it, it doth bringhomeunto the foule in fpeciall manner the goodnefle of God, and the riches ofhis love in jelus Chrifì:: this fame grounded hope doth not Hand upoa ifr andAndr, but it faith,it mull be undoubtedly; it muff certainly bee mine : and this you muff know, it is thenature ofhope, tomake a thing to be certaine. Hope maketh things infallible and undoubted, and withall there is a kindeoffpeci- ality, a bringing home of Gods goodneife unto thefoule, in a peculiar manner : hope aiwayes if found,it hath fomethingto fay for it felfeaiwaies, S . it
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