206 The soule,r e feEfaraGl caNiug to Chrií}. pafage a. The fecond pafThge is this, this love and joy is kindledby the Spiritof the father, he it is£rcn . whence comes all the fparkes that muff kindle grace inus. So that all other love and joy which is not fpiritu ill and from him, cannot be accepta. blc to his ivlajefiy, It is that in generali which the Apt sa Apoflle Paul ínfettes, They which are in the fdejls cannot plea/* God. So all the joyand love (as well as any other anion) that proceeds out ofnature and flefh cannot pleafeCod But it muff behea- venly love and joy, proceeding from the Spirit: Suffer me toexprefle my felfe after this manner. Looke as it is with a gentleman in the ccuntrey, hewill bee content to leave his habitation for a while, and give up his _houfe to theking for a while, becaufe hee is but a meane man, and rot able to entertaine fo great a retinue; there fore the King fends his ovine provifion be- fore hand; (obferve ir,) So it is-with a poore humble bro::en hearted firmer ; the poore foule is marvellous well content,the Lord thouid come to him,and dwell inhim, i+nd difpofe ofhim;but asimileo he is Inch ápoore beggerly wretch, he is not able tomakeGod a fire, he c.tniot loveGod, hee bath not that holy heat oflove and:ioyto entertain and welcome the Lord as becommerh his viajefly therefore the Lord fends provifion before hand, and kindleth love and joy in the foule,t hatby that love and toyhemay be welcomed to The heart of an humble iìnner; or thus (toexpreffe my felfe more clearly;) Take a burning glafíe that will reçek a the beatzies of the Swine, and heat and burcic o
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