2 r6 3?>e soie efetirsalluilóiasg toChrift. obrcrve thebafene ffe of my courfè now which betore I never confidered ; and I am afhamed cf my former abufe of Gods grace revealed; I am even confounded in regard ofthe abominations which my futile bath harboured 3 this is the mourning of a poore firmer : NowmarkeGods anfver, Ephraim is my deare fonne, heels a plea- fant childe, for litre I fpake againft him, I doe earneffly remember him ffìll, therefore my bow- els are troubled for him,I will finely have mercie upon him. The Lord kindled the fire ofhis in- dignation in his heart, and fpake bitter things againfl his confcience, yet hee remetr:bred him all thewhile; as who thould fay, I obferved ail thofe defires, and eon fidercd all thofe teares, and heard all thofe prayers, and tooke notice ofall thole complaints ; and my bowels carne towards a poore firmer that defires my mercie in Chrift, and the truth is, Iwill {hewmercie tohim : thus wee fee thebehaviour ofGod to the foule, as alto the behaviour of the foule to God : and thus you fee the order ofthe affe&ions ; whenGod is abfenr, hope waitsfor it and defire longs after it; when the good is in view, loveentertaines it, and joydelights-land fports,and playeth with it : love is like the Hofl that welcomes the gueft, and joy is li!he the chamberlaine that attends up- on him, and is very ready and pleafing to enter Caine the promile,and the Lord Jefus Chrift : this is the very guileofthe heart,as I conceive._ The fecond thing obfcrvable, is the motives whereby the promife comes to inflame there two affe&ions,
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