The Sotule.r calling toChriit. c s,1et thembe difcouraged,but the SaintsofGod cannot goawaydifmaid,it becomes the righreous to be thankful' Ifthe fou le b : inwardly fèriedand cflablifhedby faith in the promife, there cannot but come forne favourof comfort to it : In whom- , ne,. r.9. thorphyee fee Net not, yet have ye beleeved, and re- jyce with jay unn, akable and£lorioars : therefore obferve ir, beleeving rejoyceth and faith,Good. Lord, is Chrifl mine, that lave abafed him ; and is Heaven and t'leSpirit mine, that have fo aUn fed it; and the heart leaps at the remembrance ofir,and wnders at ir, and can fcarcely beleeve . it to bee true : but yet heels wonderfully thank- full. It is a duty-to rejoyce for mercy and grace received, as well as tobe humbled for finnecom- mitted : all thole phrafes ofScripture run thus, and thole joyes that may make us rej')yce, they all belong to that man that is brought tometo be_ !eeve. Men rejoyce as thefe that divide the fJoyle, you know this gives much joy to the foul ders that overcome fo when the richmerchant gets a prize, what rejoycing is there? So there, was never any poore feule that beleeves in Chrifi, and comes home to Chrifl; by the pro mile, but he is a great conquerour, and harkgot. ten a rialfpoyle : one promife is betterthan all the Rubies and Diamondsofthe Indies. When the Prodigall had Beene pinched with famine andpoverty, wherrhe was returned fromhismi. fèry to his father, marke what a dealeof mirth. there was; the friends were feafted, and the fa- ther ; rejcyced : but if they were fo comforted,; Cgg 3 what 4)7
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