470 The Souks laud! Chrift. purfuit of theGofpeli, which is Ms delight; this amanmaydoe, andyet ancome tonothing, and fomay perifh everlaftingly; for lookc what joy and delightwill doe fora Filth, the fame a carnali temporarymaydoe. But that this man will doe all this it is plaine ; ofthiskinde was B.alaam that wretched man,ofwhom youmay fee diverspaf. fages in the23.24. chaptersofNumbers: hee was awitch, as Divines hold, and hee was goingto cur% thepeople ofGod; but the Lord flopt him, and how didhe, it? why, he let him fee theexcel- lency of the conditionofthe Saints ofGod, and Paid, Oh thou wretchedman, lee there and beLold the 'nippy condition of mypeople, andfeeall the good that Ihave given them,andwilt thou curfethofe that I love fodtarlly . Now fee howhewas takenup with it; oh that I might die the death of the righteous ! this was a glimpfe of the glory that was let inupon him, to flop himand toawe his heart, yet hee re- turned to his old byas againe the third Scrip, turc is in Matthew 2 5.8. I know Interpreters va- ry in it,but Iwill be bold to fuggeflwhat I thinke; the fivefoolifh virgins faid, givens ofyouroyle, for ourlampesaregoneout: they had lamps but no oyle, how could they kindle their lamps except they had oyle ? they had a littleoyle in their lampes, but none in their vefi'els; their lampes was their excellent and glorious profeflion, and the oyle which they had was nothingbutthe talk of the heavenly gift, they had fo much flirringof the will and affections as might carry them-on to profeíffc thetruth, but they had notoylc in their veflels
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