Ho VB-RS.Zj• · AnE%pojitiln,withNotu CHAP 1 now Cbrifi bad dealt more fbdally and fweedy with the Apo\Hes . he htd opened all the fecrets of the Pather-concerning his own Re: furretl:ion, miffion of ~he Holy GhoH, the callin~ o~ ~enti~es, · , hill] ndgment, eternal Ltfe 1 &c. And fo tl1all you thas lte mChnlls ''- Gtn. 18 17 bofomknow his fecte[~: a Sh~~.!IJ htde frum Abra'ham the thing 'Which 1 do? Hetacquaint you with every thing that concerneth your falvation and peace: Soon the other fide do Btleevers open , Epher: ~. u their fecrets to God; b they c~mc 'With bfJidncfs to the throne of Heb. 10 • 1~· Grac'C; the word is, ~ '71'd.~fnu1M, with libertyot fpeech; or as it more £hictly fignifieth, liberty to {peak all our mind : We may u[e {ome freedom with God, and acquaint him with all our griefs, and all ourfears, and all our_'Wanu, and all our dejirtJs; as a triend would pour out his heart into the bofom of another friend ; 2S 'tis faid, Exod.33.10. The Lordjpak..e to Mofes face to fttce, .u A m~m Jj>e..tkftp to hu friend. .. 3. Conformity ttnd corre.fjondency t c 1!adcm 'l)ttft ofWill and ajfttliom: c.True friendLhip is built upon likenefs) and & m;Ue ea de- confent of w•lls; God and the Soul willeth the fame thing ; holi~ mu'!l. f!rma eft ne fs as the mean.t, and Godsglory as the e;~d: Joh. 1 5. t 4· Ye are . rm~mza. Sa· my friends, if ye do "Nho!ltfoevtr I commandyou; to do orherwi.fe u • is but f.alfe.·glavering affeCtion. 'Iis the commendation of Ephef m~ Rev. 1. 6. Thou h~~teft thedeeds ofthe Nicholaitans, which I Alfo hate: No -friendfhip like that, where we love and hate the fame · .things, to hate what God hatech, and love what God loveth: See Prov. 8. I 3. So ke T fa/. 139· 2. I. 4· By mutual Jelight and 'omplacency.; .they delight in God, and God in them: Jfai.62. 4· The Lordddighteth in thee; in their perfons, their graces, their duties : fo do they delight in God, in their addreffes eo him, in his fellowfuip and prefencc, they cannot brobk any firangenefs and di· fiance ; they cannot let a· day pafs, or a duty pafs, without fome communion arrd intercourfe with God: 'Tis fa id of the Hypocrites, ]lib 37··10• ThAt rhq will ~tot delight themfelrves inGod; Formal dMal. 1, 13 duties are a butthen; dWh>at aweatincfs u it ? though it were a t Luke 1 ~ fickly.lamb• . c The Prodigal thought it bell: to be out ot the fathers eye~befr in a far Country~ b~t ·_tis their delight to be wit~ Chrifr, [Pfal. 1 x9 54 his work is fweet t~ them, thf1 Statutes thrirfongt; ·dutw come · from them fru!y, asgraces do from God; he reJoyceth over them • ttJ dtJ tbtm t,()od; and they can fay evety one of them, How do 1 delight .in thy Law! 5· By the jpeci~tl fat~our .and re!pefi _Gotl. btflr.erh them; Others have but common mcr&Jes, they favmg; they
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