474 V1Rs.8. minds by e11zl \Vo.rk.J ; or it may be rendered, bJ you'll' mmds in ,tJi! z '-flfl\ 'Work.! ; mente Qpcrilnu malis intenta. that is, becallfe the mind is ~... ~., ~tt- fet lilpon fin : "' Lik.!nefl is thegroundof IDve. There being (ueh a • 11~ev ~.or~v difproportion between us and God, we ddiaht not in him. So 'lo.l; o~"' x.a. 1 a.- o r n1n; Plato·3T. Departfromm; why? for We dffire n.ottho cyawltdgafthJ ~ L g 8 W~tys. We do nvt love holinefs, and therefore do not love God: e e • • What amadnefs is thic:, to part withGod for !'in ? If you will not· - be Saints, be mm, be not Devils, -they cannot endure Gods pre– fenceupon thatground. 2. ThoEffcRs ofit; YouthatAyfrom God as afriend,you will find him an memy ; you maydep,rt from a Lib·4.-Conflf. him a_s a friend, you cannot cfc~tpc him as an enemy. 'fis a a fweet '4f 9• paffage that of Auflinc, Tc non amittit niji qui d.mittit: & quite dimittit quo fugit ? niji a to pfacatQ ad le ir~t14m ? YOU that C:tn– not endure theprefence of God, or a thought of him, whert wlU yon go from him.? P[al.q9. 6. Whtther jha/1 I fie' fromithy pl"e– fn:~e? In HeavctJ !thou art there-, in Hell thou a.,.t tb<P(} , & c. Where will you go? 'Ter. 23.23• Am I God at lollnd, nnd n(lt tt God lt/ar vjf! God is here, and there, and everywhert?; you will find himwhere ever you go : Surely then 'cis berter d11ml1 uar eo him as.afrie~d, then to run from him as an ene-mJ· · ,, Ohforvrst, 2. ~. Agrcil Duty thAt liethupon the fain Crcaturt, u drawl~~ nigh to Gad. I oo not 1r1ean to handle the Dury at brge: I flull orny open three things. x. How God and the e;reature may be faid tobe near one to ancHher, or todr.~ew nigh: GodsJPtcialprefence is-in HettttVen, an~ we are on Earth; and hisgenerlil prefence is with ;lll the crfatQres~ and (o he u not far from tmy (me of U&, A8.17. I anfwer, 'Tis t(} be! underfrood fpiricually; we draw nigh unto him, nonveftigiu carporh,fedanimo,notby the feet of the body,bUt dle Soul : Spirits may have converf(l with one another, though at a diftance·. Now Gods Children ~re wi[h him in ::heir thoughts, in the affeelions and d-ifpoftcipns of.their Souls: Their '7/'oJ\hf.vf:-<rt., thGir bu_fi-11efs and ne– gotiation is. in Heaven) Phi/.3.10. Their heart a11d thtir trea{ur-e is there, Mat.6.1.o,1t. 'fheir defires are there; the world is_ but a /.e,-gtr prifon. But *cis more efpecially me-ant of their c~mmuniem wichGod induti~s,whcm:in theirSouls :and their pny4r5·ire lffteJuf tPhim~ A/1. to+ ~nd he i-sfaid eo come down ;o mefit_ the#~, Iflr~. 64.-5. And alfo ic A()teth the continual intercourfe thar:is betw~ep. God and. -t~m in alL their ways: The firfi Rpifite of Jahn was · written.
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