Preface to the Reader. po{e the mj~d, ~ring it into a fedate quiet frame; 7vherein Fmth 1mll be able to fay unto the Wt:nds .and. l¥a·ves of di/lempered P(l_/]ions, Peace, be ftill, and they fhall obey it. . . . .. . 3· IT is the ?Pay and means of conveying a Senfe of Gods Love unto our Souls, ?vhich is that alone . ?vhereirt ultimately we find R.eft in the midft of all . the troubles of this Life, .m the Apoftle Jecfares,. Rom. 5'· 2, ~' 4, 5'· It is the Spirit of God, 'JPho alone commt:nicates a Senfe of this Lo'T.1e unto our Souls; It is ibed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghoft. Ho?JJbeit there ar-e ways and means to be ufed on our part, 7rhereby ?l-'e may be d?fpofed and made meet to receive thefe Communications of Divine Love.. Among th~(e the principal is the contemplation of the Glc~')' of Chr~ft infifterl on, and of God the Father in him. It is the Jeafcn, it is the ')}}ay and means; . at 'JPhich m,d 2vhcreb)' the Holy Ghoft will give a fenfe of the Lcve of God unto u-s, ca,ujing t# thereon to rejoyce with joy unfpeakable and full of Glory. .' T ':i iJ 7;__;,;/l be made e'Viclent in the en{uing Di{courfe. Tois r;.vill lift the minds and hearts of Believers a· b:;ve all the Troubles of this Life, and is the StnJe• raign Antidote that will expel'all the Poyfon that ·is in tbcm, which otherwife might perplex and enjlave their Souls. · 1 HAVE b11t touched on thefe things, llo de.figning to enlarge fomewhat on that which doth enfue. _Ana this is the advantttge we may have .in the difcharge of th.i1 Duty 'JJ)ith rejpefJ unto Death it felf. It is the affidnous Contemplatioq of the Glory . of Chrift, ?vhich 'will carry tH chearfully and comfortably into it, and through it. - My principal '»!ork h4ving been now
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