298 11 etíouo faítb. den full of great and precious Promifes; filch as are the very counterpanes of that Grace and Mercy which flow in his Heart towards Sinners. Vn.''r fuch millings. of Faith, Oh hoop the holy fire of Love kindle! ? What high rates and eftimates are let upon him ? How is the Heart inflamed towards Union, to be one fpi- rit with him ? What Complacencies and Sab. baths of reft doth it find in him ? What little things are Worlds and Creatures? What an Allis He, and an Heaven his Love ? What taftes are there of his Goodnefs,anc' furrenders to his Will and Glory ? Our Love goes after him, as his is by Faith let in upon the Heart. Moreover, Faith excites the Love of him by every a6t which it Pets about ; in its recum- bencies it enamours the Heart, that he fhould give us leave to lean on his Grace, and in fo doing bear up our weaknefs with Prottifes,and fweetly anfwer us in Pardons and fuitable Graces; in its Obedience it is very ravifhing, that he fhould chalk out fuch pure ways for us, and take us by the hand and teach us to go, and at laft crown our faultring Obedience with Eternal Life. Ordinances, which to Un- belief are but dry things,are to Faith the love- ly Chariots of the Spirit ; Creatures, which are Idols to carnal fence, are to Faith fair mir- rors of the infinite Goodnefs and Beauty in the Creator. Which way foever Faith turns it felt, it meets with fomething or other inflam- cnative of our Love towards him, who is every- where, and all in all, AS
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