All jinnes pardone4 to tbe Humble. f 2 65 's hatred;111d if rhcy hJte the law, they narerhe lawgiver God, for the bw is theexpreffe tmJge ofGod. , . . z. Againe, 1would ~ske thee, if this be nor alto ; thy d~(poCidon, that thou h~£1: no great qelight ro ' be where the Lord is~ .r~ou hafr not. any dcligh'c in holy duties, otherwtie than as cnfl:ome, and na– tural! confcience have m3de them farniflar to thee; no'r tO be in the company ot the S1ims (for where two or three ofth~m are)t here Godis J mor.g them) but when tbou art among them, thouan as ic Were out of thy element;, if they be fi:ch as are formall likerhyfelfc, thou canllaway wirhthem; but if they beholy,_and the holindfe of G~)d appeare in them, thou delightdl: nor in them). tho,u couldell:, it may be, beamong the SJints, if they hold their · tongues; butlet Goa-:- iliine in them , then thou canfl not indurcto be there. , ' ' ~ . 3· Againe,dofl:thou bate-rhofe that arelile the Lord~ for if thou dofr, thou hacefi the Lord him– . felfe: for as .wetry ourlove to the Lord, by ·our love toth·e brerhren; fo our hatred alfo. Is rhere ,afecret dillike of them, though thou knowdl: not why, anamipathy, though happily t~10u canft not give a reafon of. it~ le is becaufe GoJ ha-eh pu't an emriiry, and there nq man can pet amity: 'all en dowmenrs, fweetndfe of co.nverfe and difpofttion, eminency of parts in the Saints, will not rake a– way the' enmity that i~ in wicked men <~ga'i,nfi them. Da-vidwas a'Poet, a foulditr, a mJn of ex ' ~ellen~ parts, wifeansJ valiant, yet had abundan<::e of ooned amongll: men for hi~. goodneffe. . 4'· Againe,doefi: th~u. no~deft re that.there were ro
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