( N E vv . c 0 V E N A N T 0 ccllency and beautie that ~sin h.im., fo that thy heart is not enamoured wtth htm, thou canfi. not fay rhoulovefl: him with all thy heatt,with at thyfou~e?&withtdlthyftren:ph. Whatwildhou ..· do intmscafe?Goeto chrift the Propher,and · , befeechhim that he would teach thee to know the Lordd1isJs his promife;ifthou pray to him . and.he donot do it, urge him with this,. it is a · part ofhis Covenant,that he harh confirmed by Oath, and mufi do it, and be affured of this, if . we·feeke,and be earncftwith him,he willte.ach us to know the Lord, and to know him fo, · thatwefhall love himwithall our Soule, and · with all our !hength. The likemay I fay of any thingelfe. 377 . - 3 Put the cafe afflictions comeupon thee,and thou be not able to he patient under fi1ch at: flidions, fuppofe it be amatter ofdifgrace and difcredit, that fo wounds thee, that thy heart To know af• . · cannot be at reft, what is the reafon_of this? . Thou calleft to minde,it may be,all the rnles of . patience, that ihou!d teach thee to beare affiidions; well,and yet thou art not able to do it : the caufe is, becaufe thou doefr not yet know thefe outward ternpt~~-~ons, thefe outward e– vills,as thou oughteft to know them, if thou diddefl:,they would feeme fmall to thine eyes~ · finne would be an exceeding great griefe, but thefe would he but trifles and flea· bitings, in ;comparifonof the other: Goe toChrifl now~ andbefeechhimto ihew theewhatis the na. ture ofthefe.outward crolfes and lolfes, that E e 2 thou fiid:ions a.. right. - ' J
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