• to the foule of aman, to dwell with him to fup with him,as he hath promifed fo to do and cloth then whenallothercomforts fayle, at that time Goddelighteth to come,then thou fhalt finde va– rietie of comfort enough. And therefore, why . ihouldfi thou not be contented to haueGoaalqne forthy portion·-: Thou fhalt find enough in him, as in anad~quateobject. This is the firfi thing'! , ha.ue to {hew you, that inyour very communion withhim,youfuall finde enough, when the Lord Pid'ures ~na .doththis, when thouart fille-d-with the joy of tmouraare the holyGhoft,what willall'betothee~whatdo e~:~~61; . ·youthinke aiJ the world was to the Apoftles, if fiHcth the · it fhould haue beene prefentedfo them, if one ·route. · 'lhould haue prefented them with a Kingdome, ·'· ·with all that ever the fGns of ·tnen ·could Cfevife? ·Doe you thinke they would hauc regarded them · much ·-: Surely,they would nor,as they did not :regard the·COntrary.Imprifonment was nothing. . &death was not~ing tothemjyou'fee with what ~facility they'paffed through them.By the rule of , ccomraries, outward happineffe had 'beene no:– thing: for he that grieues muchf<1>rany outward 1olfe, he would much rejoyce in the contrary ·contemment:w'hentbe ApofHes-werethus filled with the JOY ofthe holy Ghoil:, in regardofthe one, certainly they wou'ld not haue·regardedthe other,if it hadbeeneprefented untothem; what was now the;oy in the holy ·Gho;fi;: it was btlt The gfotin'd ttf jdy mper~ fecution. . theL'ord communicating himfdfe They had butth<:'Lordaloae,theywere'but led into a,neercr · 'fellowiliip with him: therewas but a littlecrevis '• I 3 Qpc~ed,, , ' '
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