I. 2. °bled. Wengedy againft Coveteufneffe: Firft,there is a fence and feelingofthe com- fort of th: creature , as a man that isbenum- medwith cold j is refreffied with fire : or a manthat is faintie and feeble in heart, is re.. frefhed with wine. Secondly, There is a fupereminentcomfort proceeding from an inward apprehenfion of Gods fauour towards us, in giving thefeblef- flags to us. There may be an inward diftemper, which maymake our joyes to bee hollow and coun- terfeit : theremay be fadnefreofheart, when as there is outward joy; becaufe there is an inwardand fupereminent fence which aff.ets theheart another way : and therefore, &clef 2.2 . Extergoll Isy , ü calledmad ley; becaufe wee minde it not: It is the joyof joyes, and life ofcomfort that isfrom within, that pro- ceeds from the inward man. As the fbule is ftronger, and the more it isin health, fo it endes morecomfort , both externall and fu- pereminent comfort : Gracesare to the fonle ashealth is to thebody ; the moreand greater theyare, the more comfort theyadminifter. But yee may objea that the creature can adminifter its owne comfort, and of its felk. To this T anfwer ; That there is anaptneffe and fitneffe in thecreature for to comfort us, but yet it can yeeld us no comfort without God : Wherefore keepe your affe6tions in fquare,
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