70 TheDoarineofMortáfrcat on not limplyas it is a creature, but itbecomesnourilha; bleby reafonofthat which isput unto it ; as the fire brings light andheat, heat is the matter ofthe fire, lightis but a thingor quality that depends upon it : fo thematter ofeverycomfort is God, andofall things in theworld, though the infirurne:its that doecon- vey thiscomfort bee a creature: therefore you may have the huskewhen you want the kernel], that is, you may have thefe outward things, and yet want the fweetnefle of them. And this is when God turnes awayhis face from a man in the creatures, then the comfortin thecreature is gone; and therefore Da. amenscom vidprayed, rurne loot thy faceaway from thyfervent forts flaw' in that is, takenot away my comfort. All Mens coni_ Gods face, forts fiand inGods face : let a man bee never fo rich, let him havewife and children, lands andpofleuons, givehimwhat outward things youwill, andwhat joy andcomfort is in them if Gods face be turnedaway Ahab isrich enough, andHamanhath a wife andchil- dren,and yetwhat comfortand joyhad they in them e his not thecreature that canyeeld true comfort, but it is the All-fuiliciencie that is inGod, and from him simile, derived unto them:As for example, Take amanthat is in defpaire,tel himoftheworld,make largepromifes untohim in this kinde, none ofall thefewill comfort him, they are fo farrefrom minifiring comfort, that theyaddeunto his forrow, efpeciallyif his griefebe fora matterof finne but tell him of God, and his futficiencieof Chriff, and of Juffification, and Re- minionoflimes, thenheewill beginne to have force joy inGod : And as thepretenceofGod is nowmolt comfortable, fo inhell the knowledge ofGod and -- _.. . _ . his
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