5 no x Pfal 4.7. y Efay 9.3. z Pro.2.I4. a RY)III. I 4. I %. b Leuit. z3. 4o. c 4. eft. d EcéleG3 4. ..gnfw CHAP. c. .?n E+cpofition von) he fill V ER. 16 The fecond,they call fecular or worldly ioy; loch as ri- feth from prefenccofthings good according to the (late and efleeme Of the World ; loch as D:,iiid intimates, When x Corne and Wine and Gtle are increafed. As Efay, Y The icy of Harueft. The third is as tome call it, CrirfiaallJoy ; which Da- tsid taxech in the wicketi,,s a markc of a helli(h difpefr- tion ; They z reioyce in doing enill ; and as S A L O- M o N; .Delight in thefrcwardnefe of the cricked. T he fourth is, that which is called holy or fpitituall ioy; in `Pauly phrafe, The ' Joy bfthe Holy Ghofl. It differs from the former, in two things efpecially. Fitt}, In the ground or Matter of reioycing ; which in fpirituall Joy, is the fanour of God ; and the fruits and pledges there - of, in pardon ofítines, SanElification, hope of Glory. Secondly, In the máner of reioycing, in things riatu. rail or fecular. ( For antics are gricfe tothe Spirit of God.) In thefe things, there may be a kinde of holy and fpirituall reioycing ; as when wee ioy in them, not rim- ply as good to Nature,and flate of this life; but as pled- ges of Gods fauour,and furtherances of a better life. So were the Ifraelites commanded, to b reioyce before the Lord,inalltheylist their hand vate. And had their an- nual! Fefliuities, to procure and manifeft their reioycing in Gods fauour, tef ified euen in ternporall bleffings. The Text mutt be vnderfiood of this holy and fpi rituali Ioy, which the fame Apofliecalls, c reioycing in the Lord ; that wee haue him gracious and good vnro vs, and teftifying his fauour by temporal! or fpirituall í bleflings. Ir is quef ïoned here in great earnefc by Interpreters, how Ioy fo confia-nt and vninterrupted is required of vs : I r there not d a time t l mossrne ? The toyle is much to alpoyle the doubt, amongft chofe that moue it. This firft they la} for ground : That f the fpeech is diraled onely to GODS Children : this alto
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