r 504 r Pfal.;4. 8. Eccl. a.a. 6 P 1-i14.7 a Nun1.23.1o. et Pet. LS. f Luk. 6. a g. B Iob t'J. f. h lobzl.t;. i Luk. t3.z8. NI CHA e.5. ds ExpofatioM vp9n the f"irfí Vart;'i6 l fay as DAVID: a Ob tale and fee hewgraciouu the Lord is; nuke experiment but a while, in holy & Religi- ous courtes;l am deceiued,ifthou change not thy minde, and !äv as SA L o M o t , of ali other laughter and eoy, b It is madne jfe. Sure it is, the ioy of Gods Spirit is not knownc but by experience ; which made 'Paul fay, e It pa ff-c tb all vader /landing;none but he that feels ir,k nowcs the comfort ofir.Something wicked men imagine there- of, partly by that, they fee in Gods children; partly by fenleof the contrary in themfelues ; which made B A- L A A M "w'(h to die the death of the Rr econu.But she rho - row vnderf ending of it,is not gotten but by experience. I befeech you ferioufly rhinke ofit, and lee not Sarati by this idle fuggef'cion,depriue you of Saluation.,It is a true laying ofthac Ancient: 'ReltgioisLeta though not diffb- luta : and as true, that by changing our coudés, wee lofe not our ioyes, bur exchange them ; TranGrory, fading, earthlyioyes, for e ioy vnfpeal eable,glorious, and that fa- deth not ,Tway. Or ifthis moue not, thinke of him that laid ; A time will come when they muff E waile and wecpe, that feared not before theLord ;and what lob hach, 71,e g reioyci s of the Hypocrite is but ¡hurt: they (fend their daies in 'wealth andtollitie ; and h in moment gee downe to Hell. What weeping and wailing (hall there be amongfl: Epicures at the.laft day ? when theyfhali fee ABRAHAM, I s AA cí j A ç o Band all the Prophets and righteous men ¡ admitted into Gods K ngdome, and them/elites (hut out of bores. Secondly, As it ferues to animate Gods children ro continue -their holy courfes,'attended with ineffable ioy; fo withal], to checkc their needle& framing of g'riefe and perplexitie, ro themfelues;after a fort willingly put- ting from them that fruit of the Spirit, ioy in the favour and free grace of God : That though the Lord bath done wonderfull thing for their foules ; deliuerd them from powcrafdar1eiefe mortified their corruptions; fan&fìed them
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