272 On the Nath,ity~ ten thoufand holy and happy-fpirits. !-Tow– ever all the n1ifery in the world carries no proportion to the infinite happinds of Al;_ n1ighty God, which ougi1t to be the high– eft objeCt of our joy, and may drown and , (wallow up all the excufes or pretences of exc~ffive fadnefs. ·We ought to rejoice in God, not only that he is our God, but that · .he is God infintely holy, and infinitely hap-– PY; that he is felf-bleffed, glorio,us in all· things; and that his enen1ics cannot reach– . nor unfettle his throne. This i~ the rpolr · cert~in, and confl:ant, tbe n1oit pure and '. heavenly joy. , There rcmaineth yet one occafion .of gri~f, which fome n1ay think enough to-– banifu all joy ·fron1 a Chrii1ian foul; and j that is, the multitude of fins whereof ·we · · and others are guilty. And certainly, con– trition, alld zeal for the ·honour of God; · are very neceffary ~~Hies; yet- we wc:re not·· born only to· n1ourn, nor is the lan1enting; of fin all we have to . do in the_world. We love to fee q__fervant' fenfih>le of his fault; but would be ill content if on that account · he did nothing but weep. Sadnefs· in ·con:. trition is nedEtry to n1ake our repentance · ferious, and fadn cfs of zeal to tefHfy our concernn1ent in God's interefi; but on nei- , ther, / , ..
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