On the Nati..uit)'. ther ·of thefe acco11nts ought \;v·e to grieve \vithout tcnn or mcafure. As we qnght to grieve that -we have offended fo gracions a God, fo we ought to rejoice that_the God whon1 we have offended is fo gracious: and fincc the grcatnefs of God's mercy is as far above our fins, as the heavens are a– bove the earth, OlJr faith and joy in God's n1ercy ougb.t to be far above our fadncfs for - our fins. Whereas the blaft)hcmies and op– pofirions of G9d's enemies by his wifdonl and power, ihall turn to his glory; our fad– nefs for thefe oppofitions mufl: end in joy, for that almighty power and fovereign glo– ry, which the enmity of Satan, and the world, and the fteih, cloth but m,ake n1ore cor1fpicuous by pulling againfl: it. - By this tinie 1 hope it cloth appear, that joy and chearfulnefs are more allowable i-n chrifiians, than fon1e men perhaps are rea– dy to imagine. I iliall add no n1ore to this purpofe ~ but that it is the privilege of a holy and religious foul, that every thing he tneets with tnay afford hin1 occafion of _joy. If he looks up to heavct1, it puts him, in tnind of the m'anfions that arc prepar– i-ng for hin1; if on the earth, it rejoiceth him to think of his interefi in him who Jnade and governs the fan1e. If he confiders
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