ten Virgins Opened and Applied. 1 ut Fellowlhip wirh rhe Lord Jefus. It cloth Saims more good than all Ordinance> all ai1lietion,, (wherein we complam we can get no good) than all mems: ·Ir brings n5 into his ,Fellow01ip, I. ~ckly, as Chritl was caughc up, - fo rhe Soul by Chril:l: to himlelf. z. Immediarly, for the nexc rhing we 01all fee is ChriH hi,nfelf, our Husband himfeif, and then fee the Kingdom! and then wonder ac the Lord. 3· Everlaflingly, never eo pare more. Oh fear it not d1erefore, ChriH hath fweetned i> eo you. . SECT. V. 10) HEnce re~ •t c!c:ar bmdation and ground-work of ldnging for fellowfl,ip with ttfe 3 ; the Lord Jefus in his Ordin,mces here. This is tlm I lhall exhort w. For I. Youcar.mor, !lull nor, mull noc now go to him in Heaven, nor enjoy fellmvlhip with him, nor meet him in the clo~ds though you do long for.rhat day; but in his Ordin ,mce~ ;oou m•y meec wuh h1m now. And truly rhofe whom we love and Iona for, if we cannm go w their houfe, or find rhem at home, \Ye are gl~d ro meec"wirb the:n abroad. As with rhofe wb lbnd before Princes, if1ve cannot be with the•n on rhe Throne, or at Court, we will defire to be wich rhemin the Countrey, Nay on the Dm'lghil. Oh the Spiric of David! Pfal. 27-4- One thintr have I d•Jired, ,.,d that I will fee~.for, though I never have it. What is that D,//;;d ? Is it to we,tr the ~rown in ferufalem? Is ic to have .all thine .enemies , lick the dull of thy feet ? Is 1t to have thy Name fpread, ~nd thtne Honour great through all the Kingdomes of the world ? No, buc that I may dwell in the Courts of the Lords Houfe all thedaiesofmJ.. tife, ~lid that feeing I cannot, !hall not die prefentiy, and fo go to fee his Glory in He~ven, therefore that I may fee his Beauty here, enjoy him here, and that not for fo:ne years, but all thl! daies of my life. z. Ought you not t0 l011g tb tall and palf<." through the forrovvs of <'eatb, that. you may .be with him? And are Chrills Ordinances more bitter than death, that you are loath to bre,tk through the difficulty of them, that in them you may enjoy him ? The truth is fo 'tis with many aman, that fuch is rhe firength of h1s hidden conrc:npt of Chri!t, and his love to his !barb, that he had rather die than pray, andbe da•.nncd eternally than to follow the Lord in an Ordinance till he bath found him gmiou11y. How come Gods dwn people to lament this, if there were not this ? 3· I remember afweet fpeechof ortewith God, That a Chrijlianought to prepare for a Sacrament d. he would prepare to die,for, faith he, there u butthi< dijfermce, when we die we then g• toChrift, in 11 Sacr.,ment ChriftcomeJtom. What he faid ofa Sacrament, I fay ofeve;y Ordinance, in every Ordinance Chri!t comes to us, when we die we go to him; Now ought you to _long when you are abfent fro:n him to be with him, and will you not care for him, nor long ro fee him and enjoy him when he co:nes to you? And fo be worfethan poor naked Indian!, Chrillco:ne~ nor ~o theT.,no dews f.11l down on their G ilhonhJ,noManna at theirTent doors,and · hence they live without him, and dellre him not; and when he comes to you, do you fee no be1ury in him now why you lhould deftre him? Will you tlilis requite hi ~n for his love, ah foolijh children and unwift? _ 4· Ttilly Beloved, you can have butlittle evidence you do delire the Lord Je- !us c:nnpany in Heaveri atthe laH day, that long not vehemently afcer him in his Orduu.nces now. You h.cve followed me in the regeneration, faith Chrill, Mat.r9. z8 •• therefore you jhilll fit with me. upon Thronu. IfChrills prefence her~ a litr:le ofhl_'Tlfelfbe burdenfo:n, Whu IVl!l ir be iri Heaven then? Depart from me,fairh ~lm~t, 1 wtU in prifon and you vijited me not. Shall you depart for notvifitina an 1mpnfoned, perfecuted, lick, fo;rowf!U Cbrill in mid!t af miferies, andfuall P not
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