Ope'ned and Applied. , ro fee rhac beauty in Chrift is marvellous ; burro be in che bofom of one fo amiable , how great is th is? . Sixrhly, Then !hall rhe Lord rejoyce over his people, and they in him ; Mariaoe day is the great day of joy, rhey long for ir before; and when it comes, 'the lo~ger it harh been deferred, rhe more fears of parting, the !!lore are they affeCl:ed wirh joy rhen; fo here , ~he foul harh deiir~d rhe Lord tn g~ace fuB, andrhenin glory, 'l(_ev.22. Chnlt harh been delirmg after them 111 glory, John r 7 .24. no1v their delires being fulfilled, all his fcanered loft Etea ga· rhered, now he,rej"oycerh wirh exceeding joy; and rhe longerlofi, and meet· ing deferred, rhe greater joy now ; hence Zeph.~.II. he jl>A!t rejoyce o':Jer thee with ;oy,&c. Look as the Lord when they were but converted eo him, poor, and miierab ie, and linful, and fome of them bur very babes, Lu'<:ro.2l. yet he rejoycedin Spirir, and falls admiring of rhe Father; ~o here much more when they !ball become glorious and perfeCl:, and altogether at this day. If rhe Lord, lftt.tJO·I ,2. would have his Prophets [peak to rhe h~arr of 7eruf a. !.em, wh~n it had bur Seventy years captivity, much more will the Lord himfelf rben do it at that day ; and look as it was wirh them, ·I(sr-·. r9.I. to 6. Allelujah for the de!truction of Antichritt, and that Chritt reigneth , Oh let us rejoyce ; folhallall Saints meet himwith joy, beingddiv.ered ourofcbehmd~of all their enemies; they {hall cry Allelujah with joy to fee them de!troye d , . and the Lord reigning; and then {hall they up to heaven in a !hour of joy wirh .Allelujah, &c. ' · SECT. II. , . r HEnce fee bow ill the iin of worldlinefs or any(lnfullpfi,fuirs with a graci· Ufe 1 • . ous godlv man : Shall tpe Lord come as a Bttd.::groom .to you, andwill you run a whoring from him in this day? A man can bear ic when othe rhhac he never fer his heart upon, depart from him; bur ch~fe t') dQ ir, it is ~ iin a- "&intt his kindnefs, againfi his perfon moll immediardy , and againtt his name ~nd honor. .As a vert~oou woman u a crown to her hruband; fo here:. Covetoulne[s is avile iin in any,buc efpeciatly i!1 chefe; and henceJ.er.)·4•"i·Wi!tthounot from thistim' cry my Father. When Baruch fnugbr grcJt things, wilt thou 'reek_ great things when Cfod came to deftroy all? fo will Y'l t't keep great chi11~S here when the Lord is (.eHroying at! , when your Husband will be all in all; Jcr·H·>· when a woman knows char a great Prince loves h~r, lh~ fcorns all other Suirors,&c. So ll10uld you be conrenr, tbou;;h poor, tbough iinful, &c. Col.J+S· as long as Chrilt loves thee. . Hence fee wbar a great fin it is nor to receive evidence of mercy and coql- Ufe 2 . fort frGm any promife of ChriH wherein he reveals his love to his Spoufe; if Cbrifilhall come as a Bridegroom to you, by vvhar promi fe foever (therefore) he ihaJllljanifefi his love to you, receive it ; fome would not have Cbrifiians to receive ev,idence of Chri{t's lov~ by any conditional promife ; but remember this, that if ChriH docb not fpeak them, if they b~ nor rh~ Bridegrooms voyce, or if not true, then do not receive rhem, or any evidencefromrhem; nay if he cloth not by his own Spirit dear them, and apply them; but if they be the voyce of rbe Bridegroom , if y0u be friends , or !bew )'our felves friends1 rejo~c~ac it, Joh-3-"9· Asfo[, tharimmediw: revel~tionof h.i~ Ioye, expea lt at h1s meenng when you lhalltl::e htm face eo face; tn cbe mel!n whtle if he by his Jeerer reveals his love, Oh make much of ir becaufe it is your Bridegrooms; if the day of Judgement b~ come, and Refurreaion paft, and pp ChriH
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