I zThi".m. ..;.. ~r.7:,:~~:~::~. , , '" [ffl t .. d-J<i·~-I 1~5 Juppofe rbe foulllJOuld be wirb Cbrill, and not have fpiritual communion with \ him,wbar were it rbe better! as many had when CbriH was here in this world, that·ear and drank in his pre:fence,and yet are ~ow l11u~ our : Oh no! rbe glory, beauty, goodnefs of Chrillts not to b;: fe ~n wtrb bodtly eyes, nor ~alled, ~or handled wtth our carkaffes ; and hence Ange!s though m heaven wuh Chnll's perfon, yet look eo rhe Gofpel, -to hear, fee, and enjoy the fpirirual excellencies of rhe Lord; hence Simeon when he bad Chrill in his arms, yet now delires eo depart, becaufe he ihould rhen come near him. into his -fpiri rual communion; Oh this the foul ih.I !l have, inward light, love, peace, &c. .ir is Chrill's great love to Jive wirb 'che foul; but fo to live with them that are. his own, as to live,in them; Oh this is exceeding love, for Chrill to Jive in one that was a dunghil: JccomforredrhcDifciples when he went away, Iroiii. J ~n4 you the comforter; Ob but what a bleffednefs w.ilt this be, to be with him, and rhe comforter in us alfo? . . 3· It (halt be a full and P"feei communion, communicating h;m(el f out to the Htmoft ext:nt of the capacities of his peGp!e; . for here we have fpir,itual communion, but we fee bhut I i rtl~ and k~okw lbuirrle,hand receive bur little, nhe firlt . 1 . fruits and ta!les of w at we wall dnn ; t r ere fully. · z Thej{. I ·9· They {hall be feparate from the Lor,d and glory of hu .power , i. i: . as much as :ever the LOJd is ab~e to fill or load rhe foul wir~al,~ crown of gl?ryas weighty as ever it can bear, tt wraps cp the heart fomenmes ; the foulltes down confounded before the Lord ; Oh char ever the Lord ihould here look upon fuch aone fo vile ! much more then ihall there be wonderment ; he will fer open all his treafury; Oh come ta/:! thy fill of lqve ! there he ihall poure out all his hearr, &c. / 4· It fhall be an excmling f~miliar com~t~nio'! : When ~h!ilt was here on the earth, we'know how familiar htt. vy~s wtth hts poor ;Difctples;. hoiV ooe .~:. ··1. leaned on his brelt, could come eo him, fpeakto him, <?;c. ( Oh brethr.en) much more ihall ic be t'rien;Jm. rzl.l?.r'to,.§h me not , ,c /aPf .m~ afcended 1 as if heihonld .fay, Oh then chereiliall he fweet embracings, as Jofephthllt :mepr 'I?Jer the neck_ of Beni~tmin i ·Oh the fpirirual embracings there ! -the Lard and Chrill will fay, I love thee dearly. _ -;. It {hall bean everlaftlng unimerrupfed communion; We have here communion with o:her creatures, but tHey as paflengers will leave us; we have alfo communion with Chrift, but it is interrupted; many clouds come between us and him ; but rhen it ihall be ever!ailing without any int~rruption . I Thej{. 4.ulr. We (hall ever be wi•h the Lord; he.nce comes comfort; infinite is the ~lory of che Lord, we cannot fee ic nor enjoy it in a-ihort rime, we have no leifure here, no r rime enough rofeeit; hence we iliaUbetoall eternity behold- )( i1·gandenJoying of ir. 6. A joy f •l and moft Jweet ~omm !lniQn, Pfa. l-6. ulr. filling the hMrt t¥ith ' unfPe~ k.:tbte Jieai:e ; believing ye rej~yce with }6} full of J,lory; much more than f!eling. And Three things make ir fo. '" ' ·"-' SECT. IX. Fir(t, ~ 7~ will be afur many troubles, lqbors, ~tna'.~onfli£ls here in rhu world; '- there'snot a god ly he,ut but harh his burden, if nor of mifery, yet of fin; if nor from flelhand blood, yetfl'omhell; andhdearsalfo(irmaybe) that be lhall never come eo heaven; now hence this communion mull be rhe more joyful, as ?acobthatthought heihoqld,never (~ 1•feph; and as l[a.9.z, , . T .r-
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