1~26 I The Parable ofthe Ten Virgins, 1 thofe thllt divide theJpoils, and reap the hllrveft; the.n there jhall be an ar.Jwer to ail\ thfda~~bts,&~. . . . . Secondly, It wdlbe thtu beca11fethu commmnon fha/1 be chu{iy in fnckjng our , the fweet of ttll_ Go~J love, pail, prefent, and to tome,. Ephrf.4·9· P fa/.2 4 .6.1 Love from a fnend IS fweer, but from a God fweeter ; It dorh us good ro rhink of rheir love, their honor and refpeCI: to us, much more rbeLords; Oh rhis · willlik! wine, chearthe heart, rhar as rhe damned lhall fuck the fierce wrath of God, Ob it lhaii ' Hing them; fo this e comra, we lhall fee all his bowds q~ . Thirdly, The Lord Clrift himfelf fhall rej~yce over the foul, and fo all Saint I with him, Lu~ 10. 21. 1\nd rhe foullhall fee this, and all Saints rejoyce I in its communion.Oh confider this and '?mfort your hearrs with this all ye peo- \ pie of the Lord! I only !ay as Jofeph ~ymg,God will.Jure!J vift Jou when 1 am dead, Gen. ult.24- So when thou a:t dyi_ng the Lord will furely v~fir thee with his prefence,and you lhall furely be With him: You have been praymg for this and hearin!!, a_nd now and then yon tafie a lirtle,but rhink it is ro~ good to be ;rue ; yet if Chn!1 be blelfed, thou lhalt at lafi, thou lhalt not mifs ( thouoh thou finde bur little of him here, and walk in the dark) of being with him f!;r ever • God hides his fa.:e from fome oLyou., and you mourn, though rhe world rejoyceth ; bur . happy art thou , for thy mourning jhall bt turned into jOJ• SECT. X. TO tmurn for our flrnngenefs now to Jefut Chrift, and D111· diffances ttje i. from the L_urtlfef"! may not the J;ord take up that fp:zch as to _Phtlip, l H11ve I been [1 long with.thee, and haft thou n~t /Q;own me? So barb Chnlt b.."en .l' fo long with thee, and lhalt thou be for ever· wirh him, and yet doH not know him? ./ There are fiv~ things that 'are ever conjoyned with a near communion with j Chri£t • . l FirH, Knowledge of him ; Alas, how little do vve conceive of the Lord? . Secondly, Per(wafton of his love and faithfu/nefl; Alas, we have lictle af- ! 1urance of him, Pfal. 9• j Thirdly, Lovnohis feUow(hip; and the more in it the foul is, the more de- • !'irous it is of ir: Oh bur· the wearinefs of being with him that we ha' e! no \ oftner are we with him now than needs mul'l; but hereafter 1t lhall be other- ~ wife. Fourthly, Lik!nefS. to him in ·his vertlleJ, as tMofes comes lhinirigdown ; i a man imitates them whofe fello,'!lhip be loves in all their imitable excellen- . cies. Alas, how unlike ro him now are we, ro what lhall be ? ! Fifthly, Adai!yopeningof, andbemoaningdaily evils to him; Ohite~fe~h ' the heart ; if-a man is gone from his friend, yet troubles will fetch htm 1~1 i again ; but we pour nor out our fouls rhus td him ; hence be poures nor o_ur h1s blooo into our fouls ro heal us ; Oh may nor we rake up that complamt of .At.t~r, Prov.3o. that 1~1 are more fo•lijh than any man! fpeaking of Chriil; Oh therefore mourn fot it; Dttvid, whm G•d hid his fare for a little ttme, was · troubled. · · It w~s the complaint of the Prophet of evil men, That in their eyes, he was ,.,j tled <'~nil deffrif~;l, tlJid we hid ohr fa m from him. Let the world do fo, will you do foalfo ?. itfilouldnottl:dublefo much thathehideshis face from ___ you..~upatyou.ha\Cefro:n.bim. - · When j,
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