I , Opened and Applied. . . . 1 When David turned aiide to lJ.athfheba, the prophet comes aQd tells him, I anomted thee]( ing, and ddivFed thee oUI of the haP.ds of Sau!, .and gavttbee lthy M .zfters Wives, :md more a! fo ~ now 111herefore haft tho11 ~efjifed thi: Lord? jthe,fw>rd {]?a!lnot dep~rt; oh .(faith hef.J hav.e -ji~ned agaz.njf the. Lord; [o :fay I to you: 1f the Lord had never made known ·himfeU eo thee, it had been• . another matter; butt he Lord bath delivered thy foul from hell, thy eyes ftoml ·te'f!r!; , the L?<d lmh aaointed thee to par&ak~:,of, the glorj(of Chrift, ,rhe ,Lord ha~h giV~nh~tlJfdf . ~orhee, aiJq-.f:nth Si!ck I'Il·Ycl ~lo0d, take my hfe, and moif I ~otlld have given ;. a-nq J.'lalt;r~ou looked·af.ter· Bathfo~ba, other bvers,_ ;md\ de1pi[e the Lord? Oh f~y ! bav,~; '.ftnm.d , an~ l!lqttr.n for it, z-Sam.I-'1..9. . The•e are two ev~ls m thu;.,, •I. f.orf'!k.!ng thy own good, !lay btefedn_::.fJ,, I Jo>Jah •• ~. own mercies. ; _ c•· -) '. <l " i . . , -" • [ :z. : It is dejfrijing the Lord .tntj~htf fellowy?'P.-.f.or other Phmg~; bafe ,thing~ ; 1 ltharwheueas youl11ali be for eve~ qehqldingof him hereafte;, }iet yolllhould • proclaim him' nouo b~ worth look~n&_ OD, no \V' . . · ' . ~ . . , Objetl:. 'BHt I w0H!d have fe/lowf}np wuh ibe Lord, and he wzll not. v4 ,;Ji~. Fil_{l, Neyer did any deiire thy f~!l<>w_lhip fo much as the Lord when he'vvanrs it. ,' . Secondly, Nor lp~e.._it,~dg~apo~ itwhen~e hadir. . _, · . Third!~ .. Normournatld-lamemmorewh"n hewantstr1asJer.2.2,o;.Gqd pleads £or ic. .~1". ul ' '. . .. Fonrtbly, he call~; to Ehe heavens, 2 Jer.Io,.I 1. Dzd ever natzon det~l thus with ./doh! If this Whll not brez~ thip.e hea~r for flrangene!S, I know nor ' wha~ vo.:iH do it: It is your fin ttha-t •llreaks off comrnunicin? not the Lpr,9s unwilhngnefs. S E~C · r. XI. , HEnce fee the eJc:ceedjng great w~rtfJ and excellencY of 'Jefns Clmft; and lea:n hen£e to clleem a right ofhirnJ; there is n0 bldfednefs in the fruition of aU ttfe 3 • • the creatures together; good there is, bjjr not bJdTednefs; or if rhere were, yet ir lies in many rhinos ; no one rhing, nor twenty bleffings can make blelfed; and it is bu<'a: broken ~ld(ednefs i(l clivers pieces; Olj \f client were a- kind·ofble!Jednefs to be found in one, _yett i< is not a lafting blefi~dnefs, it is fo buc for a time, and fo the lofs of it at la!t will trouble us mor.e !han che hav.ing of it I for a time. 1 Bu:tas he faith; In L·im>u l;ght 11ndna tiar/zne{f; bleifednefs, and no mifery ~ . peace,and no trouble; fulnefs and,no waRe; beauty, glor)\,and no blemilh 1tife,1 1 and: no-death; pure~ dear, infinite love,, and no anget; and it is in him alone, Tjal.I48.q. Huname aloneis excelle!tt ; allourgloryandthe glory'ofGod. · alfo is mer together fn him, a-ll things L1 one thing; whatever good there is ;in other things, it is b_o~rowed from him ; bafe, beg!;arly things ; but rhe fulnefs andplenty of all is m che Lord, fo chat we !hall not need to cumber our !elves about unneceifary thir.gs; we need not a candle when the fun fhines: and our lafl bleifednefs is here ; when every thing elf~ will make them wings / Eo haften from us, thiswill continue and !aft; when all out vdTds we are tof- ~ fed in bere are funk , and where our ememinm!:nt. bath been very good, yet llhe Jhore link~ not, it is· abo!l'e· over-whelmings ; here alone we are~. · ' . H<Pwever the world fees not this, becaufe·tbeir blelfednefs lies in prefer~ 1llng tbemfelves by cteatures, from feeling thal! mifery. which lies upon them now:, . as,alfo becaufe they lhall,never ibare'in it; yet the Saints have been ex· ' ceedingly
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