Opened and Applied. heaven, not fatisfie thy foul here. M ofes, :Deut. 32.10. r.:ckons rhis as rbe happinefs of Ifr111e!, (viz.) That God alone did lead them when they we ,· e in a wilderne (?, a land of drought, and pits, and wants, and the ihado;v of death ; [o Chrilt now. J So lomon reckons it as on~ part of his folly, madnefs and vanity, when he forfook the Lord in his degenerate condition, Ealef. 2. 3· that he gave "P hu h~art to vanity, and to "'ifdom alfo ; as if that \Vas not fufficie :]~ alone. M~n are not contented wirh the Lord alone ; Solomon as you h.::ard, was oone, whom God appeared twice unto; Davids heart was forefy a/faulted P{a/.73 . ttntdlhe went i;,tothe fanE/:uary of God, and then, faith he1 whom hav; I in earth but thee ? but as for others they are far from this; and ~ence come the many murmuringsand finkings of heart; why do not men fink and drown_, becaufe rh ·y are not in the ark or ihip, and flay there alone; fo it is here,Pf.. t. . I 6+ 1 heir forrows a.·e multiplied, &c. SECT. XIII. LAbor for this conre1:1rednefs in fpirit, in four cafes efpecially, wherein rh.:: heartis apt to Withdraw from rhe Lord ; · Firfr, In cafe rbe Lor~ takes away rh~ deareil, t:ay, dl outward bleffings from us ; men can. rub lt out. With qutetnefs of fp1~u,. when fome of their r money toofe in thetrJockets 1s loll; but when the1r Jewels are loll, thdr dearell blellings {jngl~ our, Wife, ~usbancl, Ch_ildren, then as Jon(lh, the foul isalmo!langry \lmh God.,whm~JIS gourdufm:t en : I '[hej{.4.I ;. without hopes; again fome can rubrh1s out nil rhey come to part With all; wh;en fome ofour boughs are cut and branch.:s lppr, we can be conrem; b~tt to have our rop bom:1hs cur off, and to fir •ke ~~the root too, chat we lhould remain as withered d~y trees,this can hardly peborn : Men can be conn:nc to follow Chrltt,if they may carry fomething on their backs befide the crofs; fon1e cap endure cny thino bur' poverty, becaufe covetous ; orhers any thingbut difgrace, becau(.:: pro:d; if fome thing or many ~ hings be ca!t ~ver-board m a ftorfl\1 men can be fometimes contented therewith, 1f fometh~ng efcapes; but when there is a wrack of all, now to be content is as )lard as to wa ik upon the waters; I{rael when they be fed and kd by God, all was ilill ; but when th~y wam bread and warer,then they mu rmure, and alfo quefl ion, Exod. q. 7./; God among m now ? And truly it would break o·1es heart to fee what finking~ of h~arc there be a- [,mongus ( rhe fruits of ex ream pride and Chrilllefnefs) and what vexations ~en are to themfe)ves, that men <~re become devils ro thernfelves, their own . tormentors ; wh1t cares , fears, griefs, loffes, decays , that their heads are c;lawled, and their memor~es loll, <1nd the;r hearts funk, and their counrenan..._ ces altered, and the Ordmances comforrkfs, and themfelves hearrleis, and pining away in their iniquir:e.s, becaufe of outward _forrows : 0~ confider, either thou ih.alr ihortly be With the Lord, or nor ; 1f nor, there IS caufe of mourmng: Oh to go home and fee ._A6raham,I(aac, and J accb in Gods King~ ~om. and thy felf ihot our, it wen: a lamentable thing indeed; bur if it be •thetwife with thee, Qh conlid.::r rhou !halt be hap?y enough wirhout thele rhings in heaven; and therefore though rhefe rhinss b;: loft, thou ihalr noc iofe one JOt of thy happinds : A man that is bleffed with bleffednefs ic !elf. and yet funk, eith~r lhould fay Chrifi is not blejfedn~fs , or elfc .ecover. · R r r Objett.
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