fora tiaire ofLi ef' fy. it in his grace, and having had many heart-breaking tears before theLord, the Lord is now pleafed by the glad,ti- dings of the Gofpell to give the will power not only to re- ceive and entertain the Lord, but gladly to receive him. The foul wonders that ever the Lord fhould bowdown to him,, and offer mercy to him; and when as together With this, by the fweer favour of his Grace that he loth let into the heart, the foul doth receive the Lord with molt dear imhracir.gs into his foul, that now there is none like to the Lord. Cart. i. 3. Thy name is like an oyntment poured out, `here the very feet of the meffengers ofglad tidings are beautiful) : But the Lord himlelf is the only crown and Joy of the foul, when the leafs look oflovc to a caftaway is more Tweet than kingd Bares, ay aoId much more, that's love it fell. Ifaiab -52.9. Break fortr into joy,fang together ye yva,;%ie places ofjernfilem; for the Lord hath comforted his people. When kings )hall flop their mouths as vile in themfelves, and not able to let forth that glory they never heard of before, and the foul for Joy fells away all to buy this pearl, that it (ayes with David, How do I love thy Laa' l Now beloved when the. foul does thus receive the Lord, the kiogdorne ofeod is come to that foul ; and thercfc,re try and ekamin, is it thus with yod? or bath the Lard begun to deal thus with thee, to give hinifeif, the glory of Angels, the wonder- ment of heaven, the mighty God of heaven, to come to thy heart ? thou art then under the government of the kingdome ofGod. But now on the colitrary,if -thou canft be content to receive the ordinances ofGhrift,or:the con- folations of Chriit, or Ionic of the commands of Chrift,, and that is-all, and the Lord never gave thee a heart to ciofe with Chrift himfelf, it's a ftrange thing to thee, that which is the main thing, the Diamond in the Ring of the Gofpei; thou art yet far enough offfrom the kingdome of God ;1 darenot fay, nor think for all the world, that ever the kingdome of Godcame to thy heart. Again, ifyott have received Chrift, but not with thy whole foul : that now the offer, promifes, blood, life, grace, glory in the Gofpell, are grown common things to thee; that the, Lord never lent thee home wondering at the glory of Gods grace to a poor wretch, never yet faid'ft,. Bleffeed is he that commeth in the name of the Lord::the Lord never yet -lay next thy heart, or if thou haft had fame liking, and lame love and'afetiofis in pangs; yet the Lord is not on
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