~~-!---~JBelo<vedput inhishand,&c. _ 1 S B R.IX. \quickning and inliw:ning; for this firengthening , Spirit all comes by it. 2. From t~isthar itis fa id here, That chr~ftputs hM finger into the hole of the doore before beremovedit,and withdrew himfelfe. Obferve, 0/J[nv:: . How graciou£ly Chrifl: doth deale with us, I That he doth alwayes leave fomt grAce, before hedoth offir to depart ? Leeus therefore for the time to ' come, lay, and fiore this up as aground of com– fort, that however Chrill: may leave us, yet not- , wirhfianding he will never leave us wholly, but as he gave us his holy Spirit atfirll:,fo hewil con– tinue him in us by fome graGious work or other, either by way ofcomfortJor offlrength to uphold I us.Perhaps we may needmore!Orrow,more hu– militythen ofany other grace: ForWinter is as I good for the growing of things as the Sf>ring; becaufe were it not for this, where would be the killing of weeds and wormes, and preparing of 1 the ground,and land for the Spring : So it is as needfull for Chrifiians to fiad the prefen'~ of Chrifi, in the wayefhu~,niliation anda/;aflment, cauftngus tQ affii~ our owne fou!es, as to fee!e his prefente in Pet~ce,Ioy, andComfort. In this life we cannot be without this gracious difpenfation. We may thereforecomfort our felves,that how– foever Chrifi leaves us,yet hewill alwayes leave fomewhat behind him , as here he left fome myrrhafrer him upon the handle of the doore ; fome myrrh is left alwayes behind him upon rhc foul,which keeps it ina fiaee and frame ofgrace, and fweetens it. r...7vfyrrh was one oftheingredi~ 1 ~----------------------------------- enrs 1
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