MyJoule /aled when heJPakc. not that fweet tafl: and relilh in the ordinances s_fi R.X. of God as they were wont, to doe ; they conclude certainly God bath hid his face, whereupon theyarecafi dmyne,their ipirits,fay_l~. An.d doe not wonder that It fbould be fo;tor 1t IS fo mI nature;when theSunne hides it felfe many dayes ( from the world, it is an uncomfortable time, the1 fpirit~ of thecreatures lowrea~d with~r_; ~e i"te 1 it fo m the body, that the anunall fpmts m the \ braine ( which are the caufe of motion and fence) if they be obftruded, there followes an Jpoplexie and deadneffe. So it is between Chrifi and the foule, he is theSttnne of Righte- Mal+~· oufnejfe, by whofe beames we are all comfor- ' ted and cheared, which whep they are with– held,then our fpirits decay and are difcouraged. Summer and Winter arife from rhe prefence and abfentc of the ·Sunne. What caufeth the Spring to be fo cloathedwith all tlrofe rich or– naments'? the prefence of the Sun which comes nearer then. So what makes the Summer and Winter in the foule,but the abfence or prefence of Chrifi ~what makes fome fo vigorous beyond others,but the prefence of theSp.irit ~ As it is in nature,foit is here,the prefence of Chrifl: is the caufeof all fpirituallliffand vjgour; whowhen he withdrawes his prefence a ·little, the foule fayles. . v"vly foule _failed whtn ,he !fake tome, I fought him but I cortldnot find him,I called fmt he gave me vo anfwer. The Church redoubleth her complaint to 6/Jforv. fh~w
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