266 I foMght himbu1 I couldnot.findbim 1 S BR. X. !hew her paH1.on, v-1large heart hAth largeexpre(- fions;fhetook it toheart that Chrifi did not !hew himfelfe in mercy;therfore fhe never hath done, I fought him, !Jut I couldnut fndhim)! ca!fed,hut he gave menoanfwer. LA/feelion makes eloquent andlarge exprefjions. 0/Jferv. · But mainly obferve from this fay ling of the Church, The difference between the true children ofGodandothers.The childe of God iscall: down ) when he finds---not the prefence of God, as he was wont,his fpirits faile. Aearnall man that ne- 1 ver knew, what this prefence meant, regards it not, can abide the wam of it ; he finds indeed a prefence ofGod in the creature which he .thinks not of; there is a fweetneffe in meat,drinke, refi~ and acontentment in honour, preferment, and riches ; And thus God is prefe.nt alwayes with him. But other prefence he C;Ires not for; nay)he fhuns all other prefence of God, labouring to avoid hisfpirituaiJ prefence:For what is the rea– fon that acarnall man !buns the applying of the word and the thinking of it,but becaufe it brings God neare to his heart,and mak~s him prefent ~ What is the reafoo he flmns his own confcfence; that he is loath to heare the jufi and unaofwe– rable accuf11tions that it would charge upon him , but becaufe he cannot abide the prefence· ja Kin.t 7 .Is. ofGod in his confcience-:What isthe reafon he fhuns rhe ·fight of holier and better men then himfelfe ~ they prefent God to him being his ' Image, and call his finnes to memory, and up– ' braid his wicked life. Hence comes that farani- . . call (
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