lcharge you 0 Daughtersj&c, Graceaf God,the more the winds and waves of affliction oppofe it, with fo much rhe more vio– lence, ir breaks throughall oppofitions, untill it attaine the defired hope. .Afigneof coldTo apply it, Thole therefore that are foone nejfe in Reli~ difcouraged, that pull in their hornes prefentJy, gion~ it is afignethey are very cold,and havebut lirde grace;for where there is~ny firengthof holy af– fection, they will not be .difcouraged, nonheir zeale be qu~nched and damped; therefore they fubordinare Religion to their owne ends,as your :t Cor. ~·14• Vft of emou· ragemeat and ' trya!/. temporary belecvers. Where is any love to Chrifi 1 the love of Chrifl: is of a violent n~tture, it fwayes in the hearr,as the Apoll:le fpeaks, The love of Chriff conjlraineth uo. . Ifwe find this inconquerable refoiution in our felves, notwithfianding all difcouragemenrs, to goe on inagood caufe, let us acknowledge that fire to be from Heaven, let us not Jofe fuch an argument of the fiare of Grace, as fuff"ering of affiittions wirh joy.The more wefulfer,the more we fhould rejoyce, if the caufe be good, as the Apofiles,LAil. 5·41. rcjoyced that they wereac– countedworthy to fujfer any thing . I charge you., oh Daughters of Iemfalem, if IJOII.ftrtdmy Beloved} th11t ye teU him I am (icke of Love. 0/Jforv. Shee goes to the Daughters ofIerufolem for help,whence we may learne. . That,ifwefind not comfort in one means /We muft b~ve recottr{t· to anbther. . Ifwe find not Chri£1: prtfent inone,feeke hi?l ln
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