- - - He is altogether lo-vely, 371 j ble fweetndfe is in there ro a heart that is pre- S BR· XVII ' pared for thefecomf<>rts, thedoCtrine of Reconciliation) of tAdoptiun , of Glory to come~ of the offices of Chrifl ,and fuch like, how fweet are they, they r~llifl1 wondrouily to a fanttific-d foule • . Let us therefore difcerne ofour efbte in grace by this, howdoe wereliih divine truths':' arethey connarurall and furable to us ':' doe wee love themmore then our appointed food ':' are they ~dearer unto us then tho·Jfands of gold and filver ':' doe we like them above all othertrurhs Exhortation lfl try our flare in . grace by our re– li{hof di'tiir~e truths· whatfoever ':' Every truth in its ranke is lovely and is a beame of God:For tntth i5 ofGod wheref'f,lt 19· u7. b h Pfai,II9 72.. (oever we finde it ; ut w .at are o·her trmhs to this heavenly foule- faving -trmh, this ·Gofpdltruth, that is from Chri!l, his mouth u mbfl fweet. ,' In our naturethere is acontrarydifpolitionand I That there u in' A . h d. . h--~ l h ,_ our nature a>: . ntlpat y to lVtne trut . We ove t eLawoetter .Antipatfy r 11 .then theGof}ell 1 and any truth6etter then the Law. diliirte truths• . We lovea ll:ory,any trHlingbaubling thing con· cerning our ordinary callings better then divine nuth. In divine truth tU things are more /}irituall, fo the more rcmtJte they Are naturally from our love 1-and Jiking. Evangelicall truths will not downe with a naturall heart, fuch an on~ had rather heare a quaint point of fome viceor vertue11ne– ly fiood upoRthen any thing in Chrift, becaure · he was never trulyconvincedof his corrupt and miferahle dhre by nattire ; but when the-grace of God hath altered him, and his eyes are open 1 B b 2 to I --- ~--'-----·----- ----~~--
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