.-----.A-n-d-ea-t-hz-·sp-le-afl_a_n---tfi-ru-i-ts-. ~ ~----,-,-3--,. hearts rife again{\ ChrH\: and his Ordinances.. as s "' I ... E. M. • I laying open, and {hewing their emptindfeand carnalAeffe. The Spirit in thespouftisalwayes faying to Chrift, come. It hath never enough of . him , bte was now in a fort prefent : But the ~hurch(after it is once hlowneup) is,not {atisfied withoutafurtherprefence. Itisfrom the Spirit, thatwedefire more of the Spirit, and from the prefence ofChrift, that wedefire a further Pre– fence and Communion with him. Now, The End And Reafon ~hy ChriJt is defiredhy the Church to come intohis Garden, Is, [Toeat his pleafont fruits.] that-is, to give him contentment. And is it not fie that Chrifi fbould eat the fruit ofhis owne vine, have comfort of , his owneGarden)totafi:e of his owne fruits':" The onely delight ChrHl: bath in the world, is in his Gartlen: and that he mighttaketh~ more delight in it,he makes it fruitfull,and thofe fruits are pre– cious-fruits, as grow~ng from plants fet by his owne hand, relifhingof his owne Spirit, and fo fitted for his taft. Now the Church knowing what fitted Chrifls tafi bell:, and knowing the fruits ofgrace in her heart, defireth that Chrill: would delight in his own graces in her,and kind– ly accept of what fhe prefented him with : Whence we fee, That, 1$'4&io~ ke~rt uprivy to its ow~egr.tce ttnd(zn– centy ,whemt u tn artght temper : And fo far ru it is .. privy, is hold with cbrift in a fweet and reverend mttnner. So much fincerity,fo mud~ confidence: Ifourheart eo ndc:mneus not of urifincerity, w~ C 4 may 06ferv. . /
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