~ { 4 , 0 l -· __ Hefeedet~amongthe_ L~I/ies, · ' S £ R.XX. \ to knowwhereto feed, and fo to be efieemed, that therby we may be fiirred up to be thankfull ,for our owne good, and to hnprove thefe privi~ ledges toour foules comfort. , But the fecond branch that mufi be tou~ O!Jforv. chedalittle; is, Th.tt there u jitlne!Je no where lmt in Gods hou_(e~ and thAt th~re andthere onely i-6 that wbicb fot~Jieth the Joule with fatnefft and f weet- 1 nq?e. · That the reN4J not omly the PrPmi(es but the very rehnkes bu~es of Scrip- o{Scriptureare fweet ,the rebukes of a friend,they ture arefweet. feed the foule, for we _have many corruptions which hinder our Communion with God, fo that a Chrifiian delights to have his corruptions rc:buked;for he knowes ifhe leave them, he ihall grow into further Communion with Chrifr, I : wherein fiands his happinelfe in this world, and I the fulndfc of his happindfe in the world to l come. Ifthis be fo, let us know then, that w!;"Jen we come to Religion we lofe not the fweetndfe of \ our lives,but ondy tranflate them to a farre more excellent and better condition. Perhaps we feed before upon vaine Amhqrs,upon(asit were)gra– vell, vaine company, but nowwe have our ~elight (and perhaps find more pleafure) in berter . things,in fiead of that which fed our idle. fancie (vaine Treatifes and the like) now wee have holy truths to delight our foule. Belteve it, a ' chrifti,m n~"l!lf kno.wes whttt Clmfort i5 to purpofetiU. he he downe-rigp~ ttndfincere in Religion.Therfore eAujli»faith ofhimfelfe, Lord I hAve wttntedthy _ fweet-
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