' -· _. IamcomeineomyGarden. ·~ 39 _ .. , aefcribed to be fuch, ~as '11Ait_fo~ th_e t~mming_of s 11M . I. 1 chrijf ; fort he foulc: ofaChnfban 1saever fat1sJ. {i(d untill it enjoy the highdl ddire of Chrifis ~~ prefence, which the Church knewwell enough · muft follow in time. Therefore the efpecially j ddires this fpirituallprefcnce ina larger andfulI! ler meafur~, which fhe infome meafure already 1 had. So then Chrifl: is gracioufly prefent in his t· Church, by ·his holy Spirit. I wiO he with you Mat.a3. (faith he) wmo the end1jthe w~rld. It is his promifeJwhen I 2mgone my felfe ; I will11ot leAve you e~mfwtlejfe, but leave with you my Vic~trIohn 1 "· Generall(theHolySpir#,theco,forttr)who fhall be alway with you. But, Howfo~ll ,.e know thAt chrift iJ pre[e11t in tu? 6Jt~.ef1 To know this, we lhall not need to pull him A,;fw. 1•• · from heaven, we mayknow it in tho w~rd and H•r~~ ~~ ~,o~ SAcrAments, and in the C~mmtmitm ofsaims; for ;!~~hriJf u thefe are the conveyances whereby he manifefis en 1 " Uf, , himfelf,togetherwith theworkeofhis.owngra– ciousSpiritin us; for as we need not taketheSun from Heaven toknow whether ornot it be up,or beday.,whichmay be knownby the light,heate, and fruitfulneffe of the creature : And as in the spring, we need not lookctothe Heaven to fee whether thesunbe come near us-or not;for looking on theEuth, wemay fee all greene, frefh, lively,ftrongand vigorous. So it is with the pre- ~ fence of Chrift, we mayknowhe is prefenr, by1 tpatlightwhich is in the foule,convincingus of 1 bcttercourfes to be takea of a fpiriroalllife, to know heavenly things , and the 'difference of D 4 them I J l .I ! \ '
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