r--68______ 1h~;;;gatheredmy~rrh,&c~ I .,. .· I ls~ RM.ll. have a Comfortable COmmunion, being fwe tO ; t\ht 1 j·.:.IJ, ; have it enlarged; for To him that hathj!MU6e gi- ; ven. It is not onely true of his la!l: comming, I (when he !hall come to judge the quick and the I Rev,u.n. dead)!&ome,ttndmy rewardis with me; but alfo of I all his intermediate cornmings that ape between: \ when he comes to the foule, he comes not ondy 1 to accept what is there, bu' fiill with his reward I with him,theincreafe ofGrace,to recompence ' all that is good with tll'e-io_creafe thereof. This made·his prdence fo deftred in the Gofpe.!I with thofe that had graciom• hearts ; ·They knew all was the better for Chrilt, the company the bet- . te:r, for he never left any houfe, or table where , hewas,buttherewas an increafe ofcomfort.,and · , I / ()fGrace: And :ts it was inbis )'erfonaU,fo it is i.n Exhortation to his sp!ritfhlUprefince, he never comes, but he in- , have CrMit1#• · [c · d ,t;, · nirmwitb crea es G!dcean ,Com 1 ort. Chrr'ft. Therfore, let us be fiirred upto have cornmu- f · ' nion with Chrift (by this motive) that thus we 1 I may have an increafe of' a further meafure of j i grace. Let .us laboor to be fuch as Chrifi may 1 ! delight ip,for our Graces areHomy and Spicut'o -' ) 1. hi·m;and where he tafrs fweetoeffe;hewill bring · I more withhim. To him thatovercommeth, he I ·promifeth thehidden UU'ann~h;theyhad 'Uf!An11 11ah before, but he meanes they iliall havemore abundant communion with me, whoamthehid1Rev.z.17• ·den cYrtannah. There is .abundance in him to be had,as the foule is capable of abundance. Ther- 1 fore we may moll: fruitfully and comfortably1 heconverfan~ in.holyexercifes,~nd communion 1 /_._ ' . · with . > •
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