------,-6 Eat 0 friends, Drinke. SEa. IlI. We fee then thac we cannot pleafeChrHl: bet- , ter then in 1hewing our felves welcome by cheerfull taking pare of his rich provilion. It is · , an honour to his bounty to£1ll too, and it is the ~ temper of fpirit that aChrifiian aimes at, to re- l . joycealwaies in the Lord) and that from enjoyning ; our priviledges in him. We are not bidden to ; mourne alwayes, but to rejoy ce alwAyes, and that 1 upon good advifement, rejoyce, and I (.ty againc · (faith Saint PAul)rejoyce. Indeed we have caufes ofmourning, but it is that the feed of joy fhould be fowndn mourning,and wecan never be in fo forle:~rne acondition, wherein if we underfiand· Chrifl: and our felves, we have not caufe of joy~ , !loh.ss.H• In me(faith Chrifl:)yefoa!lhavcpe.tce. The world \ will feed tiS with6readofafflic1ion. Ifthew·orld / can help it, we fhall have forrow enough, and ; Chrifi knowes that well enough, and ftirs mup \ to acheerfull feeding on that he hath procured for us. He hath both will and skill, and power, and authority to feed us to everlafiing life 5 for-1 the Pather fent him forth, and fealedhim to that· purpofe. All the fprings of our joy are from him. Our duty is toaccept of Chrifl:s inviting ofus; 1 what will we-do for him ifwe wiHnot feall: with him ~ we will not fuffer with him, ifwe will' not feall: with him. Happy are they that come, though compelled by croffes and other lharp wayes. If we rudely and churliilily refufe his: feafi here, we are like never to tall: of his feafi' - hereafter. Nothing provokes fo deeply as kind– ne1fe defpifed. It was the caufe of tbe Iewes re·1 jeetion, _~
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