196 Pfal 6;. Gods love fruitfull. Good will towards men. Now ,the Spirit,that knowes the deepe things of God , the depthof Gods love to any one in par- ticular, and thedepth ofour hearts, ifwe begge the Sprit, to reveale the goodpleafureof God tous; in time God will chew unto our foules, that hedelights inus,and that he is our falvation, this fhewes , that the foule is anexcellent tem- per,that it Pets a right price and value on things, that it prizethGods favouraboveall things, that is the natureoffaith, for what is faith, onely to believe in generall,that Chrift dyed,&c? No,but to efteeme Gods love better then all the world for Gods love isentire in pardoning, andcuring too, by this the foule is rayfedup, to efteeme the love and mercy ofGod , in pardoning, and healing finne ,above life it (elfe, Pfal.63. Thy lo- vingkindnefe if better then life. To conclude all with thisone motive, the lo- vingkindneffe of God when wee have it once, it is no barren complemental) kindneffe, it is ,a lovingkindneffe, that reacheth from everlaf ing toeverlafting, from Gods love, in chufingto. his love, in glorifying us : it is a love that rea- cheth to the filling ofnature,with all thehappi- nefe it is capableof. In this world, inall mile= ry, one beanieof Gods loving kindneffe, will fcatter all clouds whatfoever : what railed the fpirit of Daniel in the Lions Den , of the three youngmen in the m iddeft oftheFurnace, ofS t. Paul to the Dungeon ? the beames of Gods love in Chrift , brake intotheprifon, into the Dun- geon , a few beames of that, will enlarge the heart Ir
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