Chap.5. according to S M A T T H E VV. I09 faith,/ km come into nsy,harden,my germ). fpaufe:I havegather- ä ant_q r >1t. e.dmy ryrrhe with my .(ice, Cant.5.I. & S r. For they fh:llfee God ] Here in a inea ire, and as they are able : hereafter in all fullneflë and perfection ; they (hall fee a theyare C-,r. 3. L, Peen. Here, as in a glaffeobscurely, or as anold man thorow fpe- dipiypw,7 clacles,but there,face to face: Happier herein then Solomon fer- vants, for a greater then Solomon is here. A good man is like a good Angel, ever beholding the face ofGod. He looketh upon them with fingular complacency, and they upon him to their in- finite comfort. He feethno iniquity in them ; they no indignation in him. He looketh upon them in the face ofChrift : And al- though no mm bath fee d God at any time, yet God, who coal- job. t. , s, manded the light to (hive out ofdarkenefle, bath fhined in our hearts, faith the Apoftle, to give the light ofthe knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Je'.us Chrift. Pure glaffe or cryftall z Cor.4.6. hath light comming thorow: not fo (lone, iron or other groffer bodies. In like fort, the pure inheart feeGod, he fhines thorow them : And as the pearl by the beamsof the Sun becomesbright and radiant as theSun it teif : fo we all with openface, beholding, at in a glaffe, the glory of the Lord, are transfirmed into the fame image, from glory toglory, a by the Spirit of the Lord 2 Cor.3.1 S. Verfe y1. Rle(fed are the pease-makers] There are, that like Salamanders live alwaies in the fire, and like Trouts, love to fwim against ti e it ream ; that,with Phocion, thinke ita goodly thing to dtflent from others ; and like Sampfons foxes, or Solomons fool, carry about and call abroad fire-brands, as if theworld were made ofnothing but discords, as D emocritus imagined. But,as St john i Ioh,i,ls. fpeaketh in another cafe ; there are not of the Father, bat of the World. He maketh great reckoning of a meek, and quiet minde, t Pet. 3.4. btcaule it is like to hisown miracle, which is never furred nor mo- ved, but remaineth Hill the fame to all eternity. He loves thofe that k, ep thefia fffe ofbinders unbroken, Zech.i 1.7,14. that hold pP;, 4,34 the sanityof the ibirit, and advance the bond of peaceamongo- thers as much as may be. The wicked are apt (as dogs ) to en- tEer,tear and woorryone another : and although there be not a agreement in hell ( beingbut the place of retribution, and not of action) yet onearth, there is no peace among the workersof in., iquity, that are trotting apace towards hell by their contentions, Röm.z.S. But what pity is ir, that Abraham and Lot flìould fall.
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