NojQurnyingfore Ifrael till which are purified Pith letter things then the blood of Bulls at. td Goats : nothing could purchafe nor f-urifie thefe things,' but onely the blood and the death of the Son of Gçd. Here the foule comes tofee clearly,and tahandle,and experiment and taft the Heavenly thingsthemielvs;which were z Job. r.I fro;n he leginning,which we have heard,andwhich we havePeen with ur eyes, which we have looked upon, and oarr hands have handled c f h.e wordoflife. ,Then the foul truly falls in love with Chriff, then it eyes him, andPurveys him, then it mag- nifies and adores him, then it lofes it felfe in him, and dotes upon him, then is, he all beauty, and all perfection to it ; and then it lofeth felf-feeking and felf-intercff , and felf- glorying and the like, and fees him onely to be the Lord of life, life alone, glory alone,ricles alone,mercy alòt e, light alone,pretious alone; and nothing in Heaven or efillth tobe defiredbut him alone. Then it can fay experimentally ..and feelingly with David, andnot complementally as waft pro- 3' feffoursdo,Whona have/ in Heaven but thee ? and there it none 25'26, in the earth that I defire in comparifonof thee; Andmy fle(h and nay heart faileth, but God is the firengtb of my heart, and ny potion for ever : This foule, is indeed the Temple ofGod, and hath in it the true light, Majefly and Glory ofGod ; bit,, all other men do but play wethJhadows, and are but exercifed about the patterns of thefe things which are to come, and havenot the things themfelves,notwithffan- ding their confidences andfirong conceits. And now this light being in thee, this is to be thy guide, this is to be thy teacher, thyHatter, and no other can be; till, thiscome in, the Scriptures themfelves, nay Chrift in theflefh,and all things whatever ye can name, are but Dark lanthorns without thefe divine teachings ; for he is only a light and aguide, a Mailer, andRuler unto fpiritual men, and he is only Riches , Peace, Power, Love, Glory onely unto thefe,men : 'tis not thole that can talk .much of him, and whohave high notions and fpeculations of him, that can love or adore him truly, but onely thole who thus enjoy him. He that walks by any other light, or any.other guide Efa. 5.r I, then by the light ofthe Tabernacle,:.be walks in hisown light' and
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