The Mountainoffat things,d(covered. one Godand frtber ofall, who is above all, and through all, and in all. They rejoyce in this , that they fee themieves made nothing that they are emptied of themfelves, of their pow- er, wild'om, righteoufnes : they now rejoyce , triumph and fing becaufe the vail ofcevtring of the all Naticns is removed,in their hearts : that their high thoughts are brought down, that their wifdom is madefolly, that their opinion of their own glory, of their ownfornethingneJs, of their own holinefs is re- moved,andChrift alone isHe in whom they enjoy all things. From hence ye may conclude upon this point : That Chrift alone is the Saints Jtrong mountain, and their feaft of all good things. He is only their mountainofftrength, he is their joy and theirlong, he path rent and deftroyed the faceof the Covering which is upon all people ; they fee that none can remove this Covering, but Chrift alone : and therforehe having done this in them and for them , this re- joyceth their hearts far more then if he had increafed their Corn, or their Wine, or their Oyle : here istheir frail , here is their day of Thanlsgiving,here is their Sabbath., which íhall never end ; here is their marrow and fatnefs, here their wine, andtheir fat things full of marrow : He is their mountain, their glory , their rock ; and all this they fee is wrought in them by the power only ofJefus Chrift. And this adds to their rejoycing, that they fee they had no hand in it, they fee that they didnot chufe him,but he chofe them; that they inftead of chuffing him , ran away from him , oppofed him, fought againft him ; and yet he followed them, and never left them till he had conquered them : and this now is their joy, and their pralle, and their long ; and nothing in hea- ven or earth thall be exalted or magnified by them, but only fefus Chrift, their Jtrong mountain, their feaft ofall good things. Thefe Souls only come to fee,that there is a vail, and that this is the vail ofCovering fpread over all Nations ; all thofe, upon whom the vail is,fee not thevail,but he only in whom 'tisrent, from whom its removed: Andall their defire is, that it maybe removed from all people, that others may fee that which he fees, and enjoy that which he enjoyes, that C Chrift Doel. Pfal, e}.q.
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