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Show -rde·Jiffere~ce in titJie ofchrifls /rttit;· That .it i·s the know!edg of our particLdar·Jnterefi and Portion in a g<>od, which doth moJt highly commeud it t? our Soul. ~here is very little f wcetncfs to the worldlmg, to thmk that there IS an infinite trcafure of Gold in the Mountains of Peru ; what's that to me faith he : but when he hath heaped up a little portion of Gol<l and Silver, in which he hath a propriety, This is very fwect; his· propriety io the goo<! makes it appear fweet unto him. Faith gives the Solil a propriety in Chrill, and inableth the Soul to cryout My Lord! My lArd! and this makes the fruit ofChrifHweecto his tafle, and caufeth him with delight to meditate upon all the redeeming acts of his Love,bceaufe by faith he believeth his partiCillar propriety, interefi and !hare in them. Hence it is that an unbeliever ., though he knows what Ch•·ifi hath done •and fuffered , and can read it, and when he hath read it, can fit and think upbn. it,, yet can ta[le no fweetnefs in the Meditation. But, " In the fecond place: .A brliever find! a great deal of fweetnrfi iJr tlir OrdinancuofGod; this frui1 is alfo fweet unto his tafie.To the V.HbilitdlerJ ~ot. fa :• The, belie'ier fahh, wheh will · the S~bbath c,ome, the time 'when· I !hall i,S> and appear bdfore God!? The language of the Unbeliev.er .is wh~n ·Will·thc Sabbath be gone ? that we may fet our wheat to Sale, ma~ing the Ephath fmall, and 1he fhil¢!1 great.' And ·herein is, a remarkable ditfaence now betwixt. the Spou(e.ef~hrifi and another:petf!>n• "J:be r.eafon of this i' evident froln my .fotq1er Difcourfe,whetc I !hq1¥cd-you. whence it is that Ordinwies arerfweet to• the;Soul<!f :t beli~v.~:t.l It old you they .arc fweet ., As• Sigt"; A:ither-pr~ligur.at~Y4 Ji:!f.flea'4en; or Ob[tgn•tiue; corifitmiJ% the b'uth.of the Goip~J; or 3· hfdi~jp}w of Gods prefencc. '2.·as l•}blu~t~enls, PYI t.vbichthc-Grace,Qf God is conveyca untoothe,Stuil.h,Nilw< l1ike a nat11ral 11\ad,, d>,ey. · c~nrio~ be~fwcet tohi,alupoblln¥fl>f Jhef~cal:odunts :· Hc!hafhno -liopes:.O~ Heaven, no earnefi of Heaven in his heart; .and .1herefo.r.c,,1hilfti thi~s whi\:h llgniltHfalvefil imd1~he ~el\JOf•IGodsrpaople· to him hava no fweetrlefs io1 thlml · l'le huh no talle in the Doctrine of the (70fpel, and uhde.r,ftands n<I>JJ;lPrC excellency in Wt than ia aq· otm.l"' book; ana tllerafareolwbat t:On!leth to. thn.oon6Jma(ion.q6 tl!at I:D"Jl\ritu: it·notifwocHo.hiOO. · As for.the;faVOllr ofGod,)llo 1\Dcle!llands DO\ the!V<th1e. andoE1r~CUepct ofit;hed<Jl.h Mt knoW/ tbut iris better than lifo, that the 1Pve1 offt'•d, ah btmr tba;t Hfillf' hence the0rdinances.of God to l1im hne noSweet11efs at .a!L.Confi· der a-eo. the Ordinances of God, as they are ~cred r Jn(\tumtnt~ "by whidi•the i>~f/Ntncrs ofGroce have b.e.n convfytd, or .mPy bt canvryed ro the Soul ; which is indeed the gr~~t thmg, whtch commends the Ordinances of God to his Soul: Alas the carnal heart. under" fbnds no fuch thing, as .AhJb faid of Micojah , He never Jp•k,e goed to me ; fo fays the carnal heart , I never fo11nd any good by Preachinr;, or Prayer, or Sacraments.· Ndr Is there an,y deftre kindled in his heart after the Jove and favour of. God; hence Jt IS that he talles no fweetnefs at all in a Sermon,nor in a Spirito a! fervent Prayer, nor in a Sacrament, nor in <IDY Or~inance .of God. ' .A trt.e believtr fiHdJ a f!!'"''deal of {wettmfi in1he MediJ)JUons vf Eter~ity. The Unbeliever tindet~ no fu~hfweetn~fs. : A gra~us heart dn fit down and ~eJoycc 1n the thoughts-ot Eterual.Ltfe, and pleafe himfelf to think of the time, when time fh•U br no mou; and fo confequently, of death as that which brings him to this Eternity. On the other fide there. is nothing fo tortureth the heart of a carnal man; as the thoughts of Eurni~do.th. The reafan is becaufe the one apprchendcth hirnfelf appointed to this . blelfe<f Eterrtity •and1by faith in Chrill.fee'th his particular title to · it · and interell i'n it. The other .when he thinketh 'of Eter,nity, c;n fee no ground of hope, that he !hall ever inherit Eternity; I' q~ean a blelfed Eternity: and fo it is no more fweetnefs to Him to t'hink of it· thin i~ is t0·a poor begl'?r to tbink.ofilthe great ~iohes a!Td ihebbJrs tn:tt arc> in fame Kings or.E.mperoaf.S Court ; which ate'hd 'matreiwt pteafurQ ·ro<'bim\ becaufe'~e feeth no probabilitY\ . tNtt he Thall e-ver ~:m.,de ·happy .in \hi: 1'oJll,il'iorl of.ihem. Thus you ree he# fhWNotion, di'itinguiilieth the cbtld,of God from an- 6tl\er'mao\' Bat ht~e ariifeth a·Care • • i l '' ,, '~c!:?:fe!i:l~y l..ot rl!~f/>~hfOl!tijl ilfl''[a>erti.l• tlu-la/t~dJ om tba't.M · nlii'I1Je1017if1Pijfm4 ~ ,,;;;;y HltmJ,Ifbt'lii'•L•t>tiVI.fiar:lr[umt [mmttrJi in t h( Meditation ofCbri(fJ lncarnatioH, Death,. R•fi~rrdlion, &c. And lfl<tfle'fJri#rilncn 'a[G'tit( add illllhe t'IJtNghtstufEtmtlty. &c •. , , 'J:.a~fwer lh1te il;lilo•~Iuellion, bot he •li•Y, the hyt>qcr.jtufpici• /!y1 Sol. h'!li:dfy'a pr<lora'ne ·maul •l ·wlllAhelill yon• tile zeafup.; • whac I told 1W'bl!t&Olls ~~rrai\Uy trw flo ,~t,N•l "~"'~rllhnlr<lh,:in ·(ht\.dort• terl;plfzlion'o~ ftlefllfriM!'Ir •f .. 'liy·t6•ti'~ bantle~~ dfp<•hlndetb,tbat he: 'II~'Rolnt:r'~G' t.:tbki l{·~tll',a'ii~P'"l''*'v"'•·.lo • .fllb..t- tht -te,rr apprei'ICitti~ 'of 1t V\lherlte~ It be 't-rue'{)~> fvl4, ' taufeth> 'a propGtWon• ble>ttlf iarld deliglwin'tl.e-SoUI. ( i'f0ogbn,yp1.1;:au i•ll!la~f•'IJ>" ~, po~ |