PART
I.
2
Cor.
iv
.
16.
For
which
cause
we
faint
not
;
but
though
our
outward
Man
perish
,
yet
our
inner
Man
is
renewed
day
by
day
.
IN
these
words
we
have
a
Divine
Cordial
to
prevent
the
fainting
of
God's
People
,
under
the
troubles
of
this
Life
;
commended
to
us
,
from
the
experience
of
the
Apostles
and
Primitive
Christians
.
For
although
the
words
may
have
a
reference
to
what
goeth
before
,
unto-some
other
grounds
and
means
of
comfort
and
support
which
they
had
(
as
I
have
largely
discoursed
of
elsewhere
)
besides
this
;
yet
this
was
one
ground
of
their
comfort
and
support
,
that
they
gained
by
their
losses
;
Their
Souls
prospered
,
while
their
Bodies
wasted
;
what
they
lost
in
the
outward
Man
,
they
gained
in
the
inward
Man
,
and
for
this
cause
they
fainted
not
:
and
wherever
this
is
found
by
experience
,
it
will
be
a
ground
of
support
and
comfort
.
Now
that
this
truth
of
God
(
so
proper
and
pertinent
to
my
present
Condition
,
which
is
a
perishing
of
my
outward
Man
)
may
be
a
mean
to
support
and
uphold
me
,
to
the
praise
of
my
God
:
I
have
pitcht
my
thoughts
upon
it
,
and
humbly
begging
the
gracious
assistance
of
his
Holy
Spirit
,
that
I
may
rightly
understand
the
mind
of
God
in
it
,
and
rightly
apply
it
to
my
own
Soul
,
and
may
find
and
feel
the
power
of
it
,
and
by
Faith
suck
out
the
sweetness
of
it
,
to
my
support
and
consolation
:
now
seeing
those
evil
days
are
come
upon
me
,
wherein
I
may
truly
say
,
I
have
no
Pleasure
in
them
;
praying
also
,
that
these
my
Meditations
on
this
Text
may
be
useful
to
them
into
whose
hands
they
may
fall
.
The
Doctrinal
Conclusion
I
observe
from
the
Won
is
,
That
it
is
the
Comfort
and
the
Character
●●
truly
gracious
Persons
,
that
as
their
outward
Ma●
doth
decay
,
decline
and
perish
;
so
,
their
inward
Man
doth
revive
,
increase
,
and
is
renewed
.
Four
Things
are
to
be
explicated
,
which
wil●
fully
open
the
Text
,
and
demonstrate
the
Propsition
.
1.
That
in
Man
there
are
two
Parts
,
an
outward
and
an
inward
Man
;
and
what
these
are
.
2.
That
the
outward
Man
is
subject
to
declining
,
decaying
and
perishing
;
it
cannot
be
avoided
nor
prevented
,
but
it
must
be
so
:
and
that
the
inward
Man
is
capable
of
increasing
,
growing
,
and
renewing
.
3.
That
the
decaying
,
decreasing
and
perishing
of
the
outward
Man
,
in
gracious
Persons
,
through
the
great
Goodness
and
Grace
of
God
,
tendeth
unto
the
increasing
and
renewing
of
the
:
inward
Man
;
and
what
influence
the
one
hath
upon
the
other
to
effect
the
same
.
4.
That
this
is
the
Comfort
and
the
Character
of
truly
gracious
Souls
.
First
,
that
there
is
an
outward
Man
is
obvious
to
sense
:
That
we
have
Bodies
of
flesh
and
blood
and
bone
is
evident
enough
:
This
is
the
Shell
,
the
Carcase
,
the
B●rk
of
the
Man
,
as
I
may
say
;
but
there
is
an
inner
Man
also
,
which
every
body
doth
not
believe
;
for
too
many
live
and
walk
in
so
much
care
and
fear
,
with
so
much
sollicitousness
about
the
outward
Man
,
the
Body
,
and
the
provisions
and
accommodations
of
it
,
that
the
inner
man
is
totally
neglected
;
whose
whole
care
is
for
the
Body
,
as
if
they
had
no
Souls
at
all
to
mind
or
care
for
:
And
oh
!
that
God
would
pardon
and
purge
this
guilt
from
my
Soul
through
Christ's
blood
;
but
we
must
know
there
is
an
inner
Man
also
〈…〉
.
●
.
22.
Ephes.
3.
16.
And
the
Scripture
speake●
Wisdom
in
the
inner
parts
,
Job
38.
36.
And
of
truth
in
the
inward
parts
,
Psal.
51.
6.
and
God
promiseth
to
write
his
Law
in
the
inner
〈…〉
.
31.
32.
This
inner
Man
,
is
the
Man
of
the
Man
,
the
Kernel
,
the
Jewel
,
the
Treasure
.
But
more
particularly
,
By
the
outward
Man
,
I
understand
the
Lady
,
and
all
the
concernments
and
accommodations
thereof
;
all
that
tends
to
the
preservation
and
conveniences
of
it
:
Animal-life
,
Livelyhood
,
Bodily
,
Endowments
and
Comforts
;
Health
,
Strength
,
Beauty
,
Ease
,
Liberty
,
Friends
,
Relations
,
Estate
,
and
whatsoever
tends
to
the
outward
Wellfare
of
the
Body
;
Food
,
Physick
,
Recreation
,
Rest
,
&c.
By
the
inner
Man
,
I
understand
the
Soul
and
all
its
faculties
,
the
Spiritual
,
in
visible
part
of
Man
,
and
all
the
concernments
and
accommodations
of
it
;
and
all
that
conduceth
to
the
Life
and
Livelyhood
of
the
Soul
;
to
the
Preservation
,
Health
,
Strength
,
Safety
,
Liberty
and
Advantage
of
it
;
all
its
Graces
and
Comforts
;
all
that
belongs
to
the
inner
Man
,
to
its
Being
,
and
well-being
.
As
for
the
Qualities
of
both
,
they
are
these
.
1.
As
for
the
Body
,
simply
and
singly
considered
for
the
flesh
and
blood
,
the
Scripture
gives
us
many
Epithetes
of
it
:
as
,
Houses
of
Clay
,
Earthly
Tabernacles
,
Dust
and
Ashes
,
earthen
vessels
,
&c.
And
these
Bodies
are
.
1.
Vile
bodies
.
Phil.
3.
21.
because
made
of
vile
and
base
materials
;
subject
to
vile
diseases
;
to
vile
abuses
;
to
vile
abominations
;
and
to
a
vile
dissolution
at
last
;
sowen
indishonour
,
shall
end
in
Corruption
;
great
hinderances
to
the
Soul
many
waies
.
2.
The
outward
Man
is
the
mortal
Man
,
that
of
Necessity
must
dye
and
return
to
dust
,
from
whence
it
came
;
this
cannot
possibly
live
alway
:
There
is
an
irreversible
Sentence
of
Death
past
upon
it
Hebr.
9.
27.
and
for
these
reasons
,
the
Body
is
the
worst
part
of
Man
;
the
worst
by
far
;
and
should
be
least
esteemed
:
and
such
as
is
the
Body
,
even
such
are
all
bodily
Comforts
and
Accommodations
;
Health
,
Strength
,
Beauty
,
Liberty
,
Friends
,
Honours
,
Estate
,
&c.
all
mortal
,
mutable
,
decaying
,
fading
,
dying
things
:
daily
experience
confirmeth
this
:
I
need
say
no
more
.
2.
But
for
the
inner
Man
,
the
Soul
,
that
is
1.
Precious
;
so
precious
,
that
it
is
more
worth
than
all
the
World
.
Math.
16.
26.
Psal.
49.
8.
having
the
blessed
Image
of
the
glorious
God
stamped
on
it
at
first
;
being
capable
of
knowing
and
injoying
the
true
and
living
God
;
and
when
sin
had
spoil'd
and
captivated
it
,
it
could
not
be
redeemed
,
but
by
the
precious
Blood
of
the
Son
of
God
.
So
are
all
the
Concernments
of
the
Soul
precious
also
.
2.
It
is
immortal
also
;
it
never
dies
,
it
lives
for
ever
:
None
can
,
nothing
can
kill
the
Soul
;
that
is
,
cause
it
not
to
be
:
and
for
these
reasons
,
it
is
the
noblest
,
chiefest
and
best
part
of
Man
;
and
hence
also
the
Concernments
of
the
Soul
are
more
excellent
,
more
noble
and
precious
than
those
of
the
outward
Man
;
the
Graces
and
Comforts
,
the
Strength
and
Beauty
of
the
Soul
;
the
Priviledges
,
and
Peace
,
and
Wellfare
of
the
Soul
are
more
excellent
and
precious
,
as
will
more
appear
in
the
next
particular
.
2.
The
second
thing
to
be
considered
is
,
That
the
outward
Man
is
subject
to
decline
and
perish
.
The
Body
it self
;
all
its
Beauty
,
Strength
,
Health
,
&c.
is
subject
to
decay
.
The
Bodies
,
even
of
the
best
Saints
,
that
shall
one
day
be
made
like
unto
Christ's
glorious
Body
,
are
subject
to
vile
Infirmities
and
Diseases
.
What
is
become
of
Sampson's
Strength
,
and
Saul's
Beauty
?
Job
and
David
will
tell
us
of
their
decays
in
all
these
;
their
Friends
,
Estates
,
Relations
;
their
Health
,
and
all
their
outward
Comforts
failed
them
;
and
how
can
we
possibly
hope
,
that
we
shall
keep
them
?
All
outward
things
are
dying
Vanities
;
we
are
all
of
us
travelling
to
the
Land
of
forgetfulness
.
They
that
live
longest
,
go
the
farthest
way
about
;
and
they
that
dye
soonest
,
g●
the
shortest
way
home
.
Our
greatest
Care
should
be
,
to
be
sure
,
that
we
are
in
the
right
way
to
Eternal
Life
.
But
now
,
the
inner
Man
is
capable
of
growing
increasing
and
renewing
;
our
inner
Man
is
renewe●
day
by
day
,
saith
the
Text
:
Grace
and
Peace
,
Spiritual
Life
,
inward
Strength
and
Comfort
,
are
capable
of
increasing
.
For
1.
This
God
commandeth
;
That
Christian
should
grow
and
increase
,
2.
Pet.
1.
5.
and
3.
1●
and
that
they
should
abound
and
go
forward
,
and
be
strengthned
.
2.
This
is
God's
Promise
to
his
People
;
that
they
shall
grow
and
flourish
,
Psal.
92.
14.
Isa.
14.
40.
29
,
30
,
31.
They
that
wait
on
the
Lor●
shall
renew
their
strength
.
3.
This
is
the
Character
of
a
gracious
Soul
Prov.
4.
18.
and
24.
5.
Coll.
1.
10.
and
2.
1●
Eph.
4.
16.
And
this
the
Apostle
prays
for
1
Thess.
3.
12.
and
4.
16.
3
Epist.
John●
This
the
Soul
is
capable
of
;
being
deformed
i●
sin
,
and
God's
Image
defaced
on
it
,
it
is
capable
of
being
renewed
,
and
of
having
God's
blesse
Image
repaired
on
it
;
which
is
begun
in
Regeneration
,
and
is
still
carried
on
,
and
promoted
●●
God
's
Ordinances
and
his
Providences
,
his
Spi●
working
in
them
,
and
with
them
upon
his
People
All
afflictions
being
intended
for
,
and
sanctifie
unto
this
end
;
to
make
Souls
more
and
more
〈◊〉
unto
Jesus
Christ
.
Those
weaknings
and
pershings
of
the
outward
Man
,
being
,
by
the
love
at
wisdome
of
God
,
designed
to
strengthen
,
repair
and
better
the
inner
Man
;
that
the
Soul
may
b●
made
,
and
must
be
made
more
holy
,
more
humble
,
more
heavenly
,
more
like
God
:
it
must
group
in
all
things
like
unto
Christ
;
Ephes.
4.
12
,
13.
The
Soul
,
the
inner
Man
,
may
,
and
must
get
more
strength
against
Corruption
and
Temptation
;
it
must
get
more
Victory
over
the
World
,
and
over
it self
;
it
must
grow
in
self-denyal
,
in
faith
,
in
patience
,
in
hope
,
in
Communion
with
God
;
it
must
increase
in
knowledge
and
experience
;
it
must
get
nearer
God
;
and
more
weaned
from
the
World
,
and
better
prepared
to
put
off
this
earthly
Tabernacle
of
the
Body
:
Wherefore
is
the
Christian
train'd
up
in
Christ's
Schools
,
his
School
of
Ordinances
,
and
of
Providences
;
but
that
the
Soul
,
the
inner
Man
,
may
be
made
better
?
That
Grace
may
grow
;
for
it
is
the
Growth
of
Grace
,
that
evidenceth
the
Truth
of
it
.
And
why
doth
our
heavenly
Father
chastise
us
in
our
outward
Comforts
,
but
to
better
us
in
our
inward
Man
.
But
,
before
I
proceed
,
let
me
pause
a
little
,
and
commune
with
my
own
heart
:
O
my
Soul
!
Thou
hast
been
under
the
blastings
and
witherings
of
thy
outward
Man
;
these
many
years
thou
hast
been
in
the
School
of
Correction
:
Thy
God
hath
made
many
breaches
upon
thy
earthly
Comforts
;
stript
thee
of
thy
dearest
Relations
,
of
thy
Liberty
,
of
thy
Estate
,
of
opportunities
of
serving
thy
God
in
thy
place
;
deprived
thee
of
thy
Health
and
Strength
,
&c.
yet
hath
he
dealt
with
thee
,
infinitely
better
than
thy
Sins
have
deserved
.
It
is
his
mercy
thou
art
not
consumed
;
not
in
Hell
,
not
in
thy
Grave
:
but
O
my
Soul
!
what
art
thou
the
better
for
all
those
stroaks
upon
thy
outward
Man
?
What
hast
thou
gained
by
all
thy
losses
?
It
is
true
,
Afflictions
are
dry
Rods
,
and
my
heart
,
a
dead
heart
;
there
can
be
no
blossoms
,
nor
fruit
,
without
God's
Blessing
,
and
the
Word
and
Spirit
's
working
in
and
by
Affliction
:
but
what
blessing
upon
all
thy
troubles
canst
thou
discern
?
What
good
to
the
inner
Man
have
these
afflictions
done
thee
?
Art
thou
more
sensible
of
the
evil
of
Sin
?
more
weary
of
it
,
and
more
grieved
with
it
?
Is
thy
Heart
more
tender
,
thy
Spirit
more
humble
,
thy
will
more
subdued
to
Gods
will
?
Art
thou
more
Crucified
to
the
Creature
;
thy
inordinate
Affections
mortified
;
thy
unruly
Passions
subdued
?
Art
thou
more
meek
and
patient
?
Are
thy
Affections
raised
,
and
more
inlarged
after
God
,
and
Christ
,
and
Heaven
?
Is
Jesus
Christ
more
precious
to
thee
?
And
dost
thou
pant
and
thirst
more
after
the
manifestations
of
his
Love
to
thy
Soul
?
Art
thou
more
watchful
over
thy
thoughts
,
words
and
actions
?
More
careful
to
please
God
,
more
fearful
to
displease
him
?
More
tender
of
his
Honour
?
More
sensible
of
the
Afflictions
of
Joseph
?
More
diligent
in
holy
Duties
?
More
frequent
in
Self
examination
,
in
heavenly
Meditation
,
in
heavenly
discourse
?
Art
thou
,
O
my
Soul
,
ashamed
of
,
and
grieved
for
thy
former
Miscarriages
,
thy
mis-spending
time
,
Breath
,
Liberty
,
Strength
?
&c.
More
diligent
in
preparing
for
thy
Dissolution
;
and
more
contented
with
thy
present
Condition
?
Dost
thou
endeavour
now
to
go
to
the
Fountain
for
all
Supplies
?
And
dost
thou
labour
with
all
thy
might
,
in
the
strength
of
God
,
to
make
up
all
thy
losses
and
breaches
in
God
,
and
in
his
Covenant
through
Christ
?
Dost
thou
prize
the
promises
,
and
labourest
to
live
upon
them
by
Faith
?
Is
God
and
Christ
more
in
thy
thoughts
and
affections
than
heretofore
?
And
dost
thou
labour
to
get
out
the
blessing
of
thy
Afflictions
,
and
art
most
earnest
with
God
for
the
blessing
?
Dost
thou
labour
to
cast
all
thy
care
upon
God
,
and
to
trust
him
with
all
?
If
any
of
these
things
appears
,
let
God
have
all
the
Glory
;
and
blessed
be
God
for
any
weak
desires
after
these
sweet
Fruits
.
Deny
not
what
God
hath
done
for
thee
;
but
be
ashamed
and
grieved
,
that
thou
art
no
better
:
Cry
to
God
mightily
,
wrestle
with
him
for
his
blessing
upon
thy
afflictions
.
3.
The
third
Particular
is
,
That
the
Decaying
and
Perishing
of
the
outward
Man
to
God's
people
,
tends
to
the
strengthning
,
the
prospering
and
renewing
of
the
inner
Man
.
The
Adversity
of
the
Body
proves
the
Prosperity
of
the
Soul
,
to
all
gracious
Persons
,
and
to
them
only
.
The
Soul
and
Body
of
a
Saint
,
is
like
the
House
of
David
and
Saul
;
as
the
one
grows
weaker
and
weaker
,
the
other
grows
stronger
and
stronger
;
and
where
it
is
so
,
there
is
good
ground
of
Comfort
under
all
outward
troubles
;
and
where
it
is
not
so
,
there
is
little
ground
of
Comfort
for
the
present
:
although
,
there
may
be
a
growing
in
the
Soul
,
when
it
is
not
discerned
;
as
there
is
of
the
Babe
in
the
Womb
,
and
of
the
Corn
in
the
Earth
,
under
the
Clods
;
both
grow
,
even
when
they
are
not
discerned
;
but
in
due
time
will
appear
.
But
more
of
this
afterward
.
Quest.
But
how
comes
this
to
pass
?
What
Efficacy
and
Influence
have
the
perishings
of
the
outward
Man
,
to
help
forward
the
increasings
of
the
inward
Man
?
How
the
Sicknesses
,
Pains
,
Troubles
,
Losses
,
Crosses
upon
the
outward
Man
,
should
greatly
contribute
to
the
Strengthning
and
Renewing
of
the
inward
Man
,
is
the
Question
;
which
great
Truth
resolved
,
clearly
apprehended
,
firmly
believed
and
experienced
,
will
tend
very
much
to
a
poor
Christians
Consolation
.
Ans.
1.
By
the
Decays
and
Witherings
of
the
outward
Man
,
those
Hinderances
are
removed
,
which
did
very
much
obstruct
the
Growth
,
Strength
and
Comfort
of
the
inward
Man
.
When
David●
outward
Man
flourished
;
When
he
had
his
Honour
,
Health
,
Ease
,
Liberty
,
and
the
confluence
of
earthly
Comforts
about
him
;
he
was
weak
in
his
Soul
:
that
lay
languishing
in
sinful
Security
;
he
was
so
weak
in
his
Soul
,
that
he
could
not
resist
the
least
Temptation
;
but
was
shamefully
conquered
by
the
glance
of
his
Eye
.
Ordinarily
,
our
Souls
are
in
the
worst
case
,
when
our
Bodies
are
in
the
bes●
case
:
It
is
pitty
(
we
say
)
that
fair
weather
should
do
hurt
:
yet
so
it
is
.
The
welfare
of
the
outward
Man
,
tends
to
the
ill-fare
of
the
inward
Man
,
without
a
more
than
ordinary
measure
of
Grace
.
For
first
,
Ordinarily
,
the
Prosperity
of
the
outward
Man
interposeth
betwixt
God
and
the
Soul
and
keeps
God
at
a
distance
from
the
Soul
;
and
the
Soul
at
a
distance
from
God
:
Jesus
Christ
loves
not
to
lye
in
their
arms
,
who
embrace
other
Lovers
.
God
will
be
uppermost
,
or
not
at
all
;
neare
the
heart
,
or
not
at
all
there
.
He
deserves
Best
and
will
have
the
Best
,
or
will
accept
of
nothing
.
While
the
outward
Man
is
fixt
on
the
Creature
the
inner
is
not
far
off
from
it
;
and
then
it
is
so
in
divided
from
God
.
2
Cor.
5.
6.
While
th●
Soul
is
at
home
in
the
Body
,
it
is
absent
from
power
Lord
;
and
the
reason
is
,
Because
of
that
power
the
Body
hath
upon
the
Soul
,
to
draw
it
down
t●
it self
,
and
even
sink
it
into
it self
;
and
to
participate
with
it
.
It
is
hard
for
a
poor
Bird
to
flye
u●
that
hath
weights
tyed
to
his
feet
;
and
harder
●●
a
poor
Soul
to
Mount
up
,
or
indeed
to
move
wi●●
any
speed
heaven-ward
,
that
hath
such
a
weigh●
of
Clay
hanging
on
it
.
And
this
made
godly
Ag●
afraid
of
fulness
.
Prov.
30.
8
,
9.
Usually
,
Prosperity
begets
Pride
;
and
Pride
sets
us
at
a
distance
from
God
;
God
resisteth
the
proud
:
he
sees
the
proud
afar
off
.
Christians
are
never
so
far
from
God
,
as
when
they
are
nearest
to
their
outward
Comforts
and
Enjoyments
.
God
is
then
but
in
few
of
their
thoughts
:
Now
it
is
the
Presence
or
Absence
of
God
,
that
makes
Summer
and
Winter
in
the
Soul
;
as
it
is
the
presence
and
absence
of
the
Sun
that
makes
Summer
and
Winter
on
the
Earth
.
Now
,
if
Prosperity
does
withdraw
our
hearts
from
God
,
(
as
too
often
it
doth
)
it
causeth
God
to
withdraw
from
us
,
(
though
we
may
not
find
him
wanting
while
earthly
Comforts
continue
with
us
)
it
must
needs
do
us
a
great
deal
of
hurt
;
for
if
God
withdraw
or
withold
the
influences
of
his
Grace
from
us
,
our
Souls
must
needs
be
in
a
sickly
and
languishing
condition
!
How
weak
and
feeble
must
we
be
,
when
God
doth
not
continue
his
Grace
to
us
?
Prosperity
lies
betwixt
God
and
our
Souls
;
which
we
all
know
by
woful
Experience
:
and
our
God
,
our
gracious
Father
knows
it
,
and
therefore
,
in
tender
love
to
our
Souls
,
many
times
breaks
our
outward
Prosperity
,
that
our
Souls
may
not
be
drown'd
in
it
;
and
perish
by
it
.
2.
Secondly
,
The
welfare
of
the
outward
Man
hinders
the
inner
Man
from
that
serious
,
diligent
,
hearty
intent
,
and
Spiritual
Service
,
that
it
should
perform
to
God
:
in
which
the
Soul
might
have
had
many
sweet
meetings
with
God
,
and
many
Communications
of
Love
and
Grace
from
him
;
which
,
through
the
defects
of
his
duties
,
are
suspended
from
him
.
Isai.
64.
5.
and
this
must
needs
tend
to
the
weakning
of
the
Soul
.
What
Strength
,
Life
,
Comfort
,
have
God's
People
found
in
holy
Duties
?
How
have
their
Souls
been
refresht
,
their
Hearts
raised
,
and
quickned
,
and
enlarged
after
God
many
times
?
but
then
they
have
been
serious
,
earnest
,
fervent
in
Spirit
in
these
Duties
.
Now
in
Prosperity
,
what
careless
,
heartless
service
do
we
perform
?
How
soon
weary
?
secretly
glad
when
the
work
is
over
?
How
ready
upon
the
least
occasion
to
neglect
a
Duty
,
or
an
Ordinance
?
Not
so
fearful
to
dispense
with
some
Service
that
God
calls
for
;
nor
so
fearful
to
draw
nigh
a
Temptation
.
O
,
how
cold
,
dead
,
and
heartless
are
we
in
Duty
?
All
this
is
too
true
,
O
my
Soul
,
see
it
,
lament
and
bewail
;
and
bless
the
Lord
for
time
to
do
it
,
and
bless
him
more
for
an
heart
to
do
it
.
What
bad
service
did
Manasses
do
to
God
?
Or
,
rather
what
great
service
did
he
do
the
Devil
,
when
he
was
in
his
prosperity
?
never
minding
his
God
,
or
his
Soul
,
till
his
outward
man
perished
.
3ly
,
It
hinders
communion
with
God
,
which
is
the
very
life
of
gracious
Souls
,
their
Heaven
upon
Earth
:
Communion
with
God
in
holy
Ordinances
,
and
holy
Duties
;
as
Prayer
,
Praises
,
Meditation
,
&c.
is
that
which
fattens
and
prospereth
the
Souls
of
God's
people
;
but
outward
prosperity
hinders
communion
with
God
in
these
;
for
then
,
even
while
outward
comforts
are
present
,
God
,
and
his
company
,
and
presence
,
are
not
so
much
sound
wanting
,
nor
so
much
valued
,
desired
,
and
panted
after
,
as
in
a
barren
Wilderness
,
where
no
waters
of
worldly
comforts
are
,
Psalm
64.
1
,
2
,
3.
Psalm
42.
1
,
2
,
3.
When
David
was
in
great
straits
,
stript
of
his
earthly
Comforts
,
bedewed
all
with
Tears
;
then
his
Soul
panted
after
God
:
when
he
was
in
the
Valley
of
Baca
,
then
he
looks
unto
the
Mountains
of
Myrrh
,
the
Garden
of
Spices
,
Psalm
84.
1
,
2
,
3
,
4.
Is
it
not
so
with
God's
People
?
when
their
Liberty
,
Friends
,
Health
,
Estate
,
&c.
are
gone
;
then
God
is
sought
for
,
and
communion
with
him
,
earnestly
longed
and
thirsted
for
,
more
than
ever
;
and
then
usually
most
enjoyed
.
By
Acts
of
Communion
with
God
,
Souls
converse
,
commerce
,
and
trade
with
God
,
trade
in
Heaven
,
and
that
turns
greatly
to
their
advantage
:
We
can
never
take
a
Voyage
to
Heaven
by
Prayer
or
Meditation
,
but
it
will
turn
to
account
first
or
last
;
some
gain
to
our
Souls
will
accrue
by
every
act
of
communion
:
We
cannot
touch
Christ
by
our
Faith
or
Love
,
but
some
Vertue
will
flow
from
him
to
our
Souls
,
Psalm
145.
18.
God
will
fulfil
the
desires
of
them
that
fear
him
:
He
will
satisfie
the
hungry
with
good
things
.
Blessed
are
they
that
hunger
and
thirst
after
righteousness
.
Every
groan
of
a
gracious
Soul
after
Grace
,
every
pant
and
breathing
after
God
in
truth
,
is
observed
and
recorded
in
Heaven
.
Mal.
3.
16.
A
book
of
remembrance
for
them
that
thought
upon
his
Name
.
O
,
the
transcendent
goodness
of
our
most
gracious
God
,
to
take
notice
of
such
poor
things
!
He
will
not
despise
the
day
of
small
things
:
and
what
an
encouragement
is
this
to
us
,
to
spend
our
most
serious
thoughts
on
God
:
But
Prosperity
in
the
World
,
doth
stop
and
interrupt
the
Soul's
converse
and
trade
with
God
;
by
estranging
the
heart
from
God
and
heavenly
things
,
and
so
it
becomes
very
prejudicial
to
the
prosperity
of
the
inward
man
.
It
is
very
hard
for
a
man
to
have
much
of
the
World
in
his
hands
,
and
much
of
Heaven
in
his
heart
also
:
to
have
much
converse
with
,
and
much
enjoyment
of
Creature-comforts
,
and
to
have
his
Conversation
in
Heaven
too
.
And
when
do
our
Souls
thrive
and
flourish
best
,
but
when
we
are
trading
above
,
conversing
with
God
?
Now
these
great
Mischiefs
,
I
have
named
,
to
the
inner
man
,
are
promoted
by
the
prosperity
of
the
outward
man
;
thus
:
1.
By
making
us
forgetful
of
those
things
that
we
should
necessarily
remember
,
in
order
to
the
good
of
our
Souls
:
Prosperity
spoils
the
Memory
exceedingly
,
as
to
heavenly
and
spiritual
things
,
and
that
in
these
particulars
.
Prosperity
breeds
,
1.
Forgetfulness
of
God
,
the
chief
good
;
and
surely
that
Soul
can
never
thrive
that
forgets
God
,
who
is
the
Fountain
of
all
its
Life
,
Grace
,
and
Comfort
.
The
remembrance
of
God
brought
sweetness
and
satisfaction
to
David's
Soul
,
Psalm
63.
5
,
6.
but
Prosperity
makes
us
forgetful
of
God
;
Deut.
6.
11
,
12.
and
Deut.
8.
14
,
19
,
20.
Yea
,
fulness
of
outward
things
makes
men
to
deny
God
;
of
which
good
Agur
was
afraid
,
Proverb.
30.
9.
2.
Forgetful
of
their
best
part
,
their
Souls
;
the
Soul
is
then
mostly
forgotten
,
when
the
Body
is
mostly
minded
.
3.
Forgetful
of
their
Duties
to
God
and
Man
;
so
it
was
with
Pharoah's
Butler
.
4.
Of
the
Affliction
of
Joseph
,
Amos
6.
6.
When
we
our selves
are
at
liberty
,
how
apt
are
we
to
forget
them
that
are
in
Bonds
.
5.
Of
Sin
;
that
usually
is
most
remembred
in
time
of
Affliction
,
as
in
Joseph's
Brethren
.
6.
Of
God's
Word
,
that
is
too
much
forgotten
in
Prosperity
;
the
Precepts
of
God
not
obeyed
,
nor
the
Promises
so
relished
and
believed
,
not
Threatnings
feared
.
7.
Prosperity
makes
us
forgetful
of
Death
,
Judgment
,
the
World
to
come
,
Eternity
:
The
Evil
Day
is
put
far
off
.
All
these
Seven
Things
should
be
always
remembred
by
us
,
and
have
our
frequent
Thoughts
and
Meditations
;
for
the
remembrance
of
them
is
very
advantageous
to
the
welfare
of
the
inner
man
,
and
will
tend
to
the
good
of
our
Souls
;
but
the
flourishing
of
the
outward
man
breeds
too
much
forgetfulness
of
all
these
things
;
and
the
forgetfulness
of
these
things
,
drives
us
from
God
,
and
God
from
us
,
keeps
us
at
a
distance
from
him
,
casts
him
out
of
our
Minds
and
Thoughts
,
makes
us
unserviceable
to
him
,
and
hinders
our
communion
with
him
.
2ly
.
The
flourishing
of
the
outward
man
begets
Pride
,
Wantonness
,
Security
,
Envy
,
Ambition
,
Contention
,
negligence
in
God's
Service
,
contempt
of
others
,
and
many
hurtful
Lusts
,
Deut.
32.
15.
Experience
proves
this
.
3ly
.
It
consumes
precious
Time
and
Strength
,
wastes
the
Spirits
,
Thoughts
,
and
Affections
,
being
placed
on
earthly
things
,
which
should
all
be
spent
on
God
principally
,
and
but
so
much
on
other
things
,
as
may
fit
us
for
his
Service
,
and
in
subordination
to
him
:
But
while
men
are
contriving
how
to
get
,
how
to
manage
,
how
to
spend
,
&c.
This
fills
up
their
Time
,
Hearts
,
Thoughts
,
Minds
,
Spirits
and
all
;
so
that
there
is
no
place
nor
room
left
for
God
,
or
the
concerns
of
their
Souls
:
Therefore
the
wife
God
in
great
Love
and
Mercy
to
the
Souls
of
his
People
,
breaks
their
outward
Prosperity
,
which
otherwise
would
ruine
their
Souls
,
removing
those
things
that
hinder
the
welfare
of
the
Soul
;
for
when
outward
Prosperity
is
gone
,
then
the
Soul
flies
to
God
,
it
draws
nigh
to
God
.
Prosperity
kept
it
at
a
distance
before
;
it
forgot
God
before
,
now
it
remembers
him
,
seeks
God
early
,
serves
him
diligently
:
Now
it
seeks
communion
with
God
,
pants
after
his
Favour
,
and
the
sense
of
his
Love
:
Now
the
Soul
is
awakened
and
enlightned
,
and
now
it
remembers
God
,
and
it self
,
and
Sion
,
and
its
former
miscarriages
;
it
now
minds
Death
and
Eternity
more
seriously
than
ever
,
and
is
more
diligent
in
preparation
for
them
;
and
now
the
Soul
that
lay
languishing
and
pining
before
,
while
the
outward
man
flourished
,
begins
to
be
in
a
thriving
way
;
for
these
things
promote
the
welfare
of
the
Soul
.
And
this
is
the
first
way
,
how
the
perishings
of
the
outward
man
help
towards
the
renewing
and
strengthning
of
the
inner
.
Secondly
,
The
Adversity
of
the
outward
man
promotes
the
Prosperity
of
the
inner
,
by
being
a
means
of
bringing
in
Light
and
Conviction
into
the
Soul
:
Prosperity
shuts
Men's
Eyes
,
and
deafens
their
Ears
;
but
vexatio
dat
visum
,
Affliction
opens
Men's
Eyes
,
so
that
they
see
what
they
did
not
before
;
and
they
see
things
otherwise
than
before
:
dark
Dispensations
bring
Light
with
them
.
Afflictions
put
God's
People
upon
the
search
.
Lamen.
3.
40.
Then
they
retire
and
look
within
themselves
;
then
they
find
out
the
filthiness
,
vanity
,
frowardness
,
pride
,
earthliness
of
their
own
hearts
,
more
than
ever
they
saw
before
;
then
they
find
and
feel
their
Spiritual
Wants
,
Diseases
,
Dangers
,
the
treachery
,
falseness
,
deceitfulness
of
their
own
Hearts
;
their
often
grieving
,
quenching
,
resisting
of
God's
Spirit
in
time
of
Prosperity
;
their
inordinate
Self-love
,
Flesh-pleasing
,
and
Gratifyings
:
then
they
see
their
former
spiritual
sloth
and
negligence
,
their
backwardness
to
,
and
weariness
in
God's
Service
;
their
formality
,
deadness
,
customariness
in
holy
Duties
;
their
impatience
of
reproof
;
their
hastiness
of
Spirit
,
their
want
of
tenderness
towards
,
and
of
sympathy
with
those
that
were
afflicted
;
not
weeping
with
those
that
wept
;
their
censuring
and
judging
others
;
their
want
of
Charity
:
then
they
see
how
badly
they
improved
their
healthful
and
youthful
time
;
their
Talents
,
and
their
Enjoyments
,
with
many
other
Evils
are
discovered
.
As
also
in
times
of
Affliction
,
there
is
a
discovery
of
the
vanity
and
emptiness
of
the
Creature
:
when
all
Comforts
of
Life
fail
;
as
Health
,
Wealth
,
Friends
,
Liberty
,
Estate
,
&c.
then
the
Soul
is
convinced
of
the
vanity
and
uncertainty
of
all
these
:
The
Rod
discovers
both
Heart
and
Life
,
and
what
the
Creature
is
;
And
also
,
then
the
Souls
of
God's
People
come
to
see
the
surpassing
Excellency
of
God
and
Christ
,
and
of
the
Promises
,
and
of
the
great
Importance
of
the
things
of
the
World
to
come
;
O
,
now
the
Soul
can
prize
an
Interest
in
God
,
and
in
his
Christ
and
his
Covenant
:
and
is
hereupon
stirred
up
to
mind
God
more
,
and
Heaven
more
;
and
to
bestir
it self
in
the
use
of
all
Means
,
and
to
get
Assurance
of
an
Interest
in
God
.
Now
all
this
tends
very
much
to
the
Welfare
of
the
inner
man
;
and
if
we
well
and
wisely
consider
this
Benefit
which
our
merciful
Father
grants
us
,
by
blasting
and
withering
our
outward
Comforts
;
thus
to
enlighten
and
convince
us
of
all
those
things
,
we
shall
have
cause
to
Adore
and
Admire
his
Goodness
towards
us
,
in
taking
such
course
with
us
,
and
to
cry
out
with
Job
7.
17
,
18.
What
is
man
that
thou
shouldest
magnifie
him
?
and
that
thou
shouldest
set
thy
heart
upon
him
?
and
that
thou
shouldest
visit
him
every
morning
,
and
try
him
every
moment
?
Thirdly
,
The
Adversity
of
the
outward
man
promotes
the
Prosperity
of
the
inner
man
,
by
taking
away
the
Idols
of
the
Soul
,
which
divided
the
Soul
from
God
:
The
best
of
us
are
apt
to
make
Idols
of
every
Creature-enjoyment
,
very
apt
to
let
out
our
Hearts
in
inordinate
Affection
to
Husbands
,
Wives
,
Children
,
&
c.
and
suffer
them
to
have
more
of
our
Hearts
,
Loves
,
and
Delights
,
than
God
and
Christ
,
and
Heaven
;
over-prizing
and
over-loving
them
;
taking
too
much
content
in
them
,
and
expecting
too
much
from
them
;
and
so
make
Idols
of
them
;
and
then
God
withdraws
his
gracious
Influences
from
us
,
those
quickning
strengthning
,
and
comfortable
Influences
of
his
Spirit
from
us
,
and
hides
his
face
;
and
then
our
poor
Souls
languish
,
and
we
grow
weak
and
feeble
;
so
it
was
with
David
,
Psalm
30.
6
,
7.
but
this
withdrawing
of
God
from
us
,
we
do
not
many
time
perceive
and
feel
,
while
our
earthly
Comfort
continue
with
us
;
though
our
Graces
be
weak
Faith
and
Love
weak
,
our
Passions
and
Corruptions
strong
,
and
are
too
often
too
hard
for
us
,
and
we
are
carried
captive
by
them
;
and
although
w●
decay
in
spiritual
strength
,
and
grow
dead
in
holy
Duties
,
careless
and
watchless
in
our
Conversations
,
and
want
that
vigour
,
spirit
,
and
life
,
which
sometime
we
had
;
which
are
the
effects
of
the
absence
of
God's
Spirit
;
that
we
grow
cold
in
on
Affections
to
heavenly
things
:
I
say
,
these
sa●
effects
of
God's
withdrawment
from
us
,
are
no●
perceived
and
felt
by
us
,
so
long
as
our
bodi●●
Comforts
continue
with
us
;
but
then
it
pleased
our
gracious
God
to
send
some
awakening
Providences
upon
us
,
he
sends
Adversity
,
and
remove
these
our
Idols
;
and
then
through
God's
assisting
Grace
we
come
to
see
our
sin
,
and
the
fruits
of
it
then
we
see
our
folly
,
in
letting
out
of
our
Hearts
upon
the
vain
Creature
,
and
that
then
God
did
withdraw
,
and
that
our
Souls
did
wither
and
languish
;
upon
which
,
by
the
special
Grace
of
God
,
we
lament
our
folly
,
beg
forgiveness
through
the
blood
of
Christ
;
and
the
Lord
,
being
gracious
and
merciful
,
returns
to
the
Soul
again
;
and
then
the
Soul
begins
to
recover
it self
,
and
to
grow
better
.
Fourthly
,
Adversity
is
a
means
of
bringing
afresh
to
our
Remembrance
those
particular
special
Sins
which
in
Prosperity
were
forgot
;
and
which
,
while
they
lye
on
us
without
Repentance
,
they
waste
and
weaken
,
hurt
and
corrupt
our
Souls
.
Adversity
(
as
was
said
before
)
puts
God's
People
upon
the
search
of
their
Hearts
and
Lives
:
now
they
say
unto
themselves
,
what
have
we
done
?
now
their
Spirits
do
,
or
should
make
diligent
search
;
now
they
do
,
or
should
commune
with
their
own
Hearts
,
and
examine
their
ways
,
and
seek
for
the
plague
of
their
Hearts
;
their
Dalilah's
,
their
Jonah's
,
their
darling
,
their
beloved
Sins
,
which
they
did
not
,
or
would
not
see
in
their
Prosperity
,
nor
were
willing
to
be
reproved
for
,
but
did
over-look
them
,
or
forgot
them
,
or
look'd
on
them
as
little
ones
,
and
common
Infirmities
,
humane
Frailties
;
and
could
study
shifts
to
cover
and
excuse
them
:
Such
as
Pride
and
Passion
,
inordinate
Affection
,
Unthankfulness
,
Hypocrisie
,
Covetousness
,
Selfishness
,
vain
Thoughts
,
idle
Words
,
Omissions
,
Unfaithfulness
,
breaking
Vows
and
Promises
;
Earthly
mindedness
,
Security
,
hardness
of
Heart
,
unprofitableness
under
the
means
of
Grace
,
and
many
other
Heart-evils
that
scarce
appear
in
time
of
Prosperity
;
that
in
time
of
trouble
upon
a
through
search
we
may
find
out
;
as
our
Unbelief
,
want
of
love
to
God
and
Christ
,
want
of
love
to
God's
Word
,
insensibleness
of
Sin
,
and
want
of
hatred
to
it
;
want
of
fervent
Charity
to
others
;
with
many
others
:
which
upon
a
consciencious
search
,
and
by
the
help
of
God's
Spirit
,
we
shall
find
out
in
our selves
,
which
lay
hid
in
us
,
corroding
and
putrifying
our
poor
Souls
,
which
were
never
so
heartily
confess'd
and
lamented
as
they
should
.
But
when
the
Spirit
and
the
Word
comes
with
Affliction
,
there
is
a
discovery
made
of
those
lurking
Lusts
,
the
filthy
corners
of
our
false
Hearts
opened
;
and
every
gracious
Soul
is
willing
to
be
convinced
of
every
sin
,
and
begs
God
heartily
to
search
him
,
and
to
rip
him
up
,
and
to
shew
him
all
the
Evils
of
his
Heart
and
Life
,
with
all
their
aggravating
Circumstances
,
being
committed
against
much
Love
and
Light
,
against
Conscience
,
Conviction
,
Resolution
;
after
many
Confessions
of
them
before
the
Lord
;
and
many
times
those
Sins
are
brought
to
remembrance
,
which
were
quite
forgotten
;
as
sins
of
Youth
,
fleshly
Lusts
,
excess
in
Meat
,
Drink
,
Apparel
;
Disobedience
to
Parents
,
mispending
Time
,
foolish
jesting
,
rash
Anger
,
sinful
Silence
Cowardize
in
God's
Cause
,
neglect
of
Reproof
;
neglect
of
relational
Duties
;
Sabbath-sins
,
with
multitudes
of
others
,
which
will
appear
upon
a
diligent
search
;
many
omissions
of
Spiritual
Duties
;
as
Heavenly
Meditations
,
Self-examination
self-denial
,
Watchfulness
;
all
which
the
gracious
Soul
being
convinced
of
,
repents
of
,
mourns
for
before
the
Lord
;
and
by
Faith
in
the
blood
of
Jesus
,
obtains
Pardon
of
them
,
and
by
the
Spirit
of
Jesus
obtains
power
against
them
;
and
so
the
Soul
being
pardoned
and
healed
,
recovers
,
and
is
renewed
day
by
day
;
whereas
before
it
lay
pining
and
la●●●ithing
:
this
blessed
fruit
is
produced
by
the
blessing
of
our
most
gracious
God
,
upon
the
perishings
and
wastings
of
our
outward
man
.
Fifthly
,
By
disingaging
and
weaning
the
Hearts
of
God's
People
from
all
the
things
of
this
World
,
mortifying
and
crucifying
their
Affections
to
things
below
;
drawing
off
the
Heart
from
Creature-comforts
,
weaning
the
Soul
from
those
dry
Breasts
.
In
Prosperity
,
the
best
of
us
think
little
on
Mortification
,
and
on
crucifying
the
Flesh
,
with
the
Affections
and
Lusts
of
it
;
although
the
very
Life
and
power
of
true
Christianity
lies
in
these
;
as
Rom.
8.
13.
Galat.
5.
24.
but
then
we
are
for
pleasing
and
gratifying
the
flesh
.
Oh
,
how
tender
are
we
of
our
flesh
,
and
how
loth
to
be
cross'd
?
how
deeply
are
our
Affections
engaged
to
the
Vanities
of
the
World
?
how
do
our
Hearts
cleave
and
cling
to
the
Creature
,
even
as
our
Skin
to
our
Body
?
how
seldom
do
we
think
seriously
of
parting
with
our
Relations
,
our
Health
,
&c.
or
of
putting
off
our
earthly
Tabernacles
,
and
of
our
●ying
down
our
Heads
in
the
dark
Grave
?
How
are
we
afraid
of
Dangers
to
our
outward
man
,
and
troubled
at
evil
tydings
?
how
thoughtfully
careful
to
preserve
our
Creature-comforts
with
us
,
not
taking
so
much
care
to
en●oy
God
in
them
,
and
to
enjoy
them
for
God
,
as
to
enjoy
them
our selves
,
and
for
our selves
?
How
●ear
do
they
lie
to
our
Hearts
?
Now
our
loving
Father
seeing
all
this
,
he
takes
it
very
ill
at
our
●ands
,
that
the
Creature
should
be
so
near
and
●ear
to
us
,
and
have
so
much
room
in
our
Hearts
;
and
therefore
in
love
to
our
Souls
,
blasts
and
wastes
these
our
Comforts
,
to
draw
off
our
Hearts
from
them
,
that
we
may
not
set
our
Affections
upon
them
.
Sixthly
,
The
perishing
of
the
outward
man
furthers
the
flourishings
of
the
inward
man
,
not
only
by
bringing
our
Sins
to
our
remembrance
,
(
as
was
shewed
but
now
)
but
also
as
being
a
means
of
God's
appointment
and
blessing
,
both
to
purge
away
Sin
past
,
and
to
prevent
Sin
for
the
future
;
as
Isa.
27.
9.
the
Lord
speaking
of
Afflictions
there
,
upon
the
Church
,
saith
,
By
this
therefore
shall
the
iniquity
of
Jacob
be
purged
;
and
this
is
all
the
fruit
,
to
take
away
his
Sin
.
O
blessed
design
of
our
good
and
gracious
God
:
O
blessed
fruit
.
So
Job
33.
17
,
18.
To
withdraw
man
from
his
purpose
,
and
to
hide
Pride
from
Man
.
Are
not
many
of
God's
People
sensible
of
this
?
how
that
be
their
Afflictions
they
have
been
kept
from
many
Sins
that
without
their
Afflictions
,
they
ha●●
been
liable
to
have
fallen
into
and
committed
Surely
they
will
acknowledge
it
,
and
give
Go●
thanks
.
Sin
is
the
Sickness
and
plague
of
the
Sou●
which
corrupts
the
Spirit
,
wounds
the
Conscience
weakneth
Grace
:
now
in
time
of
Prosperity
,
whe●
there
is
no
Plague
nor
Sickness
in
Town
or
Cou●try
,
but
all
things
belonging
to
the
outward
m●●
flourish
,
even
then
,
is
the
very
Air
most
spiritual
infectious
,
and
most
places
then
,
and
most
peoples
breath
then
most
infectious
;
then
the
con●gion
of
Sin
spreads
most
:
let
a
man
then
go
in
what
place
he
will
,
into
what
Company
almost
I
will
,
his
Soul
is
in
danger
of
Infection
by
Si●
what
Contentions
,
Pride
,
Envy
,
Censuring
,
Bad
biting
,
unjust
Dealing
,
and
at
best
,
but
vain
,
idi●
unprofitable
Discourse
is
to
be
heard
among
most
and
how
little
of
promoting
the
power
of
Godliness
,
or
mutual
edification
:
Now
,
in
such
a
time
the
poor
Soul
gets
falls
and
wounds
,
gets
many
a
disease
and
Spiritual
distemper
;
which
it
perceives
not
:
now
it
gathers
much
Rust
,
much
Dross
;
and
it
may
carry
the
infection
of
sin
a
long
time
,
and
is
weakned
and
wasted
by
it
;
which
,
it
may
be
,
others
see
by
him
more
than
himself
;
his
Passions
and
Corruptions
get
ground
upon
him
,
and
he
pines
day
by
day
:
he
grows
more
worldly
,
froward
,
proud
,
&c.
and
yet
perceives
it
not
;
and
thus
the
inner
Man
is
much
damnified
,
by
the
advantages
of
the
outward
.
All
this
,
the
wise
God
seeth
and
observeth
,
and
out
of
his
pity
and
tender
compassion
to
the
precious
Souls
of
his
poor
Servants
;
seeing
them
thus
captivated
by
their
Corruptions
,
and
diseased
with
so
many
spiritual
Distempers
,
and
that
they
stand
in
great
need
of
Physick
,
lest
they
should
perish
,
thinks
fit
to
break
their
worldly
prosperity
,
to
give
them
the
bitter
purge
of
affliction
;
to
cast
them
into
the
Furnace
,
that
they
may
be
purified
and
purged
,
and
so
recovered
and
saved
.
Zachar.
13.
9.
Thus
God
ordereth
the
fire
of
affliction
as
a
means
to
cleanse
and
purify
his
people
from
their
filthiness
,
and
to
make
them
pure
and
white
.
Dan.
11.
35.
Seventhly
,
By
exercising
the
Graces
of
God's
people
,
which
in
time
of
their
prosperity
,
were
as
it
were
laid
asleep
,
and
for
want
of
use
and
exercise
did
decay
,
and
scarce
appear
:
for
,
it
is
not
Grace
●n
the
habit
,
that
doth
so
much
comfort
the
Soul
,
●s
Grace
in
exercise
:
now
,
Adversity
serves
to
draw
●ut
Grace
into
act
and
exercise
;
as
Faith
,
Repentance
,
Hope
,
Patience
,
and
other
Graces
:
now
if
ever
,
the
Christian
labours
to
put
forth
his
faith
on
God
in
Christ
;
and
on
the
Covenant
and
Promises
:
Oh!
now
,
God
and
Christ
,
and
the
Covenant
and
the
promises
signify
something
indeed
to
the
Soul
;
to
these
,
the
poor
Soul
now
flies
,
as
it
was
with
Micah
,
7.
7.
When
all
outward
Comforts
failed
,
then
he
acted
his
Faith
,
Hope
and
Patience
.
I
will
look
unto
God
,
I
will
wait
for
the
God
of
my
Salvation
,
my
God
will
hear
me
.
So
Habb.
3.
17.
18.
Then
also
,
God's
People
renew
their
Repentance
search
their
Hearts
and
Ways
,
and
turn
to
God
,
as
Ephraem
,
Jerem.
31.
18
,
19.
And
then
they
act
their
Hope
upon
the
promises
of
future
Glory
;
and
then
their
Patience
appears
,
and
stand●
them
in
great
stead
;
and
their
tender-heartedness
,
their
love
to
God
,
his
Word
and
People
;
their
contempt
of
the
World
;
yea
,
every
Grace
is
exercised
mostly
in
time
of
affliction
:
and
this
is
the
rare
and
special
excellency
of
true
Grace
,
that
●
thrives
most
and
prospers
best
in
the
worst
time
for
the
most
part
:
Grace
is
strengthned
and
fa●ned
,
when
sensible
Comforts
are
withered
an●
starved
;
and
thus
the
inner
man
is
renewed
,
whe●
the
outward
doth
decay
and
perish
.
Eightly
,
The
perishings
of
the
outward
Man
he
,
forward
the
flourishing
of
the
inward
,
by
makit
room
and
place
,
and
preparation
in
the
Souls
o●
God's
People
,
for
the
gracious
Communications
Spiritual
Mercies
to
them
:
as
is
evident
from
tha●
Scripture
,
Hos.
2.
6.
and
14
compared
.
The●●
Creature-enjoyments
stood
in
the
way
before
,
fill●
up
all
the
room
in
the
Hearts
;
now
these
must
b●
removed
,
to
make
way
for
better
Mercies
;
the
too-well-beloved
guests
must
be
discarded
,
that
th●
King
of
Glory
may
come
in
.
Other
lovers
had
th●
heart
before
,
these
must
be
divorced
,
that
th●
Lord
Jesus
may
the
more
fully
and
sweetly
manifest
his
love
to
the
Souls
of
his
people
:
See
Mr.
Burr
.
on
the
Second
of
Hos.
Verse
9
,
10
,
11
,
12
,
13.
There
are
many
heavy
Judgments
threatned
;
the
taking
away
all
the
Comforts
of
the
outward
Man
:
Where
,
we
may
note
God's
absolute
Soveraignty
over
all
our
enjoyments
,
and
his
propriety
in
them
all
:
So
Ezek.
16.
18
,
21.
All
we
have
is
the
Lord's
;
and
his
gracious
,
sweet
and
blessed
ends
and
purposes
in
threatning
and
executing
those
terrible
things
,
and
that
is
wonderful
;
as
Verse
14.
Therefore
,
Behold
,
I
will
allure
her
,
and
bring
her
into
the
Wilderness
,
and
speak
comfortably
to
her
.
It
was
to
make
way
for
the
communications
of
glorious
Mercies
.
The
gracious
God
hath
gracious
Ends
,
in
all
his
taking
Providences
towards
his
poor
people
;
to
make
the
wastings
,
fadings
,
totterings
,
perishings
of
their
outward
Man
,
to
prove
helpful
to
the
increasing
,
prospering
and
flourishing
of
the
inner
Man
.
Outward
Takings
make
way
for
inward
Givings
:
I
will
take
away
(
saith
God
)
all
her
Lovers
,
dry
up
all
her
Cisterns
,
that
I
may
open
to
her
the
Fountain
.
I
will
strip
her
naked
of
all
her
outward
Comforts
,
that
I
may
speak
comfortably
to
her
Soul
:
Now
I
will
allure
her
;
now
I
have
brought
her
into
the
Wilderness
;
now
my
poor
peoples
hearts
are
taken
off
from
the
Creature
,
I
will
see
now
to
win
them
to
my self
.
I
may
now
win
their
love
and
gain
their
hearts
to
me
,
seeing
they
are
stript
of
the
earthly
comforts
.
O
what
support
should
this
be
to
God's
afflicted
People
,
O
,
that
we
could
believe
it
and
improve
it
;
that
God's
design
in
all
his
takings
from
us
,
is
but
to
make
way
,
that
he
may
bestow
greater
and
better
Mercies
upon
us
:
This
Argument
our
Lord
used
to
comfort
his
Disciples
with
,
John
16.
6
,
7.
Of
all
earthly
Comforts
,
the
bodily
presence
of
Christ
with
his
Disciples
was
the
best
;
yet
,
he
tells
them
,
he
must
leave
them
,
and
withal
assures
then
for
their
comfort
,
that
it
was
for
their
advantage
,
and
that
it
was
expedient
for
them
that
he
should
leave
them
,
that
the
Comforter
might
come
,
which
should
abundantly
supply
his
absence
;
and
who
would
not
come
to
them
,
if
he
did
not
go
away
.
This
would
be
enough
to
quiet
and
comfort
●●
in
all
sinking
providences
,
that
these
takings
an
intended
to
make
way
for
the
giving
of
Spiritu●●
Mercies
,
if
our
unbelief
,
distrust
,
despondenc●
and
impatience
do
not
hinder
.
Oh
,
could
we
but
drink
in
this
truth
,
and
firmly
believe
it
,
that
God's
takings
from
us
,
are
i●
order
to
his
givings
to
us
;
as
God
took
from
Davi●
an
Infant
begot
in
Adultery
,
and
gave
him
Solomon
in
its
room
;
and
that
his
Castings
of
●
down
,
are
in
order
to
his
Raisings
of
us
up
;
h●
witherings
of
our
outward
intended
for
the
rene●ings
of
our
inner
;
how
patiently
and
comfortabl●
should
we
bear
our
troubles
;
yea
,
and
how
fervently
should
we
pray
,
that
God
would
bring
pass
all
those
his
gracious
purposes
upon
o●
Souls
.
I
shall
conclude
this
particular
by
setting
dow●
an
Instance
of
our
times
,
which
I
had
from
a
Person
of
Quality
and
Honesty
;
tho'
I
never
use
●
record
Reports
,
but
this
,
upon
the
credit
of
t●
relator
,
I
shall
for
once
,
and
it
is
very
remarkable
.
There
was
some
years
since
,
in
London
,
a
ve●●
Godly
Gentleman
and
his
Wife
,
who
had
a
ve●●
fair
Estate
,
both
of
them
very
zealous
professors
Religion
;
eminent
for
Piety
and
Charity
;
who
had
lived
together
many
years
,
but
had
never
a
Child
,
which
they
much
desired
,
and
often
sought
the
Lord
to
build
their
Family
for
them
;
and
at
last
,
God
was
pleased
to
give
them
a
Son
,
to
their
great
joy
;
which
lived
and
grew
up
to
be
three
or
four
Years
Old
,
exceeding
fair
and
witty
,
very
delightful
and
pleasant
,
tractable
and
teachable
;
and
they
having
but
this
one
Child
,
their
affections
were
much
set
upon
him
;
and
likely
too
much
:
The
Husband
and
Wife
lived
exceeding
lovingly
together
,
insomuch
that
many
observed
their
sweet
Carriage
to
each
other
;
he
being
of
a
lovely
disposition
,
and
every
way
well
bred
,
and
a
Man
of
good
Parts
,
and
of
an
Holy
Life
;
so
amiable
and
tender
to
his
Wife
,
that
her
Life
was
even
bound
up
in
his
:
In
the
midst
and
height
of
this
their
Prosperity
,
the
Gentleman
fails
Sick
and
Dies
;
which
was
so
heavy
a
stroak
to
his
poor
Wife
,
that
she
could
not
bear
up
under
it
:
her
Spirit
sinks
,
and
she
refused
to
be
comforted
:
many
Prayers
were
put
up
to
God
for
her
in
the
publick
Congregations
;
and
many
pious
Ministers
and
godly
Friends
visited
her
,
to
Comfort
her
,
but
to
no
purpose
;
for
she
had
no
regard
to
her self
,
or
did
care
to
Eat
or
Drink
,
but
for
meer
necessity
,
but
would
sit
in
the
Chimney-corner
all
day
,
sighing
and
weeping
,
and
hanging
downher
head
,
seldom
giving
an
answer
to
any
body
:
Upon
a
certain
day
,
some
godly
Ministers
with
Christian
Friends
by
agreement
,
met
at
her
House
to
Fast
and
Pray
,
and
seek
God
for
her
;
and
it
came
to
pass
,
that
after
they
had
ended
their
work
,
walking
up
and
down
where
this
disconsolate
Widow
was
;
her
lovely
Child
playing
there
in
the
Room
,
(
of
whom
she
took
no
noice
)
had
got
a
Joint-steel
;
and
carrying
it
up
and
down
,
at
last
he
turns
the
Stool
upside
down
,
and
immediately
fell
or
thrust
himself
into
it
,
no
Person
present
knew
how
;
but
the
Stool
and
the
Child
overturning
together
,
the
Childs
head
being
downward
,
he
brake
his
Neck
;
they
sent
presently
for
Physicians
and
Chirurgeons
,
but
the
Child
died
presently
;
and
no
means
would
avail
at
all
,
to
get
so
much
as
one
breath
from
him
;
which
was
most
amazing
and
astonishing
to
all
the
beholders
;
the
Chamber
being
then
full
:
The
poor
Mother
sat
there
all
this
while
in
her
usual
posture
,
but
when
she
saw
her
Child
was
really
dead
,
she
arose
up
,
and
before
them
all
,
uttered
these
words
,
or
words
to
this
purpose
;
most
of
them
are
the
very
words
:
O!
blessed
Jesus
,
will
nothing
please
thee
but
the
heart
of
thy
poor
Creature
;
and
the
whole
heart
,
and
the
whole
love
;
now
take
it
,
Lord
;
take
it
,
thou
hast
won
it
,
thou
art
worthy
of
it
,
I
give
thee
my
whole
heart
;
Lord
,
take
it
,
take
it
,
fill
it
with
thy
Love
,
and
possess
it
for
ever
.
And
from
that
very
moment
,
she
was
filled
with
joy
and
comfort
,
and
walked
very
chearfully
and
comfortably
several
Months
,
even
until
God
took
her
unto
himself
.
Here
we
see
the
truth
of
what
I
have
been
treating
of
;
the
Lord
made
the
blastings
and
breakings
of
her
outward
Man
the
means
of
refreshing
and
comforting
her
inner
.
I
should
not
have
set
this
down
,
but
that
I
depend
upon
the
Credit
of
the
Relator
.
O
Lord
!
how
unsearchable
are
thy
Judgments
,
and
thy
ways
past
finding
out
!
4.
The
last
particular
proposed
,
was
,
that
,
for
a
Christian
to
be
renewed
in
the
inner
Man
when
the
outward
Man
doth
decay
and
perish
,
is
the
Character
and
Comfort
of
gracious
Persons
.
That
it
is
their
Character
,
appears
,
because
the
contrary
is
true
of
wicked
Persons
;
they
are
curs'd
in
Soul
,
when
cross'd
in
Body
;
their
outward
perishings
prove
inward
perishings
also
;
for
then
,
usually
they
murmur
and
repine
;
fret
against
God
and
Instruments
;
then
,
they
think
of
sinful
shifts
and
unlawful
means
to
get
out
of
trouble
;
when
their
outward
Man
is
hurt
by
affliction
,
they
hurt
their
Souls
by
sin
;
by
impatience
and
discontent
,
as
that
wicked
King
,
who
said
,
what
,
shall
I
wait
upon
God
any
longer
?
but
now
we
find
the
servants
of
the
Lord
,
as
Eli
,
David
,
Job
,
Micah
,
Habakkuk
and
others
,
when
their
outward
comforts
failed
them
,
then
they
submitted
to
the
will
of
God
,
fled
to
him
for
supplies
,
trusted
in
him
,
and
so
by
the
exercise
of
their
Faith
and
Patience
,
their
Souls
were
supported
and
strengthned
.
David
expressly
confesseth
that
it
was
good
for
him
,
that
is
,
for
his
Soul
,
his
inner
Man
,
that
he
was
afflicted
.
Psal.
119.
71.
And
in
the
Text
,
we
have
the
attestation
of
the
Apostle
and
Primitive
Christians
.
And
this
is
the
comfort
also
of
God's
People
,
that
their
greatest
outward
evils
,
through
the
goodness
and
blessing
of
God
,
turn
to
their
greatest
inward
good
:
and
this
makes
them
rejoyce
in
afflictions
,
and
glory
in
tribulations
;
as
Rom.
5.
2.
to
wit
,
because
of
the
Spiritual
benefit
they
receive
by
afflictions
,
and
upon
this
very
ground
,
God
gives
that
command
,
Heb.
12.
12.
Wherefore
lift
up
the
hands
that
hang
down
:
that
is
,
therefore
be
comforted
and
encouraged
.
Therefore
,
wherefore
?
because
of
the
great
profit
and
sweet
fruits
of
God's
chastnings
upon
his
People
:
Therefore
lift
up
the
hands
that
hang
down
.
As
it
is
a
comfort
to
a
Man
that
hath
a
Wound
in
his
Body
,
to
have
his
Cloths
torn
off
,
that
so
his
wound
may
be
healed
;
so
it
is
to
have
the
diseases
of
our
Souls
cured
,
tho'
our
outward
comforts
be
rent
and
torn
from
us
.
The
Application
.
I.
For
Information
.
First
,
Hence
it
appears
,
that
there
is
a
great
difference
between
the
Godly
and
Ungodly
,
in
reference
to
afflictions
,
between
the
upright
and
the
hypocrite
:
The
godly
are
the
better
,
the
wicked
are
the
worse
for
affliction
.
The
godly
Man
gains
in
his
inner
Man
,
by
his
losses
in
his
outward
Man
but
the
wicked
in
their
afflictions
commit
more
wickedness
,
and
their
Corruptions
break
out
more
to
the
ruine
of
their
Souls
:
The
Righteous
holdeth
on
his
way
,
altho'
Briers
and
Thorns
,
yea
,
Lyons
be
in
his
way
,
that
tear
and
spoil
all
his
outward
Comforts
;
and
he
that
hath
clean
Hand
and
a
clean
Heart
,
groweth
stronger
and
stronger
even
when
his
outward
Man
grows
weaker
and
weaker
:
Job
17.
9.
The
wicked
in
affliction
are
like
the
troubled
Sea
,
that
casts
up
nothing
but
mi●●
and
dirt
.
Isa.
57.
20.
Secondly
,
That
an
afflicted
godly
Person
is
in
a
far
better
case
than
an
afflicted
wicked
Person
,
th●
the
affliction
be
of
the
same
kind
,
measure
and
degree
;
because
an
afflicted
godly
Person
hath
fa●
better
grounds
of
Comfort
than
the
other
;
forth
godly
Man
may
be
confident
that
his
affliction
o●
his
outward
Man
,
shall
tend
to
the
good
of
his
Soul
but
the
ungodly
hath
ground
enough
to
fear
,
that
he
shall
be
the
worse
for
his
affliction
:
the
wicked
shall
grow
worse
and
worse
.
Tho'
all
things
may
happen
alike
to
all
,
as
to
outward
afflictions
;
yet
the
godly
have
the
best
on
't
upon
this
account
,
that
their
outward
afflictions
shall
tend
to
their
Inward
,
Spiritual
and
Eternal
Good
:
O
,
happy
are
the
People
that
are
in
such
a
case
,
that
no
Winds
can
blow
amiss
to
them
;
but
that
all
the
cross
and
contrary
winds
that
they
meet
with
,
upon
the
Stormy
Sea
of
this
World
,
shall
but
further
them
in
their
Passage
,
and
hasten
them
to
their
Harbour
in
Heaven
.
Blessed
be
the
Lord
our
God
:
Amen
.
Thirdly
,
Then
,
a
gracious
person
hath
more
and
better
ground
of
Patience
,
quietness
and
Contentation
under
all
his
afflictions
than
a
wicked
Person
hath
;
because
every
gracious
Person
hath
good
ground
to
hope
,
believe
and
conclude
,
that
,
his
good
God
is
doing
him
good
,
doing
his
Soul
good
,
by
all
the
troubles
on
his
outward
Man
;
and
having
ground
to
hope
,
believe
and
conclude
so
,
he
hath
good
ground
of
Patience
and
Contentation
.
Now
a
Child
of
God
hath
good
ground
to
hope
,
believe
and
conclude
so
;
because
he
hath
the
faithful
word
of
the
true
and
faithful
God
,
for
to
ground
his
Hope
and
Faith
upon
;
who
hath
said
,
that
all
things
shall
work
together
for
good
to
his
People
:
if
all
things
,
then
afflictions
;
Rom.
8.
28.
And
that
all
things
are
theirs
;
1
Cor.
3.
22
,
23.
things
present
,
all
their
present
sufferings
and
troubles
are
theirs
;
that
is
,
shall
work
for
their
Spiritual
good
:
and
God's
word
tells
us
expresly
,
Hebr.
12.
10.
that
all
our
chastisements
are
for
our
profit
,
our
greatest
profit
;
namely
,
to
make
us
partakers
of
God's
Holiness
;
to
purge
away
our
Sins
,
Isa.
27.
9.
to
make
us
conformable
to
Christ
:
and
to
fit
and
prepare
us
for
that
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
Glory
,
2.
Cor.
4.
17.
Here
we
have
a
sure
word
of
Promise
;
the
God
of
Truth
,
who
cannot
Lye
,
the
Almighty
God
,
(
who
is
able
to
perform
his
promises
;
which
promises
flow
from
his
everlasting
Love
and
unsearchable
goodness
&
mercy
,
and
are
founded
in
the
full
satisfaction
of
Jesus
Christ
,
in
whom
they
are
made
,
and
through
whom
they
shall
be
fulfilled
;
to
assure
us
of
the
truth
of
them
.
)
I
say
the
Almighty
God
hath
engaged
his
word
,
that
all
the
sufferings
of
his
Children
shall
work
for
the
good
of
their
Souls
;
which
is
a
most
firm
ground
of
Patience
,
Contentation
and
Consolation
to
them
.
When
I
can
believe
and
be
perswaded
in
my
Soul
,
that
all
my
afflictions
shall
promote
the
welfare
of
my
Soul
,
I
have
all
the
reason
in
the
World
to
be
patient
and
content
under
them
:
Our
great
care
must
be
to
look
to
this
,
that
we
be
the
Heirs
of
the
Promises
;
and
if
we
be
in
Christ
,
really
united
to
Christ
,
grafted
into
him
,
made
partakers
of
his
Spirit
,
Life
,
and
Grace
;
then
are
we
the
Heirs
of
the
Promises
,
Hebr.
6.
17
,
18.
Gal.
3.
last
:
and
we
being
the
Heirs
of
the
promises
,
we
have
grounds
of
Patience
,
because
God
hath
promised
all
shall
work
for
our
good
:
and
then
next
,
that
we
may
be
able
with
patience
to
bear
our
afflictions
,
we
must
labour
to
keep
these
promises
still
in
our
eyes
,
looking
to
them
,
and
to
the
love
,
goodness
,
faithfulness
and
all-sufficiency
of
God
in
them
,
and
looking
unto
Jesus
,
through
whose
satisfaction
and
mediation
they
come
to
us
,
and
labouring
to
keep
our
Eyes
,
the
Eyes
of
Faith
and
Hope
,
fixed
on
those
promises
,
trusting
in
God
,
and
relying
upon
him
;
and
so
shall
we
be
able
in
our
Patience
to
possess
our
Souls
:
and
Patience
will
do
us
great
service
in
affliction
,
for
altho'
it
cannot
keep
us
from
misery
,
it
will
keep
us
from
being
miserable
:
for
we
can
never
be
miserable
,
so
long
as
we
have
an
interest
in
Christ
,
and
through
him
,
in
the
promises
.
Now
Faith
in
the
promises
is
both
the
breeder
and
feeder
of
Patience
,
let
Faith
live
,
and
Patience
will
not
dye
:
let
Faith
be
present
,
and
Patience
will
not
be
absent
;
and
through
Faith
and
Patience
we
shall
inherit
the
promises
.
Oh
,
then
,
let
us
labour
to
live
by
Faith
,
and
strive
to
keep
up
our
●aith
in
Act
and
Exercise
;
and
in
special
,
upon
the
real
Spiritual
Good
,
that
our
good
God
will
bring
to
our
inner
Man
,
by
the
decays
and
perishings
of
our
outward
,
he
having
promised
so
to
do
,
and
he
being
faithful
who
hath
promised
;
and
let
us
also
labour
to
live
in
hopes
and
expectations
of
that
good
,
praying
also
constantly
for
increase
of
our
Faith
and
Hope
,
so
shall
we
be
able
with
Patience
to
endure
to
the
end
,
and
be
saved
.
Certainly
it
is
every
ones
concernment
,
to
know
and
consider
,
that
Man
consists
of
two
Parts
,
the
inner
and
outer
Man
,
and
which
of
the
two
is
best
,
and
ought
to
be
most
minded
,
and
principally
looked
after
?
for
most
live
,
as
if
they
had
Bodies
only
,
and
no
Souls
;
or
,
if
they
have
Souls
,
that
they
need
not
much
minding
,
but
say
,
they
leave
the
care
of
them
to
God
:
whereas
indeed
,
it
is
the
welfare
,
the
safety
and
salvation
of
our
Souls
,
that
we
all
should
be
most
solicious
about
.
What
shall
it
profit
a
Man
(
saith
our
Saviour
)
if
he
gain
the
whole
World
,
and
●ose
his
own
Soul
?
Sin
is
the
Disease
of
the
Soul
,
and
Holiness
the
health
of
the
Soul
,
and
afflictions
are
God's
Physick
to
effect
this
Cure
by
;
surely
then
,
we
had
better
take
the
Physick
,
the
Remedy
,
tho'
it
make
us
sick
,
than
keep
our
Disease
,
which
will
make
us
Die
,
and
that
eternally
:
the
Remedy
is
better
than
the
Disease
.
So
that
when
our
merciful
Father
,
the
only
wise
God
,
sees
,
that
the
blastings
and
breakings
of
our
outward
Comforts
,
are
proper
means
to
keep
us
from
,
and
to
purge
from
〈…〉
Spiritual
Diseases
,
our
sins
,
which
not
purged
would
destroy
our
inner
Man
,
our
Souls
;
and
therefore
useth
this
means
,
what
cause
have
we
to
endeavour
in
God's
strength
,
patiently
,
quietly
and
comfortably
,
to
bear
all
our
breaches
and
perishings
of
our
outward
Man
?
yea
,
and
to
praise
and
bless
the
Lord
,
that
he
will
take
this
course
with
us
,
thus
to
chasten
us
here
in
this
World
,
that
we
may
not
be
condemned
with
the
World
hereafter
:
1
Cor.
11.
32.
Fourthly
,
It
follows
also
from
the
Premises
,
that
wicked
Men
are
fools
,
very
fools
,
yea
,
mad
fools
and
cruel
to
their
own
Souls
,
because
all
their
ca●●
is
for
their
Bodies
,
and
none
at
all
for
their
Souls
,
they
provide
for
the
Servant
,
but
neglect
the
Master
;
provide
for
the
Horse
,
but
forget
the
Rider
:
Eccl.
10.
7.
We
have
seen
,
how
little
care
God
takes
of
the
outward
Man
,
but
beats
and
break
that
many
times
,
that
he
may
secure
and
preserve
the
inner
Man
of
his
People
.
And
also
wicked
Men
are
cruel
to
their
own
Souls
Prov.
8.
36.
He
that
sinneth
against
God
,
wrongeth
his
own
Soul
.
Is
it
not
a
madness
,
carefully
to
preserve
the
Box
,
but
lose
the
Jewel
?
to
spend
precious
time
,
strength
,
thoughts
,
cares
,
pains
,
all
Mans
days
,
in
feeding
,
cloathing
,
preserving
the
outward
Man
;
but
let
the
poor
Soul
starve
,
perist
and
be
eternally
lost
?
if
there
be
any
cruelty
out●
Hell
,
this
is
a
great
piece
of
it
.
Fifthly
,
It
follows
also
,
that
the
continuance
o●
outward
Comforts
is
not
to
be
expected
.
The●
will
be
witherings
,
decays
,
perishings
of
our
ou●ward
Man
;
it
cannot
be
avoided
:
our
health
at
ease
,
and
peace
,
will
not
abide
always
with
us
our
dearest
Relations
must
bid
us
farewel
,
this
on
earthly
Tabernacle
must
shortly
be
put
off
;
w●
cannot
live
always
:
all
things
here
are
mutable
and
changeable
;
we
see
this
by
experience
ever●
moment
:
our
pleasant
and
lovely
Companions
in
the
flesh
,
our
dearest
friends
in
Christ
;
our
Yoak-fellows
,
the
desires
of
our
Eyes
,
the
comforts
of
our
lives
;
they
and
we
must
part
.
Psal.
39.
6.
This
fully
believed
,
and
seriously
considered
,
would
unglue
our
affections
from
these
things
,
and
prepare
us
to
part
with
them
;
that
our
parting
with
them
be
not
so
grievous
to
us
,
as
usually
it
is
.
Could
we
use
these
things
as
we
do
our
Gloves
on
our
Hands
,
which
we
can
with
ease
pluck
off
;
and
not
as
the
skin
on
our
Hands
,
which
cannot
be
pulled
off
but
with
much
pain
and
smart
.
It
were
good
wisdom
for
us
often
to
look
on
all
our
earthly
comforts
,
as
things
that
we
cannot
long
enjoy
;
as
things
that
we
must
needs
shortly
part
with
;
this
my
health
,
my
estate
,
my
ease
,
my
relations
,
I
must
part
with
,
and
I
know
not
how
soon
,
a
parting
time
must
come
:
This
Soul
and
Body
must
part
,
and
to
keep
such
thoughts
in
our
minds
,
and
often
to
consider
of
it
,
would
help
to
moderate
our
affections
to
them
while
we
enjoy
them
,
and
to
imploy
them
for
God
,
and
also
it
would
prevent
our
immoderate
sorrow
for
the
loss
of
them
,
because
we
expected
such
losses
,
and
made
account
of
them
before
they
came
:
but
we
are
too
often
surprised
,
and
therefore
too
often
overcome
with
sorrow
.
Sixthly
,
It
follows
from
the
premises
,
that
the
Servants
of
God
have
no
true
cause
or
reason
to
be
discouraged
,
disquieted
or
dejected
,
when
their
outward
Man
perisheth
,
their
outward
Comforts
wither
,
their
old
House
begins
to
totter
and
decay
;
because
by
all
these
witherings
and
perishings
of
their
outward
Man
,
their
inner
Man
is
renewed
day
by
day
;
and
therefore
,
no
cause
of
fainting
.
Such
as
know
,
that
is
,
are
assured
by
Faith
,
that
when
this
their
earthly
Tabernacle
shall
be
dissolved
,
that
they
have
a
building
with
God
,
an
House
not
made
with
hands
,
eternal
in
the
Heavens
,
such
will
not
be
troubled
when
their
Houses
of
Clay
begin
to
totter
;
no
,
but
rather
,
they
groan
earnestly
to
be
cloathed
upon
with
their
House
which
is
from
Heaven
.
2
Cor.
5.
1
,
2
,
3.
And
that
God's
Servants
may
thus
be
willing
to
put
off
their
earthly
Tabernacles
,
and
exchange
them
for
Heavenly
Houses
.
God
is
working
upon
them
,
and
in
them
,
this
willingness
,
as
Verse
5
,
by
his
Spirit
,
his
Word
,
and
by
his
Chastisements
,
breaking
and
blafting
their
earthly
Comforts
,
weakning
their
bodies
,
to
make
them
willing
to
leave
them
,
and
to
long
for
those
everlasting
habitations
,
which
their
dear
Lord
hath
prepared
for
them
;
John
14.
1
,
2
,
3.
And
for
the
more
effectual
working
of
God's
People
to
this
willingness
,
he
gives
unto
them
the
earnest
of
the
Spirit
,
which
is
the
earnest
of
their
Inheritance
,
untill
the
Redemption
of
the
purchased
Possession
,
Eph.
1.
13
,
14.
and
Rom.
8.
23.
We
which
have
received
the
First-fruits
of
the
Spirit
groan
within
our selves
,
waiting
for
the
Adoption
,
to
wit
,
the
Redemption
of
our
Bodies
.
Now
this
Earnest
or
First-fruits
of
the
Spirit
,
which
in
some
measure
God
gives
to
all
his
people
here
in
this
life
,
to
prepare
them
for
Glory
,
is
called
also
the
Seal
of
the
Spirit
,
Ephes.
1.
13.
After
ye
believed
,
ye
were
sealed
.
Now
,
this
Seal
of
the
Spirit
,
I
take
to
be
,
the
saving
Works
,
Graces
and
Fruits
of
the
Spirit
in
us
;
as
the
Work
of
true
and
sound
illumination
,
true
Conviction
of
our
Sin
and
Misery
,
and
of
the
Creatures
Vanity
;
of
our
own
impotency
and
utter
insufficiency
to
help
〈…〉
our selves
;
and
of
Christ's
Excellency
,
All-sufficiency
and
willingness
to
save
all
such
as
come
unto
him
,
and
are
heartily
willing
to
take
him
for
their
onely
Lord
and
Saviour
;
all
this
is
the
work
of
the
Spirit
:
As
also
,
sound
Conversion
from
all
Sin
unto
God
,
as
the
chief
good
;
the
Spirit
enabling
the
Soul
to
repent
and
turn
to
God
;
and
also
working
in
the
Soul
the
Grace
of
Faith
,
enabling
it
to
come
to
Christ
,
to
receive
him
,
accept
of
him
,
rest
upon
him
,
and
to
resign
it self
up
sincerely
to
him
and
to
his
Government
,
by
his
Word
and
Spirit
.
The
Spirit
works
Sanctification
in
the
Soul
,
destroying
the
old
corrupt
Principles
of
Nature
,
and
implanting
new
Principles
of
spiritual
Life
,
making
it
partaker
of
the
Divine
Nature
;
mortifying
in
it
the
lusts
of
the
flesh
,
and
quickning
it
to
newness
of
life
;
repairing
the
Image
of
God
upon
it
,
and
working
all
those
other
Graces
,
which
are
the
Conditions
of
Pardon
and
Justification
;
as
true
love
to
God
and
Christ
,
to
his
Word
and
People
;
true
Fear
of
God
,
sorrow
for
,
and
hatred
of
Sin
;
producing
those
Fruits
mentioned
,
Galat.
5.
22
,
23.
as
Patience
,
Meekness
,
Humility
,
and
the
like
.
Also
the
Spirit
helps
the
Soul
to
act
those
Graces
,
and
to
perform
those
Duties
required
of
us
,
in
order
to
our
Salvation
:
It
guides
and
leads
,
and
teacheth
us
,
helps
our
Infirmities
,
teacheth
us
to
pray
,
and
carrieth
on
the
whole
work
of
Sanctification
in
us
.
And
this
I
take
to
be
the
Seal
of
the
Spirit
;
when
those
saving
Impressions
and
Habits
of
Grace
and
Holiness
are
wrought
in
and
upon
the
Soul
,
whereby
the
Soul
is
made
in
some
measure
like
unto
Christ
Jesus
,
being
by
the
Spirit
united
to
him
,
planted
and
grafted
in
him
,
and
by
vertue
of
its
union
with
him
,
made
partakers
of
his
Life
and
Grace
,
whereby
it
lives
and
grows
,
until
it
come
to
the
State
of
Perfection
in
the
other
World
.
This
Spirit
thus
savingly
working
,
is
God's
Seal
upon
our
Hearts
,
the
Seal
of
his
everlasting
love
to
our
Souls
,
and
of
his
everlasting
Covenant
which
he
hath
entred
into
with
us
,
which
he
will
never
deface
or
blot
out
;
and
it
is
also
the
Earnest
of
our
Inheritance
;
that
thereby
we
may
confidently
conclude
to
our
great
comfort
,
that
,
as
sure
as
he
hath
given
us
his
Spirit
,
thus
savingly
to
work
in
us
those
gracious
Works
,
this
gracious
Change
,
this
true
Repentance
,
and
Faith
and
Love
,
and
Holiness
,
and
other
Graces
;
even
so
sure
he
will
give
us
the
Inheritance
in
Heaven
at
last
:
as
surely
as
he
hath
sanctified
us
,
so
surely
he
hath
justified
us
,
and
will
glorifie
us
:
For
this
is
the
Seal
,
this
is
the
Earnest
.
And
upon
this
account
saith
the
Apostle
,
Having
this
Seal
,
this
Earnest
,
this
comfortable
Assurance
of
a
better
state
,
and
of
a
better
life
after
this
,
we
groan
earnestly
to
be
clothed
upon
with
our
house
which
is
from
Heaven
;
That
we
may
possess
that
glorious
purchased
Inheritance
,
of
which
we
now
have
the
earnest
;
we
long
to
enjoy
the
full
Harvest
,
of
which
we
have
received
the
First-fruits
,
and
consequently
,
we
that
have
received
these
First-fruits
,
this
blessed
Earnest
;
have
no
cause
to
be
troubled
or
disquieted
,
when
these
our
earthly
Tabernacles
begin
to
decay
and
perish
;
because
we
are
wrought
by
God's
Spirit
for
a
better
state
;
and
,
as
was
said
,
not
only
the
Spirit
of
God
worketh
this
willingness
to
die
,
by
working
those
Graces
in
the
Soul
,
as
you
see
;
but
also
accompanying
Afflictions
,
and
blessing
them
,
to
crucifie
our
Affections
to
earthly
things
,
and
helps
to
Holiness
in
order
to
our
eternal
Happiness
;
and
therefore
also
ought
the
more
patiently
to
be
endured
.
Seventhly
,
Then
it
is
the
chiefest
wisdom
in
the
World
,
for
every
one
of
us
to
labour
to
become
real
Saints
,
to
get
into
a
state
of
saving
Grace
;
and
often
to
search
and
try
our selves
,
and
never
to
give
over
searching
and
trying
,
until
we
come
to
some
well-grounded
Assurance
,
That
we
are
indeed
truly
Regenerated
,
and
that
we
have
a
real
Interest
in
Jesus
Christ
;
for
this
Assurance
may
be
attained
,
and
we
are
commanded
to
give
all
diligence
to
attain
it
,
2
Pet.
1.
10.
It
is
not
bare
wishes
or
desires
will
serve
the
turn
,
but
we
must
labour
and
strive
after
it
,
and
be
much
in
self-examination
,
2
Cor.
13.
5.
How
is
it
possible
we
can
have
any
true
comfort
living
or
dying
,
if
we
have
no
Assurance
of
a
better
Life
;
and
so
long
as
we
know
not
whether
we
shall
go
to
Heaven
or
Hell
when
we
die
:
We
all
have
been
too
negligent
in
labouring
after
this
Assurance
;
let
us
lament
it
,
and
let
us
all
now
begin
to
bestir
our selves
,
and
in
God's
strength
lay
out
our
utmost
care
and
pains
in
the
use
of
all
means
to
get
the
clear
evidences
of
our
peace
with
God
,
and
that
we
are
in
a
pardoned
and
reconciled
state
;
for
upon
this
Assurance
,
we
shall
have
this
Advantage
above
all
others
,
that
we
shall
not
be
troubled
nor
much
disquieted
,
when
our
outward
man
doth
decay
and
perish
,
our
earthly
comforts
fail
us
,
our
bodily
Members
wither
;
because
all
these
decays
and
wastings
do
but
make
way
,
and
prepare
us
for
the
happiness
of
our
Souls
.
Whereas
,
on
the
contrary
,
it
must
needs
be
an
uncomfortable
thing
,
to
look
upon
a
decaying
Body
,
and
be
altogether
uncertain
what
will
become
of
the
Soul
when
it
leaves
this
Body
:
It
must
needs
make
Death
terrible
.
But
when
we
know
that
our
Souls
at
death
shall
enter
into
our
Master's
joy
we
shall
bid
Death
welcom
.
The
Eighth
Inference
.
From
what
hath
been
said
,
we
may
draw
one
Rule
of
Tryal
to
us
all
,
whereby
we
may
know
whether
we
be
true
real
Christians
or
no
,
or
only
nominal
,
and
but
formal
Professors
,
viz.
by
the
real
good
to
our
Souls
that
our
Afflictions
have
done
us
;
we
all
have
had
Afflictions
of
one
kind
or
other
;
let
us
examine
what
spiritual
good
we
have
got
by
them
:
look
over
the
former
Particulars
,
and
apply
them
.
It
is
a
true
sign
of
a
Child
of
God
,
to
be
the
better
for
Prosperity
and
Adversity
,
and
commonly
more
the
better
for
Adversity
than
or
Prosperity
.
But
lest
we
should
be
mistaken
,
I
grant
,
that
Affliction
may
work
some
good
in
the
hypocritical
Professors
,
as
on
Ahab
and
Nineveh
.
But
note
these
Differences
.
First
,
On
the
Godly
,
Afflictions
work
good
mostly
on
their
inward
man
,
on
their
Souls
;
although
they
work
good
also
on
their
Conversations
;
the
sweet
fruits
of
Afflictions
appear
also
in
their
Lives
.
But
on
others
,
if
Afflictions
do
work
any
good
at
all
,
it
is
mostly
on
their
outward
man
;
they
may
by
them
be
outwardly
reclaimed
and
reformed
,
but
not
inwardly
renewed
and
sanctified
.
Now
there
is
a
vast
difference
between
outward
Reformation
and
inward
Renovation
.
2dly
,
The
fruit
of
Affliction
on
the
Godly
is
continually
increasing
and
growing
;
it
is
renewing
day
by
day
;
as
in
the
Text.
But
the
Fruit
of
Affliction
upon
others
,
is
like
a
morning
dew
,
or
early
cloud
,
which
the
Sun-blast
of
Prosperity
dries
all
up
,
and
blows
all
off
.
Those
seeming
Fruits
of
Humility
,
of
Sensibleness
,
Patience
,
Inclinations
to
good
Duties
,
Resolutions
against
Sin
,
&c.
which
appear
in
some
in
time
of
their
Affliction
,
are
all
blasted
and
withered
again
,
when
their
Afflictions
are
removed
,
Hos.
6.
4.
Thirdly
,
The
Fruit
of
Affliction
upon
the
Godly
is
more
afterward
than
at
present
,
Heb.
12.
11.
●ut
on
others
't
is
most
at
present
,
even
while
the
Affliction
is
upon
them
;
then
they
will
seek
God
early
and
earnestly
:
but
when
the
Affliction
is
over
,
they
grow
remiss
and
careless
.
And
oh
,
that
this
were
not
the
fault
of
too
many
of
the
Godly
!
It
is
the
After-fruit
of
Righteousness
,
the
exemplary
Holiness
of
our
Lives
afterwards
,
that
●s
the
good
Fruit
of
sanctified
Afflictions
,
which
we
must
bring
forth
,
to
evidence
the
Love
of
our
Father
to
us
in
his
Chastnings
of
us
,
and
our
spiritual
Profit
by
those
Chastisements
.
It
is
not
so
●uch
how
we
behave
our selves
in
the
time
of
our
Afflictions
,
(
though
that
must
be
minded
also
,
and
●●reful
we
must
be
to
carry
our selves
as
Christians
under
the
Cross
;
)
for
an
Ahab
may
then
●ehave
himself
well
:
but
the
great
matter
is
,
how
●e
carry
our selves
after
our
Afflictions
;
that
●●en
we
bear
and
bring
forth
the
quiet
and
peace●ble
Fruits
of
Righteousness
;
that
we
shew
forth
our
Conversations
,
the
singular
good
and
spiritual
profit
that
we
have
got
by
our
Afflictions
;
at
we
are
become
more
holy
,
more
heavenly
,
●umble
,
meek
,
lowly
,
more
tender-hearted
,
more
●●tchful
and
circumspect
,
more
zealous
of
good
●orks
,
more
charitable
,
more
careful
in
all
things
please
God
.
This
is
that
will
clearly
prove
,
That
Afflictions
have
done
us
good
,
and
then
we
shall
have
cause
to
bless
God
for
them
.
Fourthly
,
The
promised
Good
and
Blessing
●●
Affliction
,
is
the
main
thing
which
the
graciou●
Soul
mostly
desireth
,
prayeth
for
,
and
hopes
and
expects
:
Thus
he
breaths
;
O
,
that
this
strok●
may
be
a
stroke
of
Love
;
O
,
that
this
Affliction
may
do
good
to
my
inward
man
;
O
,
that
my
S●●
may
flourish
and
prosper
,
and
be
a
Gainer
by
a
my
outward
Losses
and
Crosses
:
O
,
that
my
So●
may
be
purged
in
those
Fires
,
and
cleansed
i●
those
Waters
of
Affliction
,
that
I
may
bring
for
all
the
blessed
Fruits
of
Affliction
;
and
O
,
th●
God
would
accomplish
all
his
gracious
ends
up●●
my
Soul
,
by
his
Chastisements
:
but
it
is
not
with
others
;
they
cry
,
Lord
,
remove
thy
ha●●
take
away
my
Affliction
.
Fifthly
,
The
gracious
Soul
understands
God's
a
sign
in
Affliction
,
and
earnestly
desires
to
k●●
the
whole
Mind
of
God
,
and
why
the
Lord
o●
tendeth
with
him
;
and
hears
the
Voice
of
Rod
,
searcheth
for
his
Sin
,
for
the
Plague
of
own
Heart
;
repents
and
turns
to
God
through
casts
away
the
Idols
of
his
heart
,
resolves
aga●●
his
Corruptions
;
prays
and
hopes
for
the
ble●●
of
his
Affliction
;
and
thereupon
he
labours
submit
to
the
holy
Will
of
God
,
and
patiently
bear
his
Afflictions
.
But
it
is
not
so
with
oth●●
they
are
not
sollicitous
about
the
attaining
of
spiritual
good
to
their
Souls
;
so
they
can
get
the
Affliction
,
they
care
for
no
more
:
Whe●
the
gracious
Soul
is
afraid
that
he
shall
lose
●
benefit
of
his
Afflictions
,
and
therefore
is
n●
earnest
with
God
for
it
.
Sixthly
,
The
gracious
Soul
seeks
a
●●eparation
of
all
his
Losses
,
and
a
Balance
to
all
his
Troubles
in
God
through
Christ
,
and
in
God's
Covenant
,
2
Sam.
23.
5.
and
there
he
finds
it
in
some
measure
,
which
stayeth
and
quieteth
him
:
When
the
streams
of
all
Creature-comforts
fail
him
,
he
repairs
to
God
the
Fountain
,
and
there
he
lies
for
all
Supplies
,
Psalm
31.
14.
Psalm
142.
4
,
5.
Refuge
failed
me
,
no
man
cared
for
my
Soul
.
I
cried
unto
thee
,
O
Lord
,
I
said
,
thou
art
my
refuge
and
my
portion
in
the
land
of
the
living
.
But
the
Ungodly
are
strangers
to
this
course
in
the
time
of
their
trouble
.
Now
these
things
considered
,
we
may
by
them
attain
in
some
measure
the
knowledge
of
our
estate
,
whether
we
be
godly
or
no
;
in
a
state
of
Grace
or
no
;
to
wit
,
by
the
real
good
our
Souls
have
gotten
by
our
bodily
troubles
.
So
much
for
Information
.
II.
Thesecond
Vse
is
of
Counsel
to
God's
afflicted
People
,
when
their
earthly
Comforts
wither
and
decay
.
1.
Bear
the
Indignation
of
the
Lord
,
take
his
blows
with
patience
,
acknowledge
his
hand
,
stoop
and
submit
to
his
Will
;
He
is
your
gracious
,
wise
,
merciful
Father
that
smites
you
;
he
intends
you
no
hurt
;
He
that
loves
you
better
than
you
can
love
your selves
;
He
that
Redeemed
you
,
and
he
that
knows
what
is
best
for
you
;
He
that
intends
all
for
your
good
,
and
will
cause
all
things
to
work
for
your
good
:
therefore
in
your
patience
possess
ye
your
Souls
,
and
quietly
submit
to
his
good
Will.
2.
Search
your
Hearts
and
try
your
Ways
,
and
turne
him
that
smiteth
you
;
Commune
with
your
o●
Hearts
;
call
to
remembrance
your
neglects
●●
Duty
to
God
and
Man
;
your
neglect
of
the
So●●
of
your
Relations
;
your
careless
performance
●
holy
Duties
;
your
mis-spending
your
Talents
your
earthly
and
unprofitable
Discourses
,
&c.
Th●●
is
a
time
for
Heart-searching
,
a
time
for
the
tr●
of
your
ways
,
Lamentat
.
3.
40.
In
the
day
of
Adversity
consider
:
Consider
wherefore
God
afflicts
you
consider
what
you
have
done
against
God
,
a●
what
your
present
Duty
is
:
Repent
of
your
f●●mer
miscarriages
,
hurable
your selves
under
God
mighty
hand
;
and
act
Faith
on
the
Lord
Jesus
●●
Remission
,
and
by
Faith
labour
to
draw
streng●
of
Grace
to
reform
and
amend
;
and
so
comp●
with
God's
design
in
his
Corrections
,
which
i●
to
take
away
your
Sin
,
and
to
make
you
partake
of
his
Holiness
.
3.
In
your
Afflictions
consult
God's
Word
,
a●
be
conversant
therewith
,
and
conform
there●●
Now
learn
to
kep
God's
Precepts
,
Psalm
119.
●
Now
set
straight
steps
to
your
fe●t
,
Heb.
12.
12.
●
God
's
Word
you
will
fin●
sweet
Counsels
and
Co●solations
precious
Promises
,
encouraging
●
amples
of
Faith
and
Patience
;
supporting
,
qui●ning
and
strengthning
Arguments
:
Had
it
●●
been
for
God's
Word
,
David
had
perished
in
his
●
fliction
O
,
therefore
now
study
the
Scriptur●
and
make
them
your
Meditation
Night
and
Da●
acquaint
your selves
with
God's
Word
,
and
app●
it
,
and
yield
up
your selves
to
the
obedience
of
●
holy
Job
in
his
Affliction
,
esteemed
the
Word
of
G●●
above
his
necessary
Food
;
and
David
,
above
Gold
●●
Silver
.
4.
Learn
and
comply
with
God's
Designs
in
chastening
you
:
His
main
Designs
are
these
;
To
take
away
our
Sins
,
Isa.
27.
9.
He
takes
away
our
Isaacs
,
to
destroy
our
Dalilahs
;
he
removes
the
desire
of
our
Eyes
,
to
consume
the
Defilements
of
our
Hearts
;
God
designs
the
purifying
of
us
,
to
make
us
clean
and
holy
,
and
fit
Vessels
for
himself
to
dwell
in
,
to
make
us
partakers
of
his
holiness
,
and
conformable
to
his
Son
;
to
make
our
Souls
better
;
to
draw
us
off
from
all
our
Idols
,
and
to
draw
us
nearer
to
himself
,
and
to
prevent
our
sinning
here
,
and
our
condemnation
with
the
World
hereafter
.
O
blessed
,
gracious
Ends
our
heavenly
Father
hath
in
all
his
Chastisements
of
us
;
now
it
's
our
Duty
to
comply
with
these
his
Ends
,
and
pursue
them
with
utmost
diligence
.
Quest.
But
how
shall
we
pursue
those
Ends
?
Answ.
First
,
by
deep
and
serious
Meditation
upon
those
few
special
things
fit
to
be
thought
on
in
Affliction
.
1.
Think
seriously
on
the
meritorious
Causes
of
your
Affliction
;
search
for
your
Sins
;
let
your
Spirits
make
diligent
search
for
your
Sins
;
for
now
God
is
searching
for
your
Sins
,
Job
10.
6.
and
we
should
set
in
with
him
,
and
think
how
greatly
you
have
provoked
him
,
how
unkindly
you
have
dealt
with
him
;
against
what
Light
and
Love
,
and
Mercy
you
have
sinned
;
and
think
also
upon
the
desert
of
your
Sins
;
you
are
now
under
outward
Afflictions
;
but
where
had
you
been
,
●f
God
had
dealt
with
you
according
to
your
Deserts
?
Call
to
mind
your
Sins
,
and
repent
,
and
reform
?
2.
Think
seriously
on
the
Designs
of
God
in
all
your
Troubles
,
what
good
Intentions
God
hath
in
them
;
that
he
aims
at
nothing
but
your
real
spiritual
,
and
eternal
good
:
It
he
break
your
earthly
Comforts
,
waste
your
Estates
and
Bodies
it
is
for
the
good
of
your
Souls
;
be
perswaded
of
this
,
consider
it
,
and
lay
it
to
heart
.
3.
Think
seriously
of
the
Love
of
God
in
Christ
to
you
,
in
all
your
Afflictions
;
they
come
from
his
Fatherly
Love
,
he
sees
that
you
need
them
,
that
your
Souls
will
perish
without
them
;
and
that
he
doth
chastise
you
,
because
he
loves
you
,
and
because
you
are
his
Children
.
4.
Think
also
,
how
infinitely
better
God
deals
with
you
,
than
with
others
,
whom
he
chastn●●
not
here
,
but
reserves
them
for
the
Wrath
to
come
,
unto
everlasting
Destruction
;
in
comparison
of
which
,
all
your
heaviest
Afflictions
here
are
not
as
much
as
Flea-bitings
.
5.
Think
also
upon
the
many
exceeding
great
and
precious
Promises
which
God
hath
made
t●
you
,
for
your
support
:
As
,
that
he
will
be
●●
you
;
will
never
leave
you
;
that
all
shall
work
togeth●●
for
your
good
;
that
he
will
uphold
you
:
and
ma●
such
.
6.
Think
seriously
and
deeply
on
that
●●
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
,
for
whi●●
all
your
Afflictions
do
prepare
you
.
Thus
be
m●●
in
Meditation
on
those
things
Lastly
,
Think
upon
the
Sufferings
of
Christ
fo●
you
;
his
bitter
Agony
,
and
bloody
Sweat
in
the
Garden
;
his
cruel
,
cursed
,
shameful
,
painful
Death
on
th●
Cross
,
Isa.
53.
10.
Thus
if
we
exercise
our
Thought
in
these
Considerations
,
it
will
help
us
to
th●
attaining
the
gracious
Ends
of
God
in
his
Chastisements
.
Secondly
,
As
by
Meditation
,
so
by
Prayer
we
must
pursue
God's
Ends
:
Now
pray
,
pray
continually
,
pray
without
ceasing
;
pray
most
earnestly
,
most
fervently
;
strive
and
wrestle
with
God
in
Prayer
,
as
Jacob
did
for
the
Blessing
;
so
should
we
pray
,
and
continue
instant
in
prayer
,
that
God
would
accomplish
all
his
blessed
Designs
upon
our
Souls
,
and
perform
his
whole
Work
.
Thirdly
,
By
Faith
in
Christ
,
and
in
the
Promises
;
for
no
Blessing
comes
to
the
Soul
any
way
,
but
in
and
by
Jesus
Christ
;
and
only
in
and
through
him
are
the
Promises
fulfilled
:
Therefore
in
all
our
Afflictions
,
we
must
look
unto
Jesus
,
as
unto
him
,
through
whose
hands
the
Affliction
comes
upon
us
;
for
all
our
Afflictions
come
through
his
hand
;
and
the
blessing
of
them
comes
through
his
hand
also
;
act
Faith
on
all
that
Jesus
hath
done
and
suffered
for
you
;
and
upon
what
he
is
doing
for
you
in
Heaven
;
and
upon
what
gracious
Promises
he
hath
made
to
you
:
and
the
more
you
can
act
Faith
on
Christ
,
the
more
you
will
love
him
;
and
the
more
you
love
him
,
the
more
patiently
and
comfortably
you
will
bear
his
Chastisements
;
as
knowing
that
they
proceed
from
his
Love
to
you
,
Rev.
3.
19.
III.
The
last
Vse
is
for
Consolation
:
The
Text
and
Doctrine
is
very
full
of
Comfort
.
If
this
be
a
Truth
that
I
have
held
out
;
That
the
perishings
and
wastings
of
the
outward
man
,
of
the
People
of
God
,
tend
to
the
renewing
of
their
inward
man
;
then
let
none
of
God's
People
be
discouraged
or
dejected
,
whatever
Afflictions
befal
them
;
Poverty
,
Sickness
,
Restraint
,
loss
of
Relations
,
Estates
:
Remember
and
consider
,
what
great
Spiritual
Good
all
shall
certainly
produce
to
you
,
and
what
a
gracious
issue
all
your
Afflictions
shall
have
upon
you
;
and
therefore
faint
not
,
nor
be
weary
;
but
be
quiet
and
comforted
.
Quest.
But
when
may
we
take
Comfort
in
our
Afflictions
?
Answ.
1.
When
God's
smiting
you
,
works
i●
you
true
turning
unto
God
,
Isa.
9.
13.
Jer.
31.
1●
19
,
20.
for
then
Affliction
proceeds
from
God
Love
,
and
turns
to
your
good
.
O
,
the
yerning
Bowels
of
God
towards
returning
Sinners
.
2.
When
by
Chastisements
we
are
made
partakers
of
God's
Holiness
,
made
more
holy
,
an●
more
conformable
to
Christ
than
formerly
,
He●
12.
10.
3.
When
God's
Soveraignty
works
in
us
S●lence
and
submission
;
as
in
Eli
,
David
,
as
others
.
4.
When
God's
Rods
on
us
make
us
mor●
obedient
to
his
Law
,
Psalm
.
94.
12
,
13.
as
119.
67.
71.
5.
When
God's
Righteousness
in
what
he
doth
gives
quietness
and
satisfaction
to
the
Soul
;
a
Dan.
9
14.
Nehem.
9.
33.
6.
When
Afflictions
put
us
upon
Self-examination
,
and
searchings
for
our
Sins
,
Lam.
3.
4.
Gen.
42.
21.
7.
When
in
Afflictions
we
can
see
God's
faithfulness
,
making
good
his
Promises
,
Psalm
119.
75.
He
hath
promised
to
withhold
no
good
thing
.
8.
When
we
hope
and
believe
,
that
God
wil●
give
us
more
,
and
better
things
,
than
those
he
takes
from
us
,
2
Chron.
25.
9.
Psalm
90.
14
,
15.
Isa.
35.
6.
9.
When
God's
Wisdom
contents
us
;
that
because
God
is
only
wise
,
and
knows
best
,
what
is
be●●
for
us
,
this
contents
us
,
Isa.
28.
27
,
28.
Infinite
Wisdom
hath
ordered
it
.
10.
When
we
can
firmly
believe
that
God's
Love
is
in
all
his
Chastisements
,
Heb.
12.
6.
All
these
things
will
produce
Comfort
in
all
our
Afflictions
;
especially
when
we
can
see
these
Effects
in
some
measure
brought
forth
in
us
,
we
may
conclude
,
that
God's
gracious
Design
prospers
in
us
.
Could
we
but
find
that
our
inward
man
grows
better
,
and
that
we
grow
and
flourish
in
Grace
,
when
our
outward
man
doth
decay
and
perish
,
we
should
not
faint
.
The
good
Lord
grant
that
this
may
be
the
good
Effect
of
all
my
Afflictions
.
Amen
.
So
much
of
the
First
Part.
PART
II.
Orthodox
Paradox
:
OR
,
THE
Greatest
Temporal
Evil
working
the
greatest
Eternal
Good
.
2
COR.
iv
.
17.
For
our
light
Affliction
which
is
but
for
a
moment
,
worketh
for
us
a
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
Glory
.
THIS
the
Apostle
brings
in
as
a
Reason
of
that
holy
Courage
that
he
and
the
Primitive
Christians
had
under
all
their
Troubles
,
that
they
did
not
faint
,
but
rather
,
they
got
strength
;
and
as
their
outward
man
perished
,
their
Souls
,
their
better
part
,
flourished
and
prospered
;
as
in
the
foregoing
Verse
:
For
(
saith
he
)
our
light
affliction
,
&c.
In
which
Reason
or
Argument
we
may
observe
,
1.
The
Nature
of
the
Saints
Troubles
;
they
are
Afflictions
.
2.
The
Qualities
of
them
;
they
are
light
,
and
but
for
a
moment
.
3.
The
Tendency
of
them
,
or
their
subserviency
to
their
eternal
good
,
through
God's
blessing
on
them
;
they
work
for
us
a
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
Glory
.
1.
For
the
Nature
of
the
Saints
Troubles
,
they
are
Afflictions
,
and
our
Afflictions
:
All
the
Saints
Troubles
in
this
Life
are
Afflictions
,
and
but
Afflictions
;
they
are
not
properly
Punishments
,
inflicted
on
them
,
to
make
Satisfaction
for
Sin
.
They
are
not
Destructions
,
no
,
they
are
but
Afflictions
.
The
original
word
is
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
which
signifieth
a
pressing
,
from
the
effect
of
them
on
the
Saints
;
for
they
are
sent
to
press
out
their
hidden
Corruptions
,
that
were
in
the
Heart
undiscovered
;
to
make
manifest
that
which
lay
hid
before
.
Affliction
is
as
God's
Wine-press
also
,
to
press
out
the
sweet
Wine
of
Grace
,
that
it
may
appear
in
Act
and
Exercise
.
It
is
also
God's
Fullers-press
,
to
press
out
the
inward
spots
and
defilements
of
their
Souls
.
Afflictions
are
not
to
the
Saints
Executions
of
Vengeance
,
not
Destructions
,
as
they
are
to
others
,
Destruction
upon
Destruction
;
that
is
,
one
Trouble
and
Distress
upon
another
;
so
they
are
to
the
Wicked
.
2.
They
are
our
Affliction
too
:
this
may
note
,
first
,
the
commonness
of
them
to
all
men
,
1
Cor.
10.
13.
No
Temptation
befals
us
,
but
what
is
common
to
Men
,
to
all
Men
,
and
mostly
,
to
all
Saints
;
it
is
their
Lot
,
their
Portion
;
yea
,
it
is
God's
Gift
to
them
,
Phil.
1.
29.
Secondly
,
It
may
note
the
Propriety
the
Saints
have
in
their
Afflictions
,
and
Benefit
they
have
by
them
.
These
Afflictions
are
ours
,
1
Cor.
3.
22.
All
things
are
yours
,
things
present
:
the
present
Afflictions
are
ours
;
that
is
,
they
are
sanctified
,
and
made
profitable
to
us
;
they
are
our
Friends
,
Friends
to
our
Souls
,
not
our
Foes
;
they
are
our
Helps
,
not
our
Harms
;
they
are
ours
in
common
also
;
they
are
the
Churches
Troubles
;
others
sympathize
with
us
,
and
they
count
our
Afflictions
theirs
.
And
if
this
be
so
,
what
reason
have
we
to
faint
and
sink
under
our
Troubles
,
seeing
they
are
but
Afflictions
,
not
Destructions
,
and
seeing
they
are
ours
also
,
for
our
good
and
advantage
,
appointed
and
ordered
to
us
by
the
loving
Hand
of
our
only-wise
God
and
gracious
Father
:
and
seeing
all
the
People
of
God
have
a
share
in
them
,
by
way
of
sympathy
,
and
we
have
a
share
in
their
Prayers
for
us
,
therefore
we
faint
not
.
2.
The
second
Branch
of
this
Argument
is
the
Quality
of
those
Afflictions
,
expressed
here
by
two
words
,
1.
They
are
light
,
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
leve
;
the
same
word
in
Mat.
11.
30.
My
burden
is
light
;
that
is
,
it
is
tolerable
,
sufferable
,
such
as
may
be
endured
and
suffered
:
Christ's
Government
is
not
intolerable
,
neither
are
the
Afflictions
of
his
People
.
Object
.
But
how
can
that
be
,
that
the
Troubles
of
God's
People
are
light
?
Were
David's
Troubles
light
,
from
whom
we
often
hear
such
sad
and
bitter
Complaints
?
And
were
Job's
Troubles
light
,
Job
6.
3
,
4.
And
were
the
Primitive
Christians
Troubles
light
?
See
the
7th
and
8th
Verses
of
this
Chapter
;
and
elsewhere
the
Apostle
complains
,
that
they
were
pressed
above
measure
,
and
despaired
even
of
Life
?
Answ.
The
meaning
plainly
is
comparative
;
Afflictions
are
light
,
not
simply
considered
in
themselves
,
but
by
way
of
comparison
;
as
thus
.
1.
They
are
light
,
in
comparison
of
what
our
Sins
have
deserved
.
Sin
deserves
Eternal
Death
,
everlasting
Flames
in
Hell
,
everlasting
Destruction
,
easeless
,
endless
,
remediless
Torments
.
The
Wages
of
Sin
is
Death
,
eternal
Damnation
,
2
Thess.
1.
8
,
9.
Now
,
in
comparison
of
Hell
and
Damnation
,
all
our
Afflictions
are
but
light
,
but
as
Flea-bitings
to
those
eternal
Torments
:
Oh
,
what
is
the
Wrath
of
Man
to
the
Wrath
of
a
GOD
?
What
is
the
Displeasure
of
a
Father
to
the
Revenge
of
an
Enemy
?
Oh
,
what
is
Sickness
,
Poverty
,
a
Prison
,
Losses
,
&c.
to
Hell-fire
?
2.
They
are
light
,
in
comparison
of
the
cruel
,
bitter
,
dreadful
Sufferings
of
Jesus
Christ
the
Son
of
God
.
He
,
upon
whom
the
Spirit
of
Might
did
rest
,
was
even
sunk
by
them
;
if
we
do
but
duly
consider
Christ's
Sufferings
,
his
bloody
,
bitter
Agony
in
the
Garden
,
when
his
Soul
was
exceeding
sorrowful
even
to
death
,
he
was
sore
amazed
;
when
all
the
Sins
of
the
Elect
were
laid
on
him
,
made
to
meet
on
him
,
Isa.
53.
6.
all
the
Wrath
of
Men
and
Devils
on
him
,
yea
,
and
which
was
heaviest
of
all
,
his
Father's
Wrath
was
on
him
;
it
pleased
the
Father
to
bruise
him
,
and
to
put
him
to
grief
,
Isa.
53.
10.
All
this
would
have
sunk
Ten
thousand
Worlds
;
this
made
our
dearest
Lord
sweat
great
drops
of
Blood
,
&c.
Oh
,
the
inconceivable
love
of
our
Blessed
Jesus
!
O
,
the
cursed
nature
of
Sin
!
But
what
are
all
our
Afflictions
,
all
our
Sufferings
,
in
comparison
of
Christ's
?
He
was
afflicted
,
he
was
oppressed
,
infinitely
more
than
ever
any
man
was
,
or
can
be
.
3.
Light
too
,
in
comparison
of
what
the
Wicked
shall
suffer
hereafter
:
see
Psal.
11.
6.
2
Thess.
1.
9.
Revel.
21.
8.
Our
Afflictions
are
light
,
surely
very
light
in
comparison
of
these
.
4.
Light
also
in
comparison
of
the
Glory
that
God's
Suffering
Saints
shall
afterwards
enjoy
.
This
our
Apostle
affirms
,
Rom.
8.
18.
I
reckon
that
the
sufferings
of
this
present
life
are
not
worthy
to
be
compared
with
the
glory
that
shall
be
revealed
in
vs
.
Not
worthy
to
be
compared
with
that
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
Glory
.
Thus
are
our
Afflictions
said
to
be
light
.
2.
Another
Quality
of
our
Afflictions
noted
here
,
is
,
That
our
Afflictions
are
short
also
:
as
they
are
light
,
so
they
are
short
too
,
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
momentany
,
for
a
moment
.
Object
.
But
how
can
this
be
?
Did
not
David
complain
,
that
he
was
afflicted
from
his
Youth
,
and
the
Church
in
Affliction
four
hundred
years
at
once
?
How
then
are
their
Afflictions
short
?
Answ.
This
for
a
moment
,
or
short
time
,
must
be
understood
comparatively
also
;
Our
Afflictions
are
short
,
and
for
a
moment
,
in
comparison
of
what
the
Damned
must
suffer
;
for
their
Death
is
eternal
,
their
Destruction
is
everlasting
,
everlasting
Damnation
in
Hell
,
the
Fire
never
goeth
out
,
the
Worm
never
dyeth
.
But
especially
,
our
Afflictions
here
are
short
,
as
well
as
light
in
comparison
of
that
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
Glory
,
that
the
Saints
shall
possess
hereafter
.
Observe
the
Antithesis
,
or
opposition
here
in
the
Text
,
which
duly
considered
,
and
Faith
acted
on
it
,
is
enough
to
support
a
Christian
under
all
his
Troubles
.
Mark
it
well
.
For
Afflictions
here
,
he
shall
have
Glory
hereafter
;
for
light
Afflictions
he
shall
have
a
weight
of
Glory
;
for
short
Afflictions
an
eternal
weight
of
Glory
;
yea
,
a
far
m●●e
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
Glory
:
in
comparison
of
which
Afflictions
,
all
our
Afflictions
may
well
be
termed
light
and
short
.
Let
us
seriously
consider
how
strangely
and
wonderfully
the
Happiness
of
Suffering
Saints
is
here
set
out
by
the
Apostle
.
1.
It
is
Glory
,
it
is
Glory
that
they
shall
receive
hereafter
,
a
Crown
of
Glory
,
that
fadeth
not
away
.
It
is
Glory
that
they
seek
for
,
Rom.
2.
6
,
7.
and
it
is
Glory
they
shall
have
.
Here
in
this
World
the
poor
Christian
meets
with
shame
and
dishonour
,
laden
with
Reproaches
,
made
the
off-scouring
of
all
things
,
trodden
down
as
Mire
in
the
Streets
,
the
Song
of
Drunkards
;
but
hereafter
they
shall
be
advanced
to
Glory
:
what
this
Glory
imports
,
I
shall
enquire
hereafter
.
It
is
surely
a
Soul-supporting
,
a
Soul-satisfying
thing
.
2.
It
is
a
weight
of
Glory
:
Not
a
grain
or
scruple
,
(
though
a
little
of
this
Glory
will
abundantly
recompense
all
our
Sufferings
in
the
way
to
it
)
but
it
is
a
weight
of
Glory
,
enough
to
fill
all
the
Faculties
of
the
whole
Soul
,
enough
to
satisfie
the
vast
Desires
of
the
Mind
,
which
the
whole
Creation
cannot
do
;
yea
,
enough
to
sink
the
Soul
under
the
weight
of
it
,
did
not
the
Almighty
Power
of
God
uphold
it
.
3.
It
is
eternal
also
:
The
glorified
Saints
shall
never
be
unglorified
again
:
it
is
everlasting
Glory
.
4.
It
is
an
exceeding
weight
of
Glory
:
surmounting
,
surpassing
,
and
transcending
,
not
only
our
Merits
,
but
our
Desires
,
our
Thoughts
and
Imaginations
,
Ephes.
3.
20.
and
of
which
it
may
be
said
,
as
the
Apostle
speaks
of
the
Mysteries
of
the
Gospel
,
that
it
never
entred
into
the
heart
of
man
to
conceive
,
1
Cor.
2.
9.
5.
It
is
a
more
exceeding
:
it
is
a
marvellous
Glory
;
what
a
Climax
,
what
a
Gradation
is
here
!
6.
A
far
more
exceeding
:
it
exceeds
all
our
Desires
,
all
our
Thoughts
,
it
is
more
than
we
can
ask
or
think
;
it
exceeds
all
our
Doings
,
all
our
Sufferings
,
more
than
Heaven
exceeds
Earth
,
or
Light
Darkness
,
or
any
thing
we
can
imagine
:
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
.
This
Glory
is
excellent
,
uper-excellent
,
beyond
all
measure
excellent
.
Now
,
in
comparison
of
this
excellent
Glory
,
all
our
present
Sufferings
are
but
light
and
short
;
and
if
so
,
is
there
any
reason
the
Saints
should
faint
under
them
,
but
rather
to
bear
up
,
and
be
of
good
courage
?
3.
The
third
Branch
of
this
Argument
is
,
the
Influence
that
these
short
and
light
Afflictions
have
upon
this
Glory
,
or
the
Reference
they
have
unto
it
,
or
Tendency
towards
it
;
and
that
is
very
considerable
,
and
it
is
this
:
Those
Afflictions
work
for
us
this
transcendent
Glory
.
It
is
no
where
said
,
that
Honours
,
or
Pleasures
,
or
Riches
work
for
us
this
Glory
,
but
Afflications
work
it
;
that
is
,
the
only-wise
God
,
who
can
bring
Light
out
of
Darkness
,
Sweet
out
of
Bitter
,
Good
out
of
Evil
;
even
He
so
ordereth
and
blesseth
all
the
Afflictions
of
his
People
to
them
,
that
they
become
singularly
useful
,
and
influential
,
to
work
out
for
them
this
Glory
:
but
not
as
the
Papists
hold
,
who
abuse
this
as
they
do
other
Scriptures
,
concluding
hence
,
that
the
Saints
Sufferings
,
as
well
as
their
Doings
,
do
merit
Glory
;
for
this
was
not
St.
Paul's
meaning
,
because
he
speaks
to
the
contrary
,
Rom.
8.
18
,
I
reckon
that
the
sufferings
of
this
present
life
are
not
worthy
to
be
compared
with
the
glory
that
is
to
be
revealed
.
Glory
is
Christ's
Purchace
,
not
Man's
Merit
.
But
Afflictions
work
for
us
this
Glory
,
by
way
of
Preparation
for
it
,
as
a
way
and
means
(
though
not
the
only
and
principal
)
which
our
gracious
God
appoints
,
ordereth
,
and
sanctifieth
,
to
fit
and
prepare
his
People
,
for
that
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
.
It
was
by
the
way
of
Suffering
that
our
Lord
,
the
Lord
of
Glory
,
went
to
his
Glory
,
Luk.
24.
26.
Heb.
2.
10.
And
therefore
,
seeing
Afflictions
have
such
a
reference
,
subserviency
,
and
tendency
to
Glory
,
that
they
are
made
useful
to
fit
and
prepare
us
for
this
most
blessed
,
most
excellent
state
of
Happiness
and
Glory
,
we
faint
not
under
them
,
but
rather
we
are
encouraged
and
strengthned
by
the
consideration
of
their
tendency
to
prepare
us
for
our
eternal
Happiness
.
Now
let
us
put
all
these
pieces
together
,
and
they
will
yield
us
this
comfortable
Doctrinal
Conclusion
,
viz.
Doct.
That
the
light
and
short
Afflictions
of
the
People
of
God
here
in
this
World
,
are
singularly
useful
to
work
them
for
,
and
to
work
for
them
,
a
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
Glory
in
the
World
to
come
.
This
is
so
plainly
asserted
here
by
the
Apostle
,
I
need
not
stand
to
prove
it
;
all
I
have
to
do
,
is
to
demonstrate
,
and
shew
,
how
those
light
and
short
Afflictions
of
God's
People
,
are
thus
singularly
useful
and
influential
to
work
them
for
,
and
to
work
for
them
,
this
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
;
which
,
by
the
assistance
of
God
,
I
shall
endeavour
to
do
.
But
before
I
begin
this
,
it
may
not
be
amiss
to
say
a
little
(
and
I
can
say
but
a
little
,
a
very
little
,
for
I
know
very
little
)
of
this
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
:
And
shall
I
speak
before
I
know
?
Lord
,
open
my
Understanding
,
and
pardon
any
Ignorance
.
By
this
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
,
I
understand
,
all
that
wonderful
Happiness
and
Blessedness
,
which
the
great
and
glorious
God
hath
prepared
for
,
and
promised
unto
his
Children
,
and
which
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
,
by
his
precious
Blood
and
Passion
,
hath
purchased
for
them
,
which
chiefly
consists
in
their
advancement
and
admission
into
the
nearest
enjoyment
of
the
great
and
glorious
God
,
the
Chiefest
Good
,
to
be
ever
with
the
Lord
,
to
see
his
Face
,
to
know
him
as
we
are
known
of
him
,
to
live
for
ever
with
him
,
partaking
of
his
Glory
to
their
everlasting
Consolation
.
But
,
alas
!
how
short
and
shallow
are
my
Apprehensions
of
what
I
am
writing
?
If
it
did
not
appear
to
the
beloved
1
Joh.
3.
2.
Disciple
,
what
Happiness
the
Saints
should
be
advanced
to
,
at
the
last
,
but
only
in
general
,
that
when
Christ
appears
,
we
shall
be
like
him
:
No
marvel
if
such
a
poor
blind
Worm
as
I
know
so
little
;
yet
some
glimpses
we
have
in
the
Glass
of
the
Gospel
,
whereby
we
may
come
to
a
little
dark
Knowledge
,
and
a
slight
taste
of
this
Glory
.
It
is
the
Souls
enjoyment
of
God
,
the
chief
Good
,
and
that
is
the
sum
and
substance
of
all
Happiness
and
Blessedness
;
this
is
called
,
Seeing
God
,
Matth.
5.
8.
Psal.
17.
15.
Revel.
22.
4.
Beholding
the
glory
of
Christ
,
John
17.
24.
Seeing
God
face
to
face
;
that
is
,
as
far
as
Creatures
are
capable
.
See
the
Prayer
of
Christ
,
which
doth
notably
express
this
weight
of
Glory
,
Joh.
17.
21
,
22
,
23.
That
they
all
may
be
one
,
as
thou
father
art
in
me
,
and
I
in
thee
,
that
they
also
may
be
one
in
us
;
and
the
glory
which
thou
gavest
me
,
I
have
given
them
,
that
they
may
be
one
,
even
as
we
are
one
:
I
in
them
,
and
thou
in
me
,
that
they
may
be
made
perfect
in
one
;
that
the
world
may
know
that
thou
hast
loved
them
as
thou
hast
loved
me
.
What
can
be
more
desired
?
Here
is
a
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
Glory
indeed
;
a
real
Union
of
the
Saints
with
the
Blessed
God
,
and
the
Blessed
Jesus
,
such
a
Union
as
is
between
the
Head
and
the
Members
,
and
between
Husband
and
Wife
;
yea
,
such
as
is
between
God
and
Christ
,
and
a
participation
of
the
same
Glory
that
Christ
himself
doth
possess
,
and
an
enjoyment
of
the
same
Love
that
Christ
himself
doth
enjoy
;
yea
,
the
Saints
shall
then
be
made
like
unto
Christ
,
both
in
Soul
and
Body
.
Lord
,
help
me
to
believe
all
this
,
and
to
be
fully
perswaded
of
it
,
that
my
Heart
may
be
kindly
affected
,
and
filled
with
enflamed
affections
towards
my
Blessed
Jesus
,
who
hath
purchased
all
this
Glory
for
us
with
his
most
precious
Blood
:
Oh
,
let
me
attain
the
full
assurance
of
my
true
Title
thereto
,
that
I
may
praise
thee
,
and
may
long
for
the
full
possession
of
it
:
O
my
base
unbelieving
Heart
!
Lord
,
subdue
my
unbelief
:
Oh
,
what
pains
should
we
take
to
be
assured
of
this
Glory
?
and
,
how
patiently
and
cheerfully
should
we
bear
our
Afflictions
,
that
are
designed
to
prepare
us
for
it
?
But
I
cannot
break
off
here
.
This
weight
of
Glory
is
,
by
the
Holy
Ghost
,
in
the
Scripture
represented
to
us
,
by
all
the
most
excellent
and
delightful
things
among
Men
,
speaking
to
our
Capacities
,
and
after
the
manner
of
Men.
Hence
it
is
called
a
Kingdom
;
It
is
your
Father's
good
pleasure
(
saith
our
Lord
)
to
give
you
a
Kingdom
:
I
appoint
unto
you
a
kingdom
,
as
my
Father
hath
appointed
unto
me
a
kingdom
.
The
Kingdom
of
Heaven
,
a
Kingdom
that
cannot
be
moved
;
a
Kingdom
of
Glory
;
a
Crown
of
Glory
,
that
fadeth
not
away
;
a
Crown
of
Righteousness
;
a
Crown
of
Life
:
Christ
hath
made
us
Kings
and
Priests
to
God
.
Here
in
this
World
the
Saints
have
the
Cross
,
Fire
,
Faggot
,
Halters
,
Gibbets
,
&c.
let
them
wait
but
a
while
,
and
they
shall
hear
the
Judge
of
the
whole
World
say
unto
them
,
Come
ye
blessed
of
my
Father
,
enter
into
the
kingdom
prepared
for
you
from
the
beginning
of
the
world
.
Now
you
are
abused
,
reproached
,
imprisoned
,
impoverished
,
despised
;
shortly
you
shall
all
be
crowned
.
This
Glory
is
called
the
Inheritance
of
the
Saints
in
light
,
an
Inheritance
incorruptible
and
undefiled
,
that
fadeth
not
away
,
reserved
in
Heaven
for
you
:
You
that
now
may
have
no
House
nor
Home
of
your
own
,
no
certain
Dwelling-place
;
and
you
that
now
dwell
in
Houses
of
Clay
,
tottering
every
moment
,
being
the
Children
of
God
,
you
shall
shortly
enter
into
everlasting
Habitations
,
and
possess
those
glorious
Mansions
in
the
Father's
House
;
you
shall
shortly
inhabit
that
House
not
made
with
hands
,
eternal
in
the
Heavens
:
God
hath
prepared
for
you
a
City
that
hath
Foundations
of
his
own
building
and
making
:
Hold
out
Faith
and
Patience
,
you
shall
shortly
be
translated
into
the
Paradise
of
GOD
,
above
the
reach
of
Men
and
Devils
.
Moreover
,
(
for
methinks
it
is
good
to
be
here
)
when
Christ
,
who
is
our
Life
,
shall
appear
,
we
shall
also
appear
with
him
in
Glory
;
with
Palms
in
our
Hands
,
and
Crowns
on
our
Heads
,
and
with
everlasting
Joy
and
Songs
of
Praises
in
our
Hearts
and
Mouths
.
This
Glory
is
called
Life
,
Everlasting
Life
,
Eternal
Salvation
,
Everlasting
Peace
,
and
Everlasting
Rest
,
the
purchased
Possession
,
that
which
cost
the
most
precious
Blood
of
the
only
Son
of
God
to
procure
,
surely
it
must
be
a
far
more
exceeding
weight
of
Glory
,
that
cost
such
a
price
;
this
Glory
is
the
Fruit
of
Christ's
Blood
,
and
of
all
his
cruel
Sufferings
:
Oh
,
that
some
Beams
of
it
might
be
darted
in
upon
my
dark
Heart
by
the
Spirit
,
while
I
am
writing
this
,
to
quicken
and
enlarge
it
.
It
is
Everlasting
Rest
,
—
Rest
from
all
Sin
,
the
greatest
burden
to
a
gracious
Soul
;
and
from
all
Sufferings
;
from
all
doubts
of
God's
love
;
from
all
sense
of
God's
Displeasure
;
from
all
Temptations
of
Satan
,
of
the
World
and
Flesh
;
Rest
from
all
Persecutions
:
Now
they
that
have
suffered
with
Christ
,
shall
be
glorified
with
him
;
no
Prisons
,
Banishments
,
Burnings
,
Hangings
,
Quarterings
,
then
;
Rest
from
all
our
sad
and
sinful
Divisions
,
and
from
all
our
personal
Sufferings
,
Pains
,
Diseases
,
Losses
of
dear
Relations
,
ill
Tydings
;
Rest
from
all
Vain
Thoughts
,
from
all
the
pain
of
Duty
,
from
all
our
Labours
.
Let
us
a
little
further
consider
,
I.
The
Preparatives
to
this
Glory
;
and
,
II.
The
Properties
of
it
,
that
so
our
Hearts
may
be
the
more
affected
with
it
,
and
the
more
carried
out
with
all
Love
and
Desires
after
him
that
purchased
it
for
us
,
and
with
all
labour
and
diligence
to
secure
our
title
to
it
;
and
may
also
the
better
bear
all
our
Afflictions
,
which
prepare
us
for
it
,
and
lead
us
to
it
.
I.
Of
the
Preparations
to
this
Glory
;
and
these
are
,
1.
The
glorious
appearing
of
the
great
God
,
and
our
Saviour
Jesus
Christ
,
Tit.
2.
13.
Our
blessed
Lord
will
most
certainly
come
again
from
Heaven
,
with
Power
and
great
Glory
,
attended
by
his
mighty
Angels
,
to
receive
his
People
to
himself
,
that
where
he
is
,
there
they
may
be
also
,
Joh.
14.
3.
to
be
glorified
in
his
Saints
,
and
to
be
admired
in
all
those
that
believe
,
2
Thess.
1.
10.
Alas
,
what
Comfort
should
we
have
in
this
life
,
if
it
were
not
for
the
Hope
of
Christ's
second
coming
?
He
will
not
leave
us
here
still
,
sinning
,
suffering
,
groaning
,
dying
;
no
,
no
,
the
day
of
our
full
Redemption
will
come
;
our
Lord
will
come
again
,
and
set
all
his
poor
Captives
free
;
but
a
little
while
,
and
he
that
shall
come
will
come
,
and
will
not
tarry
;
He
will
come
for
our
Salvation
,
Heb.
9.
28.
And
for
our
great
Comfort
,
let
us
know
and
believe
,
that
however
we
now
live
as
Lambs
amongst
Wolves
,
when
our
glorious
Lord
Jesus
,
the
Lord
of
Glory
,
and
the
Prince
of
the
Kings
of
the
Earth
,
the
chief
Shepherd
shall
appear
,
we
shall
receive
a
crown
of
glory
,
that
fedeth
not
away
,
1
Pet.
5.
4.
It
should
be
then
the
Character
of
a
Christian
,
as
it
is
his
Duty
to
love
,
to
long
,
and
look
and
wait
for
the
Son
of
God
from
●eaven
,
even
Jesus
,
whom
he
raised
from
the
dead
,
which
by
bearing
the
most
dreadful
Wrath
of
his
Father
,
hath
delivered
us
from
the
Wrath
to
come
,
1
Thess.
1.
10.
Act.
1.
12.
And
while
we
are
on
Earth
,
we
should
have
our
conversations
in
Heaven
,
and
from
thence
look
for
the
Saviour
,
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
,
who
shall
change
our
vile
bodies
,
and
make
them
like
his
glorious
body
,
Phil.
3.
20
,
21.
being
assured
,
that
then
we
shall
receive
that
Crown
of
Righteousness
,
which
the
righteous
Judge
shall
give
at
that
day
,
to
all
those
that
love
his
appearing
,
2
Tin.
4.
8.
Oh
then
,
seeing
we
look
for
such
things
,
what
manner
of
persons
ought
we
to
be
,
in
all
manner
of
holy
Conversation
and
Godliness
,
giving
all
diligence
,
that
we
may
be
found
of
him
in
Peace
,
without
spot
,
and
blameless
?
O
,
what
unspeakable
Comfort
will
the
Coming
of
Christ
bring
to
all
his
poor
suffering
Saints
,
the
fore-thoughts
of
which
should
support
us
under
all
our
present
Troubles
?
Although
,
it
may
be
,
now
we
are
destitute
of
all
Creature-comforts
,
our
Flesh
and
Fleshly
Relations
fail
us
,
our
Outward-man
perisheth
daily
,
our
Bodily
strength
decays
,
our
Friends
fail
us
,
our
own
Hearts
fail
us
,
this
should
comfort
us
,
that
our
Lord
is
gone
to
Heaven
,
to
prepare
a
place
for
us
,
and
he
is
now
preparing
us
for
that
place
,
by
his
Spirit
,
by
his
Word
and
Rod
;
and
when
he
hath
prepared
us
,
he
will
come
again
,
and
take
us
to
himself
,
that
where
he
is
,
we
may
be
also
;
And
where
is
that
,
but
at
his
Father's
right
hand
,
in
Glory
?
Col.
3.
3
,
4.
2.
The
second
Preparative
to
this
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
Glory
,
is
,
that
great
and
glorious
Work
of
Christ
,
in
raising
our
Bodies
from
the
Dust
,
and
uniting
them
again
to
our
Souls
;
the
wonderful
Effect
of
Almighty
Power
and
Love
.
Read
1
Cor.
15.
1
Thess.
4.
15.
Death
shall
not
dissolve
the
Union
between
Christ
and
us
;
not
turn
away
his
Affections
from
us
;
but
in
the
morning
of
Eternity
he
will
send
his
Angels
,
yea
,
come
himself
,
and
roll
away
the
Stone
,
and
unseal
our
Graves
,
and
awake
us
out
of
our
long
sleep
,
and
call
us
forth
,
to
receive
our
own
Souls
again
;
and
,
oh
what
a
joyful
Meeting
will
that
be
?
and
,
what
unspeakable
comfort
will
that
produce
?
The
Devil
had
the
power
of
Death
till
he
was
overcome
by
Death
,
Heb.
2.
14
,
15.
but
he
that
liveth
,
and
was
dead
,
and
is
alive
for
evermore
,
hath
now
the
Keys
of
Death
and
Hell
,
Rev.
1.
18.
The
Saints
Resurrection
to
Glory
is
only
the
fruit
of
Christ's
Death
,
and
this
fruit
they
shall
certainly
partake
of
.
The
Promise
is
sure
,
Joh.
5.
28.
All
that
are
in
the
graves
shall
hear
his
voice
and
come
forth
.
Joh.
6.
39.
And
this
is
the
Father's
will
which
hath
sent
Christ
,
that
of
all
which
he
hath
given
him
,
he
should
lose
nothing
,
but
should
raise
it
up
at
the
last
day
.
So
Ver.
40.
Joh.
14.
19.
As
sure
as
Christ
is
risen
,
we
shall
rise
also
;
because
he
lives
,
we
shall
live
also
:
Besides
this
mortal
life
we
now
live
,
we
have
a
life
that
's
hid
with
Christ
in
God
,
And
when
Christ
,
who
is
our
life
,
shall
appear
,
then
shall
we
also
appear
with
him
in
glory
,
Col.
3.
3
,
4.
Oh
then
,
beloved
Fellow-christians
,
Let
us
be
stedfast
,
unmovable
,
alwaies
abounding
in
the
work
of
the
Lord
,
forasmuch
as
we
know
our
labour
shall
not
be
in
vain
in
the
Lord
.
Let
us
never
look
at
the
Grave
,
but
let
us
look
to
the
Resurrection
beyond
it
.
Let
us
contentedly
commit
these
Carcasses
to
the
Dust
,
that
dark
Prison
shall
not
long
contain
them
:
Let
us
lye
down
in
Peace
,
and
take
our
Rest
,
it
will
not
be
an
everlasting
Night
,
nor
endless
Sleep
;
no
,
no
,
there
will
come
a
most
joyful
and
glorious
Morning
.
What
if
we
go
out
of
the
Stirs
and
Troubles
of
this
World
,
and
enter
into
those
Chambers
of
Dust
,
and
the
Doors
be
shut
upon
us
,
and
we
hide
our selves
,
as
it
were
for
a
little
moment
,
until
the
indignation
be
overpast
;
as
sure
as
we
awake
in
the
morning
,
after
we
have
slept
out
the
night
,
so
sure
shall
we
then
awake
.
And
what
if
in
the
Grave
we
become
loathsome
Dust
,
cast
out
of
the
sight
of
Men
,
as
not
fit
to
be
endured
among
the
Living
?
What
if
our
Bones
be
digged
up
,
and
scattered
about
the
Pits
brink
,
and
Worms
consume
our
Flesh
yet
we
know
our
Redeemer
liveth
,
and
we
shall
see
him
with
these
Eyes
:
And
why
should
we
be
loth
to
lay
down
these
Bodies
of
Flesh
,
how
comely
or
fair
soever
they
are
,
they
have
been
but
the
Prisons
of
our
Souls
,
Clogs
and
Hinderances
to
our
Souls
in
the
Work
of
God
,
and
Way
to
Heaven
.
What
care
,
labour
,
grief
and
sorrow
have
they
cost
us
?
How
many
a
weary
,
painful
,
tedious
Day
and
Night
?
Grudge
not
,
O
my
Soul
,
that
God
should
disburthen
thee
of
all
this
,
and
free
thee
from
thy
Fetters
,
and
break
open
thy
Prison
door
;
remember
that
when
this
Earthly
House
of
thy
Tabernacle
is
dissolved
,
thou
hast
a
Building
of
God
,
an
House
not
made
with
hands
,
eternal
in
the
Heavens
.
O
my
Soul
!
labour
now
to
have
thy
part
in
the
first
Resurrection
;
now
labour
to
get
into
Christ
,
and
to
live
in
him
by
Faith
and
Love
;
now
labour
to
know
,
O
my
Soul
!
the
Power
of
his
Death
and
Resurrection
,
in
thy
dying
to
Sin
,
and
living
to
Righteousness
;
now
act
thy
Faith
on
Jesus
,
and
thy
Love
to
him
,
and
let
Jesus
live
in
thee
,
and
manifest
his
Life
in
thy
mortal
Flesh
,
and
let
thy
Thoughts
and
Affections
be
set
on
things
above
;
let
thy
Conversation
be
in
Heaven
,
and
let
thy
Heart
be
where
thy
Treasure
is
;
now
live
to
him
that
dyed
for
thee
,
and
rose
again
,
and
then
fear
not
Death
,
but
be
confident
,
that
as
sure
as
Jesus
dyed
,
and
rose
again
,
so
sure
shall
all
they
that
sleep
in
Jesus
rise
also
;
and
that
,
altho'
thy
Body
be
sown
in
Dishonour
,
it
shall
be
raised
in
Glory
,
1
Cor.
15.
43.
This
is
the
Second
Preparative
.
3.
The
Third
Preparative
to
this
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
Glory
,
is
that
great
Assize
,
and
general
Judgment
,
when
the
Lord
Jesus
shall
sit
upon
the
Throne
of
his
Glory
,
with
all
the
innumerable
Host
of
glorious
Angels
about
him
,
and
all
the
Sons
and
Daughters
of
Men
that
ever
lived
upon
Earth
shall
stand
before
him
,
Rom.
2.
16.
&
14.
10.
to
be
judged
by
him
,
and
to
receive
their
final
Doom
,
Rev.
20.
12
,
13.
Matth.
25.
31.
at
which
time
there
will
be
made
an
exact
separation
between
the
Sheep
and
the
Goats
,
between
the
precious
and
the
vile
,
and
then
the
Saints
shall
be
first
acquitted
and
justified
,
and
then
with
Christ
shall
judge
the
World
.
Those
that
have
truly
repented
,
and
sincerely
believed
in
the
Lord
Jesus
;
they
that
have
chosen
the
Lord
for
their
God
,
and
Chief
Good
,
and
Portion
,
placing
all
their
Happiness
in
him
,
and
have
unfeignedly
accepted
of
the
Lord
Jesus
for
their
only
Lord
and
Saviour
,
and
have
unfeignedly
given
themselves
wholy
up
to
his
Government
by
his
Word
and
Spirit
,
and
entred
cordiasly
into
Covenant
with
him
,
and
became
entirely
his
,
these
shall
sit
on
his
Right
hand
;
these
have
often
judged
themselves
i●
Heart-breaking
Confessions
,
and
therefore
shall
not
be
then
judged
to
Condemnation
by
the
Lord
,
for
there
is
no
condemnation
to
them
that
are
in
Christ
Jesus
,
who
walk
not
after
the
flesh
,
hut
after
the
spirit
;
Rom.
8.
1.
Who
shall
lay
any
thing
to
the
charge
of
God's
Elect
?
Shall
the
Law
?
These
are
not
under
the
Law
,
but
under
Grace
,
their
Surely
hath
fulfilled
and
satisfied
the
Law
for
them
;
the
Law
of
the
Spirit
of
Life
,
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus
,
hath
made
us
free
from
the
Law
of
Sin
and
Death
;
it
is
God
that
justifieth
,
who
shall
condemn
?
The
Judge
himself
hath
said
,
That
he
that
believeth
is
him
shall
not
perish
,
but
shall
have
everlasting
life
;
he
shall
not
come
into
condemnation
,
Joh.
3.
16
,
17
,
36.
but
will
say
to
all
such
,
You
have
confessed
me
before
men
,
and
I
will
confess
you
before
my
Father
and
the
holy
Angels
.
This
will
be
the
joyful
day
indeed
,
the
day
of
our
full
Redemption
,
the
time
of
refreshing
indeed
,
the
fore-thoughts
of
this
day
should
support
us
under
all
our
present
Troubles
.
4.
The
Fourth
Preparative
is
;
the
Saints
solemn
Coronation
,
and
receiving
into
the
Kingdom
of
their
Father
:
Now
the
Crown
of
Righteousness
,
of
Life
,
of
Glory
,
which
was
promised
them
from
the
beginning
of
the
World
,
and
purchased
for
them
,
by
the
most
precious
Blood
of
Jesus
,
and
laid
up
in
Heaven
for
them
,
shall
by
the
Lord
,
the
righteous
Judge
,
he
given
them
at
that
day
;
they
have
been
faithful
unto
Death
,
and
therefore
shall
receive
the
Crown
of
Life
.
The
Lord
Jesus
will
then
say
to
all
his
Saints
,
Come
ye
blessed
of
my
Father
,
inherit
the
kingdom
prepared
for
you
from
the
foundation
of
the
world
.
Every
word
is
full
of
joy
and
comfort
.
[
COME
]
will
Christ
say
,
Approach
this
exceeding
Glory
;
come
is
near
as
you
will
,
for
the
way
to
it
is
open
for
you
;
I
have
made
your
passage
plain
by
my
blood
.
Christ
will
not
say
then
,
Come
,
take
up
your
Cross
,
and
follow
●●
;
but
,
Come
now
,
and
receive
your
Crown
.
[
COME
,
YE
BLESSED
.
]
In
the
world
ye
were
accursed
,
but
now
ye
are
blessed
,
and
shall
be
blessed
for
ever
.
[
OF
MY
FATHER
.
]
You
are
the
objects
of
my
Father's
love
,
he
loveth
you
as
he
loveth
me
.
[
INHERIT
.
]
You
are
the
heirs
of
the
promises
,
the
heirs
of
the
kingdom
,
the
heirs
of
salvation
.
No
less
than
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
.
You
shall
reign
with
me
for
ever
and
ever
.
[
PREPARED
]
Eternal
Love
hath
laid
the
Foundation
:
He
prepares
the
Kingdom
for
us
,
and
then
prepares
us
for
the
Kingdom
.
[
FOR
YOU
]
for
you
all
poor
penitent
Believers
,
called
Regenerate
Souls
;
for
all
you
that
received
me
by
Faith
,
and
persevered
therein
to
your
death
.
Thus
much
for
the
Preparatives
to
this
far
more
excceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
Glory
.
II.
Secondly
,
I
shall
speak
a
little
also
of
the
Properties
of
this
Glory
;
but
,
oh
how
short
and
shallow
are
my
Apprehensions
of
this
also
Lord
,
enlighten
my
Understanding
,
and
affect
,
enlarge
,
and
quicken
my
Heart
.
1.
This
glorious
state
of
Happiness
is
called
The
Purchased
Possession
,
Eph.
1.
14.
It
is
the
Fri●●
of
the
Love
and
Blood
of
our
dear
Redeemer
,
whom
we
shall
in
Heaven
behold
and
enjoy
.
We
shall
have
our
Redeemer
alwaies
before
our
Eyes
,
and
the
liveliest
sense
and
freshest
Remembrance
of
that
bleeding-dying-love
,
still
upon
our
Souls
.
Oh
,
how
will
it
fill
our
Souls
with
perpetual
Ravishments
,
to
think
that
in
the
Streams
of
this
Blood
we
have
swam
through
the
violence
of
the
World
,
the
snares
of
the
Devil
,
the
seducements
of
the
Flesh
,
the
curse
of
the
Law
,
the
wrath
of
a●
offended
God
,
the
Accusations
of
a
guilty
Conscience
,
and
the
vexing
doubts
and
fears
of
an
unbelieving
Heart
,
and
are
passed
through
all
,
and
are
safely
arrived
at
the
Bosom
of
God
.
O
think
,
and
think
again
,
what
weight
of
Wo●●
and
Wrath
,
of
Sin
and
Sorrow
,
lay
upon
the
Soul
and
Body
of
our
most
dear
Lord
,
to
purchase
fo●
us
this
exceeding
weight
of
glory
.
His
Soul
was
oppressed
,
exceedingly
oppressed
,
his
Body
broken
his
Blood
shed
,
to
purchase
this
Glory
.
We
value
things
by
the
Price
they
cost
:
If
any
thing
we
enjoy
were
purchased
by
the
Life
of
our
deare●●
Friend
,
how
would
we
esteem
it
?
Certainly
th●
bitter
Death
and
Blood
of
our
Lord
will
everlastingly
sweeten
our
Heavenly
Glory
:
(
Oh
,
that
the
Joy
!
)
we
shall
then
leave
those
Hearts
of
Stone
and
Rock
behind
us
;
the
Sin
that
here
so
close
h●
sets
us
,
and
the
sottish
Unkindness
that
followe●
us
so
long
,
shall
not
be
able
to
follow
us
into
that
Glory
;
but
we
shall
behold
,
as
it
were
,
the
wounds
of
Love
,
with
Eyes
and
Hearts
of
Love
for
ever
.
Now
his
Heart
is
open
to
us
,
and
ours
shut
to
him
;
but
when
his
Heart
is
open
,
and
our
hearts
open
too
,
oh
what
a
weight
of
Joy
will
there
then
be
!
What
a
passionate
meeting
was
there
between
our
new-risen
Lord
and
the
first-sinful
silly
Woman
that
he
appears
unto
?
How
did
Love
struggle
for
expression
?
Mary
!
saith
Christ
:
Master
!
saith
Mary
;
and
presently
she
clasps
about
his
Feet
,
having
her
Heart
as
near
his
Heart
,
as
her
Hands
were
to
his
Feet
.
What
a
meeting
of
Love
then
will
there
be
,
between
the
new-glorified
Saint
,
and
the
glorious
Redeemer
?
But
I
am
here
at
a
loss
,
my
Apprehensions
fail
me
,
and
fall
short
;
only
this
I
believe
,
that
it
will
be
the
singular
Praise
of
our
Glory
,
that
it
was
bought
with
the
price
of
that
Blood
;
and
the
singular
Joy
of
the
Saints
to
behold
the
Purchaser
and
the
Price
,
together
with
the
Possession
.
2.
Secondly
,
This
Glory
also
is
most
free
;
it
was
dear
to
Christ
,
but
free
to
us
:
Silver
and
Gold
could
not
purchase
this
Glory
,
nothing
but
the
precious
Blood
of
the
Son
of
God
;
but
we
have
it
freely
,
for
nothing
,
without
Mony
,
and
without
Price
.
It
's
true
,
this
Glory
is
promised
on
Conditions
,
but
the
Condition
is
but
hearty
Acceptance
,
and
to
take
him
for
our
Lord
,
who
hath
redeemed
us
,
especially
when
the
Condition
is
also
given
,
as
it
is
by
God
to
all
his
Chosen
.
Faith
,
which
is
the
main
Condition
,
is
the
gift
of
God
.
O
the
everlasting
admiration
which
must
needs
surprize
the
Saints
,
to
think
of
the
freeness
of
their
Glory
!
O
what
did
the
Lord
see
in
me
,
to
count
me
meet
for
such
a
state
?
That
I
,
a
poor
,
diseased
,
despised
Wretch
,
should
be
cloathed
in
the
brightness
of
this
Glory
!
That
I
,
a
silly
worthless
Worm
,
should
be
advanced
to
this
high
Dignity
!
That
I
,
who
was
but
lately
groaning
,
weeping
,
dying
,
should
now
be
so
full
of
Joy
,
as
my
Heart
can
hold
!
Yea
,
should
be
taken
from
the
Grave
,
where
I
was
rotting
and
stinking
;
and
from
the
Dust
and
Darkness
,
where
I
seemed
forgotten
,
and
here
sit
before
the
Throne
of
God
in
Glory
!
when
the
poor
self-denying
,
self-accusing
,
humble
Soul
,
that
thought
himself
unworthy
the
ground
he
trod
on
,
unworthy
the
air
he
breathed
in
,
unworthy
to
eat
,
drink
,
or
live
;
that
this
Soul
shall
find
himself
wrapt
up
into
Heaven
,
closed
in
the
Arms
of
Christ
,
crowned
with
Glory
,
in
a
moment
!
D●
but
think
with
your selves
what
a
transporting
astonishing
thing
this
will
be
:
surely
our
Unworthiness
shall
not
hinder
our
Glory
.
God
hath
chosen
the
Poor
of
this
World
,
rich
in
Faith
,
to
be
Heirs
of
that
Kingdom
.
Grace
is
most
free
,
so
is
Glory
:
As
we
pay
nothing
for
our
Pardon
,
so
nothing
for
our
Glory
.
What
an
astonishing
thought
will
it
be
,
to
think
of
the
unmeasurable
difference
between
our
Deservings
and
our
Receivings
,
between
the
state
we
should
have
been
in
,
and
the
state
we
are
in
?
to
look
down
upon
Hell
,
and
see
the
vast
difference
between
us
and
them
?
to
see
the
Inheritance
,
which
we
were
born
to
,
so
different
from
that
we
are
adopted
to
!
O
,
what
pangs
of
Love
will
it
cause
within
us
,
to
think
,
yonder
in
that
dreadful
place
,
in
those
Lakes
of
Fire
and
Brimstone
,
was
my
native
place
,
my
deserved
Portion
,
those
unquenchable
Flames
should
have
lain
on
me
,
that
never-dying
Worm
should
have
fed
on
me
!
But
that
unsearchable
rich
Grace
,
and
infinite
Love
in
God
,
through
the
most
precious
Blood
of
my
Redeemer
,
I
am
delivered
from
that
place
of
Torment
.
Eternal
Life
is
the
Gift
of
God
,
through
Jesus
Christ
my
Lord
:
Did
not
I
neglect
Grace
,
and
make
light
of
the
Offers
of
Life
,
and
slight
my
Redeemer's
Blood
a
long
time
,
as
well
as
those
poor
damned
Souls
?
Did
not
I
waste
my
time
,
forget
my
God
and
my
Soul
,
and
walk
after
the
Flesh
,
as
well
as
they
?
Was
not
I
born
in
Sin
●nd
Wrath
,
as
well
as
they
?
Or
,
who
made
me
to
●iffer
?
Should
I
ever
have
loved
God
,
if
he
had
not
first
loved
me
?
Or
ever
been
willing
,
if
he
had
not
made
me
willing
?
Had
not
I
been
in
those
●ames
,
if
I
had
my
own
way
,
and
if
he
had
let
me
●lone
to
my
own
will
?
Oh
,
how
free
was
all
this
●nfinite
Love
,
and
how
free
is
this
Crown
of
Glory
,
that
so
glorious
a
Crown
should
be
set
on
the
Head
of
so
vile
a
Creature
?
3.
The
third
Property
of
this
Glory
is
,
that
it
shall
be
fully
satisfying
and
contenting
,
for
it
is
a
weight
of
Glory
,
an
exceeding
weight
of
Glory
:
It
shall
be
a
perfect
freedom
from
all
Evil
,
and
a
perfect
fruiti●ns
of
all
Good
:
This
Glory
shall
be
perfectly
sui●●ed
to
our
Natures
;
for
,
as
here
in
this
Life
every
gracious
Soul
is
made
partaker
of
the
Divine
Nature
,
of
the
Life
of
God
in
some
measure
,
and
made
like
Christ
in
some
degree
;
so
in
the
Life
to
come
he
shall
have
a
Nature
more
fully
like
God
,
his
holy
Image
more
fully
printed
on
him
,
and
made
more
fully
like
Christ
:
When
he
shall
appear
,
we
shall
see
him
as
he
is
,
and
we
shall
be
like
him
,
●
Job
.
3.
2.
When
we
awake
,
at
the
glorious
morning
of
the
Resurrection
,
we
shall
be
satisfied
with
his
likeness
,
Psal.
17.
15.
This
Glory
shall
be
perfectly
suited
also
to
the
Desires
of
the
Saints
;
then
the
So
shall
have
all
that
Heart
can
wish
,
all
that
ever
thou
(
O
poor
believing
Soul
)
didst
ever
pray
or
labor
for
,
there
thou
shalt
find
:
thou
wouldst
rather
have
God
in
Christ
,
than
all
the
World
;
why
,
there
thou
shalt
have
him
.
O
,
what
wouldst
thou
give
for
the
Assurance
of
his
Love
?
Why
,
there
thou
shalt
have
Assurance
beyond
all
suspicion
;
yea
,
thou
shalt
have
infinitely
more
than
thou
canst
desire
.
This
Glory
is
suited
also
to
all
the
Necessities
of
the
Saints
;
it
will
make
a
full
supply
to
all
our
wants
,
for
it
is
an
exceeding
weight
of
Glory
.
My
God
shall
supply
all
your
need
with
the
riches
of
his
glory
in
Jesus
Christ
,
Phil.
4.
19.
Here
in
this
World
we
are
always
complaining
of
Wants
;
for
Soulor
Body
,
or
both
,
we
want
Grace
,
want
Peace
and
Comfort
;
we
want
Health
and
Friends
;
nothing
but
Wants
:
But
when
once
we
come
to
possess
this
exceeding
weight
of
Glory
,
we
shall
have
no
more
cause
to
complain
of
Wants
;
we
shall
never
want
any
thing
for
ever
,
for
we
shall
be
filled
with
all
the
Fulness
of
God
;
we
shall
ever
be
with
the
Lord
,
and
dwell
in
his
presence
for
ever
,
in
whose
presence
is
fulness
of
Joy
,
and
at
whose
right
hand
are
Pleasures
for
evermore
.
Solomon
said
,
That
Mary
answereth
all
things
;
I
am
sure
that
Glory
will
answer
all
things
.
4.
Fourthly
,
This
Glory
is
incorruptible
,
1
Cor.
9.
25.
This
is
an
Inheritance
incorruptible
and
undefiled
,
1
Pet.
1.
4.
We
shall
then
have
Joy
without
any
mixture
of
Sorrow
,
Rest
without
Weariness
As
there
is
no
mixture
of
Corruption
with
our
Graces
then
,
so
no
mixture
of
Sufferings
with
our
Solace
.
Our
best
Comforts
here
are
mixed
with
Crosses
;
we
have
no
Flower
without
Prickles
Our
best
Wine
is
mixed
with
Water
,
and
some
times
with
Vinegar
and
Gall.
We
are
now
sometimes
even
at
the
gates
of
Heaven
,
and
presently
almost
as
low
as
Hell
.
Today
we
are
well
,
to
morrow
sick
;
to
day
in
credit
,
to
morrow
in
disgrace
;
to
day
have
Friends
,
to
morrow
none
.
The
only
thing
that
corrupts
and
imbitters
our
sweetest
Comforts
here
,
is
our
Sins
,
and
God's
hiding
his
Face
from
us
,
for
our
Sins
.
It
is
Sin
that
puts
Gall
and
Wormwood
into
all
our
pleasant
Cups
;
but
when
we
shall
receive
that
exceeding
weight
of
Glory
;
we
shall
sin
no
more
for
ever
.
Hark
,
O
my
Soul
,
the
best
News
that
ever
thou
heardst
,
since
that
greatest
good
news
of
a
Saviour
;
the
time
is
coming
,
when
thou
shalt
sin
no
more
,
Rev.
21.
27.
then
Saints
are
Saints
indeed
,
Eph.
5.
27.
O
poor
Believer
,
if
it
were
put
to
thy
choice
,
wouldst
thou
not
rather
chuse
to
be
freed
from
Sin
,
than
to
be
made
Heir
of
all
the
World
?
Wait
till
then
,
and
thou
shalt
have
thy
desire
.
That
hard
,
earthly
,
carnal
Heart
,
that
thou
hast
so
often
complain'd
of
to
the
Lord
;
those
vain
and
vile
Thoughts
,
which
did
lye
down
and
rise
with
thee
,
shall
trouble
thee
no
more
:
Oh
,
blessed
state
,
blessed
time
!
5.
And
Lastly
,
It
is
an
eternal
weight
of
glory
;
a
Crown
of
Glory
that
fadeth
not
away
;
that
Life
is
everlasting
;
there
is
no
more
Death
,
it
is
everlasting
Peace
,
everlasting
Joy
,
Pleasures
for
evermore
,
Eternal
Glory
:
O
blessed
Eternity
!
The
Saints
shall
be
Pillars
in
the
Temple
of
God
,
and
go
no
more
out
for
ever
:
What!
to
be
eternally
blessed
,
to
be
ever
with
the
Lord
?
What
can
my
shallow
Thoughts
conceive
of
this
?
O
happy
Souls
in
Hell
,
if
they
could
escape
after
millions
of
years
!
But
how
infinitely
happy
are
those
in
Heaven
,
that
shall
live
there
eternally
!
O
this
amazing
,
this
astonishing
word
Eternity
!
O
my
Soul
,
study
this
word
[
Everlasting
;
]
methinks
it
should
revive
thee
in
thy
deepest
Agony
:
Thy
Heaviness
shall
endure
but
for
a
night
;
God
will
hide
his
Face
but
for
a
moment
;
thy
Afflictions
are
but
light
and
short
,
thy
Temptation
shall
be
but
an
hour
,
thy
Tribulation
but
ten
days
,
but
thou
shalt
receive
a
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
.
Believe
this
,
O
my
Soul
,
and
let
thy
Heart
break
and
melt
,
that
thou
art
no
more
affected
with
that
eternal
Love
that
purchased
this
eternal
Glory
for
thee
:
For
ever
adore
and
admire
eternal
Love
and
Grace
,
and
double
thy
Diligence
,
to
secure
thy
title
to
this
eternal
weight
of
glory
;
and
live
in
the
Love
,
and
in
the
high
Praises
of
thy
dear
Redeemer
;
and
patiently
bear
all
thy
Afflictions
,
because
they
are
preparing
thee
for
this
Glory
.
Thus
we
have
seen
a
little
of
the
Preparatives
to
,
and
Properties
of
this
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
;
and
,
alas
!
how
little
do
I
know
of
it
!
Now
,
before
I
proceed
,
let
us
also
enquire
who
shall
be
the
Possessors
of
this
Glory
,
or
what
those
happy
persons
are
,
that
shall
be
made
partakers
of
this
Blessedness
,
that
we
may
know
whether
we
our selves
have
any
title
to
it
,
and
have
any
good
hope
,
through
Grace
,
that
we
shall
one
day
enjoy
it
:
It
will
be
but
small
Comfort
to
hear
of
all
this
Blessedness
and
Happiness
,
if
we
our selves
have
no
right
to
it
.
And
of
this
briefly
.
Certainly
this
most
blessed
state
is
not
for
all
,
not
for
most
,
but
only
for
a
few
:
Few
,
saith
our
Lord
,
shall
be
saved
;
and
those
are
the
Children
of
God
,
only
they
are
Heirs
to
this
Glory
,
Rom.
8.
17.
If
Children
,
then
Heirs
,
not
else
;
and
such
we
are
not
by
Nature
,
Joh.
8.
44.
Eph.
2.
2
,
3
,
12.
But
all
that
are
the
Children
of
God
,
are
made
so
by
Grace
;
they
are
made
so
by
Faith
in
Christ
.
Gal.
3.
26.
We
are
all
the
children
of
God
by
faith
in
Jesus
Christ
:
And
if
we
are
Christ's
by
Faith
,
then
are
we
the
Heirs
of
the
Promise
,
ver.
29.
That
is
,
we
are
Heirs
of
this
promised
Glory
.
So
Heb.
6.
17
,
18.
Also
we
are
made
the
Children
of
God
by
Regeneration
,
by
the
blew-birth
.
Full
is
that
Text
,
John
1.
12
,
13.
As
many
as
received
him
,
that
is
Christ
,
to
them
gave
he
power
to
become
the
sons
of
God
,
even
to
as
many
as
believe
in
his
name
:
which
were
born
not
of
blood
,
nor
of
the
will
of
the
flesh
,
nor
of
the
will
of
man
,
but
of
God
.
So
1
Pet.
1.
3
,
4.
we
are
said
to
be
begotten
to
this
Inheritance
.
Jam.
1.
17
,
18.
Of
his
own
will
begat
he
us
,
by
the
word
of
truth
.
So
1
Pet.
1.
23.
And
our
Lord
,
who
is
Truth
it self
,
hath
assured
us
,
that
except
a
man
be
born
again
,
he
can
never
see
the
kingdom
of
God
;
that
is
,
he
shall
never
inherit
this
Glory
.
It
is
prepared
for
none
but
God's
Children
,
and
none
are
his
Children
but
true
Believers
in
Christ
;
none
but
such
as
are
truly
regenerate
,
and
born
again
by
the
Word
and
Spirit
;
now
all
such
as
are
in
Christ
have
his
Spirit
living
and
ruling
in
them
:
Rom.
8.
9.
If
any
man
have
not
the
spirit
of
Christ
,
the
same
is
none
of
his
.
And
,
2
Cor.
5.
17.
If
any
man
be
in
Christ
,
he
is
a
new
creature
;
all
old
things
are
past
away
,
and
all
things
are
become
new
.
And
such
as
are
born
again
,
they
have
the
Image
of
God
repaired
in
them
,
the
Divine
Nature
communicated
to
them
,
the
Life
of
God
planted
in
them
,
and
are
thereby
enabled
to
live
unto
God
,
and
to
walk
as
his
Children
,
in
sincere
Obedience
to
all
his
Commandments
,
in
resemblance
of
their
Heavenly
Father
,
in
most
hearty
and
superiative
love
to
him
,
and
in
an
holy
confidence
in
him
,
and
entire
dependance
on
him
,
as
their
most
gracious
Father
Almighty
,
in
and
through
their
most
dear
Lord
Jesus
Christ
:
These
are
the
Persons
,
and
these
only
,
that
shall
be
advanced
to
this
exceeding
weight
of
glory
.
Moreover
,
we
are
made
the
Children
of
God
by
Covenant
;
God
,
the
All-sufficient
Good
,
of
his
infinite
Love
and
Grace
,
condescends
to
poor
Sinners
,
and
freely
bestows
himself
upon
them
,
becomes
their
God
in
Christ
,
and
takes
them
into
Covenant
with
himself
,
and
makes
them
his
Sons
and
Daughters
,
2
Cor.
6.
17
,
18.
communicating
to
them
his
Spirit
,
working
in
them
all
sanctifying
Graces
,
pardoning
their
Iniquities
,
giving
them
new
Hearts
,
new
Spirits
,
soft
and
tender
Hearts
,
Hearts
to
tremble
at
his
Word
,
to
mourn
for
Sin
,
their
own
and
others
,
tender
of
God's
Honour
,
Hearts
to
love
him
,
Hearts
to
fear
him
,
&c.
and
enabling
them
to
give
up
their
whole
selves
unfeignedly
and
unreservedly
unto
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
,
taking
him
for
their
only
Lord
and
Saviour
,
and
as
the
only
way
and
means
to
bring
them
unto
God
,
and
to
his
glory
,
submitting
themselves
to
his
gracious
government
in
all
things
,
and
trusting
in
him
for
Life
and
Salvation
.
These
are
the
Children
of
God
,
which
shall
certainly
inherit
this
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
.
They
are
the
People
of
God
,
that
shall
possess
this
glory
,
who
are
described
by
a
famous
Divine
,
thus
:
—
They
are
a
part
of
the
Externally
called
,
who
being
by
the
Spirit
of
Christ
throughly
though
imperfectly
regenerate
,
are
hereupon
convinced
,
and
sensible
of
that
evil
i●
Sin
,
that
misery
in
themselves
,
that
vanity
in
the
Creature
,
and
that
necessity
,
sufficiency
,
and
excellency
of
Jesus
Christ
,
that
they
abhor
that
evil
,
bewail
that
misery
,
and
turn
their
Hearts
from
that
vanity
,
and
most
affectionately
accepting
of
Christ
for
their
Saviour
and
Lord
,
to
bring
them
unto
God
the
Chief
Good
,
and
present
them
perfectly
just
before
him
,
do
accordingly
enter
into
a
cordial
Covenant
with
him
,
and
so
deliver
up
themselves
unto
him
,
and
herein
persevere
unto
their
lives
end
.
Now
all
th●
Children
of
God
,
all
the
People
of
God
,
may
be
assured
of
this
glory
;
for
,
First
,
God
hath
ordained
and
prepared
this
glory
for
his
People
:
This
Kingdom
is
prepared
before
the
foundation
of
the
World
,
Mat.
25.
God
hath
predestinated
his
Children
to
this
glorious
Inheritance
,
Eph.
1.
5
,
11.
Rom.
8.
29
,
30.
2
Thess.
2.
13.
God
hath
prepared
for
them
a
City
,
Heb.
11.
16.
1
Cor.
2.
9.
Matt.
20.
23.
The
Saints
are
Vessels
of
Mercy
,
before
prepared
unto
glory
,
Rom.
9.
23.
And
those
,
in
time
,
he
translates
out
of
Satan's
Kingdom
,
into
the
Kingdom
of
his
dear
Son
,
and
by
his
Spirit
of
Grace
,
by
his
Word
of
Grace
,
by
his
Fatherly
Chastisements
,
by
his
Mercies
,
he
doth
by
degrees
make
meet
and
fit
for
this
glorious
Inheritance
with
his
Saints
in
light
,
Col.
1.
12
,
13.
And
surely
,
God's
Counsel
shall
stand
,
and
his
Decrees
be
fulfilled
:
Therefore
blessed
are
they
whose
God
is
the
Lord
,
and
the
people
whom
he
hath
chosen
for
his
Inheritance
,
Psal.
33.
11
,
12.
Secondly
,
This
Glory
is
purchased
also
,
as
was
said
before
:
It
is
alone
by
the
Blood
of
Jesus
,
that
we
have
entrance
into
Heaven
;
therefore
do
the
Saints
sing
forth
his
Praises
,
for
that
he
hath
redeemed
them
out
of
every
Nation
by
his
Blood
,
and
made
them
Kings
and
Priests
to
God
,
Rev.
5.
9
,
10.
So
that
either
Christ
must
lose
the
price
of
his
Blood
and
Sufferings
,
and
never
see
the
Travel
of
his
Soul
,
but
all
his
pain
and
expectations
be
lost
;
or
else
,
for
certain
,
there
remains
for
the
Saints
this
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
.
Thirdly
,
This
Glory
is
promised
also
:
God
,
that
cannot
lye
,
hath
promised
Eternal
Life
,
Tit.
1.
2.
Luk.
12.
32.
&
22.
19.
I
appoint
unto
you
a
kingdom
,
as
my
Father
hath
appointed
unto
me
a
kingdom
.
2
Thess.
1.
7.
Matth.
25.
34.
Jam.
2.
5.
Rev.
2.
7
,
10
,
11
,
17.
Heb.
10.
34.
with
many
other
places
.
So
that
if
the
Purpose
and
Decree
of
God
be
certain
,
if
the
Purchase
of
Christ
be
certain
,
if
the
Promises
of
the
faithful
God
be
certain
,
all
which
are
most
sure
and
certain
,
then
also
it
is
most
sure
and
certain
,
that
the
Children
of
God
shall
most
assuredly
one
day
receive
this
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weigh
of
glory
.
And
now
,
O
my
Soul
!
how
long
shall
thy
foolish
Heart
deceive
thee
?
how
long
wilt
thou
set
thy
Affections
on
things
below
,
upon
lying
dying
Vanities
?
When
wilt
thou
draw
off
,
and
mind
thy
Everlasting
Rest
in
good-earnest
,
and
lay
out
thy self
to
the
utmost
,
to
secure
thy
Title
to
it
?
Lord
,
be
merciful
to
me
,
according
to
thy
loving
kindness
:
and
according
to
the
multitude
of
thy
tender
mercies
,
blot
out
all
my
Transgressions
.
Thus
have
I
said
a
little
concerning
this
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
,
of
the
Preparatives
to
it
,
of
the
Properties
of
it
,
and
of
the
People
that
shall
certainly
possess
it
,
to
their
everlasting
consolation
.
And
what
shall
I
say
now
,
but
that
Shame
should
cover
my
Face
,
and
Sorrow
fill
my
Heart
,
for
that
I
am
so
little
,
oh
!
so
little
affected
with
these
great
things
:
Oh
,
what
a
hard
earthly
Heart
have
I
!
Oh
,
that
all
those
that
shall
read
or
hear
what
I
have
written
,
may
have
their
Hearts
more
affected
with
these
things
,
and
that
they
may
be
perswaded
and
enabled
in
the
strength
of
God
,
to
put
forth
all
their
Power
,
in
the
use
of
all
means
,
while
they
have
time
,
to
be
assured
on
good
grounds
,
that
they
are
the
persons
designed
for
this
Glory
:
And
,
oh
that
you
and
I
would
now
examine
our
Hearts
and
States
about
this
.
Let
us
in
the
presence
of
God
ask
our selves
these
few
serious
Questions
:
Are
we
the
Children
of
God
,
they
only
are
Heirs
to
this
Glory
?
Have
we
,
out
of
a
true
sense
of
our
Sin
and
Misery
,
heartily
accepted
of
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
for
our
only
Lord
and
Saviour
,
really
yielded
up
our
whole
selves
to
his
government
?
Are
we
truly
regenerated
,
our
Natures
changed
,
God's
Image
repaired
on
us
,
and
his
Spirit
living
and
ruling
in
us
?
Do
we
hold
out
the
Life
of
Christ
in
our
Life
,
and
are
we
like
God
?
Have
we
actually
entred
into
Covenant
with
God
in
Christ
,
and
chosen
him
for
our
only
Happiness
and
Portion
,
giving
up
our selves
unfeignedly
to
be
the
Lord's
?
Let
us
deal
uprightly
with
our selves
,
and
if
our
Consciences
can
witness
for
us
,
that
it
is
thus
with
us
,
then
may
we
be
confident
that
all
our
Afflictions
shall
work
and
prepare
us
for
that
Glory
.
I
proceed
now
to
shew
how
those
light
and
short
Afflictions
of
the
People
of
God
in
this
World
,
are
singularly
useful
and
influential
to
work
them
for
,
and
to
work
for
them
this
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
.
And
that
these
waies
.
First
,
By
discovering
,
imbittering
,
curing
,
and
removing
those
things
,
which
undiscovered
,
uncured
,
and
uncleansed
,
would
utterly
deprive
us
of
that
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
.
What
those
things
are
,
you
may
easily
judge
;
they
are
our
Sins
,
our
Corruptions
,
our
Iniquities
,
the
Evils
of
our
Hearts
and
Lives
,
the
filthiness
of
Flesh
and
Spirit
;
these
not
purged
away
,
will
most
certainly
exclude
from
Glory
;
as
,
1
Cor.
6.
9
,
10.
Col.
3.
5
,
6.
Rev.
21.
27.
No
unclean
thing
shall
ever
enter
into
the
New
Jerusalem
.
Now
Afflictions
are
useful
to
discover
Sin
,
to
aggravate
and
imbitter
Sin
,
to
cleanse
and
cure
the
Soul
,
and
so
to
prepare
it
for
Glory
.
(
1.
)
To
discover
Sin
:
Afflictions
enlighten
mens
Eyes
;
One
calls
Afflictions
the
Christian's
Eye-bright
.
Man
is
full
of
Self-love
,
and
this
Love
is
blind
and
blinding
;
and
Man's
Heart
is
deceitful
and
ignorant
,
his
Mind
is
dark
;
Man
is
born
blind
,
spiritually
blind
;
Men
see
not
their
Sin
and
Misery
,
Rev.
3.
17.
until
God
discover
their
Sins
to
them
,
which
He
doth
,
as
by
his
Word
and
Spirit
,
so
by
Afflictions
,
Deut.
8.
2.
Gen.
42.
22.
1
Kin.
17.
18.
God
doth
by
his
Rod
shew
Men
their
Iniquities
.
A
very
Pharoah
sees
,
and
acknowledgeth
his
Sin
in
his
Affliction
:
So
did
the
Jews
,
Isa.
59.
11.
And
it
's
usual
for
men
to
cry
out
on
their
Sins
in
their
Trouble
,
Oh
then
,
my
Pride
,
my
Covetousness
,
my
Prophaneness
,
my
Frowardness
,
&c.
of
which
they
would
not
hear
before
.
(
2ly
.
)
Afflictions
are
very
useful
to
aggravate
and
imbitter
Sin
:
Those
Sins
that
were
sweet
in
time
of
Prosperity
,
and
seemed
small
,
or
nothing
but
Mole-hills
,
as
it
were
,
light
and
little
,
prove
bitter
and
grievous
,
even
as
heavy
as
Mountains
.
Were
not
David's
Sins
so
to
him
?
See
Psal.
38.
3
,
4
,
5.
Our
Lord
Jesus
,
in
Matth.
11.
28
,
29.
maketh
this
sense
of
the
bitterness
of
Sin
,
a
fit
qualification
of
Souls
to
come
to
him
,
that
in
him
they
may
find
Rest
,
which
Rest
is
the
beginning
at
least
of
that
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
.
When
and
where
Sin
is
aggravated
,
and
becomes
bitter
and
burdensome
to
a
Soul
,
then
and
there
Christ
,
Grace
,
and
Glory
becomes
sweet
and
amiable
.
Usually
in
Prosperity
Sin
is
sweet
,
or
at
least
accounted
small
:
Is
it
not
a
little
one
?
Oh
,
the
Excuses
,
Shifts
,
Evasions
,
and
Pleas
that
in
Prosperity
men
study
to
extenuate
and
lessen
Sin
!
They
feel
but
little
weight
in
great
Sins
;
the
Sins
of
Youth
,
Vain-talking
,
Jesting
,
officious
Lying
,
neglect
of
Duty
,
worldly
Talk
on
the
Lord's
day
,
&c.
who
feels
the
ponderous
weight
of
such
Sins
in
time
of
Prosperity
?
Now
Afflictions
serve
to
imbitter
sweet
Sins
,
and
to
aggravate
small
sins
.
Job
13.
26
,
27.
then
he
remembers
the
Sins
of
his
Youth
,
and
looks
on
them
otherwise
than
he
did
before
.
In
Youth
great
Sins
seem
small
;
as
Disobedience
to
Parents
,
wasting
time
,
prophaning
the
Lord's
day
,
Lying
,
&c.
but
in
Afflictions
they
lyo
heavy
;
as
we
see
in
Joseph's
Brethren
,
Gen.
42.
22.
(
3ly
.
)
To
cure
and
cleanse
Sin
,
Psal.
119.
67.
Jerem.
31.
18.
Eminent
is
the
Example
of
Manasses
,
on
whom
Afflictions
wrought
a
wonderful
change
,
2
Chron.
33.
And
this
comes
to
pass
,
in
that
Afflictions
,
when
God
blesseth
them
,
they
work
Repentance
:
This
is
one
of
God's
ends
in
sending
Afflictions
upon
his
People
,
his
Children
,
whom
he
loves
dearly
,
Dan.
11.
33
,
34
,
35.
It
is
to
make
them
white
and
clean
,
to
purge
away
their
Iniquity
,
Isa
,
27.
9.
And
thus
Afflictions
are
influential
on
God's
People
,
to
work
them
for
,
and
to
work
for
the●●
a
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
;
for
none
are
fit
for
this
glory
until
sin
be
imbittered
to
them
,
and
they
purged
and
cleansed
from
their
Sins
in
the
Fornace
of
Affliction
,
but
all
through
the
vertue
of
the
Blood
of
Christ
,
1
Joh.
1.
7
,
9.
Secondly
,
Afflictions
are
useful
to
prepare
for
Glory
,
by
being
means
of
God's
Appointment
and
Blessing
,
to
work
gracious
and
happy
Changes
on
men
,
without
which
they
can
never
come
to
glory
.
All
men
must
have
mighty
,
great
,
and
wonderful
Changes
made
upon
them
,
before
they
can
be
glorified
:
Now
,
to
effect
these
gracious
Changes
,
God
useth
various
means
,
as
principally
his
Spirit
,
his
Word
,
his
Rod
;
and
many
times
he
makes
his
Rod
to
do
that
,
and
to
work
that
great
Change
on
Men
,
which
his
Spirit
and
Word
,
without
the
Rod
,
could
not
do
,
because
of
Mens
resistance
of
the
Spirit
and
Word
;
but
when
the
Rod
comes
,
they
cannot
resist
that
.
By
the
Rod
he
makes
the
Proud
to
stoop
and
become
humble
,
as
in
Nebuchadnezzar's
Case
,
&c.
The
Rod
and
the
Word
work
Wonders
,
when
God
by
his
Spirit
works
in
them
and
with
them
.
Afflictions
change
,
even
such
as
were
Beasts
,
into
Men
,
yea
,
into
Saints
:
Jer.
31.
18.
I
was
(
saith
Ephraim
)
as
a
Bullock
,
a
Beast
,
before
I
was
chastized
;
but
being
chastized
,
I
spake
like
a
man
,
yea
,
like
a
child
of
God
.
Afflictions
working
effectually
,
work
this
Change
.
Psal.
119.
67.
so
on
Manasses
;
many
a
Child
of
God
can
witness
this
Truth
.
Thirdly
,
Afflictions
both
drive
and
draw
God's
People
nearer
to
him
;
they
wandered
before
,
they
went
a
whoring
from
God
after
other
Lovers
;
but
Afflictions
bring
them
home
,
Psal.
142.
4
,
5.
As
the
natural
Spirits
in
the
Body
retire
inward
,
and
get
close
to
the
Heart
in
cold
weather
,
and
in
any
danger
outward
;
so
the
Souls
of
God's
People
draw
nearest
to
God
in
times
of
Storms
and
Tempests
in
the
World
:
Psal.
31.
from
ver.
9
,
to
16.
his
Troubles
made
him
take
Sanctuary
in
God
,
and
to
trust
in
him
:
I
trusted
in
the
Lord
;
I
said
,
Thou
art
my
God
.
Fourthly
,
Afflictions
destroy
that
great
Impediment
that
unfits
for
Glory
,
and
that
is
Earthly-mindedness
,
inordinate
Love
of
the
Creature
,
Phil.
3.
19.
Earthly-mindedness
fits
for
Destruction
,
and
not
for
Salvation
:
Afflictions
are
intended
to
wean
our
Hearts
from
the
World
,
to
crucifie
our
Affections
to
Earthly
things
:
And
this
effect
they
had
on
our
Apostle
here
,
and
upon
the
Primitive
Christians
,
as
Verse
the
last
;
We
look
not
(
say
they
)
on
those
things
which
are
seen
,
for
they
are
temporal
:
All
Creature-enjoyments
,
which
Worldlings
set
their
Hearts
upon
,
and
labour
so
eagerly
after
,
we
value
them
not
,
we
care
not
much
for
them
,
our
Hearts
are
weaned
from
them
,
we
are
crucified
to
the
World
,
and
the
World
is
crucified
to
us
;
but
we
look
to
those
things
which
are
not
seen
;
we
mind
,
and
think
on
,
and
hope
,
and
believe
,
and
joy
in
those
things
which
are
not
seen
;
our
Hearts
are
in
Heaven
,
set
upon
the
unseen
God
,
the
unseen
Glory
there
,
the
unseen
Jesus
.
And
whence
came
they
to
be
wrought
into
this
blessed
heavenly
frame
,
but
much
by
the
Blessing
of
God
on
their
Afflictions
,
God's
Spirit
working
in
and
with
their
Afflictions
this
deadness
of
Affection
to
the
World
,
and
raising
up
their
Hearts
towards
Heaven
?
So
their
Afflictions
were
useful
to
them
,
to
prepare
them
for
Glory
.
Fifthly
,
By
working
in
us
;
and
exercising
in
us
those
Graces
to
which
Glory
is
promised
:
Rom.
5.
3
,
5.
Tribulation
worketh
Patience
,
and
Patience
Experience
,
and
Experience
Hope
:
Yea
,
God's
Spirit
makes
Afflictions
useful
to
work
Holiness
,
Heb.
12.
10.
to
make
God's
Children
partakers
of
his
Holiness
,
without
which
no
man
shall
see
God
.
So
Jam.
1.
12.
Happy
is
the
man
that
endureth
temptation
,
for
when
he
is
tryed
,
he
shall
receive
a
crown
of
glory
,
which
God
hath
promised
to
them
that
love
him
.
And
in
hope
of
this
glory
God's
People
rejoyce
in
their
Tribulations
.
Sixthly
,
Afflictions
quicken
God's
People
to
all
diligence
and
seriousness
in
the
use
of
all
God's
means
to
obtain
Glory
;
they
quicken
to
Self-examination
:
I
considered
my
ways
,
saith
David
:
They
make
them
search
their
Hearts
,
and
try
their
ways
:
Afflictions
make
them
put
away
their
Idols
,
helping
on
the
work
of
Reformation
,
quicken
them
to
Prayer
;
then
they
cry
unto
the
Lord
,
and
pour
out
their
Hearts
before
him
,
and
God
loves
to
hear
their
Cries
;
then
they
wrestle
with
God
in
Prayer
,
and
then
they
are
serious
in
their
Reproofs
,
Admonitions
,
and
Instructions
of
others
;
then
also
they
labour
to
act
their
Faith
and
their
Love
to
God
and
Christ
,
and
to
set
their
Affection
upon
things
above
,
and
to
look
to
their
Sincerity
and
Uprightness
.
Unto
all
those
things
we
are
too
backward
in
time
of
Prosperity
,
but
in
trouble
we
are
awakened
and
quickened
.
Lastly
,
Afflictions
prepare
God's
People
for
glory
,
by
working
in
them
strong
Desires
,
fervent
Pantings
and
Breathings
after
that
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
.
When
holy
David
was
in
a
barren
Wilderness
,
where
no
Waters
of
Earthly
Comforts
were
to
be
had
,
oh
!
then
his
Soul
,
and
Flesh
,
and
all
,
did
thirst
after
God
.
Psal.
63.
1
,
2
,
3
,
8.
then
his
Soul
followed
hard
after
God
.
So
Psal.
42.
1
,
2
,
3
,
4.
in
Prosperity
our
Souls
follow
too
hard
after
the
Creature
,
after
the
lying
,
dying
vanities
of
this
World
:
Oh
,
how
are
we
enamoured
with
these
fading
Beauties
and
Braveries
!
How
eagerly
do
we
pursue
the
Profits
and
Pleasures
of
the
World
!
we
may
with
Shame
and
Sorrow
confess
it
;
but
when
our
Heavenly
Father
strips
us
of
all
our
pleasant
things
,
plucks
our
fairest
Flowers
out
of
our
Hands
,
and
snatches
our
dearest
Comforts
out
of
our
Bosoms
,
oh
,
then
what
Breathings
and
Pantings
after
God
,
the
light
of
his
Countenance
,
and
the
manifestations
of
his
Love
!
When
Earth
is
gone
,
then
Heaven
is
welcome
;
when
the
Creature
is
gone
,
then
Christ
is
sweet
.
Before
I
come
to
the
Application
,
three
Questions
shall
be
resolved
.
-
Q.
1.
How
must
Afflictions
be
so
born
,
as
that
they
may
thus
work
?
-
2.
How
must
they
be
improved
to
attain
this
end
?
-
3.
Who
are
the
People
interested
in
this
Priviledge
?
Q.
1.
How
must
Afflictions
be
born
,
that
they
may
work
thus
,
to
prepare
us
for
that
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
?
Of
all
these
Questions
I
have
treated
on
other
Texts
,
which
may
be
seen
in
my
Notes
.
Yet
briefly
,
Answ.
That
our
Afflictions
may
thus
work
,
we
must
be
sure
to
bear
them
as
Christians
;
our
Carriage
and
Deportment
in
them
,
and
under
them
,
must
be
as
becometh
Christians
,
that
is
,
in
such
a
Christian
manner
as
Christ
did
bear
his
Sufferings
.
We
must
set
Christ
before
us
for
our
Example
,
to
imitate
him
;
and
we
must
set
the
Saints
of
God
before
us
for
our
Example
also
,
and
bear
our
Afflictions
as
they
bore
theirs
:
And
also
,
we
must
bear
them
according
to
the
Rules
of
Christianity
set
down
in
the
Gospel
;
and
that
is
,
we
must
bear
our
Afflictions
quietly
,
silently
,
patiently
,
submissively
,
contentedly
,
willingly
,
cheerfully
,
and
constantly
:
So
did
our
Lord
Jesus
,
and
so
did
the
Saints
;
and
so
must
we
,
if
we
will
have
this
great
benefit
by
them
,
that
they
may
prepare
us
for
Glory
?
Q.
2.
How
must
we
improve
them
?
Ans.
By
the
conscientious
practice
of
these
Duties
.
First
,
Serious
Consideration
.
In
the
day
of
Adversity
consider
;
Eccles.
7.
14.
Do
we
suffer
?
Let
us
consider
for
whom
,
for
what
,
from
whom
we
suffer
?
Consider
,
what
our
Lord
hath
suffered
for
us
,
what
our
Sins
have
deserved
,
and
what
our
special
Duties
are
in
time
of
Afflictions
:
Let
us
fill
up
our
Thoughts
with
these
serious
considerations
,
and
dwell
some
time
in
the
Meditations
of
them
,
and
let
them
sink
into
our
Minds
,
and
it
will
much
help
us
in
the
spiritual
improvement
of
our
Afflictions
for
our
great
advantage
.
The
want
of
this
due
consideration
God
chargeth
on
the
Jews
as
a
very
great
Sin
,
Jer.
5.
3.
I
have
smitten
them
,
but
they
have
not
grieved
,
&c.
God
expects
,
that
when
he
smites
us
,
we
should
lay
it
to
Heart
,
ponder
upon
it
,
and
consider
it
,
or
else
know
this
,
that
there
is
a
more
dreadful
stroke
of
hardness
upon
thy
Heart
,
than
there
is
upon
thy
out-comforts
;
for
then
,
without
this
due
Consideration
,
no
Duty
is
performed
,
nor
Benefit
received
by
all
our
Afflictions
.
(
1.
)
In
time
of
Affliction
consider
the
vanity
of
the
Creature
.
When
God
deprives
us
of
our
outward
Comforts
,
takes
away
our
dearest
Relations
,
now
consider
what
vain
things
they
are
,
that
we
promise
our selves
so
much
Comfort
and
Contentment
in
;
how
soon
they
wither
,
one
stroke
from
God
separates
us
and
them
,
they
are
gone
.
We
can
talk
of
the
Vanity
of
the
Creature
,
but
it
is
never
so
well
learned
,
as
when
God
teacheth
by
our
own
Experience
;
other
mens
Experience
is
not
so
much
to
us
.
Isa.
40.
6
,
7.
All
flesh
is
grass
;
all
Creature-enjoyments
are
withering
grass
.
(
2.
)
Consider
the
Evil
of
Sin
:
Are
we
in
any
Affliction
,
are
we
in
Pain
,
under
any
Trouble
?
Let
us
now
consider
what
Sin
is
,
which
is
the
cause
of
all
those
Miseries
.
These
are
the
bitter
Fruits
of
Sin
.
(
3.
)
Consider
also
the
End
and
Design
of
God
in
our
Afflictions
.
Shew
me
wherefore
thou
contendest
with
me
.
What
Provocation
have
we
given
God
?
What
have
we
done
?
(
4.
)
What
Errand
and
Message
is
this
Affliction
come
upon
?
Surely
God
hath
sent
it
upon
some
Errand
;
what
is
his
meaning
?
(
5.
)
Consider
also
the
merciful
and
gracious
Disposition
of
God
towards
his
People
in
Affliction
,
Deut.
8.
5.
Heb.
12.
6.
Rev.
3.
19.
He
is
grieved
for
them
,
Isa.
63.
9.
In
all
their
Afflictions
he
is
afflicted
,
he
doth
not
afflict
willingly
,
he
loves
them
when
he
corrects
them
.
(
6.
)
Consider
God's
fatherly
Affection
to
his
Children
in
Affliction
;
Lam.
3.
33.
Judg.
10.
16.
Jer.
31.
20.
My
bowels
are
turned
for
him
.
Heb.
4.
15.
Zech.
2.
8.
they
that
touch
them
,
touch
the
apple
of
his
Eye
.
Psal.
103.
13.
God
pittieth
them
as
a
Father
doth
his
Children
:
Therefore
let
us
pray
as
the
Church
.
Isa.
26.
8.
In
the
way
of
thy
judgments
have
we
waited
for
thee
.
So
Isa.
63.
15.
(
7.
)
Consider
God's
gracious
moderation
of
his
Peoples
Afflictions
.
Isa.
27.
7
,
8.
He
afflicts
in
measure
,
He
stayeth
his
rough
wind
in
the
day
of
the
east
wind
:
He
doth
not
punish
as
we
deserve
,
Job
34.
23.
Psal.
103.
10.
Job
11.
6.
(
2.
)
He
will
keep
us
from
sinking
,
Lam.
3.
22.
2Cor
.
4.
8
,
9
,
10.
Though
▪
troubled
on
every
side
,
yet
not
distressed
;
perplexed
,
yet
not
in
despair
;
persecuted
,
but
not
forsaken
;
cast
down
,
but
not
destroyed
.
2Cor
.
6.
9.
see
his
gracious
Promise
.
1
Cor.
10.
13.
God
is
faithful
,
who
will
not
suffer
you
to
be
tempted
above
that
ye
are
able
,
but
will
with
the
temptation
also
make
a
way
to
escape
,
that
ye
may
be
able
to
bear
it
.
Job
23.
6.
Will
he
plead
against
me
with
his
great
power
?
No
:
but
he
would
put
strength
in
me
.
Psal.
37.
24.
The
Lord
upholdeth
with
his
hand
.
(
3.
)
He
will
not
be
always
wrath
:
Isa.
57.
16.
It
shall
be
for
a
moment
,
and
no
more
.
Lam.
3.
31.
He
will
not
cast
off
for
ever
.
2
Cor.
1.
10.
He
hath
delivered
,
he
doth
deliver
,
and
will
deliver
.
Psal.
126.
5.
They
that
sow
in
tears
,
shall
reap
in
joy
.
(
4.
)
He
orders
all
the
Circumstances
of
our
Troubles
;
the
Time
how
long
;
the
Place
where
;
the
Quality
,
what
kind
;
the
Measure
,
how
much
.
All
the
Powers
of
Men
and
Devils
are
not
able
to
add
a
dram
to
the
weight
,
nor
a
drop
to
the
measure
,
of
what
our
gracious
Father
hath
appointed
for
us
.
All
these
seven
Considerations
will
exceedingly
help
us
to
make
a
profitable
improvement
of
our
Afflictions
,
for
the
preparing
of
us
for
that
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
.
And
also
these
Considerations
will
very
much
help
us
to
carry
and
behave
our selves
aright
,
and
as
Christians
under
afflictive
Providences
,
which
is
the
right
way
to
attain
the
benefit
of
them
.
It
is
an
hard
thing
for
a
man
to
carry
himself
well
under
a
smiling
Providence
:
but
an
harder
thing
for
a
man
to
carry
himself
well
under
a
smiting
Providence
;
which
was
hinted
before
.
Secondly
,
But
a
little
more
to
shew
how
we
ought
to
carry
our selves
under
Afflictions
,
that
so
we
may
receive
the
Blessings
and
Benefits
of
them
,
which
we
may
lose
by
our
Miscarriages
.
1.
When
any
Affliction
befals
you
,
Be
silent
before
the
Lord
,
for
he
hath
put
you
to
silence
.
Do
not
murmur
,
quarrel
,
fret
,
or
be
discontented
:
I
believe
,
a
better
sign
of
an
honest
and
upright
Heart
can
scarcely
be
found
,
than
for
a
man
to
love
God
the
more
for
his
afflicting
of
him
,
and
to
cleave
the
faster
to
God
,
when
God
cuts
off
his
earthly
Comforts
from
him
:
Oh
,
be
silent
before
the
Lord
;
Zech.
2.
13.
Lam.
3.
28.
2.
Be
humble
under
God's
hand
,
for
that
is
his
end
in
afflicting
,
lye
down
at
his
Feet
,
Jam.
4.
God
is
humbling
of
you
,
now
then
humble
your
own
Souls
;
labour
to
break
your
own
Hearts
in
the
sense
of
your
Sins
,
and
to
lye
low
before
the
Lord
.
3.
Acknowledge
God's
Righteousness
,
and
justifie
him
,
even
when
he
striketh
the
heaviest
stroke
;
let
the
blow
be
never
so
great
upon
your
most
desirable
Mercies
,
yet
acquit
God
,
do
not
charge
him
foolishly
,
and
say
he
dealeth
hardly
.
Psal.
51.
4.
God
must
be
acquitted
and
justified
,
tho'
he
should
condemn
us
unto
everlasting
wrath
.
lev
.
26.
41.
This
is
to
accept
of
the
punishment
of
our
Iniquities
.
4.
Search
your
hearts
,
and
try
your
ways
.
La●
.
3.
40.
find
out
the
Achans
,
the
Jonabs
,
the
Dalilah
.
Jer.
8.
6.
when
the
Lord
sends
any
Affliction
upon
his
People
,
he
hearkens
to
hear
what
they
speak
:
The
Lord
hearkened
and
heard
,
and
there
was
none
that
smote
upon
his
thigh
,
saying
,
What
have
I
done
?
Our
Work
now
in
Affliction
is
to
enquire
,
What
Sins
have
I
committed
?
what
Duties
have
I
omitted
?
Now
make
a
diligent
search
.
5.
Pour
out
your
Hearts
to
God
in
Prayer
;
this
is
our
great
relief
and
ease
in
time
of
Affliction
:
Jam.
5.
13.
Is
any
afflicted
?
let
him
pray
:
Now
pray
earnestly
,
fervently
,
cry
to
God
:
Let
us
never
think
to
heal
the
wound
that
the
stroke
of
God
hath
made
any
other
way
:
go
not
to
mer●y
Company
,
and
the
Affairs
and
Delights
of
the
World
for
a
Cure
:
Pray
for
a
Blessing
on
the
Rod
:
Pray
that
God
will
shew
you
his
End
in
afflicting
you
,
and
that
he
will
make
up
what
he
hath
removed
from
you
by
the
enjoyment
of
himself
:
Pray
for
Suffering
Graces
,
for
Faith
and
Patience
:
It
is
a
sad
thing
when
Afflictions
are
on
Men
,
if
they
know
not
how
to
ease
themselves
by
Prayer
.
6.
If
by
Affliction
the
Lord
discover
any
particular
Evil
to
thy
Soul
,
then
break
off
that
Wickedness
by
speedy
Repentance
and
Reformation
,
or
else
you
frustrate
the
very
End
of
God
in
afflicting
you
,
and
you
provoke
the
Lord
to
go
on
with
stroke
upon
stroke
,
until
you
are
consumed
.
I●
the
Lord
smite
any
of
you
for
any
particular
S●●
you
live
in
,
and
he
convince
your
Conscience
of
it
do
not
continue
in
the
practice
of
that
Sin
for
a
World
;
for
when
once
the
Lord
taketh
up
his
Rod
,
he
will
never
lay
it
down
;
if
he
have
Love
to
thy
Soul
,
he
will
smite
thee
deeper
and
deeper
,
until
he
have
stript
thee
of
all
thy
dearest
Enjoyments
,
and
leave
thee
stark
naked
,
that
he
may
separate
thee
and
thy
Sin
.
But
when
the
Lord
intends
to
punish
a
Soul
eternally
in
Hell
,
he
will
not
do
so
;
but
whom
he
loves
,
and
intends
to
save
eternally
,
he
will
smite
and
smite
,
and
never
leave
smiting
,
until
he
separate
them
and
their
Lusts
.
7.
Lastly
,
give
up
your
whole
Hearts
entirely
to
God
in
Christ
;
for
this
end
God
cuts
off
our
choicest
earthly
Mercies
,
that
we
may
entirely
give
up
our selves
to
Christ
.
These
things
stood
in
the
way
of
Jesus
Christ
,
therefore
God
removes
them
,
and
so
makes
room
in
the
Heart
for
himself
,
and
for
Christ
.
O
,
now
say
,
O
my
Soul
!
thou
hast
wasted
too
much
of
thine
Affections
on
those
poor
perishing
things
;
this
Mercy
,
and
that
Enjoyment
,
hath
taken
off
thy
Heart
from
Jesus
Christ
;
this
Relation
hath
lain
between
thy
Heart
and
Christ
:
Well
,
now
the
Lord
hath
taken
these
away
,
oh
!
now
my
Soul
,
let
Jesus
Christ
stand
in
the
Breach
that
is
made
,
and
let
him
fill
it
up
:
Let
him
come
in
the
room
of
that
Mercy
that
is
gone
.
If
we
labour
thus
to
make
up
the
Breach
,
the
stroke
will
be
a
stroke
of
Love
,
and
by
this
we
may
know
that
Affliction
comes
in
love
to
our
Souls
,
when
it
makes
us
love
God
better
,
and
stick
faster
to
God
than
before
,
and
cleave
more
to
Duty
than
before
:
That
which
endeth
in
our
Love
to
God
,
did
come
from
.
God's
Love
to
us
.
These
are
the
strokes
from
a
Father's
Hand
,
and
he
will
heal
them
in
his
due
time
,
which
is
the
best
time
.
So
much
of
the
Second
.
Thirdly
,
If
we
would
improve
our
Afflictions
so
,
as
that
they
may
be
means
of
preparing
us
for
that
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
,
we
must
carefully
avoid
the
usual
Extreams
that
men
are
liable
to
in
times
of
Affliction
,
that
is
neither
to
slight
them
,
nor
to
sink
under
them
:
Prov.
3.
11.
Despise
not
thou
the
chastnings
of
the
Lord
,
neither
faint
when
thou
art
corrected
of
him
.
(
1.
)
Slight
not
Afflictions
,
but
value
them
,
for
Afflictions
are
of
God's
sending
,
they
arise
not
o●●
of
the
Dust
,
they
are
God's
Messengers
;
yea
,
sufferings
for
Christ
are
God's
gifts
.
Phil.
1.
29.
(
2.
)
They
are
Love-tokens
sent
us
from
a
loving
Father
:
Heb.
12.
6.
Whom
he
loveth
he
corrected
.
(
3.
)
They
are
wholsom
Physick
,
needful
for
us
,
to
cure
the
mortal
Diseases
of
our
Souls
,
sent
us
from
a
most
wise
and
faithful
Physician
,
who
prescribes
and
orders
every
Ingredient
in
our
Potio●
.
(
4.
)
They
are
Marks
of
the
true
way
to
Heaven
Act.
14.
22.
(
5.
)
Preservatives
against
the
Veno●
of
Sin
,
to
prevent
the
infection
of
it
.
(
6.
)
They
are
Covenant-Mercies
.
Psal.
89.
32.
(
7.
)
Means
t●
prepare
us
for
glory
,
and
to
prevent
our
eternal
condemnation
.
1
Cor.
11.
32.
Oh
,
could
we
b●●
thus
receive
our
Afflictions
,
and
so
take
and
b●●
them
,
and
so
improve
them
after
this
manner
,
what
singular
good
would
they
do
us
,
and
what
Comfort
might
we
have
in
them
?
And
as
we
must
not
despise
them
,
so
we
must
not
faint
under
them
neither
,
but
patiently
and
quietly
submit
to
the
holy
will
of
God
,
and
resign
up
our selves
to
his
Good-will
and
Pleasure
;
●●
was
shewed
before
.
Fourthly
,
We
improve
Afflictions
when
we
are
exercised
by
them
.
Heb.
12.
10.
then
we
shall
reap
the
Fruit
of
them
.
Now
this
Exercise
consists
(
as
a
worthy
Divine
observes
)
in
these
things
.
Jer.
9.
24.
Ezek.
22.
29.
Isa.
64.
5.
to
wit
,
1st
,
About
the
Affliction
that
smarts
;
2dly
,
About
our
Hearts
that
feel
;
3dly
,
About
the
Hand
that
smites
.
1st
,
About
the
Affliction
itself
,
the
Rod
that
is
upon
us
;
we
must
be
exercised
in
hearing
Work
,
in
bearing
Work
,
and
in
doing
work
:
1.
In
hearing
Work
;
Mic.
6.
9.
Hear
ye
the
rod
,
and
him
that
hath
appointed
it
:
The
voice
of
the
Rod
is
the
whole
Word
of
God
:
Three
words
(
saith
he
)
especially
the
Rod
speaks
;
1.
Thou
hast
sinned
;
2.
God
is
displeased
;
3.
Return
and
Repent
:
We
must
hear
and
obey
these
Voices
.
2dly
,
In
bearing
Work
;
Mic.
7.
9.
I
will
bear
the
indignation
of
the
Lord
.
Jam.
1.
4.
Lam.
3.
27.
Bear
thy
affliction
feelingly
,
freely
,
willingly
:
Jerem.
10.
24.
waitingly
,
not
growing
weary
.
3dly
,
In
doing
Work
,
three
things
are
to
be
done
,
1.
Kiss
the
Rod
in
your
Father's
Hand
,
honour
it
as
your
Father's
Scepter
,
fear
it
as
his
Sword
,
love
it
as
his
Physick
.
2.
Cast
away
the
Sin
that
hath
provoked
it
.
Isa.
30.
22.
Hos.
14.
8.
Job
34.
31.
3.
Embrace
the
Covenant
of
God
,
for
which
he
pleads
.
Thus
must
we
be
exercised
about
our
Affliction
.
Secondly
,
We
must
be
exercised
about
our
Hearts
thus
:
1.
Heart-Consideration
of
the
Rod
:
Eccles.
7.
14.
Weigh
well
what
it
is
we
suffer
,
whence
it
comes
,
by
what
provoked
,
and
to
what
intended
;
of
which
before
.
2.
Heart-breaking
under
it
:
Jer.
4.
3.
Hos.
10.
12.
3.
Heart-bending
:
Our
Spirits
must
stoop
to
the
Will
of
God
.
Thirdly
,
We
must
be
exercised
about
the
Hand
that
smites
.
Isa.
24.
15.
to
glorifie
God
in
the
Fires
;
1st
,
By
abasing
our selves
:
Job
42.
5
,
6.
I
abhor
my self
in
dust
and
ashes
,
said
holy
Job
.
2ly
,
By
justifying
God
in
all
his
Dealings
:
Jer.
12.
1.
Lam.
3.
39.
Righteous
art
thou
,
O
Lord
.
3ly
,
By
yielding
Reverence
,
Fear
,
Obedience
,
Faith
.
4ly
,
Going
to
God
for
the
Blessing
of
the
Rod
:
And
thus
exercising
our selves
these
ways
,
we
shall
improve
our
Afflictions
for
our
spiritual
Advantage
.
Q.
3.
But
who
are
the
People
interested
in
this
great
Priviledge
,
that
those
short
and
light
Afflictions
shall
work
for
them
,
and
work
them
for
,
this
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
?
Answ.
Surely
not
all
that
are
afflicted
;
all
shall
not
receive
this
Blessing
,
for
some
grow
worse
by
Affliction
;
but
only
the
Saints
and
true
Believers
,
such
only
as
are
the
Children
of
God
,
and
such
as
hold
forth
the
Life
of
Christ
in
their
mortal
Flesh
;
as
Vers.
10
,
11.
of
this
2
Cor.
4.
such
as
walk
as
Christ
walked
,
that
follow
his
Steps
;
such
as
look
,
aim
at
,
and
follow
after
invisible
eternal
things
principally
and
chiefly
,
as
Verse
18
;
even
such
,
and
such
only
as
are
exercised
by
Affliction
,
as
was
shewed
before
;
they
,
and
they
only
,
shall
reap
the
quiet
and
peaceable
Fruits
of
Righteousness
here
,
and
receive
that
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
hereafter
.
They
that
bear
Afflictions
as
Christians
,
and
improve
them
as
Christians
,
and
partake
of
the
Blessings
of
them
,
they
shall
partake
of
this
Priviledge
of
being
prepared
by
them
for
this
weight
of
glory
.
The
Application
.
First
,
for
Information
,
1
Inf.
I.
Then
God's
Children
must
take
heed
that
they
do
neither
despise
the
Chastnings
of
the
Lord
,
nor
faint
when
they
are
rebuked
of
him
:
Prov.
3.
11.
Seeing
they
are
designed
for
such
good
●●ds
,
as
to
fit
us
for
glory
,
we
should
not
slight
the
●ast
Affliction
,
the
least
Cross
or
Disappointment
that
doth
befal
us
;
for
how
little
soever
it
be
,
it
is
〈◊〉
Father's
Rod
,
his
Messenger
,
his
Hand
.
Nor
●ould
we
faint
under
any
Affliction
,
how
great
and
●eavy
soever
it
be
,
because
he
that
lays
it
on
,
doth
●
in
love
to
our
Souls
,
and
will
lay
on
no
more
than
he
will
enable
us
to
bear
,
for
he
will
uphold
t●
with
his
Hand
.
1.
We
must
not
despise
them
,
as
noted
before
,
●●
which
I
shall
add
this
.
We
are
said
to
despise
Messenger
sent
us
,
when
we
do
not
bid
him
welcome
,
nor
comply
with
his
Message
,
but
turn
him
〈◊〉
without
his
Errands
end
.
We
must
not
deal
●●
with
any
Affliction
,
any
of
God's
Messengers
;
●e
must
not
be
unwilling
of
Affliction
,
nor
be
discontented
at
them
,
but
thankfully
receive
them
●●
Tokens
of
our
Father's
Love
to
us
,
and
as
his
wholesome
Physick
,
which
our
Souls
stand
in
need
●●
;
as
was
also
before
noted
,
and
to
which
I
shall
●dd
a
little
more
,
because
it
is
an
hard
thing
to
bid
affliction
welcome
,
and
to
bless
God
for
taking
,
as
well
as
for
giving
,
as
Job
did
.
And
though
we
have
no
warrant
to
pray
for
Affliction
(
although
we
may
pray
that
God
would
use
all
means
to
do
our
Souls
good
,
and
to
prepare
us
for
glory
)
yet
they
must
be
thankfully
received
,
then
God
sends
them
,
and
God
is
to
be
praised
for
them
.
This
is
a
hard
Lesson
to
Flesh
and
Blood
,
who
can
bear
it
?
Yet
it
is
our
express
Duty
,
Jam
,
1.
2.
Count
it
all
joy
when
ye
fall
into
divers
temptations
;
which
I
think
mainly
respects
the
Sufferings
of
the
Saints
for
Christ
,
in
which
we
are
bound
to
rejoice
and
be
glad
.
Matth.
5.
12.
yet
not
excluding
other
Afflictions
:
So
2
Cor.
6.
10.
Rom.
6.
2
,
3.
glory
in
Tribulations
.
Job
1.
last
.
Obj.
But
is
it
possible
,
that
when
Afflictions
come
on
us
,
as
loss
of
our
dear
Relations
,
loss
of
our
Estate
and
Liberty
,
loss
of
Health
,
when
grievous
Pains
are
on
our
Bodies
,
is
it
possible
we
can
bid
these
welcome
,
and
rejoice
in
them
?
Or
,
if
it
be
possible
,
is
it
necessary
?
Ans.
1.
God
himself
grants
,
that
the
Afflictions
of
his
People
are
not
for
the
present
joyous
,
but
grievous
,
Heb.
12.
11.
not
to
be
delighted
in
:
God
allows
his
poor
People
to
complain
,
and
grieve
under
them
;
which
notes
his
Tenderness
towards
them
:
He
himself
takes
notice
of
their
Afflictions
,
Exod.
2.
25.
Jer.
31.
18.
Psal.
56.
8.
he
telleth
their
Wandrings
,
and
puts
their
Tears
into
his
Bottle
.
He
himself
is
grieved
for
their
Afflictions
,
Judg.
10.
16.
his
bowels
work
towards
them
,
and
in
all
their
afflictions
he
is
afflicted
,
Isa.
63.
9.
Now
,
if
our
Afflictions
be
grievous
to
God
,
it
will
not
displease
him
if
they
be
grievous
to
us
.
Nay
,
God
expects
that
we
should
grieve
for
grieving
him
by
our
Sins
.
We
never
find
in
Scripture
God's
People
to
be
blamed
for
their
grieving
and
complaining
of
their
Afflictions
,
unless
they
were
immoderate
:
God
doth
not
forbid
the
workings
of
Nature
;
nay
,
God
loves
to
see
Nature
work
orderly
and
regularly
.
Aaron's
Case
,
and
Ezekiel's
was
extraordinary
,
and
not
to
be
drawn
into
Example
.
Chastening
is
a
displeased
Father's
Rod
,
therefore
there
must
be
a
Child-like
grief
,
shame
,
and
sorrow
.
Numb.
12.
14.
it
is
the
Rod
of
Love
:
There
must
be
Grief
and
Love
in
us
his
Children
;
He
rebukes
and
loves
,
we
must
grieve
and
love
.
So
that
It
must
be
granted
,
that
in
the
pain
,
and
smart
,
and
trouble
that
is
on
us
,
simply
considered
,
we
cannot
rejoice
,
nor
bid
the
Burthen
welcome
:
A
Man
should
have
an
Heart
worse
than
of
a
Beast
to
do
so
:
Nor
is
it
required
,
but
the
contrary
is
required
,
namely
,
to
humble
our selves
under
the
mighty
Hand
of
God
;
and
to
be
sensible
of
his
strokes
,
to
be
afflicted
,
and
weep
and
mourn
,
Jam.
4.
8.
2.
But
the
sweet
Fruit
,
the
Blessing
of
Affliction
,
that
God
intends
Affliction
shall
bring
forth
in
us
,
which
we
must
pray
for
,
hope
for
,
believe
for
,
and
to
which
we
must
have
an
Eye
as
soon
as
the
Affliction
comes
;
this
is
that
we
must
rejoyce
in
,
and
bless
God
for
,
and
so
,
in
prospect
of
this
good
Fruit
,
of
this
Blessing
,
and
in
hope
of
it
,
we
must
entertain
our
Afflictions
thankfully
,
as
thus
:
I
am
afflicted
in
my
Relations
,
in
my
Estate
,
in
my
Body
;
here
are
grievous
,
painful
,
sad
strokes
;
but
,
Lord
,
I
hope
all
this
is
in
love
to
my
Soul
,
I
hope
the
Fruit
will
be
good
,
and
therefore
in
hope
of
the
good
Fruit
,
I
〈◊〉
and
bless
thy
Name
,
and
most
earnestly
but
th●
〈…〉
of
all
thy
Chastisements
.
So
that
,
if
we
〈◊〉
consider
,
and
firmly
believe
,
that
our
Afflictions
we
Testimonies
of
God's
Fatherly
Love
to
u●
,
and
care
for
us
;
as
Heb.
11.
Rev.
3.
19.
Whom
I
〈◊〉
,
I
rebuke
and
chasten
,
saith
our
Lord
;
it
being
〈…〉
taken
of
God's
Wrath
not
to
be
afflicted
〈…〉
.
Let
them
alone
,
saith
God
,
I
will
not
〈…〉
:
Luk.
6.
22.
And
if
we
could
〈…〉
Afflictions
are
the
signs
of
our
Sonship
,
and
the
signs
of
the
true
way
to
Heaven
,
that
they
are
for
our
profit
,
to
make
us
conformable
to
Christ
,
and
to
prevent
our
eternal
condemnation
,
and
that
we
have
need
of
them
,
and
that
they
shall
prepare
us
for
eternal
glory
:
I
say
,
these
things
firmly
believed
,
and
duly
considered
,
we
shall
be
able
thankfully
to
receive
our
Afflictions
,
and
to
bless
the
Lord
,
in
hope
to
receive
those
singular
Blessings
from
them
,
Rejoycing
in
Hope
,
patient
in
Tribulation
,
Rom.
12.
12.
It
is
our
want
of
Faith
in
God's
Promises
,
concerning
those
sweet
Fruits
of
Affliction
,
that
we
do
not
cheerfully
bear
them
:
Lord
,
encrease
our
Faith
,
our
Hope
,
our
Patience
.
There
is
Joy
and
Peace
in
believing
;
Rom.
15.
13.
Had
we
more
Faith
,
we
should
have
more
joy
and
less
grief
in
our
Afflictions
.
We
are
glad
when
our
Physick
works
,
though
it
put
us
to
pain
,
in
hope
of
Relief
and
Benefit
by
it
;
let
us
do
so
when
God's
Physick
works
,
and
we
shall
be
sure
to
have
Benefit
by
all
.
Obj.
But
are
not
Afflictions
Tokens
of
God's
Displeasure
?
and
,
can
we
,
or
ought
we
to
rejoice
in
them
then
?
Ans.
They
are
so
indeed
against
the
Wicked
,
and
so
are
all
the
Mercies
they
enjoy
:
And
they
are
Tokens
of
God's
Displeasure
against
the
Sins
of
his
People
,
but
Tokens
of
Love
to
their
Souls
.
Psl
.
99.
8.
Thou
answeredst
them
,
O
Lord
our
God
:
that
wast
a
God
that
forgavest
them
,
though
thou
tookest
vengeance
on
their
inventions
.
Isa.
57.
17
,
18.
and
so
are
Mercies
too
,
Isa.
38.
17.
Q.
Can
we
rejoyce
when
God
takes
away
our
choicest
Earthly
Comforts
,
our
dearest
Enjoyments
from
us
?
Ans.
Yes
,
after
we
have
been
sensible
of
God's
Hand
,
and
have
been
humbled
under
it
;
and
if
it
make
way
for
better
Mercies
,
and
God
be
pleased
to
bestow
more
of
himself
,
more
of
his
Spirit
,
more
of
his
Grace
and
Love
upon
us
,
then
we
shall
have
cause
to
rejoyce
,
and
to
be
thankful
.
So
much
of
the
first
part
of
our
Duty
in
our
Afflictions
,
That
we
must
not
despise
them
.
II.
The
second
is
,
That
we
must
not
faint
under
them
,
nor
grow
weary
of
them
.
This
is
the
other
Extream
that
we
must
carefully
avoid
.
Seeing
Afflictions
,
which
are
but
light
and
short
,
work
for
us
,
and
work
us
for
that
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
,
therefore
we
must
not
grow
weary
under
them
.
By
this
weariness
,
in
general
,
I
mean
,
a
sinking
of
Spirit
,
a
despondency
of
Heart
under
the
Rod
,
when
a
man
is
,
as
we
say
,
Crest-faln
,
and
without
Spirit
,
so
that
he
cannot
bear
up
,
his
Spirit
fails
in
the
day
of
Adversity
;
when
a
man
is
willing
to
throw
off
the
burthen
,
before
God
takes
it
off
;
is
Job
4.
5.
Psal.
88.
14
,
15.
I
am
afflicted
,
and
ready
to
dye
,
from
my
youth
up
:
while
I
suffer
thy
terrors
,
I
am
distracted
.
Thy
fierce
wrath
goeth
over
me
,
by
terrors
have
cut
me
off
.
Thus
spake
Heman
,
a
choice
Saint
.
Here
I
shall
briefly
shew
,
1.
the
Cause
;
2.
the
Cure
of
this
Weariness
,
that
we
may
the
better
avoid
it
.
1.
First
,
the
Cause
,
and
that
is
manifold
,
as
first
,
from
Man
himself
;
we
our selves
are
the
Causes
of
this
Weariness
,
in
a
threefold
respect
,
as
,
1.
Our
not
expecting
Troubles
:
In
Health
we
look
not
for
Sickness
,
and
when
Troubles
come
unexpectedly
,
they
make
us
weary
.
2ly
,
Our
over-valuing
of
our
earthly
Comforts
.
3ly
,
Because
,
in
truth
,
we
are
more
sensible
of
our
Losses
,
than
of
our
Enjoyments
.
2.
In
regard
of
the
Affliction
it self
:
1st
,
When
it
swells
to
any
great
height
:
2ly
,
When
Afflictions
are
multiplied
one
upon
the
back
of
another
.
3ly
,
When
they
be
of
long
continuance
:
4ly
,
When
inflicted
on
the
nobler
parts
,
and
upon
the
Spirit
:
5ly
,
When
but
little
support
,
but
few
Comforters
,
or
miserable
Comforters
,
few
to
help
to
bear
the
burthen
:
6ly
,
When
they
are
heavy
,
and
ordinarily
they
are
heavy
,
because
Sin
is
light
,
and
Glory
is
light
;
for
when
Sin
lies
heavy
on
the
Soul
,
and
Heaven
much
in
the
Heart
,
Afflictions
are
much
lighter
on
the
Body
;
Nil
sentit
in
nervo
,
cum
ani●●
sit
in
Coelo
.
3.
In
regard
of
God
;
He
puts
Lead
into
son●
mens
Burthens
sometimes
;
he
sets
home
Sin
and
Wrath
upon
the
Conscience
,
and
then
men
grow
weary
.
4.
In
regard
of
the
Devil
,
he
doth
his
utmost
to
imbitter
every
Trouble
,
and
adds
his
Tempations
to
make
it
more
intolerable
.
So
much
●●
the
Cause
of
Weariness
.
2.
Secondly
,
for
the
Cure
.
We
must
labour
to
avoid
this
Weariness
under
Affliction
;
and
tha●
we
may
,
take
these
Directions
:
1
Direct.
1st
,
Let
us
urge
our
Heavenly
Father
Command
upon
our
own
hearts
,
and
the
Command
of
our
Lord
Jesus
upon
our selves
:
See
the
express
Command
of
God
,
Prov.
3.
11.
Heb.
12.
5.
Be
not
weary
of
his
chastisements
:
faint
not
when
th●●
art
corrected
:
Thus
speaks
our
Heavenly
Father
to
his
Children
:
And
the
Command
of
our
Lord
Christ
is
express
also
,
John
14.
1.
Let
not
your
hearts
be
troubled
:
Whatever
affliction
befals
you
,
let
not
your
Hearts
be
troubled
.
Let
us
urge
these
Commands
upon
our selves
:
Consider
we
,
1.
Is
there
any
cause
of
Heart-trouble
,
when
our
Heavenly
Father
,
the
great
Lord
of
Heaven
and
Earth
,
hath
his
will
,
which
we
daily
pray
for
?
All
our
Troubles
are
by
the
Will
of
God
.
2.
When
the
great
Proprietor
and
Owner
of
all
things
doth
most
wisely
and
most
righteously
dispose
of
his
own
?
3.
When
we
are
called
to
render
back
but
what
we
had
borrowed
?
Our
Health
,
Estates
,
Liberty
,
Relations
,
Life
it self
,
all
were
but
lent
us
.
4.
When
lesser
Mercies
are
removed
,
that
greater
and
better
may
be
bestowed
?
5.
When
we
have
our
Iniquities
purged
,
which
is
the
sure
Evidence
that
they
are
pardoned
;
and
that
we
are
made
more
conformable
to
Christ
,
and
so
sitted
for
nearer
and
fuller
Communion
with
God
?
6.
When
our
Graces
are
tryed
and
acted
,
and
so
made
more
apparent
and
illustrious
?
7.
When
by
all
our
Afflictions
we
are
prepared
for
that
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
?
Let
us
weigh
all
these
things
well
,
and
they
will
help
us
against
Weariness
:
And
for
our
further
help
against
Heart-trouble
,
see
my
Discourse
on
John
14.
1
,
2
,
3.
2.
That
we
may
not
grow
weary
of
God's
Chastisements
,
let
us
urge
Reason
also
upon
our selves
,
as
thus
:
If
I
grow
weary
,
I
break
the
express
Command
of
my
Heavenly
Father
,
and
disobey
the
Counsel
of
my
Dear
Lord
:
2.
If
I
grow
weary
,
it
argues
my
Unbelief
;
for
,
who
would
grow
weary
of
long
and
grievous
Afflictions
,
that
did
fully
believe
the
gracious
ends
and
designs
of
God
in
them
;
and
his
sweet
Promises
to
his
afflicted
People
;
and
that
Afflictions
are
in
the
Covenant
;
that
they
are
the
Fruits
of
God's
Fatherly
Love
,
and
shall
surely
work
for
our
good
;
that
the
Cross
is
the
way
to
the
Crown
:
Who
believes
these
things
,
and
yet
is
weary
?
Again
:
By
Weariness
we
make
our
Burthens
heavier
than
God
intends
them
to
be
;
Cheerfulness
and
Patience
makes
them
lighter
:
The
like
Affliction
to
a
patient
,
humble
,
contented
Christian
is
much
lighter
than
to
another
fretful
,
weary
,
and
discontented
person
.
Now
,
it
is
possible
we
may
make
our
Burthens
heavier
than
God
intends
them
,
thus
:
1st
,
When
we
think
no
Trouble
like
ours
:
Consider
Job's
Case
;
Trouble
was
upon
all
his
Relations
,
all
his
Estate
,
upon
his
Body
,
Soul
,
and
All.
2ly
,
When
we
let
loose
our
Passions
,
to
run
whither
they
will
,
without
any
restraint
:
3ly
,
When
we
refuse
the
Comforts
that
God
sends
us
:
So
did
good
Jacob
,
Gen.
37.
35.
4ly
,
When
we
continually
fix
our
Thoughts
on
our
Afflictions
,
and
are
always
poring
on
them
,
so
that
all
the
Mercies
that
we
enjoy
are
quite
swallowed
up
:
And
have
we
any
reason
to
greaten
our
own
Burthens
?
And
again
,
by
our
Weariness
we
dishonour
God
,
and
discomfort
our selves
,
and
discourage
others
.
3.
Thirdly
,
Serious
Consideration
,
laying
to
heart
and
pondering
upon
several
things
that
may
prevent
this
weariness
;
as
,
1.
Consider
what
this
Weariness
signifieth
and
implies
:
it
hath
very
ill
significations
;
for
,
to
be
weary
,
signifieth
a
want
,
or
at
least
,
a
great
weakness
of
Faith
,
for
he
that
believeth
maketh
not
haste
;
want
of
Hope
,
for
we
must
hope
to
the
end
;
want
of
Patience
,
for
Patience
must
have
her
perfect
work
,
which
is
to
last
as
long
as
Trouble
lasts
;
want
of
Love
,
for
Love
endeareth
all
things
;
or
,
at
least
,
a
great
weakness
of
those
Graces
.
2.
Consider
,
God
is
long-suffering
,
He
hath
waited
long
on
us
.
3.
It
hath
been
the
Practice
of
all
the
Saints
,
in
all
Ages
,
to
wait
on
God
.
4.
That
by
our
weariness
we
limit
the
Holy
One
of
Israel
,
and
do
indeed
call
in
question
all
the
glorious
Attributes
of
God
,
his
Power
,
Wisdom
,
Faithfulness
:
Let
us
consider
these
things
.
5.
Consider
,
that
they
that
suffer
without
weariness
,
they
are
blessed
and
happy
;
Job
5.
17.
Psal.
94.
12.
Jam.
1.
12.
Blessed
are
they
that
endure
;
that
is
,
that
suffer
without
weariness
.
6.
Consider
,
that
Afflictions
are
signs
of
our
Sonship
;
Heb.
12.
and
signs
of
God's
Fatherly
love
.
7.
Consider
God's
good
and
gracious
Ends
;
Isa.
27.
9.
8.
Consider
Christ's
dreadful
Sufferings
for
us
.
9.
Consider
the
many
exceeding
great
and
precious
Promises
that
God
hath
made
to
patient
Sufferers
,
that
he
will
be
with
them
,
will
sustain
them
,
and
in
due
time
will
deliver
them
:
Now
,
if
we
will
think
and
meditate
on
those
things
,
and
let
our
Thoughts
dwell
on
them
,
and
suffer
them
to
sink
down
into
our
Hearts
,
and
roul
and
revolve
them
in
our
Minds
,
they
will
much
support
us
,
and
help
us
against
weariness
.
4.
A
Fourth
thing
we
must
do
,
to
prevent
,
or
cure
this
Weariness
under
Affliction
,
is
serious
examination
of
our selves
,
whether
we
belong
to
God
or
no
;
whether
reconciled
,
regenerated
and
born
of
God
,
or
no
;
whether
united
to
Christ
,
justified
and
pardoned
,
or
no
:
If
you
are
,
why
then
should
we
be
weary
of
Affliction
?
For
,
if
God
have
done
so
many
great
things
for
us
,
surely
he
loves
us
,
and
will
afflict
us
no
more
,
nor
no
longer
than
need
:
Such
a
Soul
will
say
,
If
the
Lord
please
to
become
my
God
in
Covenant
,
to
give
me
to
Christ
,
and
Christ
to
me
;
to
pardon
my
Sins
,
and
take
me
into
his
favour
,
and
save
me
at
last
,
let
him
do
with
my
Health
,
and
Estate
,
and
Liberty
,
and
Relations
,
and
all
,
as
he
pleaseth
.
But
if
on
the
contrary
,
upon
examination
,
we
find
our selves
not
regenerated
and
pardoned
,
it
is
high
time
for
us
to
set
about
these
great
works
in
earnest
,
lest
we
should
be
cut
off
before
they
be
wrought
in
us
,
and
to
set
in
with
God
in
his
Afflictions
on
us
,
for
his
Rods
are
one
way
he
takes
to
bring
about
these
gracious
works
upon
us
:
therefore
we
should
not
be
weary
of
them
.
O
labour
for
the
sense
of
God's
Pardoning
,
Regenerating
,
Redeeming
Love
;
and
labour
to
clear
up
to
your selves
,
your
Interest
in
God
by
Christ
,
and
this
will
bear
you
up
.
5.
Fifthly
,
Labour
to
get
and
keep
your
Consciences
pure
and
clean
,
that
when
there
be
Troubles
without
,
you
may
have
Peace
within
:
But
if
God
strike
you
without
,
and
lay
on
blows
on
your
outward
Comforts
,
your
Consciences
may
not
lash
you
within
,
and
charge
you
with
heavier
Burthens
.
If
a
man
have
a
sound
and
whole
Back
,
he
can
bear
an
heavy
Burthen
;
but
if
his
back
be
sore
,
a
small
Burthen
will
pinch
him
:
Let
us
therefore
make
even
reckoning
with
God
and
our
own
Consciences
,
by
renewing
our
Repentance
,
our
Faith
,
in
the
Blood
of
Jesus
,
and
by
New
Obedience
;
and
let
us
take
heed
we
wrong
not
,
nor
wound
our
Consciences
.
6.
Sixthly
,
Spend
many
Thoughts
on
Zion
,
be
grieved
for
the
Afflictions
of
Joseph
,
think
upon
the
Miseries
and
Distresses
of
many
of
the
Lord
's
dear
Servants
,
and
lay
them
to
Heart
:
Divert
and
turn
aside
from
musing
on
your
own
Troubles
only
,
and
let
Sion's
Sorrows
have
some
impression
on
your
Minds
.
7.
Seventhly
,
Labour
to
act
Faith
strongly
upon
the
Invisible
God
,
and
upon
that
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
,
prepared
in
Heaven
for
you
.
Moses
endured
,
and
was
not
weary
,
as
seeing
him
that
is
invisible
,
Heb.
11.
25
,
26.
having
an
eye
to
the
recompence
of
reward
.
Act
Faith
on
God's
Almighty
Power
;
he
can
bring
light
out
of
darkness
,
and
can
make
dry
Bones
live
:
And
upon
his
infinite
wisdom
,
He
,
who
is
only-wise
and
most
merciful
,
orders
all
the
circumstances
of
your
Afflictions
,
for
time
,
place
,
quality
,
and
quantity
:
Act
Faith
on
his
Faithfulness
,
Righteousness
,
Love
,
Pity
and
Compassion
;
and
labour
by
Faith
to
realize
the
promised
purchased
Glory
,
which
Afflictions
prepare
you
for
.
Dilate
,
spread
,
and
enlarge
your
Thoughts
and
Meditations
on
those
Crowns
and
Kingdoms
,
that
Inheritance
incorruptible
and
undefiled
,
that
fadeth
not
away
,
reserved
in
Heaven
for
you
;
those
many
Mansions
in
your
Father's
House
,
those
everlasting
Habitations
above
;
and
sweeten
your
Spirits
with
those
Thoughts
.
8.
Lastly
,
To
prevent
or
cure
Weariness
,
let
us
be
much
in
Prayer
:
Seek
the
Lord
,
seek
his
Face
continually
,
seek
his
Strength
:
He
give
●●
power
to
the
faint
,
and
to
them
that
have
no
might
he
encreaseth
strength
,
Isa.
40.
29
,
30
,
31.
Jam.
5.
13.
Psal.
50
,
15.
Is
any
afflicted
,
let
him
pray
;
call
upon
God
in
the
day
of
Trouble
.
Q.
But
is
this
all
we
must
do
in
Affliction
?
Must
we
do
nothing
but
pray
?
A.
Yes
;
1.
We
must
seek
the
Lord
,
and
search
our
hearts
,
and
try
our
ways
,
Lam.
3.
40.
seeking
God
,
and
searching
our
Hearts
,
to
find
out
our
Sins
,
must
go
together
.
2.
Seek
the
Lord
,
and
hear
the
Voice
of
his
Rod
;
Mic.
6.
9.
God
speaks
many
things
by
Afflictions
;
all
his
Rods
have
Voices
;
there
is
an
awakening
,
a
discovering
,
an
humbling
Voice
,
a
purging
trying
Voice
,
an
instructing
,
teaching
,
comforting
Voice
:
Let
us
own
God's
Hand
in
all
our
Afflictions
,
whoever
be
the
Instruments
.
It
is
the
Lord
hath
taken
away
my
Health
,
my
Estate
,
my
Friends
:
So
said
holy
Job
;
not
a
word
of
Instrument
.
3.
Seek
the
Lord
,
and
turn
to
him
with
all
your
Hearts
:
Turn
to
him
that
smiteth
:
It
is
in
vain
to
seek
God
,
if
we
do
not
turn
from
our
Sins
,
by
true
Repentance
and
thorow
Reformation
.
4.
Seek
the
Lord
,
and
act
Faith
on
Jesus
Christ
.
Hos.
6.
1
,
2.
After
two
days
he
will
revive
us
.
Luther
says
,
This
is
the
Scripture
Paul
speaks
of
,
1
Cor.
15.
4.
Christ
●ose
the
third
day
,
according
to
the
Scripture
:
What
Scripture
?
This
,
saith
he
:
And
then
the
sence
is
this
.
As
if
the
Church
should
say
,
Our
Afflictions
and
M●●cies
may
be
great
,
and
we
may
lye
in
them
for
a
time
.
So
did
Christ
;
he
was
dead
,
and
buried
,
and
lay
in
the
Grave
two
days
,
but
he
was
raised
up
the
third
day
.
And
thus
should
a
Child
of
God
exercise
his
Faith
:
I
am
thus
and
thus
afflicted
,
and
brought
very
low
,
so
was
Christ
,
and
much
more
;
he
was
a
Man
of
Sorrows
,
though
he
were
the
beloved
Son
of
God
.
He
was
delivered
up
into
the
Hands
of
Enemies
,
he
was
scorned
,
scourged
,
crucified
,
killed
,
but
my
Condition
was
never
so
bad
;
no
Sorrows
were
like
Christ's
:
Never
was
the
Church
of
God
,
the
Cause
of
God
,
in
so
low
a
condition
as
Christ
was
,
who
is
the
Head
of
his
Church
:
never
was
Man
or
Woman
in
so
low
a
condition
as
Christ
was
;
he
lay
not
only
under
the
wrath
and
malice
of
Men
and
Devils
,
but
under
his
Father's
wrath
also
:
He
was
not
only
brought
to
Death's
Door
,
but
to
Death
it self
;
yea
,
he
was
sealed
up
in
his
Grave
,
and
yet
God
raised
him
up
.
Here
is
Fo●d
for
Faith
:
In
what
depths
and
dangers
soever
the
Church
of
God
and
People
of
God
may
be
,
let
us
act
Faith
on
the
Resurrection
of
Christ
,
he
was
raised
up
,
and
so
shall
we
,
if
we
be
his
▪
and
therefore
let
us
trust
in
the
living
God
,
which
raiseth
the
dead
,
2
Cor.
1.
9.
Thus
we
see
what
means
to
use
,
that
we
may
not
grow
weary
of
God's
Chastisements
,
nor
faint
under
them
.
Q.
O
,
but
if
I
knew
God
did
afflict
me
in
Love
,
I
should
not
grow
weary
,
but
patiently
and
cheerfully
bear
my
Trouble
?
A.
1.
If
thy
Heart
be
drawn
out
more
after
God
,
to
love
God
more
,
to
fear
,
to
please
,
to
follow
after
God
more
,
it
is
in
love
:
If
thou
are
more
fearful
of
Sinning
against
God
,
and
more
careful
to
glorifie
him
,
it
is
in
love
;
Psal.
116.
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5.
2.
If
you
enjoy
the
gracions
Presence
of
God
with
you
in
your
Affliction
,
his
teaching
,
strengthning
,
sanctifying
,
quieting
,
satisfying
,
humbling
,
comforting
Presence
with
you
,
then
you
may
conclude
,
it
is
in
love
;
Isa.
43.
2.
Psal.
94.
19.
2
Cor.
4.
16.
when
your
inward
man
is
renewed
,
as
your
outward
perisheth
.
3.
If
your
Afflictions
make
you
more
conformable
to
Christ
,
in
Meekness
,
Humility
,
Heavenlyness
,
Patience
,
Self-denyal
,
&c.
4.
If
you
be
taught
by
the
Spirit
and
Word
,
when
afflicted
by
the
Rod
,
how
to
hate
Sin
more
,
to
dye
to
Self
and
the
Vanities
of
the
World
more
;
how
to
dye
to
all
Relations
,
and
Creature-Comforts
m●re
:
and
how
to
list
up
Christ
more
,
and
love
him
more
;
to
prepare
for
Death
more
,
and
mind
Heaven
more
;
then
you
are
afflicted
in
Love
:
Blessed
are
they
that
are
thus
taught
by
Affliction
;
Psal.
94.
12.
5.
If
God
lay
no
more
on
you
than
he
enables
you
to
bear
;
Isa.
27.
8.
Jer.
30.
11.
&
46.
28.
1
Cor.
10.
13.
6.
If
you
can
be
willing
to
lye
in
the
Furnace
,
until
your
dross
be
consumed
;
Job
23.
10.
Mic.
7.
9.
Can
you
cry
out
,
Lord
,
remove
the
Cause
rather
than
the
Effect
:
take
away
my
Corruption
rather
than
my
Affliction
:
A
Cure
,
Lord
,
a
Cure
of
the
Distempers
of
my
vile
Heart
;
good
Lord
,
a
Cure
?
7.
If
you
can
live
by
Faith
on
the
Promises
in
your
Affliction
;
Isa.
41.
10.
&
43.
1
,
2
,
3.
&
57.
15.
1
Tim.
1.
15.
Psal.
50.
15.
Joh.
10.
17
,
27
,
28.
Isa.
26.
3.
Matth.
11.
28
,
29.
Heb.
12.
10.
Hos.
2.
14.
Heb.
13.
5.
Rom.
8.
28.
Zech.
13.
9.
Psal.
34.
8.
&
84.
11.
Let
us
labour
to
find
these
sweet
Fruits
of
God's
Fatherly
Love
to
us
in
our
Afflictions
,
and
then
we
shall
not
grow
weary
.
2
Obj.
But
my
Afflictions
have
been
long
upon
me
.
Ans.
1.
Not
so
long
as
thy
Mercies
have
been
:
Canst
thou
number
the
days
of
thy
Health
?
Have
not
thy
good
days
been
many
more
than
thy
evil
days
?
2.
Nor
so
long
as
thy
Sins
have
been
:
Thou
hast
been
a
Transgressor
from
the
Womb
,
a
Sinner
from
thy
Conception
;
Psal.
51.
5.
3.
Nor
so
long
as
the
Afflictions
of
others
it
may
be
far
better
than
you
.
See
the
77th
and
88th
Psalms
,
Gen.
15.
12
,
13.
Four
hundred
years
:
Exod.
12.
40
,
41.
Job
21.
25.
Some
have
not
had
a
day
of
health
or
pleasure
many
years
;
no
,
not
in
their
Lives
:
Oh
,
how
should
this
quiet
us
under
our
Troubles
,
that
we
may
not
complain
that
they
are
long
?
4.
The
longer
thy
Afflictions
have
been
on
thee
,
the
sweeter
will
Heaven
at
last
be
to
thee
;
Psal.
126.
1
,
2
,
5
,
6.
compared
.
The
longer
the
Storm
the
sweeter
the
Calm
;
the
longer
in
the
Tempest
,
the
more
welcome
the
Harbour
.
5.
Thy
Afflictions
are
not
long
,
but
short
,
if
compared
with
that
Eternity
of
Glory
reserved
in
Heaven
for
you
;
as
in
the
Text
;
Everlasting
Habitations
,
Eternal
Life
,
a
Crown
of
Glory
that
fadeth
not
away
:
Have
an
Eye
fixed
on
the
Crown
,
while
thou
bearest
the
Cross
:
One
moments
being
in
the
Bosom
of
Christ
,
will
make
thee
forget
all
thy
Misery
;
oh
,
long
for
that
good
hour
.
6.
The
longer
you
are
in
Afflictions
,
the
more
spiritual
Experiences
you
have
of
the
Love
and
Care
of
Christ
towards
you
;
2
Cor.
1.
5.
2
Cor.
12.
5.
O
,
the
Love-tokens
that
Christ
sends
his
Spouse
in
the
Furnace
of
Affliction
!
then
he
speaks
most
kindly
to
her
:
The
blessed
Martyn
found
it
so
.
7.
Long
Afflictions
are
but
Preparatives
,
sometimes
to
long-liv'd
Mercies
;
as
in
Joseph
and
David
,
Isa.
54.
11
,
12
,
13
,
14.
If
by
my
long
Affliction
God
make
more
room
in
my
Heart
for
himself
,
Son
,
and
Spirit
,
his
Word
;
if
he
crucifie
my
Affections
more
to
the
World
,
and
make
me
more
conformable
to
Christ
,
I
shall
for
ever
bless
his
Name
for
them
.
8.
The
more
Afflictions
here
,
the
more
Glory
hereafter
;
2
Cor.
4.
16.
Matth.
5.
10.
For
,
1st
,
the
more
Affliction
,
the
more
Grace
is
exercised
;
and
the
more
Grace
here
,
the
more
Glory
hereafter
:
2dly
,
The
more
Afflictions
,
the
more
religious
Duties
will
be
performed
;
Psal.
109.
4.
Isa.
26.
16.
Psal.
42.
1
,
2
,
3.
Now
God
will
reward
every
into
according
to
his
works
,
though
not
for
them
;
1
Cor.
15.
last
,
2
Cor.
9.
6.
9.
Impatience
will
but
lengthen
our
Affliction
;
God's
time
is
the
best
for
deliverance
;
Affliction
shall
last
no
longer
than
need
:
Act.
27.
13
,
15.
Psal.
23.
1
,
2.
&
94.
9.
Rom.
8.
28.
Moreover
,
that
we
may
bear
up
as
Christians
,
and
not
grow
weary
,
and
so
may
find
that
all
our
Afflictions
are
blessed
to
us
,
to
prepare
us
for
that
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
,
let
us
dwell
on
a
few
more
Considerations
.
(
1.
)
That
these
our
Troubles
are
all
the
Hell
we
shall
have
.
(
2.
)
Think
much
on
the
real
spiritual
Advantages
we
shall
have
by
Affliction
:
Have
we
not
had
some
?
bless
God
for
them
.
(
3.
)
Your
choicest
and
chiefest
Treasure
is
safe
;
your
God
,
your
Christ
,
your
Portion
,
your
Crown
,
your
Inheritance
is
safe
;
your
Graces
,
your
Souls
are
safe
.
(
4.
)
Consider
it
is
our
unmortified
Lust
that
is
the
sting
of
all
our
Afflictions
;
its
Sin
adds
gall
to
our
wormwood
:
Let
us
set
our selves
in
earnest
to
the
mortifying
of
our
Sins
,
apply
the
Blood
of
Christ
,
beg
his
Spirit
,
Rom.
8.
13.
(
5.
)
That
all
our
Afflictions
come
to
us
through
the
Covenant
of
Grace
,
Psal.
89.
30
,
&c.
(
6.
)
That
they
do
but
reach
our
worser
;
our
baser
part
,
our
Bodies
;
2
Cor.
4.
6.
our
Souls
may
grow
better
.
(
7.
)
Labour
to
live
by
Faith
,
and
keep
it
as
much
in
exercise
as
possible
;
for
Faith
in
exercise
1st
,
shews
the
extreme
vanity
of
all
earthly
things
,
for
the
Soul
by
Faith
seeth
them
as
God
seeth
them
,
to
be
all
vanity
and
vexation
,
and
so
it
overcometh
the
World
;
1
Joh.
5.
4.
2dly
,
Faith
presents
to
the
Soul
greater
,
sweeter
,
better
things
in
God
and
Christ
,
than
can
possibly
be
found
in
the
Creature
:
Faith
looks
and
feeds
on
Invisibles
.
3dly
,
By
enabling
the
Soul
to
center
it self
on
God
,
and
to
be
satisfied
with
the
naked
enjoyment
of
him
;
God
is
All
to
the
Soul
that
trusteth
in
him
;
Joh.
14.
8.
Psal.
17.
15.
Phil.
3.
8
,
9.
(
8.
)
Labor
every
day
to
be
more
humble
,
low
and
little
in
your
own
Eyes
.
Who
am
I
?
I
am
not
worthy
of
the
least
of
God's
Mercies
;
I
have
forfeited
all
;
I
have
improved
none
;
it
is
Pride
only
that
brings
Discontent
.
(
9.
)
Consider
,
the
worst
that
God
doth
to
his
People
here
,
is
but
to
do
them
good
in
the
latter
end
;
Hos.
2.
14.
Heb.
12.
10.
(
10.
)
What
God
wills
is
best
;
God
is
Wisdom
it self
,
and
he
is
Goodness
it self
;
when
he
sends
Sickness
,
Sickness
is
best
.
(
11.
)
That
God
will
be
with
us
in
all
our
Afflictions
;
that
his
Ends
in
afflicting
us
are
all
good
and
gracious
;
that
the
best
way
to
have
our
wills
,
is
entirely
to
submit
them
to
God's
Will
.
(
12.
)
Think
much
on
the
shortness
and
uncertainty
of
Life
;
Life
is
not
vita
,
but
via
ad
vitam
:
Hold
out
Faith
and
Patience
,
thy
Troubles
and
thy
Life
will
shortly
end
together
.
Let
us
most
seriously
and
often
speak
thus
to
our selves
;
I
have
great
Works
to
do
,
great
Matters
to
dispatch
,
a
God
to
be
reconciled
to
,
a
Christ
to
close
with
,
a
Soul
to
save
,
a
Race
to
run
,
a
Crown
to
win
,
a
Pardon
to
get
,
an
Hell
to
escape
,
a
Body
of
Sin
to
destroy
,
a
World
to
conquer
,
a
Heaven
to
secure
,
and
I
have
but
a
little
short
uncertain
time
for
all
this
;
I
have
one
Foot
in
the
Grave
,
I
am
just
going
ashore
on
Eternity
,
what
time
have
I
to
stand
poring
on
my
Troubles
?
Oh!
let
my
whole
Soul
be
taken
up
with
my
most
necessary
Work
;
oh
,
let
me
engage
all
the
powers
of
my
Soul
,
and
Members
of
my
Body
,
in
studying
and
labouring
to
secure
my
eternal
Happiness
,
how
to
improve
all
my
Afflictions
to
the
good
of
my
Soul
,
how
to
glorifie
God
in
those
Fires
,
how
to
enjoy
Communion
with
God
in
every
condition
,
how
to
live
so
this
little
short
time
,
that
I
may
dye
in
Peace
,
and
enter
into
my
Master's
Joy
,
to
be
with
my
dearest
Lord
in
glory
,
for
ever
and
ever
.
Oh!
these
things
should
take
up
our
Thoughts
,
and
possess
our
Minds
.
And
thus
,
if
we
endeavour
in
the
Strength
of
Christ
,
so
to
manage
our
Afflictions
,
so
to
carry
our selves
under
them
,
and
so
to
improve
them
as
we
have
been
directed
,
we
shall
find
,
by
the
Blessing
of
our
good
God
and
gracious
Father
in
Christ
,
that
all
our
light
Afflictions
,
which
are
but
for
a
moment
,
shall
work
for
us
that
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
Glory
;
to
which
purpose
,
that
Christians
may
be
able
to
hear
up
under
all
their
Troubles
,
the
Apostle
subjoins
a
notable
and
singular
help
,
which
himself
and
the
Primitive
Christians
had
found
very
useful
by
their
own
experience
,
which
is
expressed
in
the
following
Verse
.
And
so
much
for
this
17th
Verse
.
PART
III.
Heaven
and
Earth
EPITOMIZ'D
:
OR
,
INVISIBILITIES
THE
Greatest
Realities
.
2
COR.
iv
.
18.
While
we
look
not
at
those
things
which
are
seen
,
but
at
those
things
which
are
not
seen
:
for
those
things
which
are
seen
are
temporal
,
but
those
things
which
are
not
seen
are
eternal
.
WE
have
seen
in
the
former
Discourse
how
bravely
the
Apostle
and
Primitive
Christians
bore
up
under
all
their
cruel
Sufferings
,
and
got
advantage
by
them
;
as
Ver.
16
,
17.
and
what
means
they
used
to
attain
this
holy
Courage
;
besides
all
which
,
here
is
another
singular
Help
they
made
use
of
,
to
get
this
gracious
frame
of
Spirit
,
and
that
is
in
these
words
,
Verse
18.
We
faint
not
(
they
say
)
but
gather
strength
,
and
get
ground
inwardly
;
while
we
look
not
at
those
things
which
are
seen
,
but
at
those
things
which
are
not
seen
:
So
long
as
we
shut
out
visible
things
of
our
Minds
,
and
shut
our
Eyes
at
them
,
and
so
long
as
we
apprehend
and
mind
things
invisible
,
and
fix
our
Eyes
on
unseen
things
;
while
we
do
so
,
we
faint
not
under
all
our
Sufferings
,
but
profit
by
them
.
Here
is
looking
off
,
and
looking
on
,
a
double
Act
of
Faith
;
a
looking
off
seen
things
,
things
visible
to
the
Eye
of
Sence
,
we
look
off
these
;
and
a
looking
on
things
not
seen
,
but
invisible
to
the
Bodily
Eye
.
Here
is
a
double
work
,
one
negative
,
the
other
affirmative
:
For
the
negative
part
,
observe
,
1.
the
Act
,
if
I
may
properly
so
call
it
,
a
looking
off
;
or
a
looking
away
from
,
a
withdrawing
of
their
sight
.
2.
An
Object
,
things
that
are
seen
,
visible
things
,
things
obvious
to
bodily
right
.
3.
The
Reason
annexed
,
for
they
are
are
temporal
:
All
things
that
are
seen
are
temporal
,
things
that
will
last
but
for
a
time
,
a
short
time
;
they
are
fading
,
fleeting
things
,
transitory
momentany
things
:
Be
they
good
things
or
evil
things
,
be
they
prosperous
or
adverse
,
be
they
sweet
or
bitter
things
,
if
they
be
seen
things
,
visible
things
,
they
are
but
temporal
.
2.
A
positive
practice
,
but
we
look
unto
those
things
which
are
not
seen
.
1st
,
Here
is
the
Act
,
we
look
;
Actus
Animae
,
it
is
the
Act
of
the
Understanding
,
Will
,
and
Affections
,
all
are
set
and
fixed
on
,
and
employed
about
.
2dly
,
The
Object
,
things
that
are
not
seen
,
things
invisible
;
and
the
Reason
is
added
,
for
they
are
eternal
:
And
because
these
unseen
things
are
eternal
,
therefore
are
they
most
worthy
of
our
most
serious
thoughts
and
best
affections
.
And
both
these
Acts
,
of
looking
off
from
visible
temporal
things
,
and
looking
on
upon
invisible
eternal
things
,
have
a
very
great
influence
in
supporting
Christians
under
all
their
Sufferings
in
this
World
;
as
will
manifestly
appear
in
the
following
Discourse
.
1.
First
,
What
is
here
negatively
expressed
:
We
look
not
at
these
things
which
are
seen
;
the
meaning
is
not
,
that
they
did
shut
their
Eyes
upon
all
earthly
things
,
and
take
no
notice
at
all
of
them
,
for
that
was
not
their
Duty
:
The
Apostle-himself
laboured
with
his
Hands
,
and
exhorteth
all
Christians
to
be
diligent
in
their
Callings
,
which
they
could
not
be
,
if
they
did
not
look
upon
the
things
of
this
World
;
but
he
means
this
,
that
their
hearts
,
minds
,
and
affections
were
weaned
and
taken
of
from
earthly
things
;
they
were
not
earthly
minded
;
They
minded
not
the
things
of
the
flesh
,
Rom.
8.
5
,
6.
that
is
,
〈◊〉
and
〈◊〉
;
yea
,
not
at
all
in
comparison
of
invisible
and
eternal
things
:
So
our
Lord
is
to
be
understood
,
Joh.
6.
27.
Labour
not
for
that
meat
which
perisheth
:
That
is
,
not
so
much
,
not
so
earnestly
,
as
for
that
which
endureth
to
Eternal
Life
.
Col.
3.
2.
Set
your
affections
●●
things
above
,
not
on
things
below
:
that
,
is
,
comparatively
;
but
let
the
strongest
,
steddiest
stream
of
your
Affections
run
Heaven-ward
:
Let
your
Affections
be
set
,
that
is
,
placed
,
setled
,
fixed
upon
things
above
:
Not
that
we
should
not
at
all
mind
things
below
,
but
we
must
not
set
our
Hearts
upon
them
,
nor
fix
and
place
our
Loves
and
Delights
in
them
.
So
here
,
we
look
not
on
things
that
are
seen
,
that
is
,
we
place
not
our
Affections
on
them
;
visible
things
are
not
the
chief
and
principal
things
that
we
mind
;
nor
do
we
exercise
and
spend
our
most
serious
and
chief
thoughts
about
these
visible
things
,
they
are
not
the
main
study
and
care
of
our
Souls
.
I
am
(
saith
this
Apostle
)
crucified
to
the
world
,
and
the
world
is
crucified
to
me
,
Gal.
6.
14.
There
are
two
kinds
of
visible
things
,
visible
good
things
,
and
visible
evil
things
,
neither
of
which
was
the
object
of
their
principal
thoughts
and
cares
;
and
they
give
a
good
Reason
for
it
,
because
they
are
temporal
,
they
are
short-liv'd
,
and
but
for
the
present
,
and
therefore
we
do
not
much
mind
them
,
nor
look
after
them
.
1.
Visible
good
things
,
simply
and
in
themselves
good
;
as
,
(
1.
)
Life
,
Animal
Life
,
one
of
the
best
good
things
in
the
World
,
yet
very
short
,
and
very
uncertain
,
Job
14.
1.
James
4.
14.
What
is
our
life
?
It
is
but
a
Vapour
,
that
appeareth
for
a
little
time
,
and
then
vanisheth
away
;
Psal.
39.
4
,
5.
(
2.
)
The
Accommodations
of
Life
,
as
,
Riches
,
but
uncertain
,
1
Tim.
6.
17.
Corruptible
,
1
Pet.
1.
17
,
18.
Deceitful
,
Matth.
13.
22.
(
3.
)
Pleasures
,
they
are
but
for
a
season
,
Heb.
11.
all
lawful
Pleasures
,
such
as
Solomon
had
,
all
but
vanity
and
vexation
;
Health
and
Strength
,
Friends
and
Relations
,
all
are
but
for
a
time
,
a
very
short
uncertain
time
.
Abraham
had
his
Sarah
,
and
David
his
Jonathan
,
and
Jacob
his
Rachel
,
but
for
a
time
;
daily
Experience
proves
all
this
,
all
visible
good
is
but
temporal
.
2.
Evil
things
that
are
visible
are
but
temporal
also
.
Heaviness
endureth
but
for
a
moment
;
Sickness
,
Pain
,
Poverty
,
Disgrace
,
Persecution
,
Afflictions
are
but
for
a
moment
,
Tribulation
ten
days
,
an
hour
of
Temptation
;
Desertion
but
a
little
moment
;
and
because
this
is
the
Nature
and
Property
of
all
visible
things
,
that
they
are
transitory
temporal
things
,
not
lasting
,
much
less
everlasting
;
therefore
we
that
are
enlightned
by
Grace
,
and
that
have
true
understandings
and
right
apprehensions
of
these
things
,
and
which
have
also
had
the
experience
of
their
shortness
and
uncertainty
,
both
of
the
good
and
evil
things
of
this
World
,
we
do
not
look
unto
them
,
that
is
,
we
look
beyond
them
and
above
them
;
those
visible
temporal
things
do
not
lye
so
near
our
Hearts
,
nor
take
up
so
much
room
in
our
Minds
,
nor
so
much
place
in
our
Affections
,
as
invisible
eternal
things
do
,
nor
as
those
visible
temporal
things
do
in
the
Hearts
and
Minds
of
others
,
whose
Hope
and
Portion
is
in
this
Life
,
and
whose
Minds
the
God
of
this
World
hath
blinded
.
No
,
no
;
we
look
not
upon
those
earthly
things
with
such
an
Eye
of
Love
,
Desire
,
and
Delight
;
the
visible
good
things
of
this
World
do
not
raise
or
delight
our
Souls
,
nor
seek
we
that
content
in
them
that
others
do
;
nor
have
we
such
dreadful
thoughts
of
the
evil
things
of
this
World
,
as
to
perplex
our selves
with
the
fears
of
them
before
they
come
;
nor
with
immoderate
sorrow
and
grief
when
they
come
;
nor
are
we
so
dejected
and
troubled
,
when
we
part
with
the
visible
Comforts
of
this
Life
,
because
we
have
right
Apprehensions
of
them
;
and
therefore
we
faint
not
under
our
Afflictions
.
From
hence
two
Points
of
Doctrine
are
observable
.
1
Doct.
That
because
all
visible
things
are
Temporal
,
and
of
no
long
continuance
,
therefore
gracious
Souls
engage
not
their
Hearts
too
much
in
them
,
nor
concern
themselves
too
much
for
them
or
about
them
.
2
Doct.
That
a
right
and
true
Judgment
of
earthly
things
,
will
help
much
to
support
and
uphold
the
Lord's
Servants
in
and
under
all
the
Afflictions
of
this
Life
.
1
Doct.
1.
First
,
That
because
all
visible
things
are
temporal
,
but
for
a
short
time
,
therefore
they
must
not
be
much
minded
nor
regarded
.
This
is
the
Character
and
the
Duty
of
all
gracious
Souls
,
1
Cor.
7.
29
,
30.
Because
the
time
is
short
,
therefore
they
that
have
wives
must
be
as
if
they
had
none
,
and
they
that
weep
as
if
they
wept
not
,
&c.
Joh.
6.
27.
Labour
not
for
that
meat
which
perisheth
:
And
Phil.
4.
6.
Be
careful
in
nothing
.
&c.
Q.
But
must
we
cast
off
all
care
of
earthly
things
,
〈◊〉
not
mind
them
at
all
?
Ans.
Not
so
neither
;
for
we
are
commanded
to
work
,
and
use
lawful
Callings
,
and
to
abide
in
our
Callings
;
but
the
meaning
is
,
1.
That
we
must
not
mind
and
regard
visible
things
,
earthly
things
Then
,
when
we
are
to
mind
invisible
and
heavenly
things
;
see
Isa.
58.
13.
Upon
the
holy
day
of
God
,
and
when
we
are
in
holy
Duties
,
praying
,
hearing
,
reading
,
meditating
,
then
our
Hearts
,
Thoughts
,
and
Minds
should
be
wholly
taken
up
with
invisible
heavenly
things
,
and
visible
earthly
things
laid
aside
.
2.
Nor
must
we
mind
them
so
heartily
,
seriously
,
delightfully
,
as
we
must
mind
heavenly
things
;
we
must
be
fervent
in
Spirit
,
serving
the
Lord
,
Rom.
12.
11.
and
strive
,
as
in
an
Agony
,
to
enter
in
at
the
●●ait
gate
,
Luk.
13.
24.
and
give
all
diligence
to
make
your
calling
and
election
sure
;
and
to
serve
the
Lord
with
our
whole
heart
,
and
with
all
our
might
;
but
we
are
never
commanded
to
mind
and
pursue
the
things
of
the
World
so
,
nor
with
such
eagerness
and
fervency
.
The
Lord
chargeth
it
as
a
grievous
Crime
on
Israel
,
that
they
panted
after
the
Dust
of
the
Earth
,
Amos
2.
7.
But
gracious
souls
pant
after
God
;
Psal.
42.
1
,
2.
&
63.
1
,
2
,
8.
Their
souls
follow
hard
after
God
:
and
blessed
are
they
that
hunger
and
thirst
after
righteousness
,
Matth.
5.
Not
they
that
hunger
and
thirst
after
the
Honours
,
Pleasures
,
and
Riches
of
this
World
.
1
John
2.
14
,
15.
Love
not
the
world
,
nor
the
things
of
the
world
.
3.
Nor
must
we
mind
these
visible
temporal
things
firstly
,
principally
,
and
chiefly
,
but
only
secondarily
,
and
in
subserviency
to
heavenly
things
Matth.
6.
33
,
34.
First
seek
the
kingdom
of
God
;
first
,
in
the
beginning
of
your
Life
;
first
,
in
the
morning
of
the
day
;
first
,
in
your
Affections
.
4.
Nor
mostly
:
God
is
to
be
loved
with
all
our
hearts
,
with
all
our
souls
,
with
all
our
minds
,
and
with
all
our
strength
,
Matth.
22.
37.
Psal.
16.
8.
I
have
set
the
Lord
always
before
me
,
as
the
most
worthy
object
of
my
continual
love
,
desire
,
fear
,
and
delight
.
5.
Nor
must
we
so
mind
visible
things
at
all
,
as
to
be
taken
off
from
minding
heavenly
things
,
or
to
be
hindred
from
,
or
to
be
unficted
for
minding
heavenly
things
.
6.
Nor
must
we
mind
them
,
but
with
heavenly
Hearts
,
and
for
heavenly
ends
,
still
minding
God
in
them
,
how
to
glorifie
him
by
them
.
1
Cor.
10.
31.
Whether
ye
eat
or
drink
,
or
whatever
ye
do
,
do
all
to
the
glory
of
God
.
Q.
But
when
do
we
mind
visible
temporal
things
us
much
?
Ans.
1st
,
When
we
mind
them
unseasonably
,
as
noted
before
:
2dly
,
When
we
mind
them
inordinately
,
out
of
order
,
that
is
,
firstly
and
principally
:
3dly
,
When
we
mind
them
immoderately
.
Let
your
moderation
be
known
unto
all
men
,
saith
the
Apostle
,
Phil.
4.
Q.
But
when
do
we
mind
them
immoderately
?
Ans.
1.
When
our
minding
of
these
visible
temporal
things
hinders
us
from
minding
those
invisible
and
eternal
things
.
This
was
the
Sin
of
Demas
,
his
embracing
this
World
made
him
forsake
Paul
:
So
that
when
the
Service
of
Christ
must
give
place
to
the
Service
of
the
World
;
when
the
Farm
,
the
Oxen
,
the
Wife
,
must
be
preferred
before
the
Feast
,
and
good
Duties
laid
aside
while
the
World
is
served
;
when
the
call
of
God
is
neglected
,
and
the
call
of
the
World
obeyed
;
then
do
we
mind
Earthly
things
immoderately
.
In
some
cases
,
I
confess
,
that
is
in
Cases
of
Necessity
,
to
shew
Mercy
to
any
in
Misery
,
to
save
or
preserve
Life
,
God
will
have
mercy
,
and
not
sacrifice
;
but
out
of
those
cases
God
and
his
Service
must
be
preferred
before
all
visible
temporal
things
.
But
when
earthly
things
so
fill
up
our
Heads
,
Hearts
,
Minds
,
Thoughts
,
Hands
,
Time
and
all
,
that
we
have
none
left
to
spend
or
bestow
on
heavenly
things
,
then
we
mind
visible
things
immoderately
.
2.
When
our
minding
visible
temporal
things
unfits
and
indisposeth
us
for
minding
invisible
and
eternal
things
;
when
earthly
things
have
so
entred
our
Hearts
,
and
so
engaged
our
Minds
,
that
they
deaden
and
dull
,
clog
and
cloy
our
Spirits
,
so
entangle
and
perplex
our
Thoughts
,
as
that
thereby
we
are
put
out
of
frame
and
temper
,
and
made
unfit
to
mind
or
meddle
with
Divine
and
Heavenly
things
.
Luke
21.
34.
Take
heed
,
lest
at
any
time
your
hearts
be
over-charged
with
surfeiting
und
drunkenness
,
and
cares
of
this
life
,
saith
our
Lord
.
3.
When
we
are
less
tired
and
wearied
in
the
thoughts
of
visible
temporal
things
,
than
in
the
thoughts
of
invisible
eternal
things
:
When
we
can
plot
,
study
,
cark
,
care
,
think
,
muse
,
ponder
upon
,
freely
talk
of
earthly
things
,
without
weariness
,
but
with
much
delight
,
as
being
very
suitable
to
our
Minds
,
and
therefore
very
pleasing
and
grateful
to
us
;
we
can
think
and
speak
of
earthly
things
from
morning
till
night
,
without
weariness
,
but
are
soon
weary
of
the
study
and
meditation
of
heavenly
things
;
nay
,
are
meer
Strangers
to
heavenly
Meditation
and
heavenly
Discourse
;
Mal.
1.
13.
When
we
are
in
company
where
there
is
heavenly
talk
,
we
are
soon
weary
of
such
company
,
and
of
such
talk
,
and
are
willing
to
break
off
such
Discourse
,
and
to
entertain
the
talk
of
worldly
things
.
4.
When
we
are
more
attentive
unto
,
more
intent
upon
,
more
seriously
affected
with
,
and
more
strongly
impressed
by
those
visible
temporal
things
,
than
we
are
with
and
by
invisible
and
eternal
things
.
When
good
News
from
Sea
or
Land
,
a
good
bargain
,
good
success
in
our
Worldly
business
,
doth
more
heartily
affect
us
and
rejoyce
us
,
th●●
good
News
from
Heaven
,
or
any
spiritual
Mercy
,
then
we
do
immoderately
mind
earthly
things
.
It
was
far
otherwise
with
holy
David
,
Psal.
4.
6
,
7.
Many
say
,
Who
will
show
us
any
good
?
any
visible
temporal
good
;
but
,
Lord
,
lift
thou
vp
the
light
of
thy
countenance
upon
us
:
Thou
hast
put
more
gladness
into
my
heart
,
than
when
their
corn
and
wine
encreased
.
And
so
it
is
with
all
gracious
Souls
.
5.
When
the
gain
of
visible
temporal
things
brings
more
joy
,
and
the
loss
of
them
breeds
more
sorrow
than
the
gain
or
loss
of
invisible
eternal
things
;
when
the
gain
of
an
Estate
,
of
Honour
,
of
the
Favour
of
a
great
person
,
doth
more
rejoice
the
Heart
than
the
gain
of
the
Pearl
of
Price
;
and
the
loss
of
an
Estate
or
Friend
doth
more
cast
down
than
the
loss
of
God
,
or
a
good
Conscience
.
6.
When
we
are
more
afraid
of
Suffering
than
of
Sin
,
and
would
rather
venture
the
loss
of
invisible
eternal
things
,
than
the
loss
of
visible
temporal
things
:
Surely
it
was
not
thus
with
the
Apostles
and
Primitive
Christians
;
they
looked
not
on
those
visible
temporal
things
,
they
did
not
mind
them
unseasonably
,
inordinaiely
,
immoderately
;
and
so
,
comparatively
,
they
are
said
to
mind
them
not
at
all
.
The
Proof
of
this
〈◊〉
will
appear
,
I
,
by
express
Precept
;
H.
b●
the
〈◊〉
of
Gospel-Christians
;
III.
by
solid
Reasons
.
I.
By
express
Precepts
;
besides
〈…〉
before
,
John
6.
27.
1
Cor.
7.
31
,
〈…〉
that
in
Col.
3.
1
,
2
,
3
,
5.
Set
your
affections
〈…〉
things
above
,
and
not
on
things
below
,
and
〈…〉
inordinate
affections
:
1
John
2.
〈…〉
,
would
,
nor
the
things
of
the
〈…〉
,
the
love
of
the
father
is
〈…〉
.
〈◊〉
in
lay
that
to
Heart
,
the
love
〈◊〉
World
is
utterly
inconsistent
with
the
love
of
〈…〉
that
in
Jam.
4.
4.
He
that
is
〈…〉
is
the
Enemy
of
God
,
the
〈…〉
is
enmity
to
God
.
It
is
a
dangerous
〈…〉
,
to
be
the
Enemy
of
God
;
nothing
is
so
dangerous
:
See
Nahum
1.
2.
God
is
jealous
,
and
the
Lord
revengeth
:
the
Lord
revengeth
and
is
furious
;
the
Lord
will
take
vengeance
on
his
adversaries
,
and
reserveth
wrath
for
his
enemies
.
What
a
dreadful
Text
is
this
!
And
who
are
the
Lord's
Enemies
?
Why
,
those
that
are
the
friends
of
the
world
,
saith
the
Spirit
of
God
.
Although
but
few
think
or
believe
so
,
yet
so
it
is
;
and
it
is
a
most
dreadful
thing
to
be
the
Enemies
of
God
,
for
then
God
is
our
Enemy
,
and
that
is
most
dreadful
.
Now
,
he
that
is
a
friend
to
the
world
,
is
the
enemy
of
God
.
World
in
that
place
,
I
take
to
be
the
same
that
is
here
in
my
Text
,
called
Visible
temporal
things
,
the
good
things
of
this
World
:
Such
as
are
the
friends
of
these
things
,
saith
the
Apostle
,
are
the
enemies
of
God
;
and
this
is
no
small
matter
:
let
us
all
therefore
look
well
to
it
,
that
we
be
not
such
.
Q.
But
who
are
the
friends
of
this
World
?
you
will
ask
.
A.
First
,
All
such
as
love
this
World
,
and
the
things
of
it
,
more
than
God
,
and
Christ
,
and
Heavenly
things
;
this
is
most
clear
:
So
Matth.
10.
37.
He
that
loveth
father
or
mother
more
than
me
,
is
not
worthy
of
me
,
saith
our
Lord
.
2
Tim.
3.
4.
Lovers
of
pleasures
more
than
lovers
of
God
.
What
do
most
People
mind
most
,
and
think
most
upon
,
and
speak
most
of
?
Is
it
not
the
World
,
things
that
are
seen
?
What
is
most
in
their
Thoughts
,
Mornings
soon
,
and
Evenings
late
?
Where
are
their
Hearts
and
Affections
most
?
Let
our
Consciences
speak
:
Whom
do
we
serve
most
,
follow
and
pursue
most
,
God
or
the
World
,
Christ
or
the
Creature
?
Who
hath
the
precedency
and
supremacy
in
our
Hearts
?
What
Interest
is
uppermost
in
our
Souls
?
This
is
a
plain
Rule
of
Tryal
;
and
if
we
will
suffer
our
own
Consciences
to
speak
plainly
,
and
tell
us
the
truth
,
we
may
know
whether
we
be
Friends
of
the
World
or
no.
Let
us
deal
faithfully
with
our selves
in
this
great
Case
,
and
not
flatter
and
deceive
our selves
,
as
most
do
,
and
so
mistake
our selves
,
by
taking
our selves
to
be
the
Lord's
Servants
,
when
indeed
we
are
his
real
Enemies
,
because
we
are
Friends
of
the
World
;
and
by
this
mistake
may
we
ruine
our selves
for
ever
.
Secondly
,
All
such
as
covet
,
desire
,
seek
after
the
World
,
the
Profits
,
and
Pleasures
,
and
Favours
of
it
,
more
than
after
God
and
Christ
,
after
Grace
and
Glory
:
Such
as
pant
after
the
Dust
of
the
Earth
,
that
make
haste
to
be
rich
,
that
load
themselves
with
yellow
Clay
,
such
are
Friends
of
the
World
:
Whereas
gracious
Souls
are
like
those
in
Isa.
26.
8.
Yea
,
in
the
way
of
thy
judgments
,
O
Lord
,
have
we
waited
for
thee
:
the
desire
of
our
soul
is
to
thy
name
,
and
to
the
remembrance
of
thee
.
With
my
soul
have
I
desired
thee
in
the
night
;
yea
,
with
my
spirit
within
me
will
I
seek
thee
early
.
So
Psal.
73.
25
,
26.
Whom
have
I
in
heaven
but
thee
?
and
there
is
none
upon
earth
that
I
desire
besides
thee
.
God
is
the
strength
of
my
heart
,
and
my
portion
for
ever
.
So
Psal.
42.
1
,
2.
As
the
hart
panteth
after
the
water-brooks
,
so
panteth
my
soul
after
thee
,
O
Lord
.
The
strongest
,
steddiest
Streams
of
his
Desires
and
Loves
did
run
after
God
and
his
Favour
.
Thirdly
,
He
that
is
commanded
by
the
World
,
is
a
Friend
of
the
World
;
one
Friend
can
command
another
;
so
all
Friends
profess
to
one
another
,
and
if
they
mean
not
so
,
they
basely
dissemble
.
Can
the
Profits
and
Pleasures
of
the
World
command
your
Hearts
,
Thoughts
,
Affections
,
Time
and
Strength
,
yea
,
and
your
Consciences
too
?
Can
the
World
keep
you
from
serving
God
?
Can
you
dispense
with
the
Service
of
God
to
attend
the
World
?
then
sure
you
are
the
Friends
of
it
.
Fourthly
,
Are
you
more
intimate
,
friendly
,
and
familiar
,
more
pleasant
and
joyful
in
the
company
of
the
People
of
the
World
?
And
in
your
dealings
with
the
things
of
the
World
,
are
you
more
delighted
and
pleased
,
and
are
,
as
it
were
,
more
in
your
Element
,
and
where
you
would
be
,
than
when
you
are
in
the
company
of
the
Saints
,
and
than
when
you
are
dealing
with
God
and
Christ
,
and
heavenly
things
?
David
,
who
delighted
greatly
in
God
,
and
in
his
Word
,
and
in
his
Saints
,
professed
himself
to
be
a
Stranger
in
the
Earth
;
as
Psal.
119.
19.
When
the
Lord's
Servants
are
in
his
work
,
and
among
his
People
,
then
they
are
in
their
Element
,
then
they
are
where
they
would
be
:
One
day
in
thy
House
is
better
than
a
thousand
,
Psal.
84.
Fifthly
,
He
that
seeks
the
Worlds
Favours
,
and
fears
the
Worlds
Frowns
more
than
God's
,
is
a
Friend
of
the
World
.
A
gracious
Soul
seeks
nothing
so
much
as
God's
Favour
:
O
,
how
doth
David
pant
after
God's
Favour
,
and
the
light
of
his
Countenance
!
In
thy
favour
(
saith
he
)
is
life
,
Psal.
30.
6.
and
thy
loving-kindness
better
than
life
,
Psal.
63.
3.
And
how
earnestly
and
frequently
doth
he
pray
,
that
God
would
not
hide
his
Face
from
him
?
Sixthly
,
He
that
is
troubled
more
for
the
loss
of
those
visible
temporal
things
,
than
for
the
loss
of
God
,
or
his
Gospel
;
and
complains
more
for
the
want
and
absence
of
these
things
,
than
for
the
want
and
absence
of
God
,
such
,
in
such
a
degree
,
are
Friends
of
the
World
,
and
being
Friends
of
the
World
,
are
Enemies
of
God
.
Seventhly
,
He
that
gives
the
World
most
Respect
and
best
Entertainment
:
we
give
our
Friends
most
respect
,
and
best
entertainment
.
How
oft
hath
Christ
knock'd
at
our
Doors
in
the
Ministry
of
the
Word
,
and
Motions
of
his
Spirit
,
begging
our
acceptance
?
How
oft
hath
Christ
called
to
us
in
Ordinances
and
Providences
for
entertainment
,
and
we
have
shut
our
Hearts
against
him
?
How
oft
hath
the
Holy
Spirit
been
striving
with
us
,
but
we
have
grieved
and
quenched
him
by
our
Resistance
?
But
how
easily
have
we
entertained
the
Enticements
of
the
World
?
How
readily
have
we
embraced
the
Motions
of
the
World
?
This
proves
us
to
be
Friends
of
the
World
;
and
such
are
the
Enemies
of
God
.
By
these
things
let
us
try
our selves
,
and
we
may
know
whether
we
be
the
Friends
of
the
World
,
or
the
Friends
of
God
.
II.
This
Point
is
proved
by
Example
:
Take
our
Apostle
as
a
pregnant
Instance
;
as
in
the
Text
,
saying
,
We
look
not
at
those
things
which
are
seen
:
So
in
Gal.
2.
20.
&
6.
14.
I
am
crucified
to
the
world
,
and
the
world
is
crucified
to
me
.
As
if
he
had
said
,
I
am
in
the
Eye
of
the
World
as
contemprible
,
despicable
,
and
abominable
a
thing
,
as
one
hanged
on
the
Cross
,
as
a
Malefactor
on
the
Gallows
,
an
Object
that
Passengers
care
not
to
look
upon
,
but
turn
away
their
sight
from
:
Such
a
one
am
I
,
saith
this
blessed
Apostle
;
for
the
World
said
of
him
,
Away
with
such
a
f●llow
,
he
is
not
worthy
to
live
:
And
the
world
is
crucified
to
me
,
saith
he
.
I
have
a
●ow
and
base
thoughts
of
the
World
as
the
World
hath
of
me
;
the
World
is
as
despicable
and
contemptible
to
me
,
as
I
am
to
it
;
I
look
no
more
upon
the
World
than
it
doth
upon
me
;
I
do
as
little
value
the
World
as
it
doth
value
me
.
And
this
is
a
full
explication
of
his
sence
in
the
Text
,
We
look
not
on
those
things
which
are
seen
,
for
they
are
temporal
.
This
is
the
Character
of
truly-gracious
Souls
.
So
Gal.
5.
24.
They
that
are
Christ's
,
have
crucified
the
flesh
with
the
affections
and
lusts
thereof
.
Q.
But
how
shall
we
know
when
we
are
crucified
to
the
World
?
Ans.
1
:
When
our
care
for
visible
temporal
things
doth
not
consume
and
eat
out
our
care
for
invisible
and
eternal
things
;
when
our
care
for
our
Bodies
doth
not
destroy
our
care
for
our
Souls
;
Deut.
4.
9.
Only
take
heed
,
and
keep
thy
soul
diligently
:
Our
Souls
must
have
our
greatest
care
,
and
all
other
cares
we
must
cast
on
God
:
Matth.
6.
33.
First
seek
the
kingdom
of
God
,
and
his
righteousness
,
and
all
other
things
shall
be
added
.
2.
When
the
work
of
the
World
is
neglected
,
that
the
work
of
God
may
be
attended
.
See
this
in
Martha's
Case
,
Luke
10.
40
,
41.
one
thing
is
needful
.
3.
When
,
altho'
our
Hands
may
be
full
of
visible
temporal
things
,
yet
our
Hearts
are
not
entangled
nor
over-charged
with
them
,
2
Tim.
2.
4.
Luke
21.
34.
When
our
Engagements
about
visible
temporal
things
do
not
hinder
us
from
minding
our
concernments
about
invisible
eternal
things
,
1
Tim.
6.
19.
When
matters
and
businesses
of
the
World
are
made
to
stand
by
,
and
give
place
to
the
Service
of
God
.
When
praying
times
,
hearing
,
reading
,
meditating
times
are
duly
attended
and
observed
.
And
indeed
,
we
have
need
work
while
our
day
lasteth
;
for
there
is
no
work
,
wisdom
,
or
device
in
the
Grave
,
whither
we
are
going
:
All
that
is
to
be
done
for
Eternity
,
must
be
done
in
this
world
,
John
9.
4.
4.
A
man
is
then
crucified
to
the
world
,
and
to
these
visible
things
,
when
he
is
content
to
be
without
these
good
things
of
the
world
,
when
the
will
of
the
Lord
is
so
;
Content
to
be
without
Friends
,
Health
,
Liberty
,
Wealth
,
Honours
,
Pleasures
,
Phil.
4.
11
,
12.
Contentment
is
the
Hearts
Ease
;
well-pleasedness
with
our
condition
,
without
vexation
or
distraction
;
to
acquiesce
in
the
holy
will
of
God
:
Godliness
and
Contentment
grow
both
together
;
if
Contentment
be
little
,
Godliness
is
not
much
:
if
thou
be
truly
godly
,
then
God
,
the
All-sufficient
and
Chief
Good
,
is
thy
Portion
;
and
so
thou
hast
enough
to
content
thee
,
enough
to
make
thee
happy
for
ever
.
It
is
a
Paradox
to
the
World
,
That
a
gracious
Soul
cannot
be
content
with
the
whole
world
only
,
and
yet
can
be
content
without
it
.
Let
us
seek
Content
where
we
will
out
of
God
,
and
we
shall
never
find
it
.
5.
And
lastly
,
when
a
man
can
patiently
bear
the
loss
of
all
visible
temporal
things
,
then
he
is
crucified
to
the
world
;
when
Losses
and
Crosses
do
not
sink
him
,
and
make
him
faint
,
as
those
Saints
in
this
Chapter
,
ver.
16.
and
those
in
Heb.
10.
34.
who
took
joyfully
the
spoiling
of
their
goods
.
And
thus
we
have
the
description
of
a
person
that
is
crucified
to
the
World
,
and
the
World
to
him
;
one
that
looks
not
on
the
things
which
are
seen
,
that
sets
not
his
Heart
and
Affections
upon
them
.
III.
The
Reasons
of
the
Point
,
why
gracious
Souls
do
not
so
much
regard
and
mind
visible
things
are
those
that
follow
.
Reason
1.
One
Reason
is
in
the
Text
,
which
is
,
because
they
are
temporal
,
fading
,
perishing
,
transitory
,
momentany
things
;
All
flesh
is
grass
,
and
the
glory
thereof
as
the
flower
of
the
field
:
All
are
dying
things
,
and
therefore
no
suitable
Objects
for
never-dying
Souls
to
spend
themselves
upon
.
All
our
Relations
,
how
dear
and
near
soever
,
our
Health
,
Estate
,
Liberty
,
yea
,
our
Life
,
is
but
a
Vapour
,
that
appears
but
a
little
time
,
and
then
vanisheth
away
;
therefore
not
fit
for
immortal
Souls
to
fix
upon
.
Reas.
2.
Because
these
visible
temporal
things
,
the
outward
good
things
of
this
World
are
most
times
great
Enemies
to
our
Souls
,
and
have
proved
very
hurtful
and
prejudicial
to
them
,
that
have
had
the
greatest
confluence
of
them
,
but
beneficial
to
very
few
,
Deut.
32.
15.
Oh
,
how
few
have
been
the
better
for
Prosperity
!
Now
this
damage
and
hurt
to
mens
Souls
,
cometh
not
from
those
good
things
themselves
,
for
they
are
good
in
themselves
,
and
are
God's
Blessings
;
but
this
hurt
comes
partly
,
from
the
Devil
,
and
partly
from
mens
own
Corruptions
.
1st
,
From
the
Devil
,
the
god
of
this
World
,
2
Cor.
4.
4.
who
causeth
Mischief
to
the
Souls
of
Men
,
by
the
good
things
of
this
world
,
these
ways
:
1.
He
misrepresents
the
things
of
this
world
to
Men
,
the
Riches
,
Honours
,
and
Pleasures
of
it
,
Liberty
,
Health
,
Ease
,
Money
,
Estates
,
the
Devil
shews
them
in
false
glasses
,
and
not
as
the
God
of
Truth
in
his
Word
declares
them
to
be
;
and
indeed
so
they
are
,
and
not
otherwise
;
but
Satan
represents
them
not
as
vain
,
deceitful
,
vexatious
,
and
uncertain
things
,
but
as
brave
,
glorious
,
satisfying
things
;
and
thence
men
promise
themselves
so
much
Content
in
them
.
2.
He
lays
Snares
,
Baits
,
and
Temptations
in
all
visible
temporal
things
;
1
Tim.
6.
9.
There
is
not
any
visible
Comfort
,
but
there
is
some
Snare
,
some
Temptation
attending
it
.
3.
He
over-values
all
temporal
things
to
us
,
making
them
to
be
worth
all
our
Affections
,
Strength
,
Time
,
and
Pains
,
but
undervalues
Heaven
,
Grace
,
and
Glory
;
there
he
saith
,
why
so
much
ado
?
time
enough
hereafter
.
4.
He
greatens
present
Evils
,
as
Shame
,
Poverty
,
Sickness
,
Losses
,
&c.
Oh!
these
must
be
avoided
by
any
means
,
but
lesseneth
eternal
Evils
,
God's
Wrath
and
Vengeance
,
and
eternal
Damnation
:
Thus
the
Devil
makes
these
visible
temporal
things
hurtful
to
men
.
2dly
,
This
hurt
comes
to
men
through
their
own
Lust
and
Corruptions
within
them
;
without
which
the
Devil
could
not
hurt
them
;
if
Men
had
〈◊〉
the
Spirit
of
this
World
within
them
,
1
Cor.
2.
〈…〉
a
worldly
Spirit
,
a
vain
Mind
,
a
foolish
Mind
,
an
earthly
Mind
,
darkned
and
corrupted
,
〈…〉
earthly
things
,
which
complieth
with
〈…〉
unto
Satan's
Temptations
without
〈…〉
their
Hearts
are
carried
our
〈…〉
these
earthly
things
,
else
Satan
〈…〉
Now
the
great
Mischiefs
〈…〉
do
to
Mens-Souls
,
through
the
〈…〉
and
Mens
own
Corruptions
,
〈…〉
First
,
These
Earthly
thing●
〈…〉
coming
to
Christ
,
as
they
〈…〉
Matth.
19.
22.
by
darkning
their
〈…〉
their
Minds
,
that
they
cannot
see
that
transcendent
Beauty
and
unspeakable
Amiableness
and
Comeliness
that
is
in
Jesus
Christ
;
nor
their
own
absolute
necessity
of
him
,
and
their
undone
estate
without
him
:
by
filling
their
Hearts
,
Heads
,
Hands
,
and
Time
and
all
,
so
that
there
is
no
room
for
Christ
,
nor
time
to
mind
Christ
;
Profits
and
Pleasures
take
up
all
their
time
,
and
carry
away
their
Hearts
.
Secondly
,
They
hinder
men
from
following
Christ
,
Phil.
2.
21.
All
seek
their
own
,
not
the
things
of
Christ
;
at
least
,
they
hinder
men
from
following
Christ
fully
,
and
wheresoever
he
goes
,
as
Joshua
and
Caleb
did
,
and
those
in
the
Revelations
,
14.
4.
Thirdly
,
They
hinder
men
from
owning
Christ
and
his
Truths
and
Saints
,
and
from
suffering
for
Christ
when
called
thereunto
;
as
it
hath
millions
of
Professors
in
time
of
Persecution
.
Now
,
from
the
consideration
of
the
danger
we
are
in
,
from
visible
temporal
things
,
we
have
good
reason
to
draw
off
our
Hearts
and
Affections
from
them
,
and
not
much
to
mind
or
regard
them
.
And
indeed
,
our
Souls
are
in
danger
on
both
hands
,
both
from
the
good
and
from
the
evil
things
of
this
World
,
Prosperity
and
Adversity
.
1.
From
Prosperity
,
we
are
in
danger
to
have
our
Hearts
divided
and
estranged
from
God
,
and
so
to
commit
spiritual
Idolatry
,
setting
up
our
Enjoyments
for
Idols
in
our
Hearts
,
taking
more
pleasure
and
delight
in
them
than
in
God
and
his
Service
:
We
are
in
danger
of
forgetting
God
,
and
of
falling
into
sinful
security
;
in
danger
of
being
lifted
up
with
Pride
and
Vain-glory
,
and
thereby
provoke
God
;
and
in
danger
of
growing
careless
and
negligent
in
the
Service
of
God
:
And
these
are
great
Evils
.
2.
From
Adversity
there
is
danger
also
;
as
in
case
of
loss
of
Friends
,
Estate
,
Liberty
,
Health
,
&c.
We
are
in
danger
of
Impatience
,
Discontent
,
Despondency
,
&c.
And
therefore
gracious
Souls
labour
to
get
off
their
Hearts
as
much
as
they
can
from
all
visible
temporal
things
,
and
to
be
as
indifferent
and
as
unconcern'd
to
them
as
possibly
,
and
to
be
as
dead
to
them
as
they
can
.
3
Reas.
Because
of
the
Vanity
,
utter
Insufficiency
,
and
Impotency
of
all
earthly
things
,
without
God
,
either
to
preserve
from
the
least
Evil
,
or
to
procure
the
least
good
.
All
the
Riches
in
the
world
cannot
cure
an
aking
Tooth
;
Haman's
Honour
could
not
save
him
from
the
Gallows
,
nor
Herod
from
the
Worms
:
See
Prov.
11.
4.
Eccl.
1.
2.
&
5.
10.
Isa.
55.
2.
There
is
no
satisfaction
to
be
had
in
them
or
from
them
.
4
Reas.
Because
there
is
not
the
least
true
happiness
in
having
the
greatest
abundance
of
earthly
things
;
for
if
there
were
,
then
Reprobates
and
Cast-aways
should
have
the
greatest
share
in
Happiness
,
for
they
have
most
of
those
things
.
5
Reas.
Because
every
gracious
Soul
is
in
Covenant
with
God
,
united
to
Christ
,
partaker
of
his
Spirit
,
and
so
made
like
unto
God
,
and
like
unto
Christ
▪
The
Great
God
is
his
,
and
all
the
great
things
of
the
Covenant
are
his
;
Christ
,
and
all
his
Benefits
are
his
;
and
,
alas
!
what
mean
,
low
,
base
things
are
all
the
visible
temporal
things
of
this
World
,
in
comparison
of
God
,
of
Christ
,
and
Glory
?
Besides
,
all
gracious
Souls
are
in
measure
made
like
God
:
And
we
read
what
a
low
esteem
God
hath
of
these
things
,
Luke
16.
15.
Those
things
that
are
highly
esteemed
amongst
men
,
are
an
abomination
to
the
Lord
.
And
our
Lord
Jesus
had
a
very
low
esteem
of
them
,
being
contented
to
be
without
house
or
home
,
or
a
penny
in
his
Purse
:
And
every
true
Christian
hath
the
Spirit
of
Christ
in
some
measure
,
and
the
same
mind
that
He
had
;
Rom.
8.
9.
Gal.
4.
6.
6
Reas.
Because
gracious
Souls
are
born
of
God
,
and
that
unto
far
higher
and
better
things
than
these
visible
temporal
things
are
at
their
best
,
1
Pet.
1.
4
,
5.
They
are
begotten
to
an
inheritance
incorruptible
,
undefiled
,
and
that
fadeth
not
away
,
reserved
in
Heaven
for
them
who
are
kept
(
for
it
)
by
the
mighty
power
of
God
unto
salvation
.
And
they
are
also
bound
for
God
,
and
for
Heaven
;
they
have
not
their
Portion
here
,
nor
their
Treasure
here
;
they
are
bound
for
another
Country
;
they
seek
a
City
that
hath
Foundations
,
and
their
Hearts
are
where
their
Treasure
is
:
and
there
ore
they
do
not
much
mind
and
regard
those
visible
temporal
things
.
7
Reas.
Because
they
have
been
so
often
disappointed
and
deceived
by
those
things
;
they
never
found
that
in
them
which
they
expected
from
them
;
the
World
hath
ever
proved
false
to
them
;
they
have
tryed
it
,
and
by
Experience
have
ever
found
it
Vanity
and
Vexation
,
and
nothing
else
.
8
Reas.
And
Lastly
,
Because
gracious
Souls
have
Principles
of
Faith
in
them
,
they
have
the
same
Spirit
of
Faith
in
them
,
that
those
Primitive
Christians
had
,
and
that
is
a
victorious
Principle
,
a
World-conquering
Faith
,
Heb.
11.
1.
By
Faith
the
Soul
mounts
aloft
,
and
takes
a
prospect
of
the
invisible
eternal
things
,
being
the
substance
of
things
hoped
for
,
and
the
evidence
of
things
not
seen
;
fixing
its
Eye
upon
,
and
conversing
with
those
things
,
and
so
it
overlooks
,
and
looks
beyond
and
above
all
visible
temporal
things
:
1
John
5.
4.
This
is
the
victory
that
overcometh
the
world
,
even
our
faith
.
And
this
I
take
to
be
the
main
thing
intended
in
the
Text
:
As
if
the
Apostle
had
said
,
We
look
not
unto
things
that
are
seen
;
that
is
,
we
live
not
by
sence
,
but
by
Faith
;
as
2
Cor.
5.
7.
we
set
not
sence
on
work
on
visible
temporal
things
,
but
we
set
Faith
on
work
on
invisible
eternal
things
,
and
by
our
Faith
on
invisibles
,
we
get
victory
over
visible
temporal
things
.
Q.
But
how
doth
Faith
help
a
Soul
to
take
it
off
from
minding
and
over-much
regarding
visible
temporal
things
?
Ans.
Faith
doth
it
many
ways
.
1.
First
,
by
carrying
the
Soul
to
pitch
its
Eye
upon
,
and
take
a
view
of
the
invisible
God
in
Christ
,
and
his
God
in
Christ
:
Heb.
11.
26.
Moses
saw
him
that
was
invisible
,
and
thereby
he
endured
the
evil
things
of
this
World
,
and
despised
the
Riches
and
Honours
of
Pharaoh's
Court
:
Alas
!
how
vile
and
base
are
all
earthly
things
,
in
comparison
of
the
Eternal
God
,
the
All-sufficient
Good
?
And
by
Faith
the
Soul
pitcheth
it self
upon
this
God
,
and
applieth
and
appropriateth
this
God
to
himself
.
This
God
is
my
God
,
1
Sam.
30.
6.
Psal.
31.
14.
I
said
,
Thou
art
my
God
;
and
48.
14.
This
God
is
our
God
;
and
73.
26.
My
Portion
.
Also
,
by
Faith
the
Soul
is
carried
to
pitch
upon
Jesus
Christ
,
in
whom
dwells
all
fulness
,
and
by
Faith
sees
his
Interest
in
this
Blessed
Jesus
,
and
thence
he
is
mounted
aloft
above
all
visible
temporal
things
,
having
his
Affections
raised
and
fixed
upon
Jesus
his
Saviour
,
who
sits
at
the
right
hand
of
God
,
Col.
3.
1
,
2.
This
sight
of
God
,
and
Jesus
by
Faith
,
takes
off
the
Minds
and
Thoughts
of
Believers
from
those
things
below
,
having
higher
,
better
,
and
more
excellent
things
above
to
feed
and
fill
their
Thoughts
with
;
for
no
man
can
look
up
to
Heaven
and
look
down
to
the
Earth
at
the
same
time
;
as
,
while
Paul
pressed
forward
towards
the
mark
,
he
forgot
those
things
which
were
behind
;
and
as
Jesus
is
said
to
be
in
Heaven
,
John
3.
13.
that
is
,
his
Heart
and
Mind
was
there
,
when
he
was
on
Earth
,
even
so
it
is
in
some
measure
with
all
true
Believers
,
their
conversation
is
in
Heaven
,
Phil.
3.
20.
2.
Faith
receives
the
Testimony
which
God
hath
given
in
his
Word
concerning
those
visible
temporal
things
,
that
they
are
all
vanity
and
vexation
of
spirit
,
and
therefore
judgeth
them
not
worthy
of
too
much
place
in
their
Hearts
and
Minds
.
3.
Faith
raiseth
the
Soul
to
a
believing
sight
of
a
better
World
than
this
present
evil
World
is
,
and
of
better
things
than
those
visible
temporal
things
are
;
of
a
better
Life
,
an
eternal
Life
;
of
a
better
Rest
than
can
be
had
here
,
even
an
everlasting
Rest
;
of
a
〈…〉
inheritance
,
1
Pet.
1.
4.
an
incorruptible
and
undefiled
our
,
that
fadeth
not
away
;
of
a
better
Country
than
Earth
at
best
,
even
an
Heavenly
Jerusalem
;
and
of
a
better
House
than
the
best
House
here
,
even
an
house
not
made
with
hands
,
eternal
in
the
heavens
,
whose
Builder
and
Maker
is
God
;
and
of
a
better
City
,
even
a
City
that
hath
Foundations
;
〈…〉
that
better
and
more
enduring
Substance
in
Heaven
,
Heb.
10.
34.
and
that
infinitely-better
Company
,
the
Blessed
God
,
and
the
Blessed
Jesus
,
the
Mediator
of
the
New
Covenant
,
the
glorious
Angels
,
and
the
Spirits
of
just
men
made
perfect
,
and
better
Joys
,
Delights
and
Pleasures
,
than
can
possibly
be
enjoyed
here
,
and
also
far
better
Employment
,
and
indeed
,
all
better
things
;
and
all
these
better
things
the
Believer
by
Faith
doth
realize
to
his
Soul
;
and
all
those
,
so
exceeding
great
and
glorious
things
,
the
Believer
knows
he
must
have
,
cost
what
Cost
:
and
therefore
the
strongest
streams
of
his
Thoughts
,
Cares
,
Studies
,
and
Pains
run
this
way
,
and
after
these
things
,
even
after
these
better
things
above
.
Faith
looks
within
the
Veil
,
unto
those
unseen
Excellencies
,
to
those
invisible
Glories
,
to
be
with
God
,
and
with
Jesus
,
and
to
enjoy
that
full
and
perfect
Communion
with
them
above
;
and
when
a
Soul
is
pitcht
and
fixt
by
Faith
here
,
setled
and
centred
on
things
above
,
then
farewel
deceitful
World
.
4.
By
Faith
the
Soul
apprehends
,
as
the
most
transcendent
Excellency
of
those
things
above
,
so
by
Faith
the
Soul
sees
its
absolute
necessity
of
those
things
:
Interest
in
God
,
Peace
with
him
,
Union
with
Christ
,
Title
to
Eternal
Life
,
&c.
are
things
not
only
infinitely
better
than
all
visible
temporal
things
;
but
,
saith
the
believing
Soul
,
these
things
I
must
needs
have
,
I
shall
be
eternally
undone
without
them
:
It
's
true
,
I
must
have
Food
and
Raiment
also
,
these
are
necessary
too
,
but
not
so
necessary
:
If
I
have
God
and
Christ
,
I
shall
not
want
Food
and
Raiment
,
the
faithful
God
hath
past
his
Promise
that
I
shall
want
no
good
thing
;
I
may
be
happy
for
ever
without
Riches
and
Honours
,
without
earthly
Friends
and
Relations
,
without
Health
or
Liberty
,
but
not
without
God
and
Christ
,
oh
!
there
lies
my
Happiness
:
One
thing
is
needful
,
only
needful
,
absolutely
needful
,
and
that
is
,
my
Interest
in
God
and
Christ
;
and
the
making
sure
of
that
deserves
and
calls
for
our
most
serious
and
utmost
Thoughts
and
Cares
.
If
a
man
were
condemned
to
dye
,
whereupon
would
he
spend
his
most
serious
Thoughts
,
but
upon
getting
his
Pardon
,
if
there
were
any
hopes
of
it
,
and
not
in
providing
himself
fine
Clothes
,
or
a
full
Table
?
The
application
is
easie
.
5.
By
Faith
a
Soul
is
perswaded
,
that
neither
the
evil
things
of
this
World
can
hinder
,
nor
the
good
things
of
this
World
can
further
his
Happiness
,
nor
his
way
to
it
,
of
themselves
:
but
rather
the
contrary
;
for
a
man
may
be
poor
in
this
World
,
yet
rich
in
Faith
,
and
an
Heir
of
the
Kingdom
;
as
,
James
2.
5.
and
a
man
may
be
rich
in
this
World
,
yet
poor
in
Soul
,
and
an
Heir
of
Hell
,
as
we
see
in
Dives
.
6.
Faith
is
a
powerful
,
a
victorious
,
conquering
Grace
:
This
is
the
victory
that
overcometh
the
world
,
even
our
Faith
.
Stephen
was
full
of
Faith
and
Power
,
Acts
6.
8.
The
work
of
faith
with
power
,
2
Thess.
1.
11.
Faith
brings
all
visible
temporal
things
under
the
Believer's
Feet
;
it
gives
the
Believer
power
to
use
the
World
,
and
not
to
abuse
it
,
not
seeking
Rest
and
Contentment
in
it
;
to
use
it
moderately
,
without
damage
and
detriment
to
the
Soul
;
to
use
it
for
God's
honour
,
it
s
own
spiritual
advantage
,
and
the
good
of
others
;
and
power
to
keep
it
out
of
the
Heart
,
Christ
dwelling
there
by
Faith
;
to
use
the
World
,
and
not
losing
our
Hearts
,
our
Peace
,
nor
our
Consciences
in
it
:
Faith
gives
the
Soul
power
to
withstand
the
Threats
and
Temptations
of
the
World
,
and
power
to
be
willing
to
leave
it
,
and
to
go
to
a
better
World
.
Oh
,
the
mighty
power
of
Faith
!
and
by
the
Power
of
this
Faith
,
gracious
Souls
are
taken
off
from
those
visible
temporal
things
.
And
so
much
for
the
Doctrinal
Part.
The
Application
follows
.
First
,
for
Information
.
If
it
be
the
Character
and
Duty
of
gracious
Souls
,
because
visible
things
are
temporal
,
therefore
they
must
not
,
they
do
not
much
mind
or
regard
them
.
I.
It
follows
then
,
that
Earthly-mindedness
,
worldliness
is
a
great
Evil
,
and
very
unbecoming
true
Christians
,
for
their
minds
and
conversations
are
it
Heaven
,
Phil.
3.
19
,
20.
There
is
the
discriminating
Character
,
both
of
the
gracious
and
ungracious
,
a
vast
difference
between
them
,
the
one
mind
Earthly
things
,
the
other●
have
their
conversation
it
Heaven
.
Most
People
look
on
those
things
which
are
seen
;
all
seek
their
own
things
,
those
that
they
count
their
own
;
and
those
are
mostly
,
●hiefly
,
and
principally
minded
,
as
appears
manifestly
,
thus
:
1.
By
the
stream
of
their
Thoughts
,
which
runs
steddily
upon
visible
temporal
things
,
having
vain
Minds
.
2.
By
the
common
current
of
their
Discourses
,
their
Talk
is
all
of
the
World
.
3.
By
the
tide
of
their
Affections
,
Love
,
Joy
,
Fear
,
Sorrow
,
Delight
,
all
run
strongly
World●●rd
.
4.
By
the
course
of
their
Actions
,
their
Time
,
Pain
,
Care
,
all
is
spent
about
the
World
;
rising
early
,
going
to
Bed
late
,
eating
the
Bread
of
Carefulness
,
and
all
about
the
World
.
This
is
a
great
Evil
,
because
expresly
forbidden
,
Matth.
6.
19.
Lay
not
up
for
your selves
treasures
on
earth
,
Joh.
6.
27.
Labour
not
for
that
meat
which
perisheth
.
Col.
3.
2.
Set
your
affections
upon
things
above
,
and
not
upon
things
below
.
And
this
Worldly-mindedness
is
contrary
to
the
Practice
of
true
Christians
,
as
in
the
Text
,
We
look
not
on
those
things
which
are
seen
:
So
Phil.
3.
20.
And
it
is
the
Character
of
such
as
are
in
a
state
of
Nature
,
and
that
cannot
please
God
:
Rom.
8.
5
,
8.
They
that
are
after
the
flesh
do
mind
in
things
of
the
flesh
:
Such
are
not
crucified
to
the
World
,
but
conquered
and
captivated
by
it
;
yea
crucified
by
it
;
conquered
by
the
Profits
,
Honours
and
Pleasures
of
it
,
and
meer
Slaves
to
these
;
and
crucified
by
the
Crosses
and
Losses
of
the
World
;
their
Hearts
and
Spirits
lye
under
the
Feet
of
these
,
and
are
at
the
beck
of
these
;
their
Hopes
and
Comforts
lye
all
at
the
Courtesie
of
the
World
;
and
this
is
a
woful
Bondage
.
Remember
this
,
we
can
never
conclude
,
that
we
are
truly
gracious
,
until
we
have
Grace
enough
to
keep
God
and
our
Hearts
together
,
and
to
keep
the
World
and
our
Hearts
asunder
.
1
John
2.
14
,
15.
Love
not
the
world
,
nor
the
things
of
the
world
,
for
he
that
loveth
the
world
,
the
love
of
the
Father
is
not
in
him
.
Woe
to
them
that
have
their
Portion
in
this
World
,
Psal.
17.
14.
who
have
their
good
things
here
,
who
have
laid
up
their
Treasures
upon
Earth
,
and
there
have
their
Heart
.
That
Text
Phil.
3.
19.
is
enough
to
terrifie
a●
such
;
Their
end
is
destruction
who
mind
earth●●
things
.
Inf.
II.
It
follows
from
the
Premises
,
that
Contentment
with
our
Condition
,
and
with
any
portion
of
visible
temporal
things
,
is
a
great
Virtue
,
and
well
becoming
Christians
:
Discontent
proceeds
from
our
over-minding
,
and
over-valuing
,
and
over-loving
earthly
things
;
and
it
is
a
very
great
Evil
,
for
it
practically
denies
God's
All-sufficiency
,
his
Wisdom
,
Soveraignty
,
Faithfulness
,
and
Mercy
;
it
disgraceth
the
Gospel
and
Godliness
,
and
is
in
it self
a
great
Plague
.
Q.
But
how
shall
I
do
to
be
content
,
content
to
be
deprived
of
my
dear
Relations
,
Estate
,
Health
,
Liberty
,
&
c
?
A.
Read
Mr.
Burroughs's
Book
of
Christian
Contentment
:
Take
also
these
Directions
.
1.
Labour
to
make
God
your
own
,
and
then
you
will
have
a
full
and
sufficient
Ballance
to
all
your
Losses
.
He
is
God
All-sufficient
.
Weigh
well
those
two
Scriptures
,
1
Sam.
30.
6.
&
2
Sam.
23.
5.
2.
Labour
to
make
Christ
your
own
;
he
offers
himself
to
you
in
the
Gospel
,
with
all
he
is
,
and
with
all
he
hath
.
And
in
him
dwelleth
all
fulness
,
he
is
all
in
all
:
Psal.
23.
1.
The
Lord
is
my
shepherd
,
I
shall
not
want
,
said
David
.
3.
Search
the
Scriptures
,
and
be
acquainted
with
the
many
exceeding
great
and
precious
Promises
that
are
there
,
suitable
to
every
Condition
you
can
be
in
.
Act
your
Faith
on
them
,
and
apply
them
;
lye
upon
and
suck
those
full
Breasts
of
Consolation
.
4.
Pray
for
Contentment
,
and
pray
earnestly
for
the
manifestation
of
God's
Love
to
your
Souls
,
and
that
will
so
satisfie
and
content
you
,
that
any
measure
of
earthly
things
will
content
you
.
5.
Be
much
in
Heavenly
Meditations
,
look
upon
invisible
and
eternal
things
,
spend
serious
frequent
fixed
Thoughts
on
them
.
6.
Consider
your
Deserts
:
No
person
in
the
World
,
how
little
soever
he
hath
of
the
good
things
of
the
World
,
but
hath
much
more
than
he
deserveth
,
and
more
than
he
doth
well
improve
;
and
how
much
soever
he
hath
of
the
evil
things
of
the
World
,
he
hath
infinitely
less
than
he
deserved
,
for
every
thing
out
of
Hell
is
a
Mercy
:
It
's
of
the
Lord's
Mercy
we
are
not
consumed
.
7.
Consider
,
if
you
be
true
Christians
,
you
have
the
Spirit
of
Christ
in
you
,
Rom.
8.
9.
Jesus
Christ
had
a
most
contented
Spirit
:
Contentment
is
the
inseparable
Companion
of
true
Godliness
.
1
Tim.
6.
8.
Having
food
and
raiment
,
let
us
be
content
.
Let
us
,
that
are
Christians
,
who
have
the
Great
GOD
for
our
Portion
,
and
Blessed
Jesus
for
our
Treasure
,
and
Heaven
for
our
Inheritance
,
having
Food
and
Raiment
,
any
Food
,
any
Raiment
,
though
never
so
coarse
,
let
us
be
content
,
content
with
such
things
as
we
have
,
Heb.
13.
5.
Inf.
III.
Thirdly
,
hence
it
follows
also
,
that
great
is
the
Folly
of
all
by
Nature
,
and
great
is
their
Blindness
;
which
appears
in
this
,
that
they
value
,
prize
,
mind
,
and
follow
after
visible
temporal
things
,
much
more
eagerly
and
earnestly
than
after
invisible
eternal
things
:
This
is
but
too
manifest
,
Isa.
55.
2.
labouring
for
that
which
is
not
bread
:
not
Bread
for
their
Souls
,
and
for
that
which
cannot
satisfie
their
Souls
.
God
,
Christ
,
Heaven
,
is
not
in
all
,
scarce
in
any
of
their
Thoughts
,
Psal.
10.
4.
&
49.
11.
the
god
of
this
World
blinds
Mens
Eyes
.
2
Cor.
4.
4.
and
the
World
bewitcheth
Mens
Minds
,
and
the
Deceitfulness
of
Sin
so
strangely
deludes
〈◊〉
,
that
they
become
meer
Slaves
and
Captives
to
the
World
.
Ask
any
Man
or
Woman
what
things
are
best
,
Earth
or
Heaven
,
God
or
the
Creature
,
their
Souls
or
their
Bodies
,
Saving
Grace
of
Worldly
Goods
?
and
all
will
confess
,
that
God
is
best
of
all
,
and
Heaven
better
than
Earth
:
If
it
be
so
,
why
then
is
this
World
minded
more
than
God
?
and
,
why
is
Earth
minded
more
than
Heaven
?
The
Apostle
tells
us
the
true
reason
,
Rom.
8.
5.
which
is
,
because
Men
are
in
the
Flesh
,
in
a
state
of
Nature
,
under
spiritual
blindness
and
darkness
:
This
their
way
is
their
folly
;
Psal.
49.
12.
It
is
a
great
Folly
to
chuse
the
worst
things
,
and
refuse
the
best
;
to
mind
Earth
,
and
forget
Heaven
;
to
pursue
the
Creature
,
and
neglect
God
and
Christ
:
Folly
indeed
!
to
mind
day
and
night
,
and
follow
hard
after
visible
temporal
things
,
and
neglect
eternal
.
The
pleasures
of
sin
are
but
for
a
season
,
but
a
God's
right
hand
are
pleasures
for
evermore
;
Psal.
16.
last
.
O
,
the
bewitching
nature
of
this
World
!
that
it
should
so
gain
and
hold
the
Affections
of
Men
and
Women
!
that
altho
the
World
and
the
fashion
of
it
passeth
away
,
and
is
but
a
shadow
,
yet
that
Men
should
so
drown
themselves
in
it
,
as
to
make
them
forget
the
World
to
come
.
How
unreasonable
a
thing
is
it
,
to
spend
all
our
Thoughts
,
Cares
,
and
Pains
about
visible
temporal
things
,
seeing
they
are
so
transitory
and
perishing
,
so
much
beneath
our
never-dying
Souls
,
so
utterly
unable
to
satisfie
or
content
our
Souls
,
or
to
comfort
us
in
our
Troubles
,
or
to
stand
us
in
any
stead
in
Death
and
Judgment
?
Were
not
our
Minds
most
strangely
blinded
,
it
were
impossible
that
,
having
Reason
and
Understanding
,
we
should
so
waste
our
Time
and
Strength
in
pursuit
of
earthly
things
,
seeing
the
Great
God
and
the
Blessed
Jesus
offer
themselves
to
become
ours
;
and
seeing
Heaven
,
and
Happiness
,
and
Glory
is
before
us
,
and
offered
to
us
,
and
we
may
have
them
if
we
will
,
and
so
be
happy
for
ever
;
O
wonderful
Folly
and
Blindness
!
the
Lord
enlighten
and
convince
us
.
Inf.
IV.
Fourthly
,
it
follows
,
that
a
true
Christian
lives
by
Faith
,
and
not
by
Sence
;
for
he
that
is
a
Captive
to
the
World
,
hath
but
little
Faith
,
if
any
;
1
John
5.
4.
For
faith
overcometh
the
world
;
where
Sence
riseth
,
Faith
falleth
.
Now
,
saith
the
Apostle
,
2
Cor.
5.
7.
We
walk
by
faith
,
not
by
sence
.
This
is
our
Practice
,
and
this
is
the
very
meaning
of
the
Text
:
We
look
not
at
those
things
that
are
seen
;
that
is
,
we
live
not
by
Sense
,
but
by
Faith
.
Q.
But
what
is
it
to
live
or
walk
by
Sense
?
Ans.
The
great
good
,
or
end
,
or
happines
that
a
carnal
Heart
proposeth
to
it self
,
in
which
it
expecteth
Content
,
is
some
good
that
is
the
object
of
Sense
,
something
that
may
be
sensibly
enjoyed
,
and
this
they
pursue
and
labour
after
.
The
Rule
by
which
they
judge
things
,
is
Sense
;
if
things
please
Sense
,
and
seem
good
to
Sense
to
the
Eye
,
to
the
Ear
,
to
the
Taste
,
to
the
Appetite
,
they
judge
them
to
be
good
things
;
if
not
pleasing
to
the
sense
,
they
are
counted
evil
things
That
which
affects
their
Hearts
,
is
Sense
,
Sensible
Comforts
,
or
Sensible
Crosses
,
Sensible
Gain
,
or
Sensible
Loss
;
wanting
the
light
of
God's
Spirit
to
open
their
Understandings
,
they
live
only
by
Sense
,
and
are
but
Sensual
;
Jude
19.
Eccl.
11.
9.
and
so
they
walk
after
the
Flesh
,
and
mind
the
things
of
the
Flesh
,
chiefly
and
principally
.
This
Life
of
Sense
is
variously
expressed
,
Prov.
3.
5.
A
leaning
to
their
own
understanding
;
Psal.
81.
12.
A
walking
after
their
own
hearts
lusts
,
and
in
their
own
counsels
;
Jer.
9.
14.
Walking
after
the
imaginations
of
their
own
hearts
;
Isa.
65.
2.
After
their
own
thoughts
,
in
a
way
that
is
not
good
.
Isa.
5.
21.
This
is
not
the
way
of
true
Christians
;
but
they
walk
by
Faith
,
and
not
by
Sense
.
Q.
What
is
it
then
to
walk
by
Faith
?
Ans.
The
great
Good
,
or
End
,
or
Happiness
that
a
gracious
Soul
aims
at
,
and
seeks
content
in
,
is
that
which
is
presented
to
him
by
Faith
,
out
of
the
Word
of
God
,
and
that
is
twofold
,
to
wit
,
the
glorifying
of
God
,
and
the
enjoyment
of
him
;
these
are
things
not
seen
;
these
are
not
the
Objects
of
Sense
,
but
of
Faith
:
To
glorifie
God
in
Christ
,
and
to
enjoy
God
in
Christ
,
this
is
the
end
of
the
Saints
walk
and
way
;
and
all
this
is
by
Faith
.
This
Life
of
Faith
is
demonstrated
several
ways
.
1.
He
that
lives
by
Faith
is
guided
by
the
Word
of
Faith
,
and
that
is
the
whole
Gospel
,
and
every
Truth
in
it
;
such
a
Soul
gives
up
it self
to
the
conduct
of
the
whole
Word
of
God
;
it
walks
by
no
other
Rule
.
2.
It
yields
it self
up
to
the
government
of
the
Spirit
of
Faith
,
the
Holy
Ghost
;
it
is
obedient
to
the
motions
,
stirrings
,
counsels
of
the
Holy
Spirit
,
harkning
to
that
word
behind
him
,
Isa.
30
,
31.
not
willingly
grieving
nor
quenching
it
.
3.
It
walks
in
the
way
of
Holiness
,
for
this
Faith
purifies
the
Heart
;
Acts
15.
9.
&
26.
18.
4.
It
always
leans
upon
Christ
,
and
draws
strength
from
him
,
to
hold
on
and
hold
out
in
the
way
of
Duty
;
by
it
the
Soul
abides
in
Christ
,
John
15.
3.
and
by
drawing
of
strength
from
Christ
it
can
do
all
things
,
Phil.
4.
13.
notwithstanding
all
opposition
.
5.
By
Faith
the
Soul
commits
himself
to
God
in
Christ
,
in
all
his
ways
,
and
trusts
himself
and
all
his
concernments
with
God
;
Psal.
37.
3
,
5.
Prov.
16.
3.
2
Pet.
5.
7.
Psal.
112.
7
,
8.
Isa.
26.
2
,
3.
Such
a
Soul
can
satisfie
himself
with
what
he
receives
by
Faith
,
as
really
and
truly
as
others
can
satisfie
themselves
with
Sense
;
the
faithful
Promises
of
God
are
as
sweet
to
him
as
the
sensible
Possessions
and
Enjoyments
are
of
others
,
Heb.
11.
13.
they
saw
the
Promises
afar
off
,
and
embraced
them
.
Now
,
when
a
Soul
can
depend
upon
God
alone
for
All
,
in
the
want
of
all
outward
means
,
and
make
progress
in
the
ways
of
God
,
through
all
difficulties
,
and
not
draw
back
;
and
doth
in
his
whole
course
of
Life
so
walk
,
work
,
and
act
,
as
becomes
one
that
doth
believe
such
glorious
things
in
the
other
World
,
as
he
doth
believe
;
when
there
is
a
suitableness
in
his
Life
to
what
he
believes
;
then
,
oh
then
,
he
may
truly
be
said
to
live
by
Faith
.
And
this
is
the
Life
that
in
some
degree
every
true
Christian
lives
,
and
desires
to
live
;
and
this
living
by
Faith
,
and
not
by
Sense
,
is
that
which
is
meant
in
the
Text.
2
Vse
.
The
second
Use
is
of
Exhortation
to
us
all
,
to
look
off
from
visible
temporal
things
.
Let
us
labour
to
get
our
Hearts
crucified
,
and
our
Affections
mortified
to
all
earthly
things
;
to
draw
away
our
Minds
as
much
as
possible
,
from
the
things
of
this
Life
.
A
great
part
of
the
Gospel
,
and
of
the
Doctrine
of
Christ
and
his
Apostles
,
tend
to
this
,
to
take
off
our
Hearts
and
Minds
from
setling
and
fixing
upon
earthly
things
.
-
I.
Some
Motives
to
this
.
-
II.
Some
Directions
.
I.
Motives
.
1.
Consider
,
it
is
the
express
Command
of
God
,
Col.
3.
1
,
2.
Set
not
your
affections
on
things
below
,
1
John
2.
14
,
15.
Matth.
6.
19.
Lay
not
up
for
your selves
treasures
on
earth
.
This
we
should
urge
on
our
Hearts
.
2.
Consider
the
vanity
,
emptiness
,
insufficiency
,
unsatisfactoriness
to
the
Soul
,
of
all
earthly
things
;
Eccl.
5.
10.
3.
The
great
inconstancy
and
uncertainty
of
them
,
1
Tim.
6.
17.
Prov.
23.
5.
1
Cor.
7.
31.
Riches
and
Honours
go
from
one
man
to
another
,
as
Birds
hop
from
Tree
to
Tree
.
4.
How
prejudicial
they
have
been
to
those
that
have
had
the
most
of
them
,
but
beneficial
to
very
few
.
5.
That
these
earthly
things
are
all
defiling
things
,
like
Pitch
;
and
corruptible
and
corrupting
things
,
being
full
of
Snares
and
Temptations
,
are
but
like
Thorns
to
most
.
6.
No
real
Happiness
in
them
,
for
Reprobates
may
have
them
;
and
they
may
consist
with
Gods
Wrath
;
therefore
we
should
not
set
our
Hearts
upon
them
.
II.
Directions
shewing
how
we
may
get
off
our
Hearts
,
and
draw
off
our
Minds
from
them
,
for
our
Hearts
are
so
glued
to
them
,
we
cannot
but
look
on
them
,
and
mind
them
.
It
is
not
easie
work
to
do
,
but
let
us
use
the
means
that
God
hath
appointed
,
and
try
what
we
can
do
.
1.
First
,
Let
us
labour
to
be
transformed
in
the
Image
of
our
Minds
,
renewed
in
the
Spirit
of
our
Minds
;
Rom.
12.
1.
Eph.
4.
23.
New
Natures
we
must
get
,
this
must
be
done
;
our
Old
Minds
are
vain
,
and
altogether
suitable
to
earthly
things
.
Q.
But
how
shall
we
get
New
Minds
?
A.
1st
,
Pray
earnestly
to
God
,
to
give
you
new
Hearts
,
to
repair
his
Image
on
you
,
to
create
a
clean
Heart
in
you
,
as
David
did
,
Psal.
51.
10.
to
give
you
his
Spirit
,
1
Cor.
2.
12.
to
sanctifie
you
throughout
,
1
Thess.
5.
23.
to
regenerate
you
by
his
Word
and
Spirit
;
Jam.
1.
17
,
18.
Tit.
3.
3
,
4
,
5.
Oh
pray
,
pray
that
God
would
cast
you
into
a
new
Mould
,
to
root
out
the
old
corrupt
Principles
of
Nature
in
you
,
and
to
plant
new
heavenly
Principles
of
the
Divine
Life
and
Nature
in
you
,
to
work
a
real
change
in
you
.
Go
to
Jesus
,
beg
his
Spirit
;
He
was
crucified
to
all
visible
temporal
things
,
beg
of
him
to
give
you
those
Waters
of
Life
,
Joh.
4.
14.
which
he
hath
promised
to
them
that
hunger
and
thirst
after
them
:
Beg
of
him
to
make
you
of
his
mind
;
labour
to
put
him
on
by
imitation
.
2ly
,
Look
up
to
God's
Covenant
,
and
lay
hold
on
God's
Covenant
,
Ezek.
11.
19.
and
most
earnestly
beg
the
Lord
to
take
you
into
his
Covenant
,
and
to
remember
his
Covenant
,
and
to
perform
it
to
you
,
and
wait
upon
God
continually
:
Study
the
Covenant
of
Grace
,
and
lay
hold
on
it
;
for
in
the
Covenant
God
promiseth
to
become
our
God
and
Portion
;
and
if
once
God
be
ours
,
all
the
good
of
Heaven
and
Earth
is
ours
,
and
then
we
shall
but
little
mind
visible
temporal
things
.
3ly
,
If
we
would
be
regenerated
,
we
must
search
the
Scriptures
diligently
,
attend
on
the
Word
preached
and
read
,
for
the
Word
of
God
is
the
Seed
of
Regeneration
,
the
Word
of
Grace
,
ordained
to
work
Grace
in
Souls
,
Acts
26.
18.
Look
often
into
the
glass
of
the
Gospel
,
2
Cor.
3.
17
,
18.
and
look
thorow
it
unto
the
glory
of
the
Lord
,
that
shines
forth
in
it
;
the
glory
of
his
Love
,
and
Grace
,
and
Mercy
,
and
Wisdom
;
and
Power
,
and
Holiness
,
and
Righteousness
,
and
Faithfulness
,
all
which
are
wonderfully
displayed
in
the
Face
of
Jesus
Christ
,
in
this
glass
of
the
Gospel
;
and
by
frequent
,
serious
,
believing
,
fixed
looking
into
this
glass
,
and
upon
the
glory
of
God
in
Christ
therein
represented
,
we
shall
be
changed
into
the
same
Image
,
from
glory
to
glory
,
as
by
the
Spirit
of
the
Lord
.
4ly
,
Study
Jesus
Christ
much
,
set
him
still
before
you
for
a
Pattern
,
labour
to
imitate
him
,
and
to
be
like
him
,
and
to
walk
as
he
walked
:
And
this
is
the
way
to
get
new
Minds
.
2
Direct
.
Secondly
,
If
we
would
get
off
our
Hearts
from
earthly
things
,
let
us
labour
for
a
clear
knowledge
and
a
firm
belief
of
,
and
familiar
acquaintance
with
invisible
eternal
things
;
take
a
few
instances
:
The
Resurrection
of
the
Body
,
as
fet
out
in
1
Cor.
15.
The
second
Coming
of
the
Lord
Jesus
,
the
manner
and
ends
of
it
,
2
Thess.
1.
6
,
7
,
8
,
9.
The
glorious
manifestation
of
the
Sons
of
God
,
and
their
full
Redemption
.
That
when
Christ
,
who
is
their
Life
,
shall
appear
,
they
shall
appear
with
him
in
glory
,
Col.
3.
3.
The
Day
of
Judgment
;
the
separation
of
the
Sheep
from
the
Goats
;
the
final
irrevocable
Sentence
that
shall
then
pass
on
all
Mankind
;
the
Saints
passing
into
Heaven
with
Christ
,
their
Souls
and
Bodies
united
,
and
their
triumphant
entrance
with
the
Captain
of
their
Salvation
into
the
Paradise
of
God
,
to
see
the
Blessed
God
face
to
face
,
to
live
in
his
presence
,
in
whose
presence
is
fulness
of
joy
,
and
at
whose
right
hand
are
pleasures
for
evermore
;
to
live
with
God
in
perfect
Light
,
Love
,
Purity
,
Rest
,
and
Peace
for
ever
and
ever
;
fully
and
for
ever
freed
from
all
Sin
and
Misery
.
Oh
,
these
are
the
things
most
worthy
of
all
our
most
serious
,
most
fixed
,
and
most
constant
Meditations
.
We
should
first
labour
to
get
those
things
into
our
Heads
,
fully
and
clearly
to
understand
them
,
and
should
not
be
contented
with
a
dark
confused
knowledge
of
them
,
but
should
labour
for
a
distinct
knowledge
of
them
;
and
therefore
should
earnestly
beg
the
light
and
assistance
of
the
Holy
Spirit
,
to
instruct
and
teach
us
,
as
Eph.
1.
18.
and
look
up
to
God's
Promise
,
which
is
,
that
all
his
People
shall
be
taught
of
him
,
that
we
may
have
a
spiritual
knowledge
of
them
.
And
then
we
should
labour
to
draw
these
invisible
eternal
things
down
into
our
Hearts
,
and
labour
to
draw
up
our
Hearts
to
them
,
for
with
the
Heart
Man
believeth
.
We
should
beg
of
God
to
open
our
Hearts
wide
to
embrace
them
,
to
relish
,
and
savour
,
and
be
affected
with
them
,
and
exercise
our
loves
,
hopes
,
desires
,
delights
,
hunger
and
thirst
after
them
,
considering
also
the
transcendant
Excellencies
of
those
invisible
eternal
things
,
above
all
visible
temporal
things
;
and
our
own
real
concernment
in
them
,
and
likewise
their
nearness
to
us
,
they
are
not
far
off
;
we
shall
shortly
possess
that
Kingdom
promised
,
and
inherit
that
Glory
purchased
for
us
,
if
we
be
true
Believers
;
But
a
little
while
,
and
he
that
shall
come
will
come
,
and
will
not
tarry
.
Considering
also
,
that
all
our
Thoughts
,
Words
,
and
Actions
have
reference
to
invisible
eternal
things
.
If
they
be
good
and
holy
,
they
have
reference
to
eternal
glory
;
if
bad
and
wicked
,
they
have
reference
to
eternal
Misery
;
for
such
as
is
our
Heart
and
Life
here
,
such
shall
be
our
eternal
state
hereafter
.
3
Direct
.
Thirdly
,
Be
much
in
the
Meditation
of
Heavenly
Things
,
if
we
firmly
believe
,
and
are
fully
perswaded
,
that
there
are
indeed
such
great
and
glorious
,
such
excellent
things
in
the
other
World
,
as
the
God
of
Truth
assures
us
of
,
in
the
Word
of
Truth
;
and
if
we
believe
,
or
have
good
ground
to
hope
,
that
we
have
a
title
to
them
,
and
shall
shortly
enjoy
them
,
why
are
they
not
more
in
our
Thoughts
?
why
do
we
not
more
meditate
on
them
?
Our
frequent
fixed
Meditations
on
Heavenly
things
,
will
so
sweeten
and
delight
our
Souls
,
and
yield
such
satisfaction
to
us
,
as
to
take
off
our
Minds
from
Earthly
things
:
And
to
Meditation
add
Prayer
,
That
God
would
raise
and
lift
up
your
Hearts
to
mind
things
above
.
4
Direct
.
Fourthly
,
Discourse
frequently
and
feelingly
of
the
vanity
and
emptiness
of
visible
temporal
things
,
and
of
the
reality
and
excellency
of
invisible
eternal
things
:
If
Heaven
and
Glory
be
in
your
Hearts
,
they
will
be
in
your
Mouths
.
Consider
also
the
shortness
of
the
time
you
have
to
converse
with
visible
temporal
things
,
1
Cor.
7.
31.
and
study
a
crucified
Christ
more
,
by
that
you
will
come
to
be
crucified
to
the
World
,
and
the
World
to
you
;
Gal.
6.
14.
5
Direct
.
Fifthly
,
Consider
you
that
are
Christians
,
are
not
at
home
,
you
are
in
a
strange
Country
,
you
are
but
on
your
Journey
,
in
your
passage
to
your
Father's
house
,
to
your
long
home
,
and
therefore
you
should
not
much
mind
the
things
of
this
World
.
6
Direct
.
Sixthly
,
Consider
what
you
lose
all
the
while
you
are
inordinately
minding
earthly
things
;
you
lose
not
only
your
precious
time
,
but
much
inward
joy
and
peace
,
and
much
sweet
communion
with
God
,
which
you
might
have
in
minding
of
,
and
meditating
upon
Heavenly
things
:
Psal.
63.
4
,
5.
My
soul
shall
be
satisfied
as
with
mar●●●
and
fatness
:
—
When
I
remember
thee
open
my
bed
,
and
meditate
on
thee
in
the
night-watches
.
7
Direct
.
Seventhly
,
Let
us
work
a
few
more
serious
Considerations
into
our
Hearts
and
Minds
,
to
take
them
from
Earthly
things
.
(
1.
)
That
whatever
any
Man
or
Woman
hath
of
visible
temporal
things
,
Death
will
put
a
full
end
to
them
all
,
and
after
Death
they
all
shall
partake
of
invisible
and
eternal
things
.
Matth.
25.
46.
The
wicked
shall
go
away
into
everlasting
punishment
,
and
the
righteous
into
life
eternal
.
(
2.
)
That
every
Man
and
Woman
in
the
World
is
either
made
for
ever
,
or
undone
for
ever
,
as
they
are
related
and
entituled
unto
the
invisible
eternal
good
things
or
evil
things
of
the
other
World
;
they
are
made
for
ever
,
if
related
and
entituled
to
the
invisible
God
and
Glory
;
and
undone
for
ever
,
if
not
:
So
that
our
Eternal
Happiness
or
Misery
depends
not
on
our
relation
or
title
to
visible
,
but
to
invisible
things
.
(
3.
)
Such
as
is
our
Title
and
Estate
now
,
to
the
one
or
other
,
such
it
will
be
to
all
Eternity
.
As
the
tree
falls
,
so
it
lies
:
as
death
leaves
us
,
so
will
judgment
find
us
.
(
4.
)
This
looking
off
from
earthly
things
is
the
way
to
grow
and
encrease
in
Grace
,
for
Worldly
Cares
do
choak
,
deaden
,
and
weaken
Grace
,
cloying
the
Affections
,
entangling
and
encumbring
the
Thoughts
,
much
hindring
the
exercise
of
Faith
and
Love
,
which
are
the
principal
Graces
whereby
holy
Souls
enjoy
Communion
with
God
.
(
5.
)
By
this
you
will
have
more
Communion
with
God
;
for
the
less
we
look
downward
,
the
more
we
shall
look
upward
;
and
the
more
we
look
upward
to
God
and
Christ
,
in
the
actings
of
our
Faith
and
Love
,
the
more
will
God
and
Christ
manifest
themselves
and
their
love
to
our
Souls
.
(
6.
)
This
will
support
us
in
Affliction
,
and
comfort
us
in
a
dying
hour
;
when
our
Affections
are
crucified
to
the
World
,
we
shall
not
be
unwilling
to
part
with
it
.
Col.
3.
3.
We
are
dead
,
saith
the
Apostle
;
that
is
,
to
the
World
.
And
this
supported
those
in
this
Chapter
;
they
were
crucified
to
all
visible
temporal
things
,
therefore
they
could
easily
part
with
them
.
3
Vse
.
Thirdly
,
by
way
of
Examination
.
By
this
gracious
frame
of
Spirit
,
we
may
know
our
spiritual
state
,
whether
we
be
born
of
God
or
no
,
whether
in
Christ
or
no
;
to
wit
,
by
this
,
Whether
our
Hearts
and
Minds
are
more
set
on
God
,
Christ
,
and
Heaven
,
or
on
the
World
.
Rom.
8.
1.
There
is
no
condemnation
to
them
that
are
in
Christ
Jesus
;
they
are
safe
,
come
Plague
,
Sword
,
Fire
,
Faggot
:
But
who
are
in
Christ
Jesus
?
He
tells
us
,
They
that
walk
not
after
the
flesh
,
but
after
the
Spirit
.
So
Ver.
5
,
6.
They
that
are
spiritually
minded
;
they
that
have
their
conversation
in
Heaven
.
Phil.
3.
20.
Col.
3.
1
,
2.
They
are
risen
with
Christ
.
So
Psal.
73.
25
,
26.
If
we
be
born
from
Heaven
,
we
are
bound
for
Heaven
:
Heavenly-mindedness
is
as
good
an
Evidence
for
Heaven
as
any
is
,
and
Earthly-mindedness
is
as
ill
a
Character
as
can
be
.
Let
us
now
try
our selves
by
this
:
Where
are
our
Hearts
,
and
Minds
,
and
Affections
mostly
set
,
on
Heaven
or
Earth
,
on
Christ
or
the
Creature
?
Let
our
Consciences
speak
:
Surely
this
one
Rule
of
Tryal
will
help
us
to
know
in
what
state
we
are
.
Lastly
,
For
Consolation
to
Believers
,
in
respect
of
outward
Losses
and
Troubles
,
that
they
are
all
visible
and
temporal
things
that
we
can
lose
,
and
but
temporal
things
that
we
can
suffer
,
which
are
but
light
and
short
,
as
we
have
seen
;
but
our
invisible
eternal
Mercies
,
they
are
all
sure
,
and
can
never
be
lost
.
If
we
had
enjoyed
our
earthly
Comforts
a
little
longer
,
it
could
have
been
but
a
little
longer
,
they
and
we
must
have
parted
:
All
visible
things
are
but
temporal
;
our
fairest
Flowers
are
fading
,
our
sweetest
earthly
Mercies
are
perishing
:
And
here
is
our
Comfort
,
that
if
we
be
in
Christ
,
we
shall
be
delivered
from
Eternal
Death
,
from
Everlasting
Destruction
,
from
the
Wrath
to
come
.
If
we
have
our
part
in
the
first
Resurrection
,
the
Second
Death
shall
have
no
power
on
us
.
Let
this
comfort
us
,
that
the
Comforts
we
lose
here
are
but
temporal
Comforts
,
and
the
Troubles
we
suffer
here
,
are
but
temporal
Troubles
.
And
this
brings
us
to
the
second
Point
observed
from
the
Text
,
which
was
,
2
Doct.
That
a
right
and
true
Judgment
of
earthly
things
,
will
help
to
support
the
Lord's
Services
under
their
Afflictions
.
Of
which
I
shall
speak
but
briefly
,
because
much
of
what
hath
been
said
in
the
former
point
〈◊〉
confirm
this
.
Heb.
10.
34.
They
took
joyfully
the
〈…〉
their
Goods
;
And
why
?
but
because
〈…〉
in
themselves
they
had
in
Heaven
〈…〉
a
more
enduring
substance
.
They
〈…〉
Judgment
both
of
Earth
and
Heaven
,
〈…〉
Earthly
and
of
Heavenly
Things
,
and
〈…〉
infinite
worth
and
value
of
〈…〉
they
knew
that
Heavenly
things
were
〈…〉
real
,
the
most
substantial
,
the
most
〈…〉
and
that
Earthly
things
were
temporal
〈…〉
,
and
therefore
not
so
●e
command
〈…〉
less
to
be
valued
or
〈…〉
Heavenly
things
.
Q.
1.
But
how
〈…〉
of
Earthly
things
?
A.
(
1.
)
We
must
judge
of
〈…〉
only
wise
,
judgeth
of
them
〈…〉
judge
truly
and
rightly
of
them
.
Now
God
hath
declared
in
his
Word
his
Judgment
of
them
,
Isa.
4.
6
,
7.
The
mouth
of
the
Lord
hath
spoken
this
.
The
voice
said
,
Cry
;
and
he
said
,
What
shall
I
cry
?
All
flesh
is
grass
,
and
all
the
goodliness
thereof
as
the
flower
of
the
field
.
The
grass
withereth
,
the
flower
fadeth
.
Psal.
39.
5
,
6.
Verily
,
every
man
,
at
his
best
estate
,
is
altogether
vanity
.
Surely
,
every
man
walketh
in
a
vain
shew
,
Psal.
103.
14
,
15.
we
are
but
Dust
:
As
for
man
,
his
days
are
as
grass
:
as
a
flower
of
the
field
,
so
he
flourisheth
.
For
the
wind
passeth
over
it
,
and
it
is
gone
;
and
the
place
thereof
shall
know
it
no
more
.
Job
14.
1
,
2.
Man
that
is
born
of
a
woman
is
of
few
days
,
and
full
of
trouble
.
He
cometh
forth
like
a
flower
,
and
is
cut
down
:
he
fleeth
also
as
a
shadow
,
and
continueth
not
.
So
1.
Pet.
1.
24.
Jam.
1.
10.
&
4.
14.
What
is
our
life
?
It
is
but
even
a
vapour
,
that
appeareth
for
a
little
time
,
and
then
vanisheth
away
.
This
is
the
Judgment
of
God
concerning
Man
,
all
Men
;
They
are
but
Dust
,
but
a
Shadow
,
but
Grass
,
and
the
Life
of
Man
very
short
,
and
full
of
trouble
,
but
even
as
a
bubble
,
but
a
vapour
;
and
we
may
be
sure
,
that
the
Judgment
of
God
is
according
to
Truth
.
And
then
,
for
all
the
things
of
this
World
,
Solomon
,
by
the
Spirit
of
God
,
hath
declared
what
they
all
are
.
Eccles.
1.
2.
Vanity
of
vanities
,
saith
the
Preacher
,
vanity
of
vanities
,
all
is
vanity
.
Vanity
and
Vexation
.
Riches
,
Honours
,
Pleasures
,
Relations
,
Friends
,
Liberty
,
all
pleasant
Accommodations
,
all
is
vanity
and
vexation
of
spirit
.
This
is
the
true
and
right
Judgment
we
should
have
of
all
earthly
things
.
(
2.
)
We
must
judge
of
these
earthly
things
by
the
experience
of
the
best
and
wisest
men
that
ever
lived
upon
Earth
;
they
will
tell
us
from
their
own
experience
,
that
they
are
all
vanity
and
vexation
.
So
Solomon
,
Job
,
David
,
Moses
;
Psal.
90
,
4
,
5
,
6.
Yea
,
we
all
know
this
by
our
own
Experiences
every
day
,
that
all
flesh
is
as
grass
,
and
as
the
flower
of
the
field
:
How
soon
do
all
our
earthly
Comforts
wither
and
perish
,
our
dearest
and
nearest
Relations
wither
and
dye
away
,
our
Health
and
Strength
,
our
Life
,
and
all
,
still
withering
and
perishing
?
[
See
largely
of
this
in
Dr.
Reynold
's
Three
Treatises
,
the
first
part
,
concerning
the
vanity
of
the
Creature
.
]
(
3.
)
Once
more
judge
of
Earthly
things
by
the
evil
use
we
make
of
them
while
we
have
them
,
through
Satan's
Temptations
and
our
own
Corruptions
,
(
as
was
shewed
before
)
and
also
what
cloggs
and
hinderances
they
are
to
our
Souls
,
in
our
way
to
Heaven
:
Altho'
Life
,
and
all
the
Accommodations
of
Life
,
as
Health
,
Strength
,
Liberty
,
Estate
,
Friends
are
good
things
in
themselves
,
and
given
us
to
be
helps
to
Holiness
,
and
to
Heaven
;
yet
we
must
confess
to
our
shame
,
that
all
our
Earthly
Comforts
,
yea
,
and
our
animal
Life
it self
,
doth
very
much
,
most
times
,
hinder
our
Communion
with
God
,
hinder
us
in
the
Service
of
God
,
keep
our
Hearts
at
too
great
a
distance
from
God
;
and
many
more
Evils
they
bring
upon
us
;
all
which
considered
,
we
have
but
little
reason
so
to
value
them
as
we
do
,
nor
to
let
our
Hearts
and
Affections
so
to
run
out
after
them
.
Thus
let
us
take
a
right
judgment
of
all
Earthly
things
.
It
is
true
,
that
so
far
forth
as
these
Earthly
things
are
useful
to
us
in
the
Service
of
God
,
and
further
the
good
of
our
Souls
,
so
far
forth
we
ought
to
love
and
prize
them
,
and
praise
God
for
them
,
and
pray
for
the
continuance
of
them
;
but
so
far
forth
as
they
are
hinderances
to
us
in
Holiness
,
and
bring
Sin
and
Guilt
on
our
Souls
,
as
too
oft
they
do
,
so
far
forth
,
and
in
that
respect
,
we
had
better
be
without
them
than
with
them
;
their
Room
would
be
better
than
their
Company
:
And
when
they
prove
Snares
to
us
,
and
like
Solomon's
Wives
draw
away
our
Hearts
from
God
;
and
like
Dalilah
to
Sampson
,
betray
our
Souls
into
the
hands
of
our
spiritual
Enemies
;
then
surely
it
is
the
goodness
of
God
to
separate
them
from
us
,
and
strip
us
of
them
,
and
we
shall
have
cause
to
bless
God
for
so
doing
.
Sickness
and
Weakness
improved
,
is
better
for
our
Souls
than
Health
and
Strength
abused
:
Restraint
and
Confinement
improved
,
better
than
Liberty
abused
:
Solitariness
improved
,
is
better
than
a
Family
and
Company
abused
:
Poverty
improved
,
better
than
Riches
abused
,
&c.
Thus
you
may
get
a
right
Judgment
of
Earthly
things
.
Q.
2.
But
how
will
this
right
Judgment
of
Earthly
things
help
us
to
bear
our
Troubles
in
this
World
?
A.
1.
By
acting
our
Faith
upon
the
Word
of
God
.
Believe
,
and
be
fully
perswaded
of
the
truth
,
which
God
,
the
God
of
Truth
,
hath
spoken
concerning
all
Earthly
things
:
Believe
that
all
flesh
is
grass
,
that
life
is
but
a
vapour
,
&c.
here
lies
the
root
of
all
our
Impatience
and
Discontent
under
our
Losses
and
Earthly
Comforts
,
even
our
Unbelief
;
we
do
not
fully
and
firmly
believe
they
are
such
vain
things
that
we
are
deprived
of
,
out
grass
,
but
as
the
flowers
of
the
field
.
Just
like
a
man
that
finds
a
Box
or
Bag
of
Counters
,
and
takes
them
to
be
all
pure
Gold
,
and
greatly
rejoycech
in
what
he
hath
found
;
then
after
a
short
time
he
loseth
his
Counters
,
and
then
he
is
exceedingly
troubled
for
the
loss
of
them
,
because
all
this
while
he
took
them
for
Gold
;
but
if
once
he
comes
to
believe
,
that
it
was
but
a
Box
or
Bag
of
Counters
,
then
he
grieves
no
more
.
So
it
is
with
us
;
we
believe
not
,
that
all
our
Comforts
are
vanity
and
vexation
;
we
look
not
on
them
to
be
so
,
but
that
there
is
much
contentment
,
and
sweetness
,
and
satisfaction
to
be
had
in
them
:
And
therefore
we
grieve
immoderately
when
we
lose
our
Counters
;
but
if
we
did
firmly
believe
they
are
but
Counters
,
Shadows
,
Grass
,
Vapours
,
we
should
not
be
so
cast
down
.
2.
Meditation
and
Consideration
of
the
true
nature
of
all
Earthly
things
,
as
God
hath
shewed
us
in
his
Word
;
often
thinking
,
pondering
,
and
meditating
on
their
vanity
,
uncertainty
,
transitoriness
and
deceitsulness
:
Without
this
due
and
serious
Meditation
,
a
right
Judgment
of
them
will
do
us
no
good
.
When
God
smites
our
Comforts
,
maketh
our
fairest
Flowers
to
wither
,
blasteth
our
flourishing
Grass
,
then
let
us
consider
what
God
hath
smitten
and
blasted
,
nothing
but
grass
,
but
flowers
.
What
have
we
lost
?
Nothing
but
Shadows
,
but
Counters
:
This
deep
Consideration
will
support
us
under
our
Losses
.
Consider
also
the
Experience
of
the
Saints
,
who
in
all
Ages
have
found
these
things
to
be
but
vanity
and
vexation
.
3.
Add
Prayer
to
God
,
That
He
will
throughly
convince
your
Minds
of
the
vanity
of
all
earthly
things
,
as
David
prayed
,
Psal.
39.
4.
That
we
may
judge
of
them
as
God
judgeth
of
them
,
and
not
otherwise
;
and
then
it
will
not
so
much
trouble
us
to
part
with
them
.
So
much
for
a
right
Judgment
of
the
good
things
of
this
World
:
We
must
also
labour
to
get
a
right
Judgment
of
the
evil
things
of
this
World
,
as
Poverty
,
Sickness
,
Imprisonment
,
Disgrace
,
loss
of
Friends
and
Relations
;
we
usually
judge
amiss
of
these
also
,
and
therefore
become
impatient
.
Now
,
that
we
may
have
a
right
Judgment
of
these
things
also
,
we
must
observe
the
former
Rules
.
1.
To
judge
of
these
Evil
things
as
God
in
his
Word
judgeth
of
them
.
Now
God
tells
us
in
his
Word
,
that
Afflictions
are
short
and
light
;
that
is
comparatively
,
as
was
shewed
before
;
that
his
ends
and
designs
in
all
the
Afflictions
of
his
People
,
are
good
and
gracious
;
of
which
largely
before
;
that
they
are
Tokens
of
his
Fatherly
Love
to
us
,
and
Evidences
of
our
Sonship
;
that
they
are
for
our
spiritual
and
eternal
profit
,
to
take
away
our
Sins
,
and
to
make
us
partakers
of
his
Holiness
,
and
to
prepare
us
for
that
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
;
that
they
are
needful
and
necessary
for
us
,
Afflictions
being
as
necessary
to
God's
People
,
in
their
passage
to
Heaven
,
as
Water
is
to
a
Ship
,
to
carry
her
to
her
Port.
Now
,
if
we
judge
of
Afflictions
thus
,
as
the
Only-wise
God
judgeth
of
them
,
we
shall
bear
them
with
much
patience
.
2.
To
judge
of
them
as
the
wise
,
good
,
and
holy
men
of
God
do
judge
of
them
.
Moses
chose
rather
to
suffer
affliction
with
the
people
of
God
,
than
to
enjoy
the
pleasures
of
sin
for
a
season
.
Holy
David
professeth
,
That
it
was
good
for
him
that
he
was
afflicted
,
Psal.
119.
71.
[
Vpon
which
Text
I
have
written
at
large
by
it self
.
]
So
the
Primitive
Christians
,
2
Cor.
4.
17
,
18.
and
Heb.
10.
34.
And
thousands
now
in
Heaven
,
and
upon
Earth
,
can
seal
to
this
Truth
,
That
Afflictions
have
done
them
good
.
3.
Let
us
judge
also
by
our
own
Experiences
,
that
as
the
good
things
of
this
World
have
been
,
by
Satan's
Temptations
,
and
our
own
Corruptions
,
very
hurtful
to
our
Souls
;
so
the
evil
things
of
this
World
have
been
,
through
the
Grace
of
God
,
sanctifying
them
to
us
,
very
profitable
to
our
Souls
,
and
we
have
cause
to
bless
God
for
them
.
And
as
Earthly
things
,
good
in
themselves
,
become
evil
to
us
,
so
evil
things
,
so
in
themselves
,
but
by
the
Blessing
of
God
on
them
,
become
good
into
us
.
Now
this
right
Judgment
of
the
evil
things
of
this
World
,
will
much
support
us
under
them
,
1.
If
we
strongly
act
our
Faith
in
believing
that
God
in
his
Word
hath
said
of
these
Evil
things
,
that
they
are
all
but
light
and
short
,
that
He
hath
such
gracious
ends
in
them
;
and
if
we
act
faith
and
Hope
upon
the
many
exceeding
great
and
precious
Promises
in
the
Word
,
made
to
his
People
in
their
Afflictions
,
and
relye
upon
his
faithfulness
in
them
,
we
shall
be
sweetly
supported
under
them
.
2.
If
we
duly
meditate
and
consider
of
the
good
●ruits
that
our
Afflictions
shall
bring
forth
in
us
,
●●
due
time
;
and
do
duly
ponder
upon
the
gracious
ends
of
God
in
them
,
it
will
,
doubtless
,
mightily
uphold
us
under
them
.
3.
And
if
we
add
fervent
Prayers
to
God
,
to
give
out
all
those
spiritual
Blessings
of
Afflictions
to
us
;
and
wait
on
him
for
the
blessing
,
hoping
,
●esiring
,
and
panting
after
these
Blessings
;
we
shall
be
enabled
to
bear
up
under
them
all
.
Application
.
Let
us
bewail
our
wrong
and
false
Judgment
of
Earthly
things
,
both
of
the
good
and
evil
things
of
this
World
,
and
pray
earnestly
for
a
true
,
spiritual
,
and
right
Judgment
of
them
;
let
us
fully
submit
our
Judgments
to
the
Judgment
of
God
,
and
setledly
acquiesce
in
God's
Judgment
;
let
us
pray
earnestly
for
a
spiritual
Understanding
,
and
a
renewed
Judgment
;
let
us
look
on
all
visible
temporal
things
,
as
God
looketh
on
them
,
and
settle
it
in
our
minds
.
That
the
Judgment
of
God
is
right
and
best
;
and
let
us
not
lean
to
our
own
Understandings
,
and
by
this
means
we
shall
be
much
helped
to
bear
all
our
Afflictions
with
Comfort
and
Patience
.
So
much
of
this
Doctrine
.
Now
to
proceed
to
the
last
words
in
this
Verse
:
2
COR.
iv
.
18.
But
to
the
things
which
are
not
seen
,
for
they
are
eternal
.
THIS
is
another
Act
of
Faith
:
Faith
enables
the
Soul
not
only
to
look
off
from
things
which
are
seen
,
for
they
are
temporal
;
but
also
to
look
unto
those
things
which
are
not
seen
,
for
they
are
eternal
.
We
look
;
the
original
word
is
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
prospicio
,
to
look
seriously
,
diligently
,
earnestly
,
to
look
upon
a
thing
as
his
mark
and
scope
,
to
look
with
ardent
desire
to
attain
that
which
he
looks
for
.
Now
saith
the
Apostle
,
We
look
not
on
those
things
which
are
seen
,
temporal
things
,
as
our
mark
and
scope
,
with
such
eagerness
and
diligence
to
attain
them
;
we
see
not
such
worth
and
excellency
in
them
,
as
to
spend
our
best
Thoughts
about
them
,
and
our
ardent
Affections
upon
them
;
no
,
no
,
but
we
look
on
things
not
seen
;
we
look
on
unseen
things
as
infinitely
more
worthy
,
and
more
highly
meri●ing
our
best
Thoughts
and
Affections
;
for
those
●●seen
things
are
eternal
things
,
and
therefore
more
worthy
of
our
Affections
.
Two
Points
of
Doctrine
arise
hence
.
Doct.
I.
That
truly-gracious
Souls
do
most
seriously
mind
,
and
most
diligently
intend
and
aim
at
unseen
eternal
things
;
upon
these
their
thoughts
are
mainly
and
mostly
fixt
,
and
about
these
their
greatest
Care
and
Study
is
employed
.
Doct.
II.
That
the
due
minding
of
,
and
meditating
upon
unseen
eternal
things
,
will
much
help
to
support
the
People
of
God
under
all
their
Sufferings
in
this
World
.
Doct.
I.
First
,
That
truly-gracious
Souls
do
most
●eriously
mind
,
and
most
diligently
intend
and
aim
at
●●seen
and
eternal
things
.
Here
we
must
enquire
,
1.
What
those
invisible
eternal
things
are
.
2.
The
Reasons
of
the
Point
.
1.
What
they
are
.
They
are
things
not
seen
,
and
they
are
eternal
;
unseen
to
the
bodily
Eye
;
opposed
to
the
visible
things
of
the
World
,
Ri●●es
,
Honours
,
Pleasures
,
Friends
,
Health
,
Liberty
,
&c.
those
good
and
evil
things
of
this
World
;
these
we
look
not
unto
,
but
to
invisible
,
and
they
are
,
1.
First
,
The
Invisible
God
,
whom
no
man
hath
seen
,
nor
can
see
with
bodily
Eyes
;
Coll.
1.
15.
1
Tim.
1.
17.
Moses
saw
him
that
is
invisible
.
Heb.
11.
27.
We
,
saith
the
Apostle
,
look
unto
him
,
Mic.
7.
7.
I
will
look
unto
the
Lord
,
Psal.
34.
5.
Gracious
Souls
make
God
their
aim
,
and
their
end
,
how
to
serve
,
and
please
,
and
glorifie
him
,
and
how
to
have
Communion
with
him
,
and
to
enjoy
him
.
This
is
the
chief
Study
,
Care
,
and
Labour
of
gracious
Souls
,
to
be
accepted
with
God
,
and
to
bring
Glory
to
him
,
2
Cor.
5.
9.
We
are
always
looking
to
God
,
to
his
Precepts
,
to
obey
them
,
to
his
Promises
to
believe
and
rest
upon
them
;
to
his
Providences
,
to
observe
and
comply
with
them
,
answering
them
by
suitable
Duty
.
2.
Secondly
,
We
look
unto
our
Blessed
Jesus
,
the
Image
of
the
Invisible
God
,
the
eternal
Son
of
God
;
He
was
once
visible
,
and
seen
in
the
Flesh
,
and
shall
be
so
again
at
his
second
coming
,
Acts
1.
But
now
we
see
him
not
,
yet
now
we
believe
in
him
,
and
look
on
him
by
Faith
:
And
that
we
may
look
upon
and
behold
this
unseen
Jesus
,
and
by
Faith
and
Love
,
to
enjoy
Union
and
Communion
with
him
,
to
know
him
living
in
us
,
and
to
have
fellowship
with
him
in
his
Death
and
Resurrection
,
and
in
his
Life
,
to
receive
of
his
fulness
Grace
for
Grace
:
This
the
Saints
aim
at
,
and
spend
their
Thoughts
and
Cares
about
,
and
make
this
the
main
and
principal
work
of
their
Lives
;
Phil.
3.
8
,
9
,
10.
That
they
may
be
joyned
to
Christ
,
married
to
him
,
engrafted
into
him
,
partake
of
his
Spirit
,
Life
,
and
Grace
;
that
they
may
be
conformable
to
him
,
and
enabled
to
walk
as
he
walked
;
that
he
may
sup
with
them
,
and
they
with
him
;
that
he
may
dwell
in
their
Hearts
by
Faith
,
and
take
up
his
abode
with
them
,
and
manifest
his
Love
unto
them
;
that
they
may
grow
up
in
all
things
like
unto
him
.
These
are
the
Aims
,
Intentions
,
Desires
,
Prayers
,
Longings
,
and
constant
Endeavours
of
truly-gracious
Souls
.
Not
to
be
rich
,
and
great
,
and
honourable
in
the
World
,
but
to
partake
of
the
unsearchable
Riches
of
Christ
,
to
get
and
possess
Jesus
,
this
Pearl
of
greatest
〈◊〉
,
to
be
rich
in
Faith
,
to
have
a
clear
Title
to
●e
Crown
of
Life
,
which
Jesus
hath
purchased
●●
promised
;
to
live
in
Christ
,
and
to
please
,
ho●●ur
,
and
enjoy
Jesus
.
This
is
their
Chief
La●●ur
.
3.
The
holy
Spirit
is
invisible
and
eternal
;
the
●●cious
Influences
and
Operations
of
the
Holy
●host
on
the
Hearts
and
Spirits
,
(
though
the
●ects
may
in
some
sense
be
said
to
be
visible
,
●●
of
eternal
efficacy
)
yet
the
Operations
are
in
〈◊〉
sence
invisible
;
the
Graces
of
the
Spirit
,
●●ch
I
take
to
be
those
Waters
of
Life
,
which
our
●●d
speaks
of
,
John
4.
which
spring
up
to
Eter●al
Life
;
the
Joy
,
the
Comforts
of
the
Spirit
,
the
●aintings
,
teachings
,
guidings
of
the
Spirit
;
the
●●iness
and
sealings
of
the
Spirit
;
all
these
are
in●●able
and
eternal
things
;
and
these
are
the
things
●hat
natural
men
cannot
know
nor
discern
,
1
Cor.
2.
●1
,
13
,
14.
Strangers
intermeddle
not
with
this
by
,
because
Strangers
to
it
:
It
is
hidden
Manna
:
●●at
these
are
the
unseen
things
,
that
gracious
●als
mind
,
seek
,
and
breath
after
,
and
always
●●g
for
:
Oh
,
that
they
may
be
filled
with
the
●pirit
,
filled
with
the
Graces
and
Comforts
of
the
Spirit
,
and
enjoy
Communion
with
the
Spirit
.
4.
The
Word
of
God
,
the
glorious
Gospel
,
that
is
invisible
and
eternal
,
not
in
the
Letter
of
it
,
for
that
is
to
be
seen
in
the
Book
,
but
the
Mysteries
of
●t
are
hidden
Mysteries
;
Matth.
11.
25.
These
things
are
hid
from
the
wife
and
prudent
of
the
World
.
It
's
true
,
the
sound
of
the
Gospel
is
gone
●ut
abroad
throughout
the
World
;
but
the
power
and
efficacy
,
the
vertue
and
inward
workings
of
it
,
the
sweetness
of
it
,
that
is
invisible
to
the
Eye
of
the
Body
,
and
hidden
to
the
World
,
1
Cor.
2.
9
,
10.
God
reveals
those
things
to
his
People
by
his
Spirit
:
The
infinite
Beauty
of
Christ
,
his
transcendent
Excellencies
,
the
Beauty
of
Holiness
,
the
surpassing
sweetness
of
the
Promises
,
the
glory
of
Heaven
,
with
many
,
many
other
unspeakable
Excellencies
,
which
are
held
out
in
the
Gospel
;
all
which
bodily
Eyes
cannot
see
,
nor
carnal
Hearts
understand
.
The
powerful
enlightning
,
quickning
,
transforming
,
nourishing
,
strengthning
,
refreshing
,
and
comforting
power
and
vertue
of
the
Gospel
,
but
very
few
see
and
feel
;
none
but
such
as
are
spiritualized
,
and
whose
Understandings
are
savingly
enlightned
;
Eph.
1.
17
,
18
,
19.
There
are
great
and
glorious
things
represented
in
the
Gospel
;
but
Men's
Understandings
must
be
enlightned
before
they
can
see
them
:
Life
and
Immortality
is
brought
to
light
by
the
Gospel
;
Heaven
and
Hell
opened
in
the
Gospel
,
but
not
to
be
seen
by
the
bodily
Eye
.
Hence
the
Gospel
is
said
to
be
hid
,
2
Cor.
4.
4.
and
this
word
abideth
for
ever
,
1
Pet.
1.
25.
and
it
is
an
everlasting
Gospel
.
Now
,
saith
the
Apostle
,
we
look
to
the
Word
of
God
,
and
mind
the
glorious
Mysteries
of
the
Gospel
,
and
feel
the
sweet
and
powerful
effects
of
it
;
we
desire
the
sincere
milk
of
the
Word
,
that
we
may
grow
thereby
;
we
esteem
the
Word
of
God
above
our
necessary
food
;
Job
23.
12
,
13.
and
it
is
sweeter
to
us
than
the
hony
or
hony-comb
,
Psal.
19.
9.
5.
We
look
unto
,
and
mind
all
the
exceeding
great
and
precious
Promises
which
are
in
the
Word
of
God
;
the
vertue
,
sweetness
,
and
good
of
them
are
all
invisible
to
carnal
Eyes
.
Tell
a
carnal
man
of
the
goodness
and
sweetness
of
the
Promises
,
it
is
a
Riddle
to
him
;
give
him
present
Enjoyments
,
he
never
tasted
any
sweetness
in
them
;
but
true
Christians
look
on
them
as
exceeding
rich
things
,
and
look
up
to
them
,
and
embrace
them
,
and
live
upon
them
;
they
could
not
●re
without
them
:
The
Promises
are
dry
Breasts
●●
carnal
Hearts
,
they
can
draw
no
vertue
from
them
;
but
they
are
full
Breasts
to
gracious
Souls
:
●●il
.
27.
13.
I
had
fainted
,
unless
I
had
believed
,
(
that
●●
,
in
the
Promises
)
to
see
the
goodness
of
God
in
the
〈◊〉
of
the
living
.
The
Promises
,
That
God
will
be
our
God
in
Christ
,
and
our
Portion
,
and
exceeding
great
Re●ard
,
Gen.
17.
1.
That
He
will
be
a
Sun
and
a
●ield
to
us
,
give
us
Grace
and
Glory
,
and
will
with-hold
no
good
thing
from
us
;
Psal.
84.
last
.
●romises
of
Pardon
,
of
Peace
,
of
Holiness
and
●●essedness
,
of
Rest
for
our
Souls
,
Mat.
11.
28
,
29.
Promises
of
his
good
Presence
with
us
in
all
our
●roubles
;
of
Supports
,
Supplies
,
and
of
a
gracious
〈◊〉
out
of
all
;
gracious
Souls
trade
in
the
Promises
,
converse
with
the
Promises
;
these
they
mind
●nd
rest
upon
,
and
find
Sweetness
and
Comfort
in
.
6.
And
Lastly
,
We
look
unto
all
those
great
and
glorious
things
which
the
Great
God
hath
prepared
for
us
from
the
foundation
of
the
World
,
and
which
our
most
dear
Lord
Jesus
hath
purchased
for
us
by
his
most
precious
Blood
.
Oh
,
the
great
and
glorious
things
which
God
our
Father
●ath
prepared
for
us
!
that
blessed
Vision
of
God
,
that
Kingdom
of
Heaven
,
that
Life
eternal
,
that
Crown
of
Glory
,
of
Life
,
of
Righteousness
,
that
inheritance
incorruptible
,
undefiled
,
and
that
sa●●th
not
away
;
that
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
;
that
everlasting
Rest
;
all
these
things
are
invisible
and
eternal
;
And
unto
these
●●seen
and
eternal
things
,
we
,
saith
the
Apostle
,
〈◊〉
,
and
set
our
mind
upon
.
And
also
the
great
and
glorious
things
which
our
Lord
hath
purchased
;
as
Peace
with
God
,
his
Favour
,
Acceptance
with
him
,
Adoption
,
Sonship
,
Heirship
,
Remission
of
Sins
,
an
heavenly
Inheritance
;
these
are
all
invisible
and
eternal
things
,
great
and
wonderful
things
,
things
of
the
greatest
excellency
and
highest
concernment
;
And
,
saith
the
Apostle
,
we
that
are
Gospel-christians
,
we
look
to
these
things
;
upon
these
we
spend
our
most
serious
thoughts
,
and
our
best
affections
;
these
possess
our
hearts
and
minds
,
and
we
live
in
the
continual
prospect
of
these
unseen
and
eternal
things
.
Before
I
come
to
the
Reasons
of
the
Point
,
a
little
more
to
open
this
Act
of
gracious
Souls
,
and
the
Object
of
it
.
I.
For
the
Act
,
Looking
;
which
may
note
these
things
.
1.
It
notes
Reality
,
it
is
no
Fancy
,
Dream
,
or
empty
Imagination
,
but
we
look
,
we
see
,
we
behold
them
;
the
Eyes
of
our
Understandings
being
enlightned
,
and
our
Minds
illuminated
by
the
Spirit
of
God
;
and
having
the
Spirit
of
Faith
in
us
,
we
discern
and
behold
those
invisible
and
eternal
things
:
Heb.
11.
1.
Faith
is
the
substance
of
things
hoped
for
,
and
the
evidence
of
things
not
seen
.
We
do
as
fully
believe
them
,
as
if
they
were
visible
to
our
Bodily
Eyes
.
2.
It
notes
Certainty
;
what
we
see
with
our
Eyes
,
we
are
certain
of
;
we
are
fully
perswaded
of
them
,
Heb.
11.
13.
hence
this
Sight
is
called
Knowledge
,
2
Cor.
5.
1.
3.
Fixedness
;
it
is
not
glancing
,
or
casting
an
Eye
on
them
,
but
we
look
on
them
,
that
is
,
fixedly
and
stedfastly
;
we
aim
at
them
;
we
lock
on
them
as
our
Mark
and
End
.
Thus
for
the
Act.
II.
For
the
Object
;
they
are
things
that
are
not
seen
:
What
they
are
,
hath
been
showed
;
the
Properties
are
these
:
1.
They
are
spiritual
things
;
so
in
their
Nature
,
and
revealed
by
the
Spirit
,
1
Cor.
2.
8.
and
they
are
spiritually
discerned
,
and
not
otherwise
.
2.
They
are
all
high
,
great
,
and
glorious
things
;
yea
,
the
highest
,
the
greatest
,
and
the
most
glorious
things
:
All
other
things
are
but
Dross
and
Dung
in
comparison
of
them
.
3.
They
are
the
choicest
and
the
best
things
,
most
worthy
of
our
Hearts
and
Minds
,
and
of
our
choicest
Affections
:
What
is
the
Chaff
to
the
Wheat
?
What
is
the
Dross
to
the
Gold
?
What
is
Earth
to
Heaven
,
or
the
Creature
to
God
?
4.
They
are
Heart-transforming
,
Heart-gladding
,
Heart-elevating
,
Heart-strengthning
things
,
2
Cor.
3.
17
,
18.
1
Pet.
1.
8.
These
things
looked
unto
by
the
Eye
of
Faith
,
will
change
the
Heart
,
and
cause
joy
unspeakable
and
glorious
.
5.
They
are
real
,
solid
,
substantial
things
,
not
Shadows
,
as
visible
temporal
things
are
;
Hebr.
10.
34.
They
joyfully
took
the
spoiling
of
their
goods
,
for
they
were
but
Shadows
,
Trifles
;
because
they
had
in
Heaven
substantial
things
.
The
things
of
this
World
are
all
vain
,
lying
Vanities
,
things
that
are
not
;
Prov.
23.
5.
6.
They
are
Soul-satisfying
,
and
Heart-contenting
things
;
such
as
have
them
shall
never
thirst
more
,
John
4.
14.
that
is
,
inordinately
and
immoderately
after
Earthly
things
.
7.
And
Lastly
,
They
are
eternal
things
,
permanent
,
abiding
,
lasting
,
everlasting
things
;
eternal
Life
,
eternal
Glory
;
everlasting
Consolation
,
everlasting
Rest
:
We
shall
ever
be
with
the
Lord
.
O
my
Soul
!
Can
I
be
a
true
Christian
,
and
be
a
Stranger
to
this
Practice
of
conversing
with
those
invisible
eternal
things
?
Can
I
be
regenerate
,
born
of
God
,
born
from
above
,
and
be
a
Stranger
to
this
Practice
?
Can
I
be
quiet
in
Conscience
,
so
long
as
I
live
in
the
neglect
of
this
?
Can
I
groundedly
hope
to
live
and
converse
with
God
and
Christ
for
ever
hereafter
,
and
be
such
a
Stranger
to
this
converse
with
him
here
?
Can
I
have
any
Support
in
Trouble
without
this
?
Can
I
have
any
true
Comfort
in
Life
or
Death
,
or
bid
Sickness
or
Death
welcome
,
and
be
a
Stranger
to
this
?
Certainly
no
:
Therefore
,
O
my
Soul
,
labour
for
more
familiar
Acquaintance
with
those
invisible
eternal
things
,
and
exercise
thy self
more
in
the
Meditations
of
them
.
The
Grounds
and
Reasons
of
the
Point
,
Why
gracious
Souls
do
most
seriously
mind
,
intend
and
aim
at
invisible
eternal
things
.
Reas.
I.
Because
they
are
commanded
so
to
do
,
Col.
3.
1
,
2.
Set
your
affections
upon
things
above
,
not
on
things
below
,
Mat.
6.
19
,
20.
Lay
up
for
your selves
treasures
in
Heaven
,
not
in
Earth
,
1
Tim.
6.
19.
II.
Because
truly-gracious
Souls
are
endued
with
invisible
,
divine
,
and
eternal
Principles
,
which
do
encline
,
dispose
,
and
suit
them
to
those
invisible
and
eternal
things
:
Jam.
1.
17
,
18.
They
are
begotten
of
God
,
born
of
God
;
their
extraction
is
heavenly
;
1
Pet.
1.
23.
2
Pet.
1.
4.
They
must
needs
mind
God
,
for
they
are
begotten
of
him
,
He
is
their
Father
,
they
have
his
Image
on
them
;
and
they
must
needs
mind
Christ
,
for
he
is
formed
in
them
;
and
the
Spirit
,
for
they
are
born
of
the
Spirit
:
Heaven
is
their
Father's
House
,
their
own
Home
,
their
Inheritance
;
the
Principles
of
the
Divine
Nature
enclines
and
disposeth
them
to
mind
things
above
.
As
they
that
are
after
the
flesh
,
do
mind
the
things
of
the
flesh
,
so
they
that
are
after
the
spirit
,
do
mind
the
things
of
the
spirit
;
for
this
is
the
characteristical
difference
between
the
carnal
and
the
spiritual
man
,
Rom.
8.
5
,
6.
1
John
5.
4.
Every
thing
acts
according
to
its
Principles
.
If
Men
and
Women
have
no
other
Principles
in
them
,
but
such
as
they
brought
into
the
World
with
them
,
which
are
only
earthly
,
and
have
no
other
Spirit
than
the
Spirit
of
the
World
i●
them
;
they
cannot
mind
heavenly
things
,
for
such
as
is
the
earthly
,
such
are
they
that
are
earthly
;
Heavenly
things
are
contrary
to
their
Natures
,
and
to
their
Principles
,
and
therefore
they
cannot
mind
them
.
But
holy
Souls
have
Principles
of
the
Divine
Life
,
and
they
live
the
Life
of
God
.
III.
Because
their
Hopes
are
set
,
grounded
,
fixed
on
those
invisible
eternal
things
;
their
hopes
are
not
in
this
Life
,
but
in
God
,
in
Christ
;
Glory
,
Heaven
,
and
Eternal
Life
,
are
the
Objects
of
the
hopes
of
all
truly-gracious
Souls
;
1
Cor.
15.
19.
Rom.
5.
2.
Heb.
6.
18
,
19.
Tit.
2.
14.
Tit.
1.
2.
1
Pet.
1.
13.
1
John
3.
3.
We
must
needs
mind
them
,
and
set
our
Affections
upon
them
,
because
we
hope
to
enjoy
them
for
ever
.
Phil.
3.
20
,
21.
IV.
Because
the
People
of
God
have
had
experience
in
some
measure
of
the
sweet
and
powerful
Influences
and
Operations
of
those
invisible
eternal
things
on
their
own
Hearts
and
Spirits
;
they
have
tasted
that
the
Lord
is
gracious
;
they
have
had
fellowship
with
the
Father
and
the
Son
,
in
some
degree
;
they
have
been
made
partakers
of
the
Holy
Ghost
,
in
many
saving
fruits
and
effects
on
them
;
they
have
felt
the
power
,
efficacy
,
and
comfort
of
the
Word
and
Promises
;
and
they
have
in
some
measure
received
the
first-fruits
and
earnest
of
their
Inheritance
;
Rom.
8.
23.
Eph.
1.
13
,
14.
V.
Because
by
all
these
things
gracious
Souls
live
,
and
in
all
these
things
is
the
Life
of
their
Souls
:
Their
Life
is
hid
with
Christ
in
God
,
and
should
they
not
mind
God
and
Christ
?
Christ
liveth
in
them
,
and
they
in
him
,
Gal.
2.
20.
They
live
in
the
Spirit
,
and
walk
in
the
Spirit
,
Gal.
5.
They
live
by
,
and
live
upon
the
Promises
,
Job
23.
12.
They
live
by
Faith
,
in
the
purchased
,
promised
,
prepared
Inheritance
;
they
live
in
hope
of
Eternal
Life
,
Tit.
1.
2.
and
rejoyce
in
hope
of
glory
,
Rom.
5.
2
:
They
live
in
hope
of
a
better
Resurrection
;
they
groan
after
their
House
in
Heaven
;
they
seek
a
Country
,
an
heavenly
;
and
therefore
they
cannot
but
mind
and
intend
,
look
unto
,
and
aim
at
those
invisible
eternal
things
.
Our
natural
Life
,
much
less
our
spiritual
Life
,
doth
not
consist
in
the
things
which
we
possess
;
that
is
,
in
visible
temporal
things
;
for
,
in
God
we
live
,
move
,
and
have
our
being
.
VI.
Because
these
invisible
eternal
things
are
the
only
things
that
are
suitable
and
satisfying
to
the
Souls
of
gracious
persons
;
Earthly
things
are
not
suitable
to
Heaven-born
Souls
;
Riches
,
Honours
,
Pleasures
,
not
suitable
,
nor
satisfying
to
immortal
Souls
,
which
are
begotten
of
God
:
Earthly
things
are
no
Bread
for
Souls
;
Isa.
55.
2
,
3
,
4.
John
6.
27.
They
are
all
but
Ashes
,
but
Wind
,
Husks
,
Chaff
,
not
Food
for
Souls
;
these
are
suitable
to
the
Body
,
Meats
for
the
Belly
,
and
the
Belly
for
Meats
;
but
God
,
and
Christ
,
and
the
Word
,
&c.
for
the
Soul
,
for
the
renewed
gracious
Soul
;
other
things
will
not
content
it
.
VII
.
Because
these
invisible
eternal
things
are
the
best
,
the
choicest
,
the
chiefest
,
the
most
excellent
things
,
the
principal
things
,
as
all
will
confess
,
and
therefore
most
worthy
to
be
minded
and
looked
after
;
Phil.
4.
8.
GOD
and
Glory
,
Heaven
and
Happiness
,
are
the
best
things
for
certain
,
Heb.
10.
34.
&
11.
16.
The
Saints
Happiness
lies
in
those
invisible
eternal
things
:
They
may
be
happy
without
visible
temporal
things
,
but
they
can
never
be
happy
without
the
other
:
And
indeed
,
all
visible
temporal
things
are
not
worth
minding
at
all
in
comparison
of
the
other
.
Oh
,
that
we
could
believe
this
,
and
act
accordingly
.
VIII
.
Because
those
things
are
most
sure
and
certain
,
incorruptible
and
undefiled
,
and
that
fade
not
away
,
Matth.
6.
19.
nor
moth
,
nor
rust
,
nor
thieves
can
spoil
us
of
these
;
1
Cor.
9.
25.
Heb.
11.
9
,
10.
&
13.
14.
1
Pet.
1.
4.
Psal.
48.
14.
This
God
will
be
our
God
for
ever
.
None
can
say
so
of
Relations
or
Possessions
,
of
Health
,
Wealth
,
or
Liberty
.
Jesus
Christ
is
the
Believer's
for
ever
;
their
Joy
is
everlasting
,
none
can
take
it
from
them
;
their
Peace
is
everlasting
,
their
Kingdom
everlasting
.
IX
.
Because
by
minding
of
,
and
by
setting
their
Affections
upon
those
invisible
eternal
things
,
they
are
much
freed
and
discharged
from
the
Snares
,
Fears
,
Cares
,
Sorrows
,
Entanglements
,
Incumbrances
and
Temptations
,
that
accompany
the
minding
of
those
visible
temporal
things
.
Nil
sentit
in
Nervo
,
cum
Anima
sit
in
Coelo
.
Oh
,
the
intolerable
Burthens
,
the
unavoidable
Snares
,
Cares
,
and
Fears
that
attend
these
earthly
things
!
how
are
the
Minds
of
Men
rack'd
,
tortured
,
distracted
,
distempered
,
macerated
with
these
?
while
they
mind
them
eagerly
and
inordinately
,
What
cross
Passages
fall
out
?
what
Disappointments
do
they
meet
with
?
how
strangely
are
mens
Minds
bewitched
with
these
things
?
what
unruly
Passions
are
oftentimes
stirred
up
,
and
thence
they
break
out
into
many
uncomely
words
and
actions
,
piercing
themselves
thorow
with
many
Sorrows
,
1
Tim.
6.
10.
Against
this
our
Lord
caution'd
his
Disciples
,
Luk.
21.
34.
Take
heed
,
lest
at
any
time
your
hearts
be
overcharged
with
surfeiting
,
and
drunkenness
,
and
cares
of
this
life
.
And
by
these
worldly
entanglements
many
times
God
is
forgotten
,
Conscience
wounded
,
Peace
broken
,
Guilt
contracted
,
Duty
neglected
,
and
Sorrows
multiplied
.
But
now
,
when
we
can
get
off
our
Hearts
from
Earthly
things
,
and
can
get
them
up
above
these
things
,
and
can
fix
our
Minds
upon
those
high
and
heavenly
things
;
how
are
our
Spirits
discharged
and
disburthened
,
and
our
Minds
eased
and
quieted
:
Psal.
63.
5
,
6.
My
soul
shall
be
satisfied
as
with
marrow
and
fatness
:
When
I
remember
thee
upon
my
bed
,
and
meditate
on
thee
in
the
night-watches
.
O
,
the
sweet
Peace
and
Tranquility
of
Mind
that
those
enjoy
,
that
look
above
,
and
live
above
,
and
have
their
conversation
in
Heaven
;
who
walk
with
God
,
and
talk
with
God
,
and
constantly
converse
with
things
above
:
To
be
spiritually
minded
is
life
and
peace
,
Rom.
8.
6.
X.
Because
by
this
minding
Heavenly
things
the
Saints
get
good
Proof
and
Evidence
of
their
Title
unto
,
and
of
their
Interest
in
God
and
Christ
,
and
to
those
invisible
eternal
things
;
1
Joh.
5.
4.
Col.
3.
1
,
2
,
3.
Joh.
3.
6.
1
Cor.
15.
48.
This
is
a
good
Proof
that
we
belong
to
God
and
Heaven
,
because
we
mind
them
,
and
set
our
Hearts
upon
them
.
XI
.
Because
by
the
minding
of
those
things
above
,
the
People
of
God
are
wonderfully
supported
under
all
their
Troubles
in
this
Life
;
and
by
their
Heavenly-mindedness
their
Troubles
are
alleviated
and
sweetned
to
them
;
as
in
the
Text
and
Context
:
We
faint
not
,
while
we
look
not
at
those
things
which
are
seen
,
for
they
are
temporal
;
but
at
those
things
which
are
not
seen
,
for
they
are
eternal
.
By
our
looking
off
from
temporal
things
,
and
by
our
looking
on
upon
eternal
things
,
we
are
supported
under
all
our
Sufferings
.
XII
.
And
Lastly
,
Because
this
is
the
way
to
salvation
:
For
if
the
end
of
those
who
mind
earthly
things
be
Destruction
,
as
Phil.
3.
19.
then
the
end
of
those
who
mind
Heavenly
things
,
must
be
Salvation
.
Thus
much
for
the
grounds
of
the
Point
.
Q.
But
wherein
consists
this
Duty
of
looking
unto
invisible
eternal
things
?
What
is
this
minding
of
them
?
And
how
must
this
Work
be
managed
?
Ans.
1.
It
consists
in
the
distinct
knowing
,
and
right
understanding
of
those
invisible
eternal
things
;
to
know
God
and
Christ
,
the
Mystery
of
God
and
Godliness
,
Col.
2.
3.
Ephes.
1.
17
,
18.
Let
us
pray
as
the
Apostle
doth
there
;
That
the
God
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
,
the
Father
of
glory
,
would
give
unto
us
the
spirit
of
wisdom
and
revelation
,
in
the
knowledge
of
him
:
That
the
eyes
of
our
understandings
may
be
enlightned
,
&c.
2.
In
a
full
perswasion
of
Heart
,
of
the
Reality
and
transcendent
Excellency
of
those
invisible
eternal
things
,
that
they
are
indeed
the
most
real
,
the
most
substantial
,
and
the
most
excellent
things
,
infinitely
surpassing
all
temporal
things
;
Phil.
3.
8
,
9.
Psal.
73.
25.
If
we
believe
not
this
,
and
be
not
fully
perswaded
of
this
,
that
Heavenly
things
are
incomparably
better
than
Earthly
things
,
we
shall
never
set
our
Hearts
upon
them
.
3.
In
the
frequent
and
lively
Actings
of
Faith
,
Love
,
Desire
,
Hope
,
Hungrings
,
Thirstings
,
Pantings
,
Breathings
,
Longings
and
Expectations
upon
and
after
those
Heavenly
things
;
Psal.
42.
1
,
2.
&
63.
1
,
2
,
3
,
8.
Isa.
26.
9.
Oh
,
that
I
had
a
clearer
,
fuller
sight
of
God
,
more
acquaintance
with
my
Blessed
Jesus
,
more
spiritual
relish
of
Divine
things
,
more
experience
of
the
saving
workings
of
the
Holy
Spirit
,
more
sense
of
the
fatherly
love
of
God
in
Christ
:
Oh
,
that
I
had
clearer
Evidences
of
my
title
to
Everlasting
Rest
:
Oh
,
that
the
Love
of
God
may
be
shed
abroad
on
my
Heart
abundantly
:
Oh
,
that
I
could
taste
more
sweetness
,
and
feel
more
Power
in
the
Word
and
Promises
:
Oh
,
that
I
could
converse
more
with
God
,
and
have
my
Conversation
more
above
.
Thus
holy
Souls
pant
and
breath
after
God
and
Heavenly
things
.
4.
In
esteeming
,
prizing
,
valuing
those
invisible
eternal
things
above
all
earthly
temporal
things
;
Psal.
30.
In
God's
favour
is
life
;
Psal.
63.
3.
His
loving-kindness
is
better
than
life
;
Psal.
4.
6.
Lord
,
lift
thou
up
the
light
of
thy
countenance
upon
us
.
This
will
put
gladness
into
our
hearts
,
more
than
the
encrease
of
corn
and
wine
.
5.
In
applying
and
appropriating
these
invisible
eternal
things
to
our
own
Souls
;
My
Lord
,
and
my
God
,
my
Jesus
;
The
kingdom
prepared
for
me
,
the
crown
belongs
to
me
.
6.
In
frequent
conversing
with
them
by
meditation
,
contemplation
,
consideration
;
spreading
and
spending
our
most
serious
Thoughts
,
and
our
most
fixed
and
deepest
Cogitations
on
them
,
and
never
leave
thinking
and
thinking
,
pondering
,
musing
,
ruminating
and
dwelling
on
them
,
until
our
Hearts
be
warmed
;
and
our
Affections
kindled
,
our
Desires
enlarged
,
and
our
Delights
raised
.
Psal.
37.
5.
Delight
thy self
in
the
Lord
.
Psal.
104.
34.
My
meditation
of
him
shall
be
sweet
.
Alas
,
we
have
so
few
,
and
such
short
,
and
inconstant
,
and
unfixed
Thoughts
of
God
and
Christ
,
of
Heaven
and
Glory
,
that
our
Hearts
are
not
affected
,
nor
raised
and
enflamed
.
7.
And
lastly
,
In
a
conversation
suitable
to
those
invisible
eternal
things
:
Phil.
3.
20.
the
Apostles
and
Primitive
Christians
had
their
Conversations
in
Heaven
.
This
alone
is
true
,
real
minding
of
,
and
conversing
with
those
Heavenly
things
,
when
we
live
the
life
of
God
,
live
like
God
,
like
Jesus
,
walk
in
the
Spirit
,
to
be
holy
in
all
manner
of
conversation
;
2
Pet.
3.
14.
1
Pet.
1.
18
,
19.
To
be
like
Christ
in
Meekness
and
Humility
;
Matth.
11.
28.
and
in
Purity
;
1
John
3.
3.
in
contempt
of
the
World
,
and
Vanities
of
it
;
in
Heavenly-mindedness
.
And
thus
we
ought
to
look
unto
and
mind
invisible
and
eternal
things
,
and
this
will
bring
true
Joy
and
perfect
Peace
.
Isa.
26.
3.
Psal.
112.
6
,
7.
Moreover
,
I
conceive
,
that
the
Apostle
and
Primitive
Christians
did
look
also
unto
the
invisible
eternal
Evil
things
,
and
spent
some
Thoughts
upon
them
;
as
,
The
Terrour
of
the
Lord
,
Everlasting
Destruction
,
Eternal
Death
,
the
Wrath
to
come
,
&c.
These
things
they
minded
two
ways
.
1.
By
way
of
Praise
and
Thanksgiving
,
admiring
the
Love
and
Grace
of
God
in
Christ
,
by
which
they
were
delivered
from
those
invisible
eternal
Miseries
,
which
their
Sins
had
deserved
;
as
we
find
often
in
their
Praises
.
2.
In
their
Diligence
to
escape
those
eternal
Evils
,
labouring
for
the
assurance
of
their
full
deliverance
from
them
;
constantly
exhorting
all
men
to
give
all
Diligence
,
that
they
might
not
fall
short
of
their
Everlasting
Rest
.
But
principally
,
I
think
,
they
looked
unto
those
invisible
eternal
Good
things
,
to
secure
their
Title
to
them
,
and
Interest
in
them
;
and
so
minding
them
,
as
still
to
press
forward
towards
the
Mark
of
the
Price
of
the
high
Calling
;
and
with
the
fore-thoughts
and
fore-sights
of
them
,
did
support
their
Spirits
under
their
Troubles
,
and
sweeten
their
passage
through
this
present
evil
World
.
So
much
for
the
Doctrinal
part
.
The
Application
.
First
,
For
Information
.
1
Inference
.
Hence
appears
the
extream
Folly
and
Madness
of
People
by
Nature
,
who
look
at
,
mind
and
aim
only
at
visible
temporal
things
,
but
totally
neglect
Invisible
eternal
things
.
God
,
Christ
,
Heaven
,
is
not
in
all
,
scarce
in
any
of
their
Thoughts
;
Lovers
of
themselves
,
of
their
own
things
,
of
Profits
and
Pleasures
,
more
than
of
God
,
Phil.
1.
21.
2
Tim.
3.
4.
that
make
themselves
the
Mark
they
aim
at
;
but
the
Glory
and
Honour
of
God
,
the
pleasing
and
enjoying
him
,
are
strange
things
to
them
,
things
they
never
minded
,
never
thought
on
:
God
complains
of
this
against
the
Jews
,
Hos.
8.
12.
I
have
written
to
them
the
great
things
of
my
Law
,
but
they
counted
them
as
strange
things
.
So
may
Jesus
Christ
justly
complain
of
Men
under
the
Gospel
;
I
have
revealed
the
great
and
glorious
Mysteries
of
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
,
the
Mysteries
of
Salvation
,
the
unsearchable
Riches
of
the
Grate
and
Love
of
God
in
the
Gospel
.
Life
and
Immortality
is
brought
to
light
by
the
Gospel
;
the
true
and
only
way
to
Heaven
and
Eternal
Life
,
to
Everlasting
Happiness
,
is
clearly
made
known
in
the
Gospel
;
the
only
Means
to
get
an
Interest
in
the
great
God
,
in
Jesus
Christ
,
in
the
New
Covenant
;
how
to
get
Pardon
of
Sin
,
Peace
with
God
;
how
to
be
justified
,
saved
,
and
glorified
for
ever
;
All
these
things
are
fully
and
clearly
revealed
in
the
Gospel
.
The
invisible
eternal
things
of
the
World
to
come
,
which
are
the
greatest
Realities
and
Excellencies
,
the
choicest
,
greatest
,
and
best
things
.
But
woe
,
and
alas
!
how
little
are
those
things
minded
?
It
is
Corn
,
Wine
,
and
Oyl
;
Who
will
shew
us
any
good
,
any
visible
temporal
good
?
Now
,
is
not
this
extream
Folly
and
Madness
,
for
reasonable
Creatures
,
made
for
God
,
made
capable
of
enjoying
God
,
and
all
those
invisible
eternal
good
things
;
for
them
thus
to
labour
and
pant
after
the
Dust
of
the
Earth
,
to
spend
their
Thoughts
,
Minds
,
and
Strengths
upon
that
which
cannot
satisfie
,
which
will
not
endure
;
but
thus
to
waste
precious
Time
,
and
Breath
,
and
Spirits
for
perishing
fading
things
,
and
neglect
invisible
eternal
things
;
the
incorruptible
Crown
,
that
fadeth
not
away
,
the
undefiled
Inheritance
,
the
everlasting
Kingdom
,
eternal
Life
and
Salvation
;
not
to
look
on
those
,
nor
mind
them
,
nor
labour
for
them
:
Yet
this
is
the
common
neglect
of
the
World
.
It
is
amazing
Madness
,
astonishing
Folly
.
Thus
God
expresseth
,
Jer.
2.
11
,
12
,
13.
Be
astonished
,
O
ye
heavens
,
at
this
;
be
ye
horribly
afraid
;
be
ye
very
desolate
,
saith
the
Lord
:
For
my
people
have
committed
two
evils
;
they
have
forsaken
me
,
the
fountain
of
living
waters
,
and
hewed
out
Cisterns
,
broken
Cisterns
,
that
can
hold
no
water
.
Prov.
1.
20
,
21
,
22.
Yet
such
is
the
Madness
of
all
by
Nature
,
and
it
is
greatly
to
be
lamented
.
This
shews
also
the
blindness
and
darkness
of
Men
by
Nature
,
that
they
cannot
see
the
excellency
of
those
invisible
eternal
things
,
nor
their
own
absolute
necessity
of
them
,
and
concernment
in
them
:
The
God
of
this
World
hath
blinded
the
minds
of
them
which
believe
not
,
lest
the
Light
of
the
glorious
Gospel
of
Christ
,
who
is
the
Image
of
God
,
should
shine
into
them
:
This
glorious
light
shines
upon
them
,
and
shines
into
many
of
their
Heads
;
this
Light
they
cannot
resist
;
but
it
shines
not
into
their
Hearts
,
to
transform
and
change
them
,
as
it
doth
into
the
Hearts
of
God's
Elect
;
and
it
's
greatly
to
be
lamented
;
2
Cor.
4.
4.
2.
Inf.
Secondly
,
Hence
appears
the
beguiling
,
bewitching
nature
of
the
World
,
that
it
should
so
strangely
win
and
gain
the
Hearts
and
Affections
of
Men
and
Women
,
and
so
easily
prevail
with
them
,
while
God
and
Christ
are
offered
to
them
,
and
are
not
embraced
:
Heaven
gates
are
opened
to
them
,
and
they
invited
,
entreated
,
perswaded
by
Promises
,
by
Threatnings
,
commanded
to
come
and
enter
,
but
they
will
not
;
they
make
light
of
it
;
no
Perswasions
will
prevail
;
they
turn
the
deaf
Ear
to
all
:
But
for
the
World
,
how
soon
are
People
perswaded
to
embrace
it
,
to
follow
hard
after
it
,
to
count
no
Time
nor
Pains
too
much
to
attain
it
?
What
is
there
in
those
visible
temporal
things
,
in
those
glittering
vanities
,
that
should
so
allure
,
entice
,
and
seduce
rational
Souls
,
and
such
as
profess
that
they
believe
all
those
better
things
?
But
indeed
,
they
do
not
believe
them
,
whatever
they
profess
:
Infidelity
is
the
Root
of
all
;
Men
do
not
believe
what
they
profess
to
believe
.
It
were
impossible
that
the
World
should
be
so
heartily
,
so
eagerly
follow'd
and
pursued
,
if
the
vanity
and
vexation
of
it
,
the
emptiness
and
insufficiency
of
it
,
the
uncertainty
and
transitoriness
of
it
,
were
indeed
believed
:
It
were
impossible
that
the
great
and
glorious
God
,
the
Alsufficient
Good
,
that
blessed
Jesus
,
that
Heaven
and
Eternal
Happiness
,
should
be
so
slighted
and
neglected
,
if
they
were
truly
,
really
,
and
heartily
believed
.
It
is
most
strange
,
and
yet
most
true
,
that
People
should
yield
up
their
Hearts
unto
,
and
spend
their
best
Affections
upon
the
things
of
this
present
evil
World
,
and
can
think
and
speak
delightfully
of
them
,
but
have
no
mind
to
think
or
speak
of
eternal
things
.
Oh
,
this
beguiling
,
bewitching
,
and
deceiving
World
!
and
,
oh
,
these
corrupt
,
carnal
,
deceitful
Hearts
of
ours
,
that
suffer
the
World
thus
to
deceive
us
!
It
cost
the
Heart-blood
of
Christ
to
deliver
his
People
from
this
present
evil
World
,
Gal.
1.
4.
Could
we
apprehend
the
Mischief
this
World
hath
done
us
,
and
doth
still
do
us
,
we
should
have
but
little
kindness
for
it
;
and
if
once
we
could
attain
the
Assurance
of
our
title
to
that
World
above
,
we
should
not
care
how
soon
we
were
gone
out
of
this
.
3
Inf.
Thirdly
,
Hence
appears
the
Unreasonableness
of
immoderate
Worldly
Joy
,
Sorrow
,
Fear
,
Cares
about
visible
temporal
things
.
Being
they
are
but
temporal
,
passing
,
transient
,
momentany
things
,
why
then
so
much
care
to
get
and
keep
them
?
Why
so
much
fear
of
losing
them
?
Why
so
much
Joy
in
possessing
?
and
,
why
so
much
Trouble
in
parting
with
them
?
Why
so
much
Care
and
Fear
about
Life
it self
,
which
is
but
a
Vapour
?
Jam.
4.
14.
Alas
,
we
rejoice
in
things
of
nought
,
and
are
grieved
for
the
loss
of
Shadows
;
for
such
,
and
no
better
at
best
,
are
all
visible
temporal
things
,
in
comparison
of
invisible
eternal
things
.
Let
us
all
bewail
this
Folly
:
O
,
when
shall
we
be
wise
?
How
long
shall
we
simple
ones
love
this
our
sinful
Simplicity
?
Prov.
1.
22.
Oh
,
how
long
e're
we
be
able
to
discern
between
Good
and
Evil
?
till
we
know
the
one
thing
needful
,
and
approve
and
pursue
the
things
which
are
most
excellent
?
and
give
up
our
Hearts
entirely
to
God
and
Christ
?
4
Inf.
Fourthly
,
Hence
appears
the
absolute
Necessity
of
Regeneration
:
Seeing
we
are
by
Nature
so
ignorant
,
dark
,
blind
,
stupid
and
dead
,
that
we
cannot
see
nor
understand
the
things
of
God
,
nor
the
things
that
belong
to
our
own
Eternal
Peace
:
Therefore
we
should
earnestly
seek
and
pray
for
Renewing
Grace
,
and
that
Christ
would
give
us
the
Light
of
Life
;
and
that
God
would
beget
us
anew
,
and
give
us
his
sanctifying
quick'ning
Spirit
,
and
infuse
new
spiritual
Principles
of
the
Divine
Nature
into
our
Hearts
,
and
thereby
take
us
off
from
inordinate
minding
visible
temporal
things
,
and
turn
our
minds
another
way
,
even
towards
Himself
,
and
towards
Christ
and
Heaven
,
that
there
we
may
center
and
place
all
the
Affections
of
our
Hearts
,
all
the
Desires
and
Delights
of
our
Souls
:
This
must
be
done
by
the
mighty
power
of
God
,
and
we
must
seek
him
diligently
,
to
effect
this
work
upon
us
;
and
we
must
also
attend
on
his
Word
preached
and
read
,
and
diligently
and
conscientiously
read
the
Word
,
searching
the
Scriptures
for
this
very
end
and
purpose
,
and
servently
beg
God's
Blessing
on
the
Word
,
that
it
may
prove
to
us
a
Word
of
Grace
,
a
renewing
,
converting
,
sanctifying
Word
,
the
Seed
of
Regeneration
.
Jam.
1.
17
,
18.
Of
his
own
will
begat
he
us
,
by
the
word
of
truth
.
John
17.
17.
Thus
must
we
Labour
to
be
regenerated
,
or
else
we
shall
never
get
off
our
Minds
from
earthly
things
.
Second
Vse
;
by
way
of
Examination
.
We
All
hope
to
go
to
Heaven
when
we
dye
,
and
to
enjoy
all
those
invisible
eternal
good
things
,
do
we
not
?
Let
us
be
so
kind
to
our
own
Souls
,
as
to
try
our
Title
,
and
the
grounds
of
our
Hopes
:
Sure
here
is
one
Mark
,
by
which
we
may
know
whether
our
Hopes
be
well
grounded
or
no
;
to
wit
,
by
our
Heavenly-mindedness
.
What
do
we
aim
at
mainly
,
mind
chiefly
,
look
on
,
and
look
after
principally
?
Is
it
Heaven
or
Earth
?
Visibles
or
Invisibles
?
Let
us
examine
our selves
:
Which
way
runs
the
Stream
of
our
Thoughts
,
the
Current
of
our
Affections
,
the
Tide
of
our
Discourses
?
Which
way
runs
it
strongest
,
steddiest
?
Put
this
Question
close
to
our
Consciences
,
and
require
a
direct
Answer
:
Let
us
not
dally
and
shuffle
,
but
be
serious
.
Our
Apostle
makes
this
a
discriminating
Character
of
a
Child
of
God
,
of
one
in
Christ
,
and
above
the
power
of
Condemnation
,
of
one
that
is
born
again
:
Rom.
8.
5.
They
that
are
after
the
flesh
,
do
mind
the
things
of
the
flesh
;
the
Profits
,
Honours
,
Pleasures
,
Ease
,
Health
,
Liberty
,
of
the
Flesh
;
that
is
,
they
mind
these
things
mainly
,
mostly
,
principally
,
chiefly
;
most
heartily
,
most
seriously
,
most
affectionately
,
most
delightfully
.
These
visible
temporal
things
lye
most
upon
their
Thoughts
,
and
lye
nearest
their
Hearts
.
This
is
their
Character
,
and
it
appears
in
all
their
Words
and
Actions
.
But
they
that
are
after
the
Spirit
,
that
is
,
are
born
of
the
Spirit
,
born
of
God
,
are
in
Christ
,
they
mind
the
things
of
the
Spirit
;
the
grace
,
the
work
,
the
witness
,
the
comfort
and
joy
or
the
Spirit
;
they
mind
the
things
which
the
Spirit
hath
revealed
in
the
Word
;
God
,
and
Peace
with
him
;
Christ
,
and
Union
with
him
;
God's
Covenant
,
and
Interest
therein
;
Eternal
Life
,
and
Title
thereto
;
these
invisible
eternal
things
,
they
mind
these
mainly
,
chiefly
,
mostly
,
principally
,
most
heartily
,
affectionately
,
and
most
delightfully
and
constantly
.
This
is
their
Character
,
and
this
is
manifest
also
in
their
Words
and
Actions
.
Now
,
let
us
try
our selves
;
What
Character
have
we
?
Which
of
these
two
?
If
we
will
not
do
so
much
for
our
own
Souls
,
as
to
take
a
little
pains
in
trying
,
we
have
not
much
love
to
them
.
A
man
may
know
very
much
of
his
State
by
this
:
And
is
it
not
worth
a
little
Labour
,
to
know
whether
we
be
in
Christ
,
or
no
;
and
whether
we
shall
be
Saved
or
Damned
eternally
?
Let
us
put
it
home
to
our
Consciences
:
Say
,
O
my
Soul
!
what
dost
thou
mind
most
?
What
are
thy
Thoughts
most
exercised
about
?
Whereupon
are
thy
Affections
most
fixedly
set
?
This
is
a
searching
mark
;
oh
,
that
we
did
all
try
our selves
by
it
!
we
should
be
much
more
heavenly
than
we
are
.
The
best
of
us
all
will
have
cause
of
shame
and
sorrow
,
cause
of
self-suspicion
and
jealousie
,
when
we
strictly
compare
our selves
with
this
Rule
;
we
shall
find
our
Hearts
so
earthly
,
so
carnal
,
our
Minds
so
fleshly
,
so
set
upon
visible
temporal
things
,
but
our
Thoughts
on
invisible
eternal
things
;
so
short
,
so
weak
,
so
inconstant
,
so
seldom
,
so
soon
tired
,
and
our
Affections
so
unsetled
,
so
unfixed
,
that
we
shall
have
great
cause
to
bewail
our selves
,
and
cry
out
with
St.
Paul
,
O
wretched
man
that
I
am
,
who
shall
deliver
me
from
this
body
of
death
:
Rom.
7.
24.
And
this
will
make
us
cry
to
God
also
,
to
renew
the
Spirits
of
our
Minds
,
and
to
transform
the
Image
of
our
Minds
;
and
this
should
make
us
look
up
to
God's
Covenant
for
new
Hearts
,
for
Hearts
joyned
and
united
to
the
Lord
,
Psal.
86.
11.
Psal.
57.
7.
&
108.
1.
Oh
,
what
cause
have
we
to
bewail
the
frequent
departings
and
wandrings
of
our
Hearts
from
God
,
their
slidings
from
God
,
and
to
cry
with
holy
David
,
Quicken
me
,
uphold
me
.
Our
Hearts
are
not
fixed
nor
stayed
on
God
;
we
do
not
abide
with
God
.
Third
,
Vse
of
Exhortation
,
To
this
great
Duty
of
most
serious
minding
of
,
and
looking
unto
invisible
eternal
things
.
O
,
let
us
mind
,
and
look
unto
,
and
aim
at
God
,
Christ
,
the
Spirit
,
the
Word
,
the
Promises
,
the
great
and
glorious
things
purchased
by
Christ
,
and
prepared
for
us
in
the
other
World
:
Oh
,
mind
the
full
enjoyment
of
God
and
Christ
in
Heaven
for
ever
and
ever
;
to
dwell
with
him
,
in
whose
presence
is
fulness
of
joy
,
and
at
whose
right
hand
are
pleasures
for
evermore
.
Let
us
mind
eternal
things
in
good
earnest
,
with
all
our
Hearts
and
Souls
;
Look
off
,
look
off
visible
temporal
things
,
shut
your
Eyes
to
the
World
,
turn
away
your
Eyes
from
beholding
Vanity
:
But
open
your
Eyes
towards
Heaven
,
hold
your
Eyes
to
invisible
eternal
things
.
Here
I
shall
shew
,
-
I.
The
Hinderances
to
this
Duty
.
-
II.
Means
to
help
us
to
perform
it
.
-
III.
Motives
to
perswade
to
it
.
I.
The
Hinderances
,
which
are
many
,
and
which
must
be
avoided
.
1st
,
Hinderance
is
,
living
in
any
known
or
beloved
Sin
;
this
will
keep
us
down
from
heavenly
Meditation
,
Heb.
12.
1.
No
looking
unto
Jesus
except
we
lay
aside
the
Sin
that
doth
so
easily
beset
us
;
in
some
,
Passion
;
in
some
,
Weariness
of
well-doing
;
in
others
,
Pride
or
Covetousness
,
is
the
Sin
that
doth
easily
beset
them
:
This
must
be
hid
aside
,
whatever
it
be
;
it
must
be
repented
of
,
and
reformed
,
1
Thess.
5.
22.
Abstain
from
all
appearance
of
Evil
;
Sin
interposeth
between
God
and
our
Souls
,
and
hides
his
Face
from
us
:
If
we
would
mind
the
Heavenly
Word
of
God
,
so
as
to
profit
by
it
,
in
hearing
or
reading
of
it
,
we
must
lay
aside
all
known
Sin
;
1
Pet.
2.
1
,
2.
Sin
divides
us
from
God
and
heavenly
things
.
If
we
regard
any
Iniquity
in
our
Hearts
,
God
will
not
hear
our
Prayers
.
The
sacrifices
of
the
wicked
are
an
abomination
to
the
Lord
.
2ly
,
Worldly
Cares
,
Fears
,
Joys
,
Sorrows
:
If
we
suffer
these
to
take
up
our
Hearts
,
and
to
fill
our
Minds
and
Thoughts
,
there
will
be
no
room
for
heavenly
things
:
We
must
therefore
be
watchful
,
to
cast
out
,
and
keep
out
those
bad
guests
;
Luke
21.
34.
Phil.
4.
6.
Be
careful
in
nothing
:
If
our
Affections
be
set
on
visible
temporal
things
,
they
cannot
be
set
on
invisible
eternal
things
.
No
man
can
serve
two
Masters
,
God
and
Mammon
,
saith
our
Lord
.
If
the
World
be
Master
of
our
Hearts
and
Minds
,
of
our
Thoughts
and
Affections
,
then
surely
they
cannot
be
set
on
GOD
,
and
things
above
.
3ly
,
Worldly
Company
,
where
is
nothing
but
Earthly
Discourse
.
They
that
are
of
the
Earth
,
are
earthly
:
Worldly
Company
will
cool
the
Affections
,
and
dull
and
deaden
the
Heart
,
and
draw
it
from
God
:
Therefore
is
that
Exhortation
and
Prohibition
,
Eph.
5.
11.
Have
no
fellowship
with
the
unfruitful
works
of
darkness
,
but
rather
reprove
them
.
True
Christians
are
Christ's
Doves
,
his
Turtle-Doves
,
they
have
no
Society
with
the
Birds
of
Prey
;
They
are
Christ's
Sheep
,
what
have
they
to
do
among
Swine
?
They
are
his
Children
,
what
have
they
to
do
among
his
Enemies
?
We
are
not
aware
of
the
very
great
mischief
that
carnal
company
doth
bring
to
our
Souls
.
If
at
any
time
we
have
had
any
communion
with
God
in
any
Ordinance
and
Duty
,
and
then
presently
go
into
vain
carnal
Company
,
we
shall
quickly
lose
all
savour
and
relish
of
God
and
Heavenly
things
;
as
if
you
eat
Hony
,
and
presently
eat
Gall
after
,
you
lose
all
the
taste
of
Hony
:
And
that
's
not
all
,
but
by
being
in
worldly
Company
,
you
will
soon
be
infected
,
and
will
bring
away
on
your
Spirits
the
ill
savour
of
the
Earth
and
filthy
World
;
as
a
man
that
comes
out
of
a
Garden
of
sweet
Flowers
,
goes
and
wallows
on
a
stinking
Dunghil
.
The
best
of
us
should
not
go
into
worldly
Company
,
but
as
Physicians
into
a
Pest-house
,
when
lawfully
called
,
and
with
our
Preservatives
with
us
:
We
having
so
much
Flesh
and
Earth
in
us
,
Worldly
Company
will
make
us
more
fleshly
and
earthly
.
4ly
,
Pride
and
High-mindedness
.
God
resisteth
the
proud
,
1
Pet.
5.
5.
Psal.
10.
4.
There
are
many
precious
Promises
made
to
the
humble
;
Job
22.
29.
God
will
dwell
with
the
humble
,
teach
them
,
save
them
:
None
have
so
sweet
Communion
with
God
as
humble
Souls
.
Heavenly
things
and
humble
Souls
are
things
very
suitable
and
agreeable
one
to
the
other
.
5ly
,
Sloth
and
Idleness
.
'T
is
easie
,
we
say
,
to
go
down
the
Hill
,
but
not
so
easie
to
go
up
:
'T
is
easie
,
because
natural
,
and
usual
,
and
ordinary
,
to
mind
visible
temporal
things
;
but
there
must
be
Pains-taking
,
Industry
,
and
Labour
used
,
to
raise
up
our
Hearts
to
invisible
eternal
things
;
a
stirring
up
our selves
,
2
Tim.
1.
6.
And
we
must
often
call
upon
our
own
Souls
,
and
provoke
one
another
,
and
ill
too
little
.
We
must
have
Resolution
and
Zeal
.
6ly
,
The
greatest
Hinderance
of
all
is
Vnbelief
.
Men
do
not
fully
believe
,
nor
are
fully
perswaded
of
the
Reality
and
transcendent
Excellency
of
invisible
eternal
things
:
This
is
the
grand
Impediment
;
Why
is
not
the
great
God
,
the
good
God
,
the
Fountain
of
all
Goodness
,
the
Alsnfficient
Good
,
minded
,
thought
on
,
loved
,
feared
,
trusted
,
served
no
more
?
but
because
He
is
not
believed
,
He
is
not
believed
to
be
that
which
he
is
indeed
,
and
which
he
hath
revealed
himself
to
be
,
Heb.
11.
6.
He
that
cometh
to
God
,
must
believe
that
he
is
,
and
that
he
is
a
rewarder
of
them
that
diligently
seek
him
.
Oh
,
the
cursed
rooted
Atheism
and
Unbelief
that
is
in
all
our
Hearts
,
more
or
less
!
Why
is
not
Jesus
Christ
,
Precious
Jesus
,
Blessed
Jesus
,
Lovely
,
altogether
Lovely
Jesus
,
the
Brightness
of
his
Father's
Glory
,
the
Chiefest
of
Ten
thousands
,
the
fairest
of
all
the
Sons
of
Men
,
is
whom
dwells
all
fulness
;
oh
,
why
is
he
no
more
minded
,
thought
on
,
spoken
of
?
why
no
more
admired
,
loved
,
and
sought
after
?
but
because
He
is
not
believed
.
To
them
,
to
all
them
that
believe
,
he
is
precious
,
most
precious
,
1
Pet.
2.
7.
And
why
is
not
Heaven
and
Happiness
that
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
,
that
Everlasting
Rest
,
in
the
full
and
perfect
enjoyment
of
the
Blessed
God
for
ever
,
thought
on
,
minded
,
and
laboured
after
more
?
but
because
these
things
are
not
fully
believed
.
O
cursed
Unbelief
!
Men
believe
that
Life
,
Liberty
,
Health
,
Honour
,
Estate
,
&c.
are
good
things
,
and
therefore
they
mind
them
,
and
labour
after
them
,
and
count
no
Pains
too
much
to
obtain
them
,
labouring
as
it
were
in
the
Fire
to
get
those
things
.
Those
that
believed
those
better
things
in
the
other
World
,
counted
those
visible
temporal
things
of
this
World
,
but
Toyls
and
Trifles
;
Heb.
10.
34.
2
Cor.
5.
1
,
2
,
3
,
4.
So
Heb.
11.
throughout
.
It
is
our
Unbelief
is
the
cause
,
why
God
,
and
Christ
,
and
Heaven
have
so
little
of
our
hearts
and
minds
,
so
little
of
our
thoughts
and
affections
:
Oh
,
let
us
all
bitterly
bewail
our
Unbelief
:
Lord
,
subdue
and
pardon
it
.
These
are
the
Hinderances
.
II.
The
Means
to
help
us
to
this
Work
,
that
we
may
most
seriously
and
most
heartily
mind
invisible
eternal
things
.
1.
First
,
We
must
labour
clearly
to
know
and
understand
the
Truth
and
Reality
,
the
exceeding
Greatness
and
Excellency
of
those
invisible
eternal
things
;
as
was
hinted
before
:
Our
ignorance
of
them
is
much
the
cause
why
we
mind
them
no
more
.
Ignoti
nulla
Cupido
.
No
man
minds
or
loves
what
he
knows
not
.
Let
us
set
our
Hearts
in
earnest
,
to
consider
what
it
is
to
enjoy
God
,
who
is
All-fulness
;
what
it
is
to
have
Fellowship
with
the
Father
and
the
Son
;
what
it
is
to
have
Communion
with
the
Holy
Ghost
;
to
have
the
gracious
Presence
of
the
Holy
Spirit
;
to
feel
the
Work
,
the
Witness
,
the
Sealing
,
the
Joy
,
the
Consolation
of
the
Holy
Spirit
;
all
which
all
true
Christians
know
and
feel
in
some
measure
,
and
rejoice
in
them
;
Consider
also
what
it
is
to
live
in
Christ
,
and
to
have
Christ
to
live
in
us
,
to
dwell
in
our
Hearts
,
to
manifest
his
Love
to
us
;
to
come
in
to
us
,
to
sup
with
us
,
and
we
with
him
;
to
take
up
his
Abode
with
us
;
what
it
is
to
know
the
Power
of
his
Death
,
and
the
Vertue
of
his
Resurrection
;
to
be
made
one
with
him
,
joyned
,
married
to
him
,
made
one
Spirit
with
him
;
and
what
it
is
to
be
made
like
him
here
,
and
what
it
is
to
be
made
like
him
hereafter
,
both
in
Soul
and
Body
,
●ad
to
appear
with
him
in
Glory
at
last
,
and
to
be
for
ever
glorified
with
him
;
what
it
is
to
see
this
Face
,
and
to
dwell
in
his
presence
for
ever
.
Oh
,
chese
are
the
only
things
that
are
worthy
of
all
our
Hearts
and
Minds
,
most
worthy
of
all
our
Affections
and
Desires
,
of
all
our
Labourings
,
Longings
,
Pantings
,
Breathings
,
Hungrings
,
and
Thirstings
of
Soul
:
Oh
,
shame
on
us
all
,
that
we
spend
our
Affections
on
Toys
and
Trifles
,
on
Dreams
,
Fancies
,
and
Shadows
!
Oh
,
that
such
Folly
and
Madness
,
such
Brutishness
should
possess
us
!
Let
us
lament
and
lament
it
.
And
let
us
labour
to
know
and
understand
those
high
and
excellent
things
,
and
let
us
be
fully
perswaded
of
them
,
and
of
their
infinite
worth
and
value
.
These
things
are
worth
glorying
and
rejoycing
in
.
Jer.
●●
23
,
24.
Let
not
the
wise
man
glory
in
his
wisdom
:
—
But
let
him
that
glorieth
,
glory
in
this
,
that
he
understandeth
and
knoweth
me
,
that
I
am
the
Lord
,
which
exercise
loving-kindness
,
judgment
,
and
righteousness
in
the
earth
;
for
in
these
things
I
delight
,
saith
the
Lord
.
Let
us
consider
also
the
exceeding-great
and
precious
Promises
,
and
what
our
Blessed
Jesus
hath
purchased
,
and
what
God
hath
prepared
for
his
People
in
the
other
World
;
and
let
us
ponder
upon
,
and
by
Meditation
work
these
things
into
our
Hearts
and
Minds
:
Labour
for
a
distinct
knowledge
of
all
those
things
:
Labour
to
prove
your
particular
Right
and
Title
to
all
those
invisible
eternal
good
things
,
and
then
you
will
mind
them
indeed
:
A
bare
Knowledge
of
them
,
without
an
Interest
in
them
,
will
do
you
no
good
.
No
wise
man
will
much
mind
those
things
in
which
he
hath
no
Interest
;
let
us
then
search
,
and
try
,
whether
we
have
any
true
Title
to
these
things
;
whether
we
have
any
good
and
solid
ground
to
hope
,
that
we
shall
one
day
be
possest
of
them
,
and
shall
certainly
enjoy
them
:
Then
we
shall
think
of
them
,
and
speak
of
them
with
Joy
and
Comfort
;
when
we
can
say
with
Paul
,
There
is
laid
up
for
me
a
crown
of
righteousness
:
And
we
know
,
that
when
the
earthly
house
of
this
tabernacle
is
dissolved
,
we
have
a
building
of
God
,
an
house
not
made
with
hands
,
eternal
in
the
heavens
.
We
all
hope
to
enjoy
that
promised
purchased
Inheritance
,
all
hope
to
see
God
in
Glory
,
and
to
be
happy
;
but
let
us
try
our
Title
by
the
Word
of
God
,
by
that
Word
which
must
judge
us
all
at
the
last
day
.
We
may
easily
deceive
our selves
,
as
those
in
Matth.
7.
21
,
22.
and
as
the
foolish
Virgins
;
no
Deceit
so
easie
,
nor
so
common
,
nor
so
dangerous
,
for
it
is
irrecoverable
,
and
a
little
serious
tryal
might
prevent
this
Self-deceiving
;
Self-searching
may
prevent
Self-deceiving
and
Self-undoing
.
Briefly
then
,
let
us
ask
our selves
,
Is
Jesus
Christ
ours
?
Then
All
is
ours
;
All
depends
on
this
.
If
Christ
be
ours
,
God
is
ours
;
Pardon
,
Life
,
Salvation
,
Heaven
and
Earth
is
ours
.
1
Cor.
3.
22
,
23.
Are
we
Christ's
,
really
and
sincerely
his
?
Then
He
is
ours
:
My
beloved
is
mine
,
and
I
am
his
.
Are
we
his
,
all
we
are
,
his
?
Hearts
,
Heads
,
Tongues
,
Time
,
Talents
;
are
we
all
his
?
Are
we
new
Creatures
?
2
Cor.
5.
17.
If
any
man
be
in
Christ
,
he
is
a
new
creature
.
Mark
it
,
a
new
Creature
;
all
old
things
are
pass'd
away
;
and
behold
,
all
things
are
become
new
;
new
Insides
,
new
Out-sides
,
new
Principles
,
new
Ends
,
new
Affections
,
new
Desires
,
new
Delights
,
new
Company
,
new
Language
;
all
new
,
if
new
Creatures
.
Have
we
the
Spirit
of
Christ
in
us
?
If
any
man
have
not
the
spirit
of
Christ
,
the
same
is
none
of
his
,
Rom.
8.
9.
Doth
Christ
live
in
us
?
Is
Christ
most
precious
to
us
?
Do
we
believe
in
him
?
Let
us
try
the
truth
of
our
Faith
;
doth
it
purifie
our
Hearts
?
Doth
it
work
by
Love
,
by
Love
to
Christ
,
to
all
that
hath
the
Image
of
Christ
on
it
?
Doth
it
overcome
the
World
?
Doth
it
support
under
Trouble
?
Let
us
see
that
it
be
Faith
unfeigned
,
the
Faith
of
God's
Elect.
Have
we
with
all
our
Hearts
chosen
the
Lord
for
our
Portion
,
and
placed
our
Happiness
in
him
,
fixed
our
best
Loves
,
Desires
,
and
Delights
in
him
,
and
have
we
resigned
up
our
whole
selves
cordially
and
unreservedly
to
him
?
Have
we
broken
our
League
with
all
Sin
,
and
with
all
the
Idols
of
our
Hearts
?
Do
we
hate
and
detest
all
Sin
,
and
do
we
keep
a
continual
watch
and
war
against
all
Sin
?
Have
we
an
equal
respect
to
all
God's
Commandments
?
Can
we
deny
our selves
,
and
part
with
all
things
for
Christ
?
Are
we
the
Heirs
of
the
Promises
?
If
we
be
really
Christ's
,
then
are
we
Heirs
of
the
Promises
;
Gal.
3.
29.
Are
we
the
Children
of
God
?
If
Children
,
then
Heirs
,
Heirs
of
all
those
invisible
eternal
things
;
Rom.
8.
17.
Now
,
if
we
be
the
Children
of
God
,
we
are
led
by
the
Spirit
of
God
,
Rom.
8.
15.
As
many
as
are
led
by
the
Spirit
of
God
,
(
just
so
many
,
and
no
more
)
are
the
Children
of
God
.
If
we
have
the
Image
of
our
Heavenly
Father
on
us
,
and
do
love
him
with
all
our
Hearts
,
and
can
trust
him
,
and
depend
on
him
in
all
things
,
and
for
all
things
,
and
are
most
careful
to
obey
him
in
all
things
;
if
it
be
so
with
us
in
Sincerity
;
then
have
we
a
good
and
firm
Right
and
Title
to
all
those
great
and
glorious
things
in
the
other
World
.
And
when
we
can
prove
our
Right
to
them
,
and
can
call
them
our
own
,
then
surely
we
shall
think
on
them
;
our
Hearts
and
Minds
will
be
set
upon
them
,
all
our
Affections
will
be
carried
out
after
them
.
Psal.
73.
24
,
25
,
26.
Whom
have
I
in
Heaven
but
thee
?
and
there
is
none
upon
Earth
that
I
desire
besides
thee
.
My
flesh
and
my
heart
faileth
,
but
God
is
the
strength
of
my
heart
,
and
my
portion
for
ever
.
When
a
Soul
can
in
truth
,
and
upon
good
grounds
say
,
My
God
,
my
Lord
,
my
Jesus
,
then
he
will
in
earnest
mind
them
.
Psal.
63.
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6.
O
God
,
thou
art
my
God
,
early
will
I
seek
thee
;
my
soul
thirsteth
for
thee
,
my
flesh
longeth
for
thee
:
To
see
thy
power
and
thy
glory
,
—
because
thy
loving
kindness
is
better
than
life
:
my
lips
shall
praise
thee
.
Thus
will
I
bless
thee
while
I
live
:
—
My
soul
shall
be
satisfied
as
with
marrow
and
fatness
,
and
my
mouth
shall
praise
thee
with
joyful
lips
:
When
I
remember
thee
upon
my
bed
,
and
meditate
on
thee
in
the
night-watches
.
And
v.
7
,
8.
Because
thou
hast
been
my
help
,
therefore
in
the
shadow
of
thy
wings
will
I
rejoyce
.
My
soul
followeth
hard
after
thee
:
thy
right
hand
upholdeth
me
.
And
the
ground
of
all
this
was
his
Interest
in
God
;
O
God
,
thou
art
my
God
.
2.
If
we
would
have
our
Hearts
and
Minds
set
and
fixed
on
invisible
eternal
things
,
let
us
seriously
consider
the
nearness
of
those
things
,
of
those
invisible
eternal
things
unto
us
,
and
of
us
to
them
;
things
that
are
great
,
but
at
a
distance
from
us
,
seem
but
small
things
to
us
,
and
but
little
affect
us
.
The
time
of
our
departure
hence
is
at
hand
,
and
then
farewel
for
ever
to
all
visible
temporal
things
;
our
Houses
,
our
Honours
,
Estates
,
and
Friends
,
shall
know
us
no
more
;
we
shall
have
no
more
converse
with
,
or
enjoyment
of
any
visible
temporal
thing
for
ever
:
And
it
will
not
be
long
e're
this
parting
come
.
God
is
near
to
every
one
of
us
;
Christ
is
nigh
,
the
Holy
Spirit
is
nigh
,
stirring
and
striving
with
us
;
the
Word
is
nigh
us
,
even
in
our
Mouths
,
and
in
our
Hearts
,
Rom.
10.
1.
Heaven
and
Glory
are
nigh
to
us
,
if
we
be
Saints
;
we
are
not
far
from
our
Father's
House
,
not
far
from
the
Kingdom
;
Hell
and
Destruction
nigh
to
us
,
if
we
be
wicked
,
but
a
Breach
between
us
and
everlasting
Damnation
;
and
if
we
be
Saints
and
Believers
,
the
day
of
our
full
Redemption
draws
nigh
,
the
Coming
of
Christ
is
at
hand
,
our
Salvation
at
the
very
Door
.
As
it
is
dangerous
for
the
Wicked
to
put
far
off
the
evil
day
,
Amos
6.
3.
so
it
is
disadvantagious
to
the
Godly
to
put
far
off
the
good
day
.
We
shall
shortly
,
very
shortly
,
enter
the
Con●●nes
of
Eternity
,
and
converse
with
nothing
but
invisible
eternal
things
,
those
things
that
now
are
out
of
our
sight
,
and
too
much
out
of
our
minds
;
but
it
were
our
great
Wisdoms
to
look
on
them
as
night
at
hand
,
and
to
spend
our
Thoughts
and
Affections
upon
them
.
We
are
displeased
with
our
Friends
,
that
when
we
are
out
of
their
sight
,
we
should
be
out
of
their
Minds
:
And
may
not
God
and
Christ
,
our
best
Friends
,
be
justly
displeased
with
us
,
that
they
are
so
much
out
of
our
Minds
?
But
though
God
and
Christ
be
invisible
to
our
bodily
Eyes
,
they
are
nigh
unto
us
,
therefore
we
should
still
mind
them
.
Psal.
16.
8.
I
have
set
the
Lord
always
before
me
;
because
he
is
at
my
right
hand
,
&c.
Psal.
109.
2
,
3
,
4
,
5.
3.
Let
us
be
often
discoursing
and
speaking
of
those
invisible
eternal
things
;
let
those
things
be
often
in
our
Mouths
.
Should
not
the
Children
of
God
be
often
talking
of
their
Heavenly
Father
,
and
of
their
Father's
House
,
and
of
that
Kingdom
and
Inheritance
which
he
hath
prepared
for
them
?
Should
not
the
Heirs
of
Salvation
be
often
speaking
of
that
Crown
of
Glory
,
of
Life
,
of
Righteousness
that
is
purchased
for
them
,
and
promised
to
them
;
and
of
that
incorruptible
Inheritance
that
they
are
born
unto
?
1
Pet.
1.
2
,
3
,
4
,
5.
Oh!
can
we
have
any
Title
to
all
the
Promised
Glory
,
and
not
speak
often
of
it
?
How
much
is
it
to
be
lamented
,
that
those
that
profess
themselves
Children
of
God
,
and
Heirs
of
Heaven
,
when
they
come
together
,
that
they
speak
so
little
of
God
and
Heaven
!
This
is
our
great
Sin
,
and
should
be
our
great
Shame
and
Sorrow
.
Whither
are
we
bound
?
Where
are
we
travelling
?
Where
is
our
Home
,
our
long
Home
,
our
last
,
our
everlasting
Home
?
Where
is
our
Treasure
?
Where
lies
our
Inheritance
?
Is
it
above
or
below
?
Where
is
our
Country
?
Where
is
our
Father
,
our
Redeemer
?
Where
are
all
our
pious
Relations
that
slept
in
Jesus
?
Are
not
all
these
above
?
And
do
we
so
seldom
think
or
speak
of
these
?
Shame
,
shame
on
us
.
Are
we
born
of
God
,
born
from
above
,
and
do
we
belong
to
that
City
,
that
hath
Foundations
,
to
that
heavenly
Canaan
,
to
that
New
Jerusalem
?
What!
and
our
Minds
so
glued
,
our
Hearts
so
fastened
to
Earthly
things
,
and
our
Tongues
so
constantly
employed
about
earthly
things
?
Oh
,
our
idle
words
!
Matth.
12.
36.
Can
our
Treashres
be
in
Heaven
,
and
our
Hearts
not
there
?
And
,
can
our
Hearts
be
there
,
and
nothing
appear
in
our
words
?
Out
of
the
abundance
of
the
heart
the
mouth
speaketh
.
Surely
the
earthliness
,
vanity
,
empriness
,
unfavoriness
,
frothiness
of
our
common
ordinary
Talk
,
doth
but
too
much
discover
the
vanity
and
earthliness
of
our
Hearts
.
Oh
,
that
we
did
all
of
us
lay
this
to
our
Hearts
:
The
more
we
talk
of
these
invisible
eternal
things
,
the
more
we
shall
mind
them
.
4.
Consider
,
it
is
the
express
Duty
of
every
true
Christian
,
to
set
his
affections
upon
things
above
,
and
not
upon
things
below
,
Col.
3.
1
,
2.
Charge
the
Command
of
God
upon
your
Consciences
;
accustom
and
inure
your selves
to
it
:
O
my
Soul
,
this
is
as
much
thy
Duty
,
as
to
pray
,
or
hear
,
or
read
;
how
long
wilt
thou
neglect
it
?
O
,
dare
not
neglect
it
any
longer
;
begin
it
presently
;
call
upon
God
to
renew
and
raise
thy
Heart
.
5.
Let
us
learn
that
blessed
Art
of
Spiritualizing
earthly
things
,
every
earthly
Mercy
,
to
a
Child
of
God
,
is
a
taste
of
Eternal
Mercy
;
every
visible
temporal
thing
discovers
somewhat
of
invisible
eternal
things
:
This
is
a
sweet
work
,
to
converse
with
God
and
Heaven
in
the
Creatures
:
As
for
instance
;
When
we
sit
down
at
Table
,
remember
,
there
is
a
time
coming
,
when
we
shall
sit
down
with
Christ
,
and
eat
and
drink
at
his
Table
,
in
his
Kingdom
;
that
is
,
we
shall
enjoy
free
and
intimate
Communion
with
him
in
Heaven
:
And
let
us
labour
to
raise
our
Hearts
from
temporal
to
spiritual
things
,
and
be
much
in
praising
,
adoring
,
and
admiring
God
in
the
Creatures
.
6.
Be
convinced
also
,
that
all
our
happiness
and
comfort
,
both
here
and
hereafter
for
ever
,
lyeth
not
in
any
,
or
all
,
of
the
sensible
temporal
things
,
but
all
lyeth
in
those
invisible
eternal
things
:
It
lyeth
not
in
having
Honours
,
Riches
,
Pleasures
,
&c.
for
a
man
may
be
happy
without
them
,
as
Job
and
Lazarus
were
;
and
miserable
with
them
,
as
Haman
,
Ahab
,
Dives
,
and
others
were
.
Psal.
144.
15.
Yea
,
happy
are
the
people
whose
God
is
the
Lord
.
Happy
indeed
,
if
God
,
Christ
,
and
Heaven
be
ours
,
happy
for
ever
,
or
else
miserable
for
ever
.
7.
And
Lastly
,
Let
us
labour
to
be
renewed
in
the
Spirit
of
our
Minds
,
or
else
we
shall
never
seriously
and
heartily
mind
invisible
eternal
things
;
as
was
shewed
before
.
We
must
get
those
invisible
eternal
Principles
of
Renewing
Grace
planted
in
our
Hearts
,
the
Divine
Nature
,
the
Life
of
God
,
the
Spirit
of
our
heavenly
Father
,
to
renew
our
Spirits
,
or
else
we
shall
never
mind
those
things
in
good
earnest
;
for
which
purpose
,
let
us
go
to
God
,
call
,
cry
to
him
for
Renewing
Grace
,
Psal.
51.
10.
Let
us
look
up
to
,
and
lay
hold
on
God's
Covenant
,
Ezek.
11.
19.
go
to
the
Promise
,
Luke
11.
13.
If
you
,
being
evil
,
know
how
to
give
good
things
to
your
children
,
how
much
more
will
your
heavenly
Father
give
his
spirit
to
those
that
ask
him
?
A
precious
Promise
indeed
;
let
us
rest
upon
this
Promise
,
and
most
earnestly
beg
God
to
perform
it
to
us
.
Old
Bottles
will
not
hold
new
Wine
,
nor
old
Hearts
retain
Heavenly
things
:
New
Hearts
we
must
have
,
heavenly
,
holy
Hearts
,
or
we
shall
never
mind
heavenly
things
as
we
ought
.
III.
Motives
to
this
Duty
.
1.
Consider
,
that
thus
to
look
unto
,
and
mind
invisible
eternal
things
,
is
the
express
Character
of
every
true
Christian
.
No
man
can
approve
himself
to
be
a
true
Christian
,
and
be
a
total
Stranger
to
this
Work
;
for
,
to
be
a
true
Christian
,
is
to
be
like
Christ
.
Now
Jesus
Christ
minded
those
invisible
eternal
things
,
as
is
most
evident
in
the
whole
course
of
his
Life
;
his
Heart
was
in
Heaven
while
his
Body
was
on
Earth
,
John
3.
13.
Shall
we
profess
our selves
Christians
,
and
not
be
like
Christ
,
nor
have
the
Character
of
Christians
?
2.
Consider
,
this
will
be
a
sure
sign
and
clear
evidence
to
us
,
of
our
interest
in
,
and
title
to
all
those
invisible
eternal
good
things
in
the
other
World
;
Matth.
6.
20
,
21.
Where
the
Heart
is
,
there
the
Treasure
is
.
If
our
Hearts
and
Minds
,
Thoughts
and
Affections
are
on
God
,
on
Christ
,
and
Heaven
,
it
is
a
sure
sign
that
these
are
ours
.
An
heavenly
Mind
is
as
good
a
sign
that
we
belong
to
Heaven
as
any
is
;
as
was
also
shewed
before
.
3.
This
will
begin
our
Heaven
upon
Earth
;
these
heavenly
things
minded
,
affected
,
delighted
in
,
will
yield
such
joy
and
comfort
,
as
to
begin
our
very
Heaven
here
;
when
Faith
and
Hope
,
Joy
and
Praise
,
Love
,
Desire
and
Delight
are
exercised
on
God
,
and
on
Christ
,
and
Glory
,
we
shall
be
filled
with
Joy
and
Peace
;
as
,
Rom.
15.
13.
1
Pet.
1.
8.
Psal.
31.
7.
Oh
,
then
let
us
labour
to
begin
our
Heaven
here
,
by
our
Heavenly-mindedness
.
4.
This
will
yield
Contentment
and
Comfort
,
Satisfaction
and
Peace
to
our
Souls
in
every
condition
:
It
will
sweeten
every
bitter
Cup
:
To
think
on
God
as
our
Father
,
and
on
Christ
as
our
Redeemer
,
Head
,
and
Husband
,
and
on
all
the
sweet
Promises
,
of
which
we
are
Heirs
,
what
comfort
will
this
bring
to
our
Souls
?
Lam.
3.
33.
He
doth
not
afflict
willingly
,
nor
grieve
the
children
of
men
.
Isa.
63.
9.
In
all
their
afflictions
he
was
afflicted
,
and
the
Angel
of
his
presence
saved
them
:
in
his
love
,
and
in
his
pitty
he
redeemed
them
,
and
he
bare
them
,
and
carried
them
all
the
days
of
old
.
Rom.
8.
28.
All
things
shall
work
together
for
good
to
them
that
love
God
.
With
many
other
exceeding
great
and
precious
Promises
,
which
our
good
God
hath
made
,
that
our
Faith
might
feed
upon
them
,
and
find
satisfaction
,
or
else
our
Souls
would
faint
.
5.
This
will
fit
us
for
every
Duty
to
God
and
man
:
The
more
we
think
on
God
and
heavenly
things
,
the
more
conscientious
shall
we
be
in
our
Duties
to
Man
;
because
it
is
for
the
Lord's
sake
,
from
whom
we
look
for
the
Reward
;
as
the
Apostle
speaks
to
Servants
,
Eph.
6.
5
,
6
,
7.
And
for
Duties
to
God
,
it
will
make
us
serve
God
cheerfully
,
delightfully
,
and
constantly
,
having
the
Glory
of
God
,
the
enjoyment
of
him
,
and
the
Recompence
of
Reward
in
our
Eye
:
Oh
,
how
will
it
quicken
,
raise
,
animate
,
and
encourage
us
!
For
why
are
all
those
great
and
glorious
,
invisible
,
eternal
things
proposed
,
and
promised
to
us
,
but
that
we
should
mind
them
,
aim
at
them
,
and
live
in
the
lively
hopes
,
and
comfortable
expectations
of
enjoying
them
?
Heb.
11.
6
,
24.
&
1.
1
,
2
,
3.
1
Cor.
15.
last
.
Therefore
be
stedfast
,
unmovable
,
always
abounding
in
the
work
of
the
Lord
,
forasmuch
as
ye
know
your
labour
shall
not
be
in
vain
in
the
Lord
.
6.
This
will
serve
to
encrease
and
strengthen
Grace
;
for
the
more
we
mind
those
invisible
eternal
things
;
the
stronger
will
be
our
Love
,
our
Faith
,
our
Hope
,
and
our
Patience
;
yea
,
the
more
heavenly
and
spiritual
we
shall
grow
;
and
the
more
useful
,
savory
,
and
profitable
in
all
our
Discourses
.
By
our
heavenly-mindedness
we
shall
smell
of
Heaven
in
all
our
Converses
and
Communications
,
to
the
advantage
of
others
.
7.
This
is
one
principal
way
of
enjoying
Communion
with
God
here
in
this
World
;
for
by
this
we
open
our
hearts
to
God
,
raise
up
our
Desires
after
him
,
spend
our
Thoughts
and
Affections
upon
him
;
and
in
these
heavenly
Meditations
God
communicates
his
Light
and
Love
,
his
Grace
and
Peace
to
our
Souls
.
By
these
Meditations
on
invisible
eternal
things
,
our
Souls
converse
with
God
,
talk
with
God
,
walk
with
God
,
have
our
conversations
with
God
;
and
this
is
most
sweet
and
contentful
to
gracious
Souls
;
this
is
to
live
in
God
,
and
to
live
the
Life
of
God
;
and
it
is
the
sum
of
all
our
happiness
here
and
hereafter
.
The
enjoyment
of
God's
good
presence
here
,
in
acts
of
Communion
with
him
,
will
produce
greatness
of
Joy
;
and
the
enjoyment
of
God's
glorious
presence
hereafter
,
in
the
uninterrupted
Acts
of
Communion
with
him
in
Heaven
,
will
produce
fulness
of
joy
,
and
pleasures
for
evermore
,
Psal.
16.
last
.
8.
By
this
looking
to
,
and
affectionately
minding
invisible
eternal
things
,
we
shall
be
more
and
more
changed
into
the
image
and
likeness
of
them
.
2
Cor.
3.
18.
We
all
with
open
face
beholding
as
in
a
glass
,
the
glory
of
the
Lord
,
are
changed
into
the
same
image
,
from
glory
to
glory
,
even
as
by
the
spirit
of
the
Lord
.
These
believing
,
loving
sights
of
heavenly
things
will
change
us
into
the
image
of
them
.
9.
By
this
we
shall
be
made
more
and
more
willing
and
desirous
to
leave
this
World
,
and
to
go
to
a
better
.
Compare
this
Text
with
the
beginning
of
the
next
Chapter
,
2
Cor.
5.
1
,
2
,
3.
the
Apostle
having
said
,
We
look
not
on
visible
temporal
things
,
but
on
those
things
which
are
not
seen
,
which
are
eternal
;
presently
adds
,
for
we
know
that
when
the
earthly
house
of
this
tabernacle
is
dissolved
,
we
have
a
building
of
God
,
an
house
not
made
with
hands
,
eternal
in
the
heavens
;
for
in
this
(
House
)
we
groan
earnestly
to
be
clothed
upon
with
our
House
which
is
from
Heaven
.
And
this
made
Paul
desire
to
be
dissolved
that
he
might
be
with
Christ
,
which
was
far
better
,
or
best
of
all
;
Phil.
3.
Certainly
,
such
as
really
apprehend
,
and
truly
believe
those
invisible
eternal
things
,
and
their
title
to
them
and
portion
in
them
,
will
be
really
willing
to
dye
,
that
they
may
enjoy
them
,
knowing
that
they
lye
on
the
other
side
of
Death
,
and
cannot
be
enjoyed
,
but
by
dying
,
and
after
Death
,
Death
being
the
In-let
to
all
that
purchased
,
promised
Glory
.
Now
,
the
more
we
do
seriously
think
and
meditate
on
those
glorious
things
,
the
more
willing
we
shall
be
to
leave
all
those
fading
,
vain
,
and
vexing
Comforts
,
to
enjoy
those
eternal
Delights
:
And
it
is
a
great
Mercy
and
sweet
Priviledge
to
be
willing
to
dye
;
and
I
know
nothing
will
more
effect
this
willingness
in
us
.
Now
,
let
all
those
Motives
effectually
perswade
us
to
draw
off
our
hearts
from
those
visible
temporal
things
,
and
to
set
our
Affections
upon
things
above
.
How
long
shall
vain
Thoughts
lodge
within
us
?
how
long
shall
this
present
evil
World
gnaw
and
feed
upon
our
Spirits
,
consuming
and
wasting
them
,
and
eating
out
our
time
and
strength
?
how
long
shall
the
God
of
this
World
blind
our
Minds
,
and
the
Dust
of
it
fill
our
Eyes
?
how
long
shall
we
misplace
our
Affections
,
and
mistake
our
Rest
?
Our
Rest
is
not
here
,
our
Heaven
and
Happiness
is
not
here
;
Earth
is
going
from
us
,
and
we
from
it
,
and
shall
we
hug
what
we
cannot
hold
?
Shall
we
kiss
and
embrace
that
which
is
withering
in
our
hands
,
and
dying
in
our
arms
?
Are
there
not
infinitely-better
things
to
be
minded
?
Duke
de
Alva
wickedly
said
,
when
one
told
him
of
an
Eclipse
that
was
then
present
,
I
have
so
much
to
do
on
Earth
,
I
have
no
leisure
to
mind
Heaven
.
O
,
that
it
may
not
be
so
said
of
any
of
us
.
Let
us
call
to
mind
what
those
invisible
eternal
things
are
aforementioned
,
as
God
,
Christ
,
the
Holy
Ghost
,
the
Promises
,
the
Purchased
Inheritance
,
the
Glory
of
Heaven
,
&c.
withal
,
let
us
mind
Christ's
second
Coming
to
Judgment
,
the
manner
and
end
of
it
,
2
Thess.
1.
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10.
which
the
Apostle
often
spoke
and
wrote
of
,
and
minded
,
Tit.
2.
13
,
14.
the
glorious
Appearing
of
the
great
God
and
our
Saviour
;
the
Resurrection
of
the
Body
,
and
the
manner
of
it
,
1
Cor.
15.
the
full
Redemption
and
glorious
Manifestation
of
the
Sons
of
God
;
the
happy
uniting
of
the
Souls
and
Bodies
of
the
Saints
after
so
long
a
Separation
;
and
the
uniting
and
solemn
Marriage
of
both
to
Christ
,
the
King
of
Glory
;
the
passing
of
the
Saints
into
Heaven
with
Christ
in
Triumph
;
their
living
for
ever
with
God
,
seeing
his
Face
,
and
knowing
him
as
we
are
known
:
Oh
,
that
we
could
mind
these
things
,
and
set
our
Faith
and
Love
,
our
Hopes
,
D●stres
,
and
Delights
on
work
upon
these
things
,
what
sweet
Contentment
,
what
Soul-refreshing
Joy
and
Comfort
would
such
thoughts
yield
to
our
Souls
,
even
in
the
midst
of
all
our
Troubles
?
No
wonder
we
are
such
Strangers
to
the
Joy
of
the
Lord
,
because
we
are
such
Strangers
to
God
himself
,
and
to
the
great
things
of
his
Kingdom
.
I
shall
conclude
this
Use
with
that
of
the
Apostle
,
2
Pet.
3.
14.
Wherefore
,
beloved
,
seeing
that
ye
look
for
such
things
,
be
diligent
,
that
ye
may
be
found
of
him
in
peace
,
without
spot
,
and
blameless
.
Be
diligent
to
prepare
for
the
enjoyment
of
all
those
great
and
glorious
things
,
and
to
secure
our
title
to
them
;
which
Preparation
consists
in
two
things
mainly
,
as
exprest
in
that
Scripture
,
1.
-
In
a
state
of
Reconciliation
with
God
.
2.
-
In
a
spotless
,
blameless
Conversation
.
1.
In
a
state
of
Reconciliation
with
God
.
Be
diligent
,
that
ye
may
be
found
of
him
in
peace
:
There
will
be
a
most
strict
and
accurate
search
made
at
the
last
day
;
all
those
that
look
for
those
invisible
eternal
good
things
at
last
,
must
be
exceeding
careful
about
this
,
to
make
this
the
Mark
,
Design
,
and
Aim
all
their
Life
,
and
at
Death
,
that
they
may
be
found
in
a
reconciled
state
,
in
a
state
of
Peace
with
God
.
This
is
the
critical
point
,
the
main
hinge
,
whereupon
hangs
all
the
safety
and
happiness
of
a
Man
or
Woman
for
Eternity
:
Not
whether
rich
or
poor
,
high
or
low
,
honourable
or
contemptible
in
this
World
,
the
Differences
and
Distinctions
will
signifie
nothing
then
;
nor
whether
Presbyterian
or
Independent
,
&c.
but
whether
reconciled
to
God
or
no.
This
strict
search
will
be
made
by
the
Lord
,
who
cannot
be
blinded
nor
deceived
.
And
the
consideration
of
the
issue
of
this
search
should
quicken
us
to
diligence
in
our
Preparation
,
which
shall
be
,
1st
,
on
them
that
shall
then
be
found
not
reconciled
;
the
danger
will
be
to
their
whole
man
,
Soul
and
Body
,
Depart
ye
cursed
,
&c.
most
dreadful
,
and
most
intolerable
.
2dly
,
On
them
that
are
found
reconciled
,
their
Comfort
will
be
unspeakable
;
the
Lord
Jesus
will
own
them
all
,
as
the
Purchase
of
his
Blood
,
and
will
embrace
them
all
,
Come
ye
blessed
of
my
Father
,
&c.
and
will
commend
them
,
Well
done
,
&c.
and
will
crown
them
with
a
Diadem
of
Eternal
Glory
.
Oh
then
,
let
us
presently
engage
all
the
Powers
of
our
Souls
,
in
striving
to
be
found
of
God
in
Peace
.
And
if
we
will
be
found
of
God
in
Peace
at
that
day
,
we
must
.
1.
Fall
out
with
all
Sin
,
and
make
an
open
breach
with
all
Ungodliness
,
and
all
Worldly
lusts
,
Tit.
2.
11
,
12.
No
Peace
with
God
,
so
long
as
we
have
Peace
with
any
Sin
:
We
must
search
for
our
Sins
of
Heart
and
Life
,
heartily
repent
of
them
,
declare
open
War
against
them
all
,
not
regarding
any
Iniquity
in
our
Hearts
,
but
hating
and
mortifying
all
.
Go
to
God
,
to
give
you
sound
Repentance
;
Acts
5.
31.
&
3.
19.
2.
Fall
in
,
and
close
unfeignedly
with
Jesus
Christ
,
the
only
Peace-maker
,
accepting
him
on
his
Terms
,
taking
him
for
Only
Lord
and
Saviour
,
resigning
up
our
whole
selves
unto
him
in
all
things
,
giving
him
the
Preheminence
in
us
,
and
over
us
,
and
heartily
submitting
to
his
government
by
his
Word
and
Spirit
.
Thus
by
true
Repentance
and
Faith
we
are
to
make
our
Peace
with
God
.
And
this
is
the
sum
of
the
Gospel
,
Acts
20.
21.
Repentance
towards
God
,
and
Faith
towards
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
:
Repentance
,
in
order
to
the
obtaining
of
our
Pardon
:
Acts
3.
19.
Repent
,
and
be
converted
,
that
your
sins
may
be
blotted
out
,
when
the
time
of
refreshing
shall
come
.
Acts
5.
31.
Christ
is
exalted
to
be
a
Prince
and
a
Saviour
,
to
give
repentance
and
remission
of
sins
.
Job
22.
21.
And
by
Faith
in
Christ
we
take
hold
of
God's
Strength
;
Isa.
27.
5.
Which
is
the
mercy
of
God
in
Christ
,
this
is
the
strength
of
God
,
to
save
sinners
.
Lay
hold
then
on
this
Strength
of
God
,
viz.
the
Mercy
of
God
in
Christ
,
and
so
shall
we
make
Peace
with
God
:
Rom.
5.
1.
Being
justified
by
faith
,
we
have
peace
with
God
.
Make
sure
and
sound
work
then
,
in
Repentance
and
Faith
;
let
us
often
try
our
Repentance
and
Faith
;
dally
not
,
nor
delay
in
this
business
,
we
are
all
upon
the
Borders
of
Eternity
,
we
are
all
near
those
invisible
eternal
things
.
This
is
the
common
Counsel
we
give
every
body
on
their
Sick-beds
;
You
must
make
your
peace
with
God
,
we
say
,
but
how
this
may
be
done
,
few
know
or
mind
.
O
,
let
us
mind
those
great
matters
:
Have
we
unfeignedly
repented
from
dead
Works
unto
Life
?
Is
all
Sin
hated
and
sought
out
?
Are
we
truly
converted
?
Acts
26.
18.
&
3.
19.
Sound
Conversion
,
a
thorow
Change
of
Heart
and
Life
,
is
the
surest
sign
of
true
Repentance
.
Have
we
Faith
in
Jesus
Christ
?
the
Faith
of
God's
Elect
?
Faith
unfeigned
,
that
purifieth
the
Heart
,
worketh
by
Love
,
overcometh
the
World
,
unites
to
Christ
,
and
draws
Life
from
him
,
to
live
as
he
lived
,
and
walk
as
he
walked
?
Let
us
try
our
Repentance
by
these
Texts
,
Jer.
31.
19.
Joel
2.
14.
Isa.
55.
7.
Matt.
3.
8.
Heb.
6.
1.
Thorow
Examination
of
Heart
and
Life
,
Clear
Confession
,
Hearty
Humiliation
,
Self-Abhorrency
,
Thorow
Reformation
,
will
prove
our
Repentance
true
and
sound
.
Q.
How
shall
I
know
that
I
have
truly
believed
?
A.
Haft
thou
found
it
an
hard
Work
to
believe
,
a
Work
altogether
above
thy
own
Power
?
Haft
thou
seen
and
felt
thy
loft
Estate
by
Nature
?
Haft
thou
seen
the
Excellency
of
Christ
,
and
thy
absolute
necessity
of
him
?
Is
he
most
precious
to
thy
Soul
?
Hath
thy
Soul
been
drawn
to
Christ
,
made
heartily
willing
to
close
with
Christ
upon
his
own
Terms
?
to
take
him
for
your
only
Lord
and
Saviour
?
hath
all
this
been
wrought
in
thee
by
the
Word
?
Dost
thou
value
Faith
as
a
Jewel
?
Dost
thou
rely
on
Christ
,
and
trust
him
with
all
things
,
and
for
all
things
?
Doth
this
bring
Peace
to
thy
Soul
?
Dost
thou
draw
Life
and
Strength
from
Christ
?
Doth
thy
Faith
in
him
support
thee
in
Trouble
?
What
Service
doth
it
do
thee
in
time
of
Trouble
?
It
is
the
greatest
Support
the
poor
Saints
have
in
all
their
Afflictions
;
as
Heb.
11.
throughout
.
Our
great
Business
lies
upon
making
sure
and
clear
the
Truth
of
our
Repentance
and
Faith
,
and
we
must
go
to
God
for
both
,
for
they
are
his
special
gifts
:
Also
we
must
go
to
Christ
,
he
is
the
Author
and
Giver
of
them
;
Acts
5.
31.
Heb.
12.
1
,
2.
And
we
should
be
often
trying
our
Repentance
and
Faith
,
for
without
these
no
Soul
can
ever
attain
unto
Salvation
;
and
with
them
no
Soul
shall
ever
miss
it
.
The
penitent
Believers
are
the
only
heirs
of
the
Promises
;
all
the
great
and
glorious
things
of
the
other
World
,
which
the
faithful
God
,
who
cannot
lye
,
hath
promised
,
and
which
our
Blessed
Jesus
hath
purchased
with
his
most
precious
Blood
,
they
do
ill
belong
to
penitent
Believers
,
and
to
none
else
.
The
exceeding
great
and
precious
Promises
,
are
those
sweet
Breasts
of
Consolation
,
which
they
should
lye
upon
,
and
suck
continually
,
and
by
two
immutable
things
(
to
wit
,
the
Word
and
Oath
of
God
)
wherein
it
is
impossible
that
God
should
lye
,
these
Promises
are
confirmed
,
that
the
heirs
,
of
the
Promises
might
have
(
not
weak
,
but
)
strong
Consolation
,
Heb.
6.
17.
Fourth
Vse
,
for
Lamentation
.
These
things
are
to
be
lamented
:
I.
The
great
ignorance
of
those
invisible
eternal
things
.
Our
Lord
lamented
and
wept
over
Jerusalem
for
this
,
Luke
19.
21
,
22.
If
thou
hadst
known
,
at
least
in
this
thy
day
,
the
things
that
belong
to
thy
peace
.
It
is
a
lamentable
thing
,
that
People
living
under
the
clearest
Discoveries
and
brightest
Displays
of
those
invisible
eternal
things
,
should
yet
be
so
grosly
ignorant
of
them
,
and
so
unacquainted
with
them
,
as
God
complains
of
Israel
,
Hos.
4.
1
,
6.
&
8.
12.
No
knowledge
of
God
in
the
Land
,
though
it
was
the
only
Land
in
all
the
World
then
that
had
the
means
of
Knowledge
;
Hos.
8.
12.
I
have
written
to
them
the
great
things
of
my
law
,
but
they
have
counted
them
strange
things
.
Look
over
those
particulars
afore-mentioned
,
and
we
shall
find
,
that
there
is
very
little
true
distinct
knowledge
of
them
in
the
Land
.
Obj.
But
we
do
know
these
things
.
Ans.
If
we
do
know
God
,
why
do
we
not
obey
him
?
Tit.
1.
16.
To
profess
to
know
God
,
and
in
works
to
deny
him
,
is
the
Character
of
a
Reprobate
.
Why
do
we
not
trust
him
?
Psal.
9.
10.
They
that
know
his
name
will
put
their
trust
in
him
.
1
John
2.
3
,
4.
&
4.
17.
What
likeness
have
most
Men
and
Women
to
God
and
Christ
?
What
Fruits
of
the
Spirit
do
appear
?
Gil.
5.
22.
but
the
Fruits
of
the
Flesh
are
manifest
.
What
Power
,
Sweetness
,
and
Comfort
do
Men
find
in
the
Word
and
Promises
?
how
little
are
most
affected
,
when
they
read
or
hear
of
all
the
great
things
purchased
by
Christ
,
and
prepared
in
Heaven
for
Believers
?
What
fixed
,
delightful
.
Thoughts
and
serious
Meditations
are
spent
upon
these
things
?
Alas
!
alas
!
whose
Conscience
doth
not
accuse
him
?
Whose
Heart
that
hath
any
tenderness
,
doth
not
smite
him
for
his
neglect
of
this
?
While
I
am
writing
this
,
my
Conscience
flies
in
my
Face
,
and
chargeth
me
with
guilt
:
O
pardon
me
,
Lord
,
through
the
Blood
of
Christ
,
and
give
me
true
Repentance
:
Let
me
be
ashamed
and
even
confounded
for
my
woful
neglect
of
minding
invisible
eternal
things
:
I
am
convinced
of
my
guilt
,
and
blessed
be
God
for
that
.
O
give
me
an
heavenly
heart
,
let
in
more
of
Heaven
to
my
heart
.
O
shew
thy self
to
me
,
Or
take
me
up
to
thee
.
II.
It
is
a
Lamentable
thing
,
that
those
high
,
glorious
,
invisible
eternal
things
should
be
so
little
believed
by
us
:
They
are
little
known
,
but
less
believed
:
They
cannot
but
be
known
to
us
in
some
measure
;
they
have
been
so
often
preach'd
to
us
,
and
we
have
so
often
read
of
them
:
Their
sound
hath
gone
out
to
the
ends
of
the
earth
,
Rom.
10.
19.
Did
not
Israel
know
?
Doth
not
England
know
?
Then
we
must
be
stark
deaf
and
blind
.
Some
Knowledge
in
our
heads
we
must
needs
have
;
but
certainly
here
is
the
Root-Sin
,
the
Spring
of
all
Ungodliness
,
even
Unbelief
;
whatever
People
profess
,
these
things
are
not
believed
;
People
are
not
fully
perswaded
in
their
Hearts
and
Souls
,
of
the
Truth
,
of
the
Excellency
,
and
of
the
Reality
of
those
things
,
Who
hath
believed
our
Report
?
Isa.
53.
1.
and
to
whom
is
the
arm
of
the
Lord
revealed
?
to
make
Souls
believe
,
and
to
work
effectual
Faith
in
them
?
Surely
to
very
few
.
A
very
bare
historical
Faith
is
wanting
,
but
much
more
a
cordial
,
practical
Perswasion
of
those
things
;
for
by
true
Faith
we
come
to
have
an
Interest
in
all
these
eternal
good
things
,
and
if
we
had
an
Interest
in
them
,
we
should
mind
them
more
.
Those
invisible
eternal
things
spoken
of
in
the
holy
Scripture
,
signifie
no
more
to
most
of
us
,
than
those
Mountains
of
Spices
,
and
Mines
of
Gold
do
,
that
are
in
the
Indies
,
which
we
never
hope
to
see
or
possess
,
and
for
which
none
of
us
will
part
with
our
poor
Cottages
:
Alas
!
alas
!
it
were
impossible
,
if
we
did
really
believe
those
things
above
,
and
that
they
may
be
had
by
us
,
but
that
we
should
take
more
pains
to
get
a
Title
to
them
,
and
having
once
got
a
Title
,
surely
we
should
mind
them
more
than
we
do
.
Now
the
grand
Reasons
why
we
that
profess
that
we
know
and
believe
those
great
things
of
the
other
World
,
yet
take
so
little
pains
to
be
assured
of
our
Right
to
them
,
are
these
,
viz.
our
false
Faith
,
our
false
Hope
,
and
our
inordinate
Love
of
the
World
.
Cou'd
we
get
these
three
Thieves
out
of
our
hearts
,
it
wou'd
be
otherwise
with
us
.
1.
Our
False
Faith
,
building
our
Faith
on
the
Mercy
of
God
,
and
Merits
of
Christ
in
general
,
not
considering
whether
those
Conditions
are
wrought
in
us
,
to
which
the
Mercy
of
God
is
promised
,
and
to
which
the
Merits
of
Christ
do
belong
.
Isa.
1.
16.
&
55.
7.
Rom.
8.
9.
2
Cor.
5.
17.
1
Cor.
6.
17.
Heb.
5.
9.
Matth.
11.
28
,
29.
&
16.
24.
&
10.
34.
By
all
which
places
we
shall
find
,
that
the
Mercy
of
God
belongs
to
the
penitent
returning
Sinner
,
and
that
those
only
can
truly
claim
an
Interest
in
Christ
,
that
submit
to
his
Yoke
,
that
have
his
Spirit
,
that
are
new
Creatures
,
that
deny
themselves
,
and
give
up
themselves
to
the
Government
of
Christ
.
2.
Our
False
Hope
;
that
deceived
those
eminent
Professors
in
Matth.
7.
21.
and
the
foolish
Virgins
,
Matth.
25.
and
which
deceives
all
Hypocrites
and
formal
Christians
,
that
build
their
Hopes
upon
outward
Profession
,
Priviledges
,
the
performance
of
religious
Duties
,
outward
Reformation
,
&c.
not
minding
that
express
word
in
1
John
3.
3.
Every
one
that
hath
this
hope
,
(
that
is
,
to
see
Christ
in
Glory
,
and
to
be
made
like
unto
him
)
purifieth
himself
,
even
as
he
is
pure
.
Col.
1.
27.
Christ
in
you
the
hope
of
glory
:
Not
Christ
without
you
,
professed
by
you
,
but
Christ
in
you
,
formed
in
you
,
dwelling
in
your
Hearts
by
Faith
,
living
and
reigning
in
you
by
his
Word
and
Spirit
,
that
is
the
Hope
of
Glory
,
the
true
and
only
ground
of
true
Hope
of
Glory
.
3.
Inordinate
Love
of
the
World
.
1
John
2.
14
,
15.
If
we
be
friends
of
this
world
,
we
are
enemies
to
God
:
Too
much
love
of
Life
,
Liberty
,
Ease
,
Relations
,
&c.
our
Hearts
are
let
out
strongly
after
these
,
therefore
our
good
God
doth
oftentimes
strip
his
dearest
Children
of
these
,
in
love
to
their
Souls
,
to
take
off
their
Affections
from
them
,
that
they
may
place
them
on
better
things
,
where
they
are
better
bestowed
.
III.
It
is
Lamentable
also
,
that
those
invisible
,
eternal
,
great
and
glorious
things
should
be
no
more
minded
,
thought
upon
,
considered
,
and
spoken
of
by
Professors
,
that
hope
shortly
to
enjoy
them
.
God
,
Christ
,
Glory
,
Heaven
,
are
seldom
in
mens
Minds
and
Thoughts
:
What
are
most
Peoples
Morning
and
Evening
Thoughts
?
Psal.
49.
11.
What
vain
Thoughts
lodge
in
our
Hearts
?
Jer.
4.
14.
Oh
,
how
little
talk
is
there
of
these
things
amongst
us
?
Is
God
our
Father
?
Is
Christ
our
Head
and
Husband
?
Is
the
Holy
Ghost
our
Counsellour
and
Comforter
?
Is
the
Word
of
God
our
Rule
and
Guide
,
our
spiritual
Food
and
Nourishment
,
our
Comfort
and
Consolation
?
Are
the
Promises
our
great
Charter
,
Heaven
and
Glory
our
Inheritance
?
And
do
we
indeed
hope
to
enjoy
all
these
things
for
ever
and
ever
,
and
yet
think
no
more
,
and
speak
no
more
of
them
?
Can
this
be
so
?
Can
our
hopes
be
good
and
well
grounded
?
Let
us
not
deceive
our selves
.
IV.
It
is
Lamentable
,
that
those
great
things
should
be
no
more
laboured
after
:
Joh.
6.
27.
Labour
not
for
that
meat
which
perisheth
,
but
for
that
which
endureth
to
eternal
life
.
Prov.
2
,
2
,
3
,
4.
Isa.
55.
2
,
3.
We
labour
for
that
which
is
not
Bread
,
not
Bread
for
our
Souls
;
and
spend
that
which
is
better
than
Mony
,
our
Spirits
and
Time
,
for
that
which
doth
not
,
cannot
satisfie
.
Why
should
visible
temporal
things
have
so
much
of
our
hearts
,
heads
,
tongues
,
hands
,
time
,
strength
and
all
,
and
those
invisible
eternal
things
have
so
little
?
Is
there
any
colour
of
Reason
for
it
?
Are
not
those
invisible
eternal
things
infinitely
better
than
the
other
?
Certainly
it
is
,
because
they
are
not
known
nor
believed
,
nor
minded
,
that
they
are
no
more
laboured
after
.
How
do
we
dishonour
God
,
and
Christ
,
and
the
Promises
?
how
do
we
undervalue
Christ's
Purchase
,
and
Eternal
Life
,
when
we
lay
out
our selves
so
much
for
the
World
,
and
so
little
for
these
?
How
shall
we
escape
,
if
we
neglect
so
great
salvation
?
Heb.
2.
3.
V.
It
's
lamentable
also
,
that
the
loss
of
the
means
of
the
discovery
of
those
invisible
eternal
things
,
should
no
more
affect
and
trouble
us
:
Lam.
1.
7.
Jerusalem
remembred
in
the
days
of
her
affliction
all
her
pleasant
things
,
that
she
had
in
the
days
of
old
.
A
Famine
of
the
Word
is
the
worst
,
Amos
8.
VI.
And
it
is
lamentable
,
that
those
who
know
,
believe
,
desire
,
and
labour
after
those
things
themselves
,
should
be
no
forwarder
and
readier
to
commend
those
things
to
others
,
and
should
take
no
more
pains
to
perswade
and
draw
others
to
look
after
them
:
Oh
,
how
few
cry
out
to
others
with
holy
David
,
Come
,
and
I
will
tell
you
what
God
hath
done
for
my
soul
?
VII
.
And
no
less
lamentable
is
it
,
that
those
who
claim
an
Interest
in
all
those
great
and
glorious
good
things
,
and
hope
to
enjoy
them
hereafter
,
that
those
persons
should
no
more
express
the
power
of
them
in
their
Lives
;
that
they
should
no
more
rejoyce
in
them
,
and
be
no
more
raised
in
their
Spirits
,
and
gladded
in
their
Hearts
with
the
fore-thoughts
of
them
;
and
that
they
should
live
no
more
comfortably
upon
them
:
It
's
sad
,
that
those
thus
interested
in
God
,
and
Christ
,
and
Glory
,
and
that
are
the
Expectants
of
that
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
,
should
not
live
better
lives
,
more
exemplary
,
shining
,
profitable
,
joyful
lives
:
We
that
look
for
such
things
,
what
manner
of
persons
ought
we
to
be
in
all
manner
of
holy
conversation
?
It
's
sad
also
,
that
such
should
bear
up
with
no
more
strength
,
holy
courage
and
confidence
,
in
the
midst
of
the
Troubles
of
this
short
Life
,
seeing
they
hope
for
such
glorious
things
in
the
other
World
:
We
see
how
bravely
the
Primitive
Christians
carried
themselves
in
all
their
Sufferings
,
by
looking
unto
,
minding
,
and
thinking
upon
those
invisible
eternal
things
:
Oh
,
could
we
keep
them
in
our
view
,
and
keep
our
Eye
on
them
,
we
should
not
faint
nor
sink
under
any
of
our
Troubles
.
We
look
too
much
on
,
and
mind
too
much
those
visible
temporal
things
,
and
look
too
little
to
the
Invisible
God
,
to
our
Blessed
Jesus
,
and
Eternal
Glory
.
Oh
,
that
God
would
encrease
and
strengthen
our
Faith
,
and
help
us
to
live
in
the
lively
actings
and
exercise
of
it
.
By
it
we
stand
.
Oh
,
that
we
could
live
more
by
Faith
,
and
less
by
Sense
;
2
Cor.
5.
7.
Fifth
Vse
,
for
Instruction
.
If
we
would
set
our
Hearts
and
Minds
on
those
invisible
eternal
things
,
we
must
1.
Be
much
in
Prayer
:
Pray
,
oh
,
pray
for
new
Hearts
,
old
Hearts
will
not
hold
heavenly
things
.
Pray
for
Saving
Light
and
Knowledge
,
Ephes.
1.
17
,
18.
Pray
that
ye
may
clearly
apprehend
and
understand
those
things
:
Pray
for
Faith
,
that
you
may
really
believe
them
,
and
may
be
fully
perswaded
of
the
Truth
and
Excellency
of
them
.
Heb.
11.
1.
Faith
is
the
substance
of
things
hoped
for
,
and
the
evidence
of
things
not
seen
.
Pray
for
Love
,
that
your
Hearts
may
be
throughly
and
truly
affected
with
them
;
that
you
may
relish
and
savour
them
,
and
may
feel
,
taste
,
and
see
the
goodness
of
them
:
Pray
for
strength
of
Faith
and
Love
,
that
you
may
act
those
and
other
Graces
,
as
Hope
,
Joy
,
Desire
,
and
Delight
upon
those
heavenly
things
.
Pray
without
ceasing
;
pray
fervently
for
these
things
,
and
never
leave
praying
till
you
obtain
.
Tell
God
that
an
earthly
,
empty
,
carnal
Heart
you
have
,
and
how
impossible
it
is
for
you
your selves
,
to
make
●t
heavenly
:
Complain
to
the
God
of
all
Grace
,
who
can
make
all
Grace
to
abound
.
2.
Search
the
Scriptures
diligently
;
Read
the
Word
of
God
conscientiously
;
for
there
all
those
great
and
glorious
things
are
discovered
:
And
labour
to
believe
what
you
hear
and
read
;
and
to
get
the
power
and
efficacy
of
God's
Truths
on
●●our
Spirits
;
2
Cor.
4.
4
,
6.
3.
Be
watchful
against
all
Sin
,
and
against
the
World
,
and
the
Lusts
of
the
Flesh
:
Be
much
in
mortification
of
your
inordinate
Affections
:
Col.
3.
●1
,
2
,
5.
compared
.
Watch
against
vain
thoughts
,
and
strive
in
God's
strength
to
draw
up
your
●earts
to
Heaven
,
and
hold
them
there
.
4.
Seriously
and
often
consider
the
great
and
●●al
difference
between
visible
and
invisible
things
,
between
temporal
and
eternal
things
,
uncertain
and
certain
things
,
transitory
and
permanent
things
;
between
those
things
that
respect
the
mortal
Body
,
and
those
that
concern
the
immortal
Soul
;
between
those
things
that
are
the
Portion
of
Reprobates
,
and
those
that
are
the
Portion
of
God's
Elect.
Oh
,
consider
the
great
difference
between
those
things
which
are
the
Effects
of
Common
Providence
,
and
those
that
are
the
Fruits
of
God's
everlasting
Love
,
and
Christ's
most
precious
Blood
.
Surely
a
due
and
deep
consideration
of
the
vast
difference
which
is
between
these
things
,
would
help
us
to
mind
eternal
things
.
5.
Consider
what
taste
these
visible
temporal
things
will
have
in
a
dying
hour
;
surely
either
none
at
all
or
a
bitter
one
.
Oh
then
,
what
will
Honours
,
Riches
,
Pleasures
signifie
?
Oh
then
,
how
much
better
and
sweeter
will
those
invisible
eternal
things
be
to
a
poor
Soul
?
Oh
then
,
an
Interest
in
God
and
in
Christ
,
a
Pardon
,
a
Title
to
Eternal
Life
,
Assurance
of
Salvation
,
will
be
things
of
value
,
And
why
should
they
not
be
so
now
?
6.
Converse
much
with
heavenly-minded
Christians
;
but
,
alas
!
where
shall
we
find
them
?
Let
us
all
bewail
our
horrible
Earthliness
,
our
Earthly
Discourse
,
all
Earth
in
our
Thoughts
,
Earth
in
our
Mouths
,
and
yet
hope
to
go
to
Heaven
at
last
,
and
live
in
Heaven
for
ever
;
O
,
how
unlikely
!
Surely
,
if
I
am
not
very
much
mistaken
,
I
think
,
a
great
many
of
our
Professors
will
be
mistaken
at
last
,
and
that
will
be
dreadful
,
because
irrecoverable
.
O
Lord
,
give
thy
poor
Servant
an
heavenly
Heart
.
Sixthly
.
The
Last
Vse
is
,
for
Comfort
to
those
that
do
mind
and
look
unto
those
invisible
eternal
things
in
good
earnest
.
For
your
Comfort
,
consider
,
1.
This
is
to
you
an
Evidence
of
your
Interest
in
all
those
great
and
glorious
things
:
That
you
do
thus
mind
and
converse
with
heavenly
things
,
with
God
,
and
Christ
,
and
Glory
;
it
is
a
good
sign
that
these
are
all
your
own
,
that
you
have
a
good
Title
to
them
.
An
heavenly
Mind
is
a
very
good
sign
of
one
that
belongs
to
Heaven
.
2.
You
shall
shortly
enjoy
and
possess
them
all
:
Where
Christ
is
,
there
(
shortly
)
shall
his
Servants
be
:
He
will
not
always
dwell
in
Heaven
without
you
;
nor
will
he
always
be
absent
from
you
;
no
,
but
he
will
come
again
,
and
receive
you
to
himself
,
that
where
he
is
,
there
you
may
be
also
,
John
14.
1
,
2
,
3.
And
where
is
he
,
but
at
the
right
hand
of
the
Throne
of
his
Father
?
and
there
you
shall
be
also
:
when
Christ
,
who
is
our
life
,
shall
appear
,
we
shall
appear
with
him
also
in
glory
,
Col.
3.
3
,
4.
Now
you
can
see
and
think
on
those
invisible
eternal
things
but
darkly
and
confusedly
,
but
then
you
shall
see
clearly
,
yea
,
possess
and
enjoy
them
for
ever
.
3.
This
your
minding
of
heavenly
things
will
very
much
sweeten
your
present
Sufferings
:
And
this
brings
me
to
the
consideration
of
the
last
thing
in
the
scope
of
the
Text
,
namely
,
the
help
or
benefit
those
Primitive
Christians
had
,
by
their
looking
unto
those
invisible
eternal
things
,
which
was
,
that
thereby
they
were
supported
under
their
present
Sufferings
;
Ver.
16.
We
faint
not
,
while
we
look
not
on
things
that
are
seen
,
but
on
things
that
are
not
seen
.
Hence
may
we
observe
this
Doctrinal
Conclusion
.
Doct.
That
a
believing
sight
,
and
serious
minding
of
unseen
eternal
things
,
is
a
singular
means
of
sweet
support
to
poor
Christians
under
all
their
Troubles
.
This
flows
from
the
scope
of
the
Text
,
We
faint
not
,
say
they
,
but
rather
we
gather
strength
and
courage
,
and
our
inner
man
is
renewed
day
by
day
;
while
we
look
not
at
those
things
which
are
seen
,
but
at
those
,
&c.
Looking
off
from
visible
temporal
things
doth
much
help
to
support
God's
People
under
their
Troubles
;
but
looking
on
upon
invisible
eternal
things
doth
help
more
.
Crucifixion
of
our
Affections
to
visible
temporal
things
is
very
useful
,
but
the
fixation
of
our
Affections
on
invisible
eternal
things
,
is
more
useful
to
our
Support
and
Comfort
.
Psal.
27.
13.
I
had
〈…〉
believed
to
see
the
goodness
of
God
in
the
land
of
〈…〉
,
Ver.
14.
So
Heb.
11.
26
,
27.
By
Faith
Moses
endured
,
as
seeing
him
that
is
invisible
:
Moses
could
never
have
endured
all
those
hard
things
,
if
he
had
looked
only
on
those
things
which
are
seen
,
but
he
looked
on
the
invisible
God
,
and
the
unseen
Jesus
,
and
on
the
Promises
,
the
Recompence
of
Reward
;
he
had
a
fixed
Eye
to
those
great
things
;
his
mind
was
setled
on
these
,
and
that
carried
him
through
all
.
So
Heb.
10.
34.
They
took
joyfully
the
spoiling
of
their
goods
,
knowing
in
themselves
they
had
in
Heaven
a
better
,
and
a
more
enduring
substance
.
So
Heb.
11.
9
,
10
,
13.
they
endured
the
condition
of
Strangers
and
Pilgrims
(
usually
a
sad
and
troublesome
condition
)
because
they
looked
for
a
City
,
an
invisible
eternal
City
:
They
embraced
the
Promises
,
and
minded
them
.
And
to
this
our
Lord
leads
us
,
in
pronouncing
those
Blessings
,
Mat.
5.
10
,
12.
That
great
should
be
their
reward
in
Heaven
.
Reas.
1.
Because
the
blessed
tendency
,
the
powerful
efficacy
,
and
sweet
fruits
of
all
a
Christians
Troubles
,
as
to
our
part
,
much
depends
on
this
Work
and
Duty
performed
by
us
.
Let
us
mind
this
:
What
is
the
tendency
and
fruit
of
a
Christian's
Troubles
?
See
the
foregoing
Verse
,
They
work
for
us
a
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
.
A
blessed
tendency
indeed
,
sweet
fruit
!
Q.
But
how
are
Afflictions
useful
and
effectual
to
produce
those
sweet
fruits
?
Ans.
Some
things
are
done
on
God's
part
,
and
some
on
our
part
:
On
God's
part
,
He
makes
Afflictions
useful
,
to
fit
us
for
that
weight
of
Glory
,
as
was
shewed
before
,
by
following
those
Afflictions
with
the
Blessing
of
his
Word
,
and
Power
of
his
Spirit
,
and
so
makes
them
useful
to
those
happy
ends
,
Psal.
94.
12.
as
,
1st
,
By
discovering
,
imbittering
,
and
cleansing
them
from
Sin
,
Deut.
8.
2.
Gen.
41.
21.
1
Kin.
17.
18.
Isa.
59.
11
,
12.
2ly
,
By
drawing
Souls
nearer
to
God
,
Psal.
142.
4
,
5.
Psal.
31.
11
,
12
,
13
,
14.
3ly
,
By
crucifying
their
Affections
to
the
things
of
this
Life
.
4ly
,
By
making
them
more
diligent
and
serious
in
their
preparation
for
that
state
of
Blessedness
.
Thus
God
blesseth
Afflictions
.
But
all
doth
not
lye
on
God's
part
;
this
Blessing
is
attained
by
us
,
while
we
look
not
at
those
things
which
are
seen
,
which
are
temporal
;
but
at
those
things
which
are
not
seen
,
which
are
eternal
.
Those
Blessings
of
Afflictions
are
not
received
,
nor
those
Benefits
and
Advantages
obtained
by
us
,
while
we
stand
looking
and
musing
,
poring
and
pondering
open
those
things
which
are
seen
.
So
long
as
our
Hearts
and
Minds
are
still
fixed
upon
our
visible
Losses
and
Crosses
,
and
upon
the
earthly
Comforts
that
we
are
deprived
of
;
and
so
long
as
our
Thoughts
and
Affections
are
still
set
on
and
glued
to
those
visible
temporal
things
,
so
long
we
go
without
those
Blessings
and
Benefits
:
But
we
must
look
off
those
things
,
and
look
up
,
and
mind
and
meditate
on
those
invisible
eternal
things
;
we
must
set
Faith
and
Love
,
and
Hope
on
work
,
in
viewing
and
reviewing
,
in
considering
and
contemplating
,
in
apprehending
and
applying
that
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
.
Now
,
while
we
do
so
,
we
are
in
the
right
and
realy
way
to
obtain
the
rich
Blessings
of
all
our
Afflictions
,
and
so
we
receive
Comfort
and
Support
under
them
all
.
It
is
the
plentiful
Harvest
hoped
for
,
and
believed
,
that
sweetens
the
stormy
Seed-time
.
It
'
is
a
dangerous
mistake
,
to
expect
too
much
from
the
Creature
,
and
too
much
comfort
here
in
this
World
,
for
here
is
not
our
Rest
.
All
men
would
have
Peace
,
Comfort
,
and
Happiness
,
but
they
would
have
it
from
the
Creature
,
rather
than
from
God
.
Psal.
4.
6.
Believers
themselves
,
that
would
have
their
Comforts
from
God
,
yet
would
have
them
here
also
,
and
would
not
stay
for
them
till
hereafter
,
saying
with
the
Disciples
upon
the
Mount
,
It
is
good
to
be
here
;
whereas
here
in
this
World
we
are
to
have
but
sips
,
crumbs
,
drops
,
glances
,
glimpses
;
at
most
,
but
some
First-fruits
of
Canaan
;
that
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
is
reserved
for
the
other
World
.
The
Inheritance
is
reserved
in
Heaven
for
us
;
1
Pet.
1.
4
,
5.
and
we
must
wait
,
for
our
Harvest
is
not
here
;
we
are
not
come
home
.
It
doth
not
yet
appear
what
we
shall
be
,
the
quiet
and
peaceable
Fruits
of
Righteousness
come
not
till
afterwards
;
the
great
Reward
,
the
full
Reward
,
is
in
Heaven
,
not
here
.
2d
Reason
is
,
Because
(
as
I
think
)
the
Work
of
Saving
Faith
(
by
which
mainly
we
are
supported
)
doth
not
consist
only
in
looking
backward
on
the
Cross
of
Christ
,
and
his
payment
of
our
Ransom
by
his
precious
Blood
;
but
also
in
looking
forward
on
the
Crown
of
Christ
,
and
the
Glory
he
hath
purchased
for
us
.
Heb.
11.
1.
Faith
is
the
substance
of
things
hoped
for
,
and
the
evidence
of
things
not
seen
.
Saving
Faith
is
,
not
only
to
believe
what
our
dear
Lord
hath
already
done
on
Earth
for
us
,
in
the
great
work
of
Redemption
;
but
also
unfeignedly
and
firmly
to
believe
those
things
which
we
never
saw
nor
did
ever
Man
see
,
and
to
hope
and
look
for
them
so
really
,
as
to
let
go
all
worldly
Hopes
and
Happiness
,
rather
than
hazard
the
loss
of
those
invisible
things
.
This
is
an
eminent
part
of
Faith
,
whereby
the
Just
do
live
;
1
Pet.
1.
8.
It
is
upon
our
clear
Apprehensions
and
firm
Expectations
of
that
unseen
and
eternal
Felicity
,
in
the
full
enjoyment
of
the
Blessed
God
,
that
both
our
Peace
and
Safety
doth
depend
.
We
can
have
no
solid
Peace
,
while
we
look
for
much
Comfort
and
Content
from
the
Creature
,
in
this
our
present
Pilgrimage
and
Prison
;
for
in
doing
so
,
we
looking
for
more
in
the
Creature
than
is
in
it
,
we
lose
our
Comforts
,
and
then
complain
for
want
of
them
;
for
our
looking
for
so
much
from
them
,
and
looking
so
much
on
them
,
provokes
God
to
take
them
from
us
;
and
when
they
are
gone
,
we
are
troubled
.
If
eternal
Joys
,
and
everlasting
Consolations
were
more
in
our
Minds
,
if
the
Joy
of
our
Lord
,
Matt.
25.
21.
were
more
in
our
Thoughts
and
Affections
,
surely
spiritual
Joy
would
more
at
present
abound
in
our
Hearts
:
Rom.
15.
13.
The
God
of
consolation
would
fill
us
with
joy
and
peace
in
believing
:
Believing
Apprehensions
of
those
invisible
eternal
Joys
,
would
breed
in
us
some
refreshing
Joys
for
the
present
.
So
1
Pet.
1.
8.
No
wonder
we
are
so
comfortless
,
and
walk
so
sadly
,
while
those
things
which
should
raise
us
and
comfort
us
,
are
so
little
in
our
Minds
and
Thoughts
,
and
we
such
Strangers
above
.
We
must
needs
faint
when
we
lay
by
our
Cordials
,
and
make
no
use
of
them
,
and
when
we
lay
by
our
Supports
,
and
mind
them
not
.
Temporal
things
most
needs
affect
us
and
afflict
us
,
when
eternal
things
are
out
of
sight
,
and
out
of
mind
.
Mark
this
:
When
Christians
do
not
only
let
fall
their
expectations
and
hopes
of
the
unseen
promised
Glory
,
and
let
the
thoughts
of
them
decay
and
dye
away
in
them
;
but
also
heighten
their
hopes
and
expectations
from
the
Creature
,
and
earnestly
and
eagerly
pursue
the
same
;
then
do
they
most
certainly
prepare
for
their
own
Disquiets
,
Fears
and
Troubles
,
and
with
both
Hands
draw
Calamity
on
themselves
,
because
they
forsake
the
fountain
of
living
waters
,
and
hew
out
to
themselves
cisterns
,
broken
cisterns
,
that
will
hold
no
water
.
All
Creature-comforts
are
at
best
but
Cisterns
,
and
when
too
much
loved
,
but
broken
Cisterns
,
in
which
are
no
Waters
of
true
Consolation
to
be
found
;
Jerem.
2.
13.
To
seek
Content
here
,
in
any
thing
out
of
God
,
and
beneath
him
,
is
to
seek
the
Living
among
the
Dead
:
The
Work
of
Faith
is
,
to
look
upwards
,
to
look
within
the
Veil
,
to
look
to
Jesus
,
Mic.
7.
7.
The
right
and
ready
way
to
present
Peace
is
,
looking
stedfastly
(
not
to
present
things
,
but
)
to
that
future
Rest
and
Happiness
,
to
the
full
enjoyment
of
God
in
Heaven
.
Thus
our
Lord
takes
off
his
Disciples
from
their
Heart-trouble
,
John
14.
1
,
2.
of
which
Text
I
have
written
a
Discourse
at
large
.
Let
us
consider
how
this
looking
unto
those
eternal
things
is
expressed
:
2
Tim.
4.
8.
it
is
,
loving
the
appearance
of
Christ
:
Tit.
2.
13.
Phil.
3.
20
,
21.
1
Cor.
1.
7.
2
Cor.
5.
2
,
3.
Rom.
8.
23.
waiting
,
hoping
,
hastening
unto
,
groaning
after
that
Glory
.
Whoever
meets
with
a
distressed
,
disconsolate
,
complaining
Christian
,
you
shall
find
,
that
one
or
both
of
these
things
is
manifest
in
him
;
either
he
hath
low
Expectations
from
God
hereafter
,
or
he
hath
high
Expectations
from
the
Creature
here
;
either
he
looks
too
much
on
things
visible
and
temporal
,
or
too
little
on
things
invisible
and
eternal
;
and
indeed
,
he
that
doth
the
one
doth
the
other
;
for
,
the
too
much
minding
visible
temporal
things
,
hinders
the
true
minding
of
invisible
eternal
things
.
If
we
examine
matters
aright
in
our
own
Souls
,
we
shall
find
,
that
this
is
the
main
thing
that
begets
in
us
,
and
keeps
us
under
,
so
many
Troubles
and
Disquiets
;
either
,
that
we
do
not
,
or
will
not
seriously
and
believingly
engage
our
Hearts
and
Minds
in
the
meditation
,
consideration
,
and
application
of
all
those
great
and
glorious
things
,
which
God
hath
promised
,
and
which
Christ
hath
purchased
;
or
else
we
will
needs
mind
and
expect
what
God
hath
not
promised
,
nor
Christ
purchased
,
a
total
freedom
from
Troubles
,
Sicknesses
,
Losses
,
&c.
God
hath
no
where
promised
,
nor
hath
Christ
purchased
it
:
and
then
we
complain
,
when
we
miss
of
our
groundless
Expectations
.
Either
we
are
still
poring
and
thinking
on
our
Creature-comforts
and
Enjoyments
,
and
looking
for
much
from
them
and
in
them
,
much
comfort
,
help
,
sweetness
,
satisfaction
,
respect
,
kindness
,
from
them
;
or
else
we
are
grieving
and
mourning
for
the
loss
and
want
of
them
;
all
which
thoughts
do
but
sowre
,
imbitter
,
wound
and
weaken
our
Spirits
;
or
else
we
do
but
too
seldom
think
of
the
infinite
Goodness
,
Love
,
Mercy
,
Tenderness
,
All-sufficiency
of
God
and
Christ
,
and
of
the
Glory
of
Heaven
;
which
Thoughts
would
sweeten
,
alleviate
,
and
mitigate
our
Sorrows
,
and
help
much
to
support
our
Spirits
under
all
our
Afflictions
.
We
are
grieved
and
troubled
for
Losses
and
Crosses
,
for
loss
of
Relations
,
for
Sickness
and
Pains
,
Disappointments
,
Unkindnesses
of
Friends
,
Disesteem
in
the
World
,
&c.
Let
us
consider
,
whether
God
hath
promised
,
or
Christ
purchased
any
Freedom
from
those
:
Have
any
of
the
Saints
been
freed
from
those
?
And
,
why
should
we
expect
to
be
free
?
But
if
we
make
Promises
to
our selves
,
and
then
our
own
Promises
deceive
us
,
whom
can
we
blame
for
that
?
Nay
,
do
we
not
,
as
it
were
,
necessitate
God
hereby
,
to
imbitter
all
our
Earthly
Comforts
to
us
,
and
to
make
every
Creature
a
Scorpion
to
us
,
because
we
will
make
them
our
Gods
?
We
have
less
Comfort
in
them
than
we
might
have
,
because
we
would
have
more
in
them
than
we
should
:
We
might
have
more
kindness
from
Friends
,
more
sweetness
in
our
Relations
,
&c.
if
we
looked
for
less
.
Scarce
any
Comfort
we
have
,
but
one
time
or
other
becomes
a
Scourge
to
us
,
because
we
foolishly
made
it
an
Idol
to
us
.
Isa.
2.
22.
Cease
ye
from
man
,
whose
breath
is
in
his
nostrils
,
for
whereof
is
he
to
be
accounted
?
Jer.
17.
5
,
6
,
7.
We
can
never
expect
so
little
from
the
Creature
,
but
we
shall
be
sure
to
find
less
than
we
looked
for
:
But
such
is
the
Goodness
of
God
to
his
People
,
that
we
can
never
expect
so
much
from
him
,
but
we
shall
be
sure
to
find
more
.
The
Application
.
First
,
For
Information
.
1.
If
the
serious
minding
of
,
and
believing
looking
unto
invisible
eternal
things
,
will
much
support
Christians
under
the
Troubles
of
this
Life
,
it
follows
then
,
that
there
is
a
great
necessity
that
Christians
should
have
a
distinct
saving
knowledg
of
invisible
eternal
things
,
for
without
such
a
knowledge
of
them
,
they
cannot
mind
them
,
nor
set
their
Hearts
upon
them
.
John
17.
3.
This
is
life
eternal
,
to
know
thee
the
only
true
God
,
and
Jesus
Christ
,
whom
thou
hast
sent
.
Col.
2.
2
,
3.
We
know
those
things
but
confusedly
,
and
therefore
we
mind
them
but
confusedly
.
This
Saving
Knowledge
is
a
New
Covenant-Mercy
:
God
promiseth
that
his
People
shall
be
all
taught
of
him
,
and
that
they
shall
all
know
the
Lord
;
Jer.
31.
33
,
34.
John
6.
45.
Eph.
4.
21.
Our
Duty
is
then
,
to
lay
hold
on
God's
Covenant
,
and
humbly
to
beseech
him
to
teach
us
by
his
Spirit
,
and
to
enlighten
our
Understandings
;
as
Paul
prays
,
Eph.
1.
17
,
18.
2.
Hence
appears
the
Necessity
of
Faith
,
and
full
perswasion
of
the
verity
,
reality
,
and
excellency
of
those
invisible
eternal
things
.
It
is
a
full
perswasion
of
a
Better
Good
than
the
Creature
,
and
of
a
Better
Countrey
,
of
a
Better
Substance
,
of
a
Better
Place
than
this
World
is
,
and
of
Better
Company
,
Better
Friends
than
can
be
enjoyed
here
,
that
will
make
us
set
our
Thoughts
on
work
upon
them
,
and
that
will
support
under
the
loss
of
those
worse
things
.
While
we
have
those
better
things
in
our
Eye
,
we
shall
not
be
much
troubled
about
the
worse
;
the
better
will
swallow
up
the
worse
,
if
we
firmly
and
heartily
believe
them
,
and
have
good
ground
to
hope
,
through
Grace
,
that
we
have
Title
to
them
;
as
Heb.
11.
25
,
26.
The
belief
of
a
better
Resurrection
,
and
of
a
better
Life
than
this
,
will
support
us
under
the
Troubles
of
this
:
Heb.
11.
35.
3.
Then
there
is
also
a
necessity
lies
on
us
of
having
an
Interest
in
those
invisible
eternal
good
things
;
in
God
,
in
Christ
,
in
the
Promises
,
and
in
the
Purchased
Inheritance
.
An
absolute
necessity
lies
on
us
all
,
of
getting
an
interest
in
Jesus
Christ
,
Real
Union
with
him
,
for
only
hereby
we
come
to
have
an
Interest
in
all
those
eternal
Blessings
:
If
Christ
be
ours
,
All
is
ours
;
not
else
.
1
Cor.
3.
22
,
23.
Oh
,
this
,
this
is
the
one
thing
necessary
,
That
we
make
sure
our
Interest
in
God
,
and
in
his
Covenant
by
Jesus
Christ
:
This
,
and
this
alone
,
will
ballance
all
our
Losses
.
Take
special
notice
of
those
two
Texts
,
1
Sam.
30.
6.
2
Sam.
23.
5.
Let
us
try
our
Interest
in
Christ
by
those
few
Scriptures
,
Rom.
8.
1
,
9.
There
is
no
condemnation
to
them
that
are
in
Christ
Jesus
,
who
walk
not
after
the
flesh
,
but
after
the
spirit
.
If
any
man
have
not
the
spirit
of
Christ
,
the
same
is
none
of
his
.
2
Cor.
5.
17.
If
any
man
be
in
Christ
,
he
is
a
new
Creature
;
all
old
things
are
past
away
;
behold
,
all
things
are
become
new
.
Gal.
5.
24.
They
that
are
Christ's
,
have
crucified
the
flesh
with
the
affections
and
lusts
thereof
.
Gal.
2.
20.
Christ
liveth
in
me
.
4.
Hence
we
may
know
the
true
cause
and
ground
of
Discouragement
and
Despondency
under
our
Troubles
,
to
wit
,
our
want
of
Faith
in
,
and
our
not
minding
of
eternal
invisible
things
.
They
that
believe
not
the
Crown
,
can
never
comfortably
bear
the
Cross
:
The
way
to
forget
our
Misery
,
is
seriously
and
believingly
to
remember
and
consider
our
Felicity
.
Rom.
8.
17.
The
sufferings
of
this
life
are
not
worthy
to
be
compared
with
the
glory
that
is
to
be
revealed
in
us
.
Our
Burdens
would
not
be
so
heavy
as
they
are
,
if
our
Hearts
were
more
heavenly
than
they
are
:
If
we
could
get
more
above
,
and
converse
more
with
God
,
our
Troubles
would
not
be
so
troublesome
as
they
are
.
Nil
sentit
in
Nervo
,
cum
anima
sit
in
Coelo
.
Oh
,
let
us
pray
for
more
acquaintance
with
God
,
and
thereby
good
,
all
good
,
shall
come
unto
us
.
Let
us
cry
out
with
the
Divine
Poet
,
O
shew
thy self
to
me
,
Or
take
me
up
to
thee
.
Converse
with
God
and
Christ
will
sweeten
every
bitter
Cup
,
and
lighten
every
heavy
Burden
.
5.
Hence
also
we
may
inferr
the
Necessity
of
Patience
under
all
our
Afflictions
,
which
are
designed
to
prepare
us
for
Glory
,
and
that
no
otherwise
,
than
as
we
do
by
Faith
and
Patience
live
in
the
expectation
of
that
Glory
.
Rom.
2.
7.
To
them
,
who
by
patient
continuance
in
well-doing
,
seek
for
glory
,
and
honour
,
and
immortality
,
eternal
life
:
Heb.
10.
36.
Unless
we
patiently
bear
our
Troubles
,
they
are
not
like
to
produce
those
blessed
effects
;
it
is
only
through
Faith
and
Patience
that
we
inherit
the
Promises
.
6.
The
Misery
of
all
Unbelievers
then
is
very
great
,
whatever
they
posse's
in
this
World
,
for
they
must
needs
meet
with
Troubles
also
in
this
Life
,
and
must
meet
with
the
King
of
Terrors
at
last
:
And
what
possibly
can
support
them
,
having
no
interest
in
God
and
Christ
,
and
no
good
grounds
of
hope
,
that
they
shall
enjoy
those
invisible
eternal
good
things
hereafter
?
Part
they
must
with
all
visible
temporal
good
things
,
and
that
for
ever
,
and
cannot
look
on
God
,
and
Glory
,
and
Heaven
as
theirs
,
because
not
regenerated
,
not
united
to
Christ
,
not
effectually
called
:
surely
their
case
is
most
sad
,
for
then
also
all
their
vain
hopes
and
groundless
confidences
shall
perish
.
7.
The
mischief
of
Earthly-mindedness
also
appears
hence
:
Inordinate
minding
earthly
things
,
whether
Friends
or
Foes
,
Ease
or
Pain
,
Loss
or
Gain
,
&c.
this
very
much
hinders
our
Comfort
and
Support
:
Oh
,
pray
against
it
,
watch
against
it
.
Now
to
take
us
off
from
this
inordinate
minding
of
these
Earthly
things
,
let
us
take
these
Helps
.
1.
Let
us
urge
and
press
the
express
Command
of
God
upon
our
Hearts
,
Col.
3.
1
,
2.
Set
your
affections
upon
things
above
,
and
not
upon
things
below
.
Let
this
sway
with
us
:
It
is
as
much
our
Duty
as
any
other
,
and
there
is
as
much
Divine
Authority
in
this
Command
as
in
any
other
,
and
as
much
of
the
Power
of
Religion
and
Truth
of
Grace
lies
in
the
Practice
of
this
,
as
of
any
other
Duty
;
and
by
the
consciencious
performance
of
this
Duty
,
we
do
as
much
evidence
the
sincerity
of
our
Love
and
Obedience
,
as
by
any
other
.
2.
If
we
be
true
Christians
,
we
are
of
an
high
,
noble
,
heavenly
extraction
and
original
,
begotten
and
born
of
God
;
Jam.
1.
17
,
18.
John
3.
3
,
5.
born
from
above
,
Heaven-born
,
therefore
we
should
mind
heavenly
things
.
As
is
the
heavenly
,
such
are
they
that
are
heavenly
.
3.
If
we
be
true
Christians
,
we
have
an
invisible
eternal
Life
in
us
;
Christ
is
our
Life
,
and
our
Life
is
hid
with
Christ
in
God
;
Col.
3.
3
,
4.
We
have
invisible
eternal
Principles
of
Life
in
us
,
Christ
formed
in
our
Hearts
:
Phil.
4.
19.
The
incorruptible
Seed
of
God
in
us
,
the
Spirit
of
Jesus
in
us
,
the
Divine
Nature
in
us
;
all
which
dispose
and
encline
us
to
look
upwards
,
and
to
mind
invisible
and
eternal
things
.
4.
Your
Hopes
are
grounded
and
fixed
on
invisible
eternal
things
,
1
Cor.
15.
19.
If
our
hope
were
only
in
this
life
,
we
should
be
of
all
men
most
miserable
.
Our
hopes
are
not
here
,
we
hope
for
what
we
see
not
;
Rom.
5.
2.
2
Pet.
1.
13.
1
John
3.
3.
It
is
invisible
glory
,
the
glory
that
is
to
be
revealed
at
the
Coming
of
Christ
,
That
when
Christ
shall
appear
,
you
may
appear
with
him
in
glory
,
and
may
see
him
as
he
is
,
and
may
be
like
him
.
You
hope
for
infinitely
better
things
than
this
World
can
afford
;
Tit.
2.
13
,
14.
Phil.
3.
21.
You
look
for
the
Coming
of
Jesus
in
glory
,
who
shall
make
your
vile
bodies
like
unto
his
glorious
body
;
and
then
you
that
look
for
such
things
in
Heaven
,
surely
you
should
have
your
Conversations
in
Heaven
.
5.
Your
Actings
and
Workings
here
in
this
life
,
are
for
invisible
ends
and
purposes
,
not
to
be
seen
of
Men
,
not
to
have
your
Reward
here
,
but
you
seek
Honour
,
and
Glory
,
and
Immortality
,
and
Eternal
Life
;
Rom.
2.
7
,
8.
Your
sowing
here
is
to
reap
Life
everlasting
;
Gal.
6.
8.
It
is
an
invisible
,
incorruptible
Crown
,
an
everlasting
Kingdom
,
an
Heavenly
Inheritance
,
that
you
are
seeking
:
1
Pet.
1.
4
,
5.
You
labour
not
for
that
meat
which
perisheth
,
but
for
that
which
endureth
to
everlasting
life
:
John
6.
27.
You
are
seeking
a
City
which
hath
foundations
,
and
travelling
home
to
your
Father's
House
;
therefore
needs
must
your
thoughts
and
affections
be
set
upon
things
above
.
6.
Let
us
consider
,
that
all
our
best
Friends
and
dearest
Relations
are
above
,
invisible
and
unseen
to
us
here
below
.
There
is
our
Heavenly
Father
,
there
our
dear
Redeemer
,
sitting
at
his
right
hand
;
there
are
all
our
pious
Friends
and
dear
Relations
that
dyed
in
Christ
;
there
they
are
together
praising
and
enjoying
God
.
7.
If
you
be
true
Christians
,
you
have
enlightned
Minds
,
Eyes
of
Faith
,
Spiritual
Understandings
given
you
,
to
discern
and
apprehend
those
invisible
eternal
things
;
1
Cor.
2.
9
,
10.
you
are
spiritual
persons
.
8.
You
esteem
,
value
,
and
love
those
heavenly
things
most
and
best
,
if
you
be
true
Christians
;
your
Hearts
are
in
Heaven
,
for
there
is
your
Treasure
;
1
Pet.
1.
8.
9.
You
have
invisible
Supports
,
Influences
,
and
Experiences
,
a
Well
of
Living
Water
springing
up
in
you
,
unto
eternal
life
,
John
4.
14.
which
no
others
but
you
have
;
and
from
those
spiritual
Principles
,
which
the
Spirit
of
Christ
plants
in
his
People
,
good
thoughts
and
heavenly
Meditations
are
continually
bred
and
fed
.
10.
You
are
in
Heaven
already
,
in
Christ
your
Head
;
Ephes
,
2.
6.
Risen
with
Christ
:
And
this
Heavenly-mindedness
the
Apostle
makes
the
true
evidence
of
our
being
risen
with
Christ
;
Col.
3.
1
,
2.
If
ye
then
be
risen
with
Christ
,
seek
those
things
which
are
above
:
Set
your
affections
on
things
above
:
And
it
is
the
very
distinguishing
Character
of
one
in
Christ
:
Rom.
8.
1.
They
that
are
in
Christ
,
walk
not
after
the
flesh
,
but
after
the
spirit
.
Second
Vse
,
by
way
of
Exhortation
to
all
Christians
.
Would
you
have
sweet
Support
under
all
your
Discouragements
and
sinking
Troubles
,
then
stedfastly
and
fixedly
look
upon
invisible
eternal
things
:
Labour
to
live
in
the
believing
views
and
prospects
of
,
and
in
a
serious
,
hearty
minding
,
and
meditating
upon
invisible
eternal
things
.
Oh
,
that
we
could
draw
off
our
Thoughts
and
Affections
from
visible
temporal
things
,
and
that
we
could
set
them
upon
things
above
:
Oh
,
what
Peace
and
Sweetness
should
we
find
in
our
Spirits
?
Q.
But
how
shall
we
be
able
to
do
this
?
A.
-
I.
By
looking
to
God
in
all
our
Mercies
.
-
II.
By
resigning
up
our
Wills
to
God
in
all
our
Miseries
.
-
III.
By
aiming
at
Communion
with
God
,
and
Conformity
to
him
in
all
our
Actions
.
I.
Let
us
look
to
God
in
all
our
Mercies
.
He
is
the
God
of
our
Lives
,
and
of
all
the
Comforts
of
Life
:
The
power
,
vertue
,
and
comfort
of
all
created
good
,
comes
from
the
Created
good
,
even
GOD
alone
,
for
in
him
we
live
,
and
move
,
and
have
our
being
.
This
Health
,
Ease
,
Liberty
,
Relations
,
Rest
,
Sleep
,
that
we
have
,
and
all
those
comfortable
Accommodations
that
we
enjoy
,
are
from
the
Lord
.
It
was
truly
said
of
one
,
That
many
love
the
Creature
,
in
opposition
to
God
;
Most
love
it
in
competition
with
him
,
and
almost
All
love
the
Creature
in
a
way
of
separation
from
him
.
But
more
particularly
let
us
labour
,
1st
,
To
look
unto
,
and
acknowledge
with
Heart
and
Tongue
,
that
our
Heavenly
Father
in
Christ
is
the
Author
and
Giver
of
all
the
Mercies
we
enjoy
.
When
we
have
Health
,
Ease
,
Liberty
,
Rest
,
or
any
other
Mercy
,
we
should
look
to
him
from
whom
they
come
,
and
to
him
through
whom
they
come
;
we
should
eye
the
hand
of
a
Father
,
the
heart
and
love
of
a
Father
,
and
consider
also
,
that
all
these
Mercies
come
to
us
through
the
Blood
of
a
Redeemer
;
this
will
make
every
morsel
,
every
drop
and
crumb
to
be
sweet
and
pleasant
to
us
.
A
Dinner
of
green
Herbs
,
Barley-bread
,
and
cold
Water
,
with
the
Love
of
God
,
will
be
sweet
.
Q.
But
when
shall
we
know
,
that
we
have
these
from
the
Love
of
God
,
and
with
the
Love
of
God
?
Ans.
Then
we
may
conclude
,
these
outward
Mercies
come
from
the
Love
of
God
to
us
,
when
we
are
truly
thankful
for
the
least
Mercy
we
receive
,
and
are
stirred
up
to
love
God
more
,
and
to
be
more
careful
to
serve
,
please
,
and
trust
God
the
more
.
Let
us
look
thorough
our
visible
Comforts
,
to
the
invisible
giver
of
them
,
and
to
that
eternal
Love
from
whence
they
come
;
1
Chron.
29.
12
,
13
,
16.
It
is
our
great
evil
,
that
we
love
the
gifts
of
God
for
themselves
,
and
not
for
the
giver
of
them
:
if
we
could
see
and
taste
Divine
love
and
goodness
in
our
Relations
,
Health
,
Estate
,
&c.
Oh
,
how
sweet
would
they
be
unto
us
?
But
this
is
our
Folly
and
Fault
,
we
overlook
and
forget
God
,
and
look
no
further
than
our
visible
,
sensible
,
temporal
Comforts
;
even
when
we
speak
of
God
with
our
Mouths
,
our
Hearts
are
but
too
far
from
him
:
Our
Hearts
hang
loose
from
him
,
and
lye
at
too
great
a
distance
from
him
;
our
Hearts
are
not
engaged
with
Love
,
and
Desire
,
and
Delight
in
him
,
nor
enlarged
after
him
,
and
so
we
miss
the
Comfort
and
Sweetness
which
we
might
find
in
him
.
To
delight
in
the
God
of
Mercy
more
than
in
the
Mercies
of
God
,
is
a
true
Christian
frame
,
and
an
high
pitch
of
Grace
,
and
a
special
way
of
enjoying
sweet
Communion
with
God
;
a
thing
wholly
strange
to
most
,
and
experienced
but
by
few
.
Q.
But
how
shall
I
know
when
I
do
this
?
Ans.
1.
By
real
,
practical
,
hearty
acknowledgment
and
owning
God's
Propriety
in
all
our
Mercies
.
These
Relations
,
Friends
,
this
Health
,
Ease
,
Liberty
,
Safety
,
&c.
these
are
all
the
Lords
;
as
Jacob
said
,
Gen.
33.
5.
These
are
the
things
that
the
Lord
hath
graciously
given
me
.
We
should
always
look
on
God
as
the
proper
owner
of
us
and
them
;
and
all
that
we
have
,
are
but
lent
to
us
,
and
we
are
but
Tenants
at
his
will
.
2.
By
labouring
to
draw
up
our
Hearts
and
Loves
to
God
,
by
those
Mercies
we
receive
from
God
,
to
make
them
as
Cords
and
Bands
of
Love
,
to
draw
our
Hearts
nearer
to
God
,
and
to
bind
our
Hearts
faster
and
closer
to
God
by
them
;
to
make
those
Mercies
as
steps
,
to
raise
up
our
Souls
higher
towards
God
,
in
all
the
ways
of
obedience
and
holy
confidence
,
we
should
pant
and
pray
thus
:
Oh
,
that
this
Creature-comfort
may
draw
my
Heart
nearer
to
God
,
and
not
lye
as
an
Idol
between
my
Heart
and
God
;
oh
,
that
this
temporal
Blessing
may
raise
my
Heart
some
degrees
higher
towards
God
;
oh
,
that
it
may
help
me
to
advance
God
more
:
Oh
that
it
may
not
divide
my
Heart
from
God
,
nor
make
me
forgetful
of
him
,
nor
hinder
me
in
my
Duty
to
him
;
but
,
oh
that
every
Mercy
I
receive
from
God
,
may
endear
God
to
me
,
and
engage
my
Heart
more
to
him
.
Such
pantings
and
breathings
of
Soul
should
be
in
us
,
then
we
shall
enjoy
God
in
our
Mercies
,
and
then
they
will
be
sweet
unto
us
.
3.
By
labouring
to
use
and
improve
all
our
Mercies
for
God
;
our
Health
,
Ease
,
Liberty
,
Estate
and
all
for
God
;
to
lay
all
out
for
his
Service
.
If
we
have
any
Talent
,
let
it
be
improved
for
God
;
if
any
Candle
of
Comfort
lighted
in
our
Habitation
,
let
it
burn
for
God
;
if
any
Ease
after
Pain
,
any
Strength
after
Weakness
,
lay
it
out
for
God
;
Let
us
be
thinking
and
studying
what
use
and
service
we
can
put
our
Mercies
to
for
God
.
Let
us
spend
Time
,
Health
,
Strength
,
and
all
for
God
.
4.
By
labouring
to
be
willing
to
part
with
all
our
outward
Mercies
when
God
calls
for
them
.
As
we
should
desire
and
wish
for
no
Comfort
otherwise
,
than
as
we
may
have
it
with
the
love
of
God
,
and
as
it
may
help
us
,
and
not
hinder
us
in
our
way
to
God
;
so
likewise
,
we
should
not
desire
the
continuance
of
any
outward
Comfort
,
any
longer
than
with
the
Love
of
God
;
and
when
he
is
pleased
to
call
for
them
,
willingly
to
surrender
them
to
him
:
This
is
not
to
love
any
thing
above
God
,
nor
in
competition
with
him
,
nor
in
separation
from
him
.
1
John
2.
14
,
15.
For
he
that
loveth
any
thing
in
the
world
otherwise
,
the
love
of
the
Father
is
not
in
him
.
And
in
so
doing
we
evidence
,
that
we
love
the
God
of
Mercies
more
than
the
Mercies
of
God
:
And
this
way
we
may
enjoy
and
maintain
much
sweet
communion
with
God
here
in
this
Life
;
namely
,
by
our
hearty
acknowledgment
of
God
our
Father
in
Christ
,
to
be
the
Author
of
all
our
Mercies
;
looking
to
his
Love
in
them
;
owning
his
Propriety
in
them
all
;
making
them
as
Cords
of
Love
,
to
draw
up
our
Hearts
to
God
;
using
them
for
God
,
and
willing
to
part
with
them
at
his
call
.
This
is
to
look
to
God
in
all
our
Mercies
.
Secondly
,
Let
us
labour
to
look
unto
,
and
live
upon
God
,
in
every
Creature-comfort
that
we
enjoy
.
Not
only
look
unto
God
in
our
Mercies
,
as
was
said
before
in
the
other
particular
,
but
let
us
labour
to
ascend
higher
;
and
that
is
,
let
us
labour
and
learn
to
live
upon
God
and
his
Love
in
those
Mercies
.
Let
this
be
minded
by
us
:
That
it
is
not
the
Creature
,
but
God
in
the
Creature
,
that
we
must
love
and
live
upon
.
The
Creature
should
not
content
us
,
without
some
sense
of
God's
Love
in
it
.
If
we
have
Health
,
Wealth
,
Liberty
,
Friends
,
we
should
put
this
Question
to
our selves
;
Do
we
enjoy
God's
Love
with
these
?
A
great
Question
,
yet
seldom
ask'd
.
It
is
surely
the
Love
of
God
in
a
Mercy
,
that
doth
sanctifie
and
sweeten
the
Mercy
to
us
;
as
is
evident
in
that
famous
Instance
of
Hezekiah
,
Isa.
38.
17.
Thou
hast
in
love
to
my
soul
delivered
me
from
the
pit
of
corruption
.
Then
Deliverance
is
sweet
,
when
it
comes
from
God's
Love
to
our
Souls
.
Q.
But
how
may
we
know
that
?
A.
As
Hezekiah
did
;
For
,
saith
he
,
thou
hast
cast
all
my
sins
behind
thy
back
.
When
Pardon
of
Sin
comes
with
a
Mercy
,
't
is
a
Mercy
indeed
,
a
double
Mercy
.
Note
,
When
a
Soul-mercy
comes
with
a
Bodily
Mercy
,
a
Soul-mercy
,
with
Ease
,
Recovery
,
&c.
then
that
outward
Mercy
comes
from
the
Love
of
God
indeed
.
And
thus
many
times
our
Lord
Jesus
distributed
his
Mercies
in
the
days
of
his
Flesh
upon
the
Earth
,
healing
Souls
and
Bodies
together
,
forgiving
their
Sins
,
and
curing
their
Diseases
all
at
once
.
Q.
But
how
shall
we
know
that
our
Sins
are
forgiven
as
well
as
our
Trouble
removed
?
Ans.
1.
When
the
Soul
is
stirred
up
to
suitable
praising
of
God
,
as
in
Hezekiah
,
so
in
David
,
Psal.
103.
1
,
2
,
3.
the
sense
of
God's
Mercies
to
them
enlarged
their
Hearts
with
Thankfulness
.
2.
We
may
know
that
our
Sins
are
forgiven
us
,
if
those
Conditions
are
wrought
in
us
,
unto
which
forgiveness
of
Sins
is
promised
,
and
those
are
chiefly
Repentance
and
Faith
:
Acts
3.
19.
Repent
ye
therefore
,
and
be
converted
,
that
your
sins
may
be
blotted
out
,
when
the
times
of
refreshing
shall
come
from
the
presence
of
the
Lord
.
Acts
10.
43.
To
him
(
namely
,
to
Jesus
)
do
all
the
Prophets
witness
,
that
through
his
name
,
whosoever
believeth
in
him
,
shall
receive
remission
of
sins
.
Now
,
if
after
Mercies
God
gives
us
Hearts
to
repent
and
believe
,
we
may
certainly
conclude
that
those
Mercies
come
to
us
from
the
love
of
God
.
We
follow
hard
in
our
Prayers
,
and
Desires
,
and
Endeavours
after
earthly
Mercies
,
when
we
want
them
;
whereas
our
Souls
should
follow
hard
after
God
in
them
:
Psal.
63.
8.
&
31.
23.
In
every
Ordinance
,
Priviledge
,
Duty
,
Providence
,
in
every
Enjoyment
,
it
is
the
Love
of
God
in
it
,
that
our
Souls
should
thirst
after
;
as
David
did
,
Psal.
63.
1
,
2
,
3
,
My
soul
thirsteth
for
God
,
for
the
living
God
:
So
Psal.
84.
1.
Thee
,
thee
,
Lord
,
my
soul
longeth
for
.
He
longed
for
God's
Ordinances
too
,
but
chiefly
,
for
God
in
them
.
So
should
we
cry
,
Health
,
and
Ease
,
and
Liberty
,
and
Deliverance
with
thy self
,
Lord
,
and
with
thy
Love
:
Peace
and
Plenty
with
thy
Love
,
Lord
,
not
without
it
.
Better
be
without
these
Mercies
than
without
the
Love
of
God
in
them
:
Jude
21.
Keep
your selves
in
the
love
of
God
:
Gal.
2.
20.
Psal.
62.
10.
If
riches
(
Friends
,
Ease
,
&c.
)
encrease
,
set
not
your
hearts
●●
them
,
but
on
God
in
them
.
To
look
through
,
and
beyond
,
and
above
a
Mercy
,
unto
the
God
of
that
Mercy
,
is
a
Mercy
in
that
Mercy
,
and
a
choice
one
too
;
for
none
but
God's
Chosen
ones
can
do
it
:
And
so
to
do
,
argues
much
Grace
and
much
Communion
with
God
.
Col.
3.
1
,
2.
Let
us
look
up
,
look
up
to
God
in
all
our
Mercies
:
Stay
not
on
the
Mercy
,
be
not
content
with
the
outward
Mercy
,
for
that
is
but
the
Shell
,
but
look
up
to
God
,
and
long
to
see
and
taste
his
Love
in
it
,
for
that
is
the
Kernel
,
his
Love
in
Christ
;
feed
on
that
by
Faith
,
Love
,
Meditation
.
O
,
let
us
labour
to
have
God
in
all
our
Thoughts
;
for
,
to
look
to
,
love
,
and
live
upon
Creature-comforts
meerly
,
barely
,
only
,
is
but
to
live
upon
Husks
,
Ashes
,
Wind
and
Vanity
;
these
are
no
Bread
for
the
Soul
;
Isa.
55.
2.
Psal.
143.
6.
I
stretch
forth
my
hands
unto
thee
;
my
soul
thirsteth
after
thee
,
as
a
thirsty
land
.
When
we
taste
and
see
the
earthly
Comforts
we
have
,
if
we
can
also
taste
and
see
the
Love
of
God
in
them
,
we
enjoy
a
double
sweetness
,
an
outward
and
an
inward
,
a
visible
and
an
invisible
sweetness
:
Oh
,
what
sweetness
then
may
we
taste
?
for
both
Faith
and
Sense
are
fed
at
once
.
And
we
may
further
know
,
that
any
Mercy
comes
to
us
in
Love
,
when
our
Souls
are
the
better
for
that
Mercy
,
more
endeared
to
God
,
and
more
enlarged
after
God
.
3.
We
must
labour
to
use
and
enjoy
all
our
Mercies
for
God
,
for
his
Honour
and
Service
,
as
was
hinted
before
.
This
is
God's
end
in
giving
them
,
and
it
should
be
ours
in
using
them
.
1
Cor.
10.
31.
Whether
ye
eat
or
drink
,
or
whatever
ye
do
,
do
all
to
the
glory
of
God
.
This
great
End
should
always
be
minded
by
us
.
We
should
judge
all
that
good
that
leads
us
nearer
to
God
,
and
all
that
evil
that
draws
us
farther
from
him
:
Prov.
16.
4.
The
Lord
hath
made
all
things
for
himself
.
We
have
lost
most
of
our
Comforts
for
want
of
this
,
to
wit
,
our
not
enjoying
them
in
God
,
and
for
God
,
and
God
in
them
:
We
feed
on
them
,
but
not
on
God
in
them
;
and
this
provokes
God
to
remove
them
,
and
to
take
away
our
best
outward
Mercies
from
us
;
even
his
Gospel
,
for
our
not
using
it
,
and
not
improving
it
for
God
,
and
for
contenting
our selves
barely
with
it
,
without
God
in
it
:
Bare
Ordinances
,
bare
Duties
,
without
God
in
them
,
are
but
dry
Breasts
,
without
Milk
,
which
Souls
may
lye
upon
all
their
days
,
and
starve
and
perish
notwithstanding
,
if
they
meet
not
God
in
them
.
But
now
,
if
we
thus
eye
and
look
unto
God
,
and
seriously
mind
the
invisible
eternal
God
,
we
shall
hereby
be
sweetly
supported
under
all
our
Troubles
.
For
,
1st
,
This
will
take
out
the
gall
and
wormwood
of
our
Troubles
,
which
is
our
inordinate
love
of
the
Creature
;
for
there
is
no
immoderate
Sorrow
for
the
loss
of
any
thing
,
but
of
that
which
was
inordinately
loved
:
So
that
if
God
had
had
our
Hearts
and
Affections
,
when
we
had
our
Creature-Comforts
,
he
will
have
them
much
more
then
they
are
removed
;
for
God
remains
the
●ime
still
,
every
way
as
full
,
and
as
All-sufficient
●●
supply
and
support
us
:
So
that
if
we
had
lived
●●on
God
the
Fountain
when
we
had
the
Cisterns
,
●
shall
live
more
immediately
upon
him
when
the
●●sterns
are
broken
,
and
shall
then
have
our
Comforts
more
pure
,
and
more
refreshing
.
And
this
is
not
all
;
but
if
we
be
truly
gracious
,
●
will
grieve
us
to
the
very
Heart
,
when
our
earth●●
Comforts
are
gone
,
that
we
set
our
Hearts
so
much
upon
them
,
that
we
minded
and
loved
them
●o
much
,
and
lived
so
much
upon
them
,
and
that
●e
lived
so
little
upon
God
in
them
,
and
enjoyed
●
little
of
God
and
his
Love
in
them
;
and
this
●ill
be
the
Sting
and
Burthen
of
our
Souls
then
.
●ut
now
,
to
live
on
God
and
his
Love
in
our
●njoyments
,
will
prevent
this
Trouble
of
Troubles
,
●nd
support
us
under
all
our
Troubles
,
because
our
God
,
and
his
Love
,
which
we
lived
upon
before
,
remain
still
.
God
is
everlasting
,
and
his
Love
unchangable
.
The
Foundation
remains
;
the
●pring
of
all
our
Mercies
remains
.
But
,
woe
and
●as
!
what
Strangers
are
we
to
this
living
upon
God
,
and
his
Love
in
Christ
?
David
lived
en●rely
upon
God
,
Psal.
73.
24
,
25
,
26.
Whom
have
●in
Heaven
but
thee
?
and
there
is
none
upon
earth
that
desire
besides
thee
.
My
flesh
and
my
heart
faileth
,
but
God
is
the
strength
of
my
heart
,
and
my
portion
for
ever
.
2dly
,
By
this
we
may
begin
our
Heaven
upon
Earth
out
of
Heaven
,
even
in
the
Hell
of
the
Troubles
and
Miseries
of
this
World
;
for
this
is
the
●ery
Happiness
of
Heaven
,
to
be
continually
with
God
,
and
to
live
upon
God
,
that
God
may
be
all
in
all
,
1
Cor.
15.
28.
This
is
Heavens
Happiness
,
to
live
upon
that
infinite
Fountain
of
goodness
,
and
to
live
with
God
.
And
so
far
as
we
can
thus
live
upon
God
by
Faith
,
Love
,
Meditation
,
Holy
Confidence
and
Dependance
,
Holy
Resignation
of
our selves
and
all
our
concerns
to
him
,
so
far
we
are
entred
into
Heaven
,
and
Heaven
is
entred
into
us
already
:
The
kingdom
of
Heaven
is
within
you
,
said
our
Lord
.
And
,
what
support
will
this
be
to
us
in
all
our
Afflictions
!
3dly
,
This
is
the
way
to
lose
nothing
of
all
our
Earthly
Comforts
;
for
,
what
we
lose
in
the
Creature
,
we
shall
find
in
the
Creator
.
If
we
enjoyed
God
in
the
Creature
,
in
Relations
,
Friends
,
Estate
,
Liberty
,
Health
,
&c.
we
may
enjoy
him
as
well
when
these
Creature-comforts
are
gone
,
and
it
may
be
better
than
before
,
for
the
Fountain
it self
is
purer
than
the
Streams
.
All
the
little
good
,
the
small
comfort
,
the
slender
and
short
satisfaction
,
the
little
mixed
sweetness
,
that
we
have
in
or
from
any
Creature
,
comes
not
from
the
Creature
it self
,
distinct
from
God
,
for
then
all
that
enjoy
the
Creature
would
have
that
Comfort
and
Content
,
the
bad
as
well
as
the
good
;
which
we
know
is
not
so
;
for
many
have
had
large
Portions
of
the
best
of
the
Creatures
,
that
have
had
no
comfort
or
contentment
in
them
:
Solomon
himself
is
a
Witness
.
But
that
very
little
Comfort
or
Content
that
any
one
hath
in
the
Creature
,
it
is
distilled
and
derived
to
him
through
the
Creature
from
God
,
and
from
him
alone
.
It
God
put
sweetness
into
any
Creature-comfort
,
and
bless
it
to
us
,
it
shall
be
sweet
to
us
:
If
He
convey
any
goodness
or
content
to
us
through
any
Creature-chanel
,
we
shall
have
it
,
not
else
:
But
if
he
put
bitterness
into
any
Creature-comfort
,
and
with-hold
his
Blessing
,
it
will
yield
us
no
content
at
all
.
This
is
a
most
experienc'd
Truth
,
That
it
is
God's
Love
,
his
Blessing
in
a
Mercy
,
that
is
The
Mercy
;
and
it
is
that
only
which
brings
any
Comfort
or
Content
to
us
that
have
it
.
What
Content
had
Ahab
in
his
Kingdom
,
or
Haman
in
his
Honour
?
Surely
none
at
all
.
Prov.
10.
22.
The
blessing
of
the
Lord
it
maketh
rich
,
and
he
adds
no
sorrow
with
it
.
The
Blessing
of
the
Lord
maketh
the
Poor
in
this
World
rich
,
and
with
this
Blessing
comes
no
Sorrow
,
as
there
doth
with
all
other
Blessings
.
This
is
the
Blessing
that
goes
with
The
Blessing
,
the
inward
Blessing
that
goes
with
the
outward
Blessing
,
whether
little
or
much
,
the
love
of
God
is
in
it
to
his
People
;
and
that
maketh
rich
,
that
contents
the
Soul
,
and
yields
sweetness
to
it
;
and
this
Contentment
is
the
Blessing
,
without
which
Godliness
it self
is
not
Gain
.
Now
,
when
the
outward
Blessing
is
gone
,
the
Creature-blessing
gone
,
the
inward
Blessing
may
be
continued
;
the
Love
of
God
,
and
inward
Contentment
may
be
continued
;
when
the
Cabinet
is
worn
out
,
the
Jewel
may
be
as
good
as
ever
:
And
if
this
continue
with
us
,
namely
,
the
Blessing
which
is
the
Love
of
God
,
if
that
remain
towards
us
,
when
the
outward
Blessing
is
taken
away
,
we
have
no
cause
of
Disquietment
.
But
this
remains
always
to
the
true
Christian
;
for
it
is
God's
Covenant
,
which
cannot
be
broken
.
Psal.
89.
34
,
35.
My
loving-kindness
I
will
not
utterly
take
from
him
,
nor
suffer
my
faithfulness
to
fail
:
My
covenant
will
I
not
break
,
&c.
Oh
,
that
we
could
look
more
at
the
invisible
eternal
Blessing
,
the
sure
Mercies
of
David
,
in
all
our
outward
Blessings
,
which
remains
when
all
the
visible
temporal
things
are
gone
.
Yea
,
further
,
this
invisible
everlasting
Blessing
doth
not
only
remain
with
us
,
when
all
other
Blessings
are
gone
,
but
(
which
is
wonderful
)
then
,
even
then
,
our
everlasting
Father
doth
usually
communicate
and
manifest
more
of
his
Love
(
which
is
the
Blessing
indeed
)
to
the
Souls
of
his
People
,
than
when
they
had
the
enjoyment
of
their
outward
Blessings
.
When
had
Ezekiel
and
John
such
glorious
Visions
of
God
,
but
in
Captivity
and
Exile
?
When
God
brings
his
People
into
the
Wilderness
,
then
he
speaks
comfortably
unto
them
,
then
he
speaks
to
their
Hearts
,
Hos.
2.
14.
as
in
the
Wilderness
,
in
the
absence
of
Creature-comforts
,
the
Spouse
leans
on
her
Beloved
,
Cant.
8.
5.
fixeth
her
Loves
and
Desires
most
intimately
and
heartily
upon
him
;
so
,
even
then
,
her
Beloved
manifests
most
of
his
tender
love
to
her
;
and
when
the
World
frowns
,
he
smiles
upon
her
.
So
that
this
looking
up
to
God
in
all
our
Enjoyments
,
living
upon
Him
,
and
enjoying
all
in
him
,
and
for
him
,
will
wonderfully
support
us
under
all
our
Trouble
,
because
by
this
means
we
shall
lose
nothing
,
but
what
we
lose
in
the
Stream
,
we
shall
find
in
the
Fountain
;
what
we
want
in
the
Creature
,
we
shall
find
in
God
;
yea
,
and
in
all
our
losses
for
Christ
and
his
Truths
,
we
are
assured
to
have
an
hundred
fold
;
Matth.
19.
29.
So
much
for
the
first
Counsel
,
Look
to
God
in
all
our
Enjoyments
.
II.
The
second
Counsel
:
Resign
up
your
wills
entirely
to
the
will
of
God
in
all
your
Afflictions
.
It
is
an
Argument
of
an
excellent
Spirit
,
when
all
Self-respects
are
drowned
in
the
Will
of
God
,
and
there
is
nothing
lost
therein
,
for
our
best
safety
is
in
the
Will
of
God
;
our
Happiness
is
more
in
God
than
in
our selves
,
and
His
Will
is
infinitely
better
than
ours
.
We
may
be
sure
of
this
,
that
a
man
shall
never
have
setled
Peace
and
Comfort
,
until
he
have
cordially
committed
and
resigned
up
all
his
Will
and
Way
,
all
his
Concerns
,
and
Interests
,
and
Ends
to
the
holy
Will
of
God
.
Psal.
37.
5
,
7.
Commit
thy
way
unto
the
Lord
:
trust
also
in
him
,
and
he
shall
bring
it
to
pass
.
Rest
in
the
Lord
,
and
wait
patiently
for
him
.
Prov.
16.
3.
Commit
thy
works
unto
the
Lord
,
and
thy
thoughts
shall
be
established
.
It
is
the
difference
of
Wills
,
Ends
,
and
Interests
that
begets
all
the
Stirs
and
Troubles
in
the
Hearts
of
Men.
GOD
will
have
his
Will
,
and
Man
will
have
his
:
It
is
the
communion
of
Wills
,
Hearts
,
Interests
,
and
Ends
,
that
is
that
fellowship
that
a
Creature
hath
with
its
Creator
.
It
is
the
Interest
and
Honour
,
the
Dignity
and
Duty
,
the
Comfort
and
Quiet
,
the
Heaven
and
Happiness
of
a
Rational
Creature
to
be
what
God
will
have
him
be
,
to
do
what
God
will
have
him
do
,
to
want
what
God
will
have
him
want
,
and
to
suffer
what
God
will
have
him
suffer
;
to
be
wholly
at
the
dispose
of
God
,
as
our
Lord
was
;
Not
my
will
,
but
thine
be
done
.
This
is
true
Christianity
indeed
,
true
Self-denial
,
Matt.
16.
24.
To
be
no
more
our
own
,
nor
at
our
own
dispose
,
but
to
be
entirely
at
the
Will
of
God
,
is
the
way
to
true
Comfort
:
Psal.
142.
5.
Thou
art
my
refuge
,
and
my
portion
in
the
land
of
the
living
.
Now
,
if
we
would
thus
look
unto
the
invisible
God
,
and
resign
up
our
wills
to
his
will
in
all
things
,
in
order
to
our
support
and
comfort
in
all
our
Afflictions
,
we
must
carefully
observe
these
things
:
1st
,
We
must
really
look
unto
,
and
heartily
own
God's
absolute
Dominion
over
,
and
his
Propriety
in
all
things
:
He
is
the
Lord
and
Owner
of
all
his
Works
;
Job
9.
12.
He
taketh
away
,
who
can
hinder
him
?
who
durst
say
to
him
,
What
doest
thou
?
Isa.
45.
9.
He
is
the
Potter
,
we
are
the
Clay
;
He
is
the
Creator
of
all
things
,
and
therefore
the
true
,
only
,
and
rightful
Owner
of
all
things
:
Ezek.
18.
4.
All
souls
are
mine
,
saith
God
;
and
all
Creatures
are
his
.
Hos.
2.
9.
And
we
are
none
of
our
own
,
1
Cor.
6.
20.
Whether
as
Creatures
or
Christians
,
our
Souls
,
Bodies
,
Goods
,
all
are
God's
,
upon
all
accounts
:
If
we
did
not
look
on
those
earthly
Comforts
too
much
as
our
own
,
we
should
not
grieve
too
much
for
the
loss
of
them
.
Now
,
we
own
God's
Dominion
and
Propriety
in
all
things
,
when
we
thankfully
receive
any
Creature-comfort
from
him
,
and
silently
submit
to
his
dispose
of
them
.
Psal.
39.
9.
I
was
dumb
,
saith
David
;
and
quietly
surrender
them
up
to
God
when
he
calls
for
them
;
as
Eli
,
1
Sam.
3.
18.
2ly
,
We
must
really
and
heartily
look
unto
and
own
God's
Righteousness
in
all
his
Dispensations
towards
us
,
though
never
so
hard
,
bitter
,
and
pinching
to
the
Flesh
,
yet
God
is
righteous
in
all
.
By
terrible
things
in
righteousness
wilt
thou
answer
us
,
O
God
of
our
salvation
.
Dan.
9.
14.
Righteous
art
thou
,
O
Lord
.
Psal.
145.
17.
The
Lord
is
righteous
in
all
his
ways
,
and
holy
in
all
his
works
.
Now
we
own
God's
Righteousness
in
all
our
Afflictions
,
when
we
diligently
enquire
to
find
out
the
why
and
the
wherefore
of
all
God's
dealings
with
us
:
We
should
reason
thus
;
The
righteous
God
afflicts
me
;
then
certainly
I
must
enquire
after
the
Cause
,
and
the
End
:
Lam.
3.
40.
Let
us
search
our
hearts
,
and
try
our
ways
.
God
is
righteous
,
we
have
deserved
this
Affliction
.
Hereupon
we
must
search
for
our
Sins
,
confess
them
,
hate
them
,
turn
from
them
;
and
then
this
Consideration
setleth
and
satisfieth
our
Minds
under
God's
correcting
Hand
:
It
is
the
righteous
God
that
smites
.
3ly
,
We
must
look
unto
and
own
the
Faithfulness
of
God
in
his
Chastisements
of
us
:
When
He
blasts
our
Earthly
Hopes
,
kills
our
Creature-comforts
,
takes
away
our
dear
Relations
,
deprives
us
of
Health
,
Ease
,
Liberty
,
Name
,
Estate
;
yet
He
is
faithful
;
Psal.
119.
75.
In
faithfulness
thou
hast
afflicted
me
.
God
hath
put
chastisement
for
Sin
into
his
Covenant
,
Psal.
89.
31
,
33.
and
hath
promised
to
with-hold
no
good
thing
from
his
People
,
Psal.
84.
11.
Now
God
sees
and
knows
that
Chastisements
are
good
for
his
People
,
and
shall
work
for
their
good
,
therefore
in
very
faithfulness
he
doth
correct
them
,
to
perform
his
Promise
,
and
fulfil
his
Covenant
.
Oh
,
that
we
could
seriously
look
to
this
Faithfulness
of
God
,
and
believe
,
that
while
He
is
afflicting
and
chastising
us
,
He
is
but
making
good
his
faithful
Promises
to
us
,
it
would
mightily
support
and
uphold
us
:
But
this
is
our
Unhappiness
,
that
in
Affliction
we
are
apt
to
judge
the
quite
contrary
,
and
to
think
rather
that
God
is
executing
his
Threatning
upon
us
,
and
that
breeds
Trouble
to
us
.
Little
do
we
think
,
that
when
God
strips
us
of
this
or
that
outward
Mercy
,
and
lays
his
correcting
Hand
upon
us
,
that
now
He
is
in
all
these
Afflictions
but
performing
his
Promises
to
us
,
that
He
is
doing
us
good
by
these
,
and
accomplishing
all
his
sweet
,
good
,
and
gracious
ends
upon
us
;
and
that
by
these
Afflictions
He
is
preparing
us
for
that
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
.
Oh
,
could
we
but
believe
this
,
and
act
our
Faith
upon
God's
Faithfulness
,
it
would
help
us
cheerfully
to
bear
all
our
Afflictions
.
Lord
,
encrease
our
Faith
.
4ly
,
We
must
look
unto
and
own
the
infinite
Mercy
and
tender
Compassions
of
the
invisible
eternal
God
,
in
all
our
Afflictions
:
God
is
the
Father
of
Mercies
,
a
God
of
tender
Mercies
,
of
tender
Bowels
,
his
Mercy
endureth
for
ever
;
His
tender
Mercies
are
over
all
his
Works
,
and
much
more
over
his
special
Workmanship
,
his
own
Children
,
whom
He
hath
begotten
and
formed
for
himself
:
He
is
gracious
and
merciful
,
Exod.
34.
6
,
7.
Plenteous
in
Mercy
;
His
Mercies
are
a
great
depth
;
Fury
is
not
in
Him
towards
his
poor
Children
,
Isa.
27.
4.
but
Pity
and
Compassion
;
Psal.
103.
13.
His
Compassions
fail
not
,
Lam.
3.
22
,
23
,
24.
There
is
no
revengeful
Passion
in
the
most
holy
God
;
it
is
He
that
puts
Bowels
of
Mercy
and
Compassion
into
his
Creatures
,
and
then
surely
He
is
full
of
Mercy
himself
:
He
is
rich
in
mercy
,
and
of
great
love
,
Ephes.
2.
4.
and
full
of
Mercy
.
The
Lord
taketh
pleasure
in
them
that
fear
him
,
in
them
that
hope
in
his
mercy
,
Psal.
147.
11.
Behold
,
the
eye
of
the
Lord
is
upon
them
that
fear
him
;
upon
them
that
hope
in
his
Mercy
;
Psal.
33.
18.
Let
us
act
Faith
on
the
Mercy
of
God
.
5ly
,
We
must
look
unto
and
own
the
Omnipotency
and
All-sufficiency
of
the
invisible
eternal
God
,
Gen.
17.
1.
I
am
the
almighty
God
,
Rev.
1.
8.
The
only
Creator
of
all
things
out
of
nothing
;
He
can
create
Salvation
and
Deliverance
;
Isa.
4.
5.
&
57.
19.
God
being
All-sufficient
,
can
never
be
at
a
loss
,
nor
to
seek
of
ways
to
help
his
People
in
distress
.
He
hath
infinite
ways
of
his
own
for
helping
us
,
either
immediately
from
himself
,
or
by
raising
up
other
means
(
and
those
it
may
be
very
unlikely
,
yea
,
contrary
)
to
deliver
us
.
God
is
most
honoured
by
us
when
we
see
nothing
,
but
rather
all
contrary
to
that
we
look
for
,
Refuge
failing
,
Friends
,
Flesh
,
Heart
failing
,
then
,
to
shut
our
Eyes
to
all
Creature-helps
,
and
look
altogether
on
God's
All-sufficiency
,
and
only
relye
on
that
.
God
can
convey
himself
more
comfortably
to
us
,
when
He
pleaseth
,
without
means
,
than
by
means
.
This
our
eying
and
owning
God's
Almightiness
and
All-sufficiency
,
will
work
in
us
an
holy
awe
and
filial
fear
of
Him
:
Who
would
not
fear
such
a
God
?
Luke
12.
5.
And
also
it
will
breed
an
holy
confidence
in
him
:
Psal.
9.
10.
They
that
know
thy
name
will
put
their
trust
in
thee
:
for
thou
,
Lord
,
hast
not
forsaken
them
that
seek
thee
.
O
my
Soul
,
look
up
to
God's
All-sufficiency
,
He
can
in
a
moment
turn
thy
Darkness
into
Light
,
thy
Sorrow
into
Joy
;
He
can
make
dry
Bones
live
;
He
that
breaks
can
bind
up
;
He
that
takes
can
give
.
This
is
the
best
way
to
glorifie
God
in
the
day
of
our
Visitation
;
to
trust
in
him
,
and
relye
upon
him
;
though
He
kill
all
our
Comforts
,
yet
to
believe
He
can
supply
He
can
provide
;
as
said
Abraham
,
so
Psal.
107.
33
,
35.
Whatever
our
case
be
,
let
us
take
heed
that
we
despond
not
,
nor
cast
away
our
confidence
,
but
rest
upon
God's
All-sufficiency
.
Trust
in
the
Lord
for
ever
,
for
in
the
Lord
Jehovah
is
everlasting
strength
,
Isa.
26.
2
,
3.
Thou
wilt
keep
him
in
perfect
peace
,
whose
mind
is
stayed
on
thee
,
because
he
trusteth
in
thee
.
6ly
,
Let
us
eye
and
own
the
infinite
Wisdom
of
the
invisible
eternal
God
:
He
that
sends
and
orders
all
our
Afflictions
,
is
the
Wise
God
,
the
Only-wise
God
,
the
very
Fountain
of
all
Wisdom
;
1
Tim.
1.
17.
He
shews
his
Wisdom
not
only
in
his
general
Providence
governing
the
whole
World
,
but
in
all
his
special
Providences
towards
his
People
,
and
that
in
respect
of
their
Afflictions
.
For
,
1.
God
knows
best
how
to
order
our
Afflictions
to
us
,
and
that
(
1.
)
as
to
Time
,
when
to
send
them
;
(
2.
)
as
to
Kind
,
what
sort
of
Affliction
to
send
;
(
3.
)
as
to
Measure
,
how
much
to
send
;
(
4.
)
as
to
Duration
,
how
long
to
continue
them
:
Rev.
2.
10.
and
to
what
end
and
purpose
.
He
is
a
most
wise
God
.
2.
He
knows
best
how
to
support
and
comfort
his
People
under
all
their
Afflictions
,
and
when
to
comfort
them
;
He
knows
their
Frame
;
He
knows
their
Souls
in
Adversity
;
He
knows
their
Need
and
their
Strength
;
and
hath
regard
to
all
this
.
2
Cor.
1.
4.
He
is
the
God
of
all
consolation
.
3.
He
knows
best
when
to
deliver
;
even
then
,
when
it
shall
make
most
for
his
own
glory
,
and
his
Peoples
greatest
good
;
2
Pet.
2.
9.
and
surely
that
must
be
the
best
time
.
4.
He
knows
best
how
to
make
Afflictions
work
most
for
our
good
;
how
to
bless
them
,
and
to
make
them
Blessings
to
us
,
that
we
may
have
cause
to
bless
him
for
them
.
Now
,
we
eye
and
own
the
Wisdom
of
God
in
our
Afflictions
,
when
by
the
consideration
of
it
we
are
kept
from
maligning
and
fretting
at
the
Instruments
or
Causes
of
our
Afflictions
,
saying
in
our
Hearts
and
Tongues
,
Let
Shimei
curse
,
let
Enemies
persecute
and
plunder
,
&c.
All
these
are
but
Swords
,
Staffs
,
Rods
in
our
most
wise
and
loving
Father's
Hand
:
These
Losses
,
Sicknesses
,
&c.
do
but
execute
the
Will
and
Wisdom
of
God
;
and
when
we
make
no
haste
to
get
out
of
our
Troubles
,
nor
use
any
unlawful
means
,
but
quietly
and
contentedly
referr
all
to
the
Holy
Will
and
Wisdom
of
God
;
and
when
we
can
wait
with
Patience
upon
God
,
and
stay
his
time
,
and
hope
in
Him
only
for
an
happy
issue
;
resigning
up
our
Wills
to
his
Will
and
Wisdom
,
to
do
with
us
,
to
dispose
of
us
,
and
of
all
our
Comforts
,
as
He
pleaseth
:
By
so
doing
we
shall
be
sweetly
supported
under
all
our
Troubles
.
Lord
God
,
of
thy
abundant
Grace
,
and
by
thy
Almighty
Power
,
work
in
us
this
blessed
frame
,
and
keep
us
in
it
till
Death
,
that
thou
maist
be
glorified
by
us
.
7ly
,
and
lastly
,
Let
us
eye
and
own
the
love
and
goodness
of
God
in
all
our
Afflictions
:
We
are
apt
to
look
mostly
to
the
Anger
and
Displeasure
of
God
in
our
Troubles
,
which
indeed
we
ought
to
be
sensible
of
,
and
deeply
affected
with
,
because
we
have
sinned
against
Him
,
and
therefore
ought
we
patiently
to
bear
the
effects
of
his
indignation
,
Mic.
7.
9.
and
to
humble
our selves
under
his
mighty
Hand
,
to
repent
of
,
and
turn
from
our
evill
ways
,
Lam.
3.
40.
This
we
must
do
,
but
this
is
not
all
our
Duty
;
but
we
must
also
look
up
to
the
love
of
God
,
and
to
his
goodness
,
from
which
our
Afflictions
come
;
Psal.
89.
33.
Heb.
12.
6.
Whom
the
Lord
loveth
he
chastneth
:
Psal.
25.
10.
All
the
paths
of
the
Lord
are
mercy
and
truth
.
For
,
as
our
Afflictions
have
a
bad
Cause
,
as
bad
as
may
be
,
even
our
Sins
.
Lam.
3.
Wherefore
doth
the
living
man
complain
,
a
man
for
the
punishment
of
his
sins
?
Yet
they
proceed
from
a
good
Root
,
even
the
Love
of
God
:
As
many
as
I
love
,
I
rebuke
and
chasten
,
saith
our
loving
Lord
Jesus
,
Rev.
3.
19.
He
loves
when
he
takes
,
as
well
as
when
he
gives
.
He
takes
in
love
;
and
this
believed
and
considered
,
will
very
much
sweeten
every
bitter
Cup
:
The
believing
consideration
,
that
the
love
of
our
Father
,
the
love
of
the
Mediator
is
in
every
Affliction
;
that
every
Cup
that
comes
to
us
,
passeth
first
through
his
Hands
,
who
loved
us
,
and
gave
himself
for
us
,
(
for
through
him
are
all
things
)
this
consideration
will
support
us
:
Lord
,
encrease
our
Faith
.
So
much
of
the
second
Counsel
,
viz.
To
resign
up
our
Wills
to
the
Will
of
God
in
all
our
Miseries
.
III.
The
last
Counsel
to
Christians
,
in
order
to
their
support
and
comfort
in
their
Afflictions
,
is
this
:
Aim
at
Communion
with
God
,
and
Conformity
to
him
in
all
your
Actions
:
Look
unto
the
invisible
eternal
God
,
and
labour
for
Communion
with
him
,
and
conformity
to
him
.
It
is
conformity
to
God
that
fits
us
for
communion
with
him
.
The
more
conformity
to
him
,
to
his
holy
Nature
,
and
to
his
holy
Will
,
the
more
communion
we
shall
have
with
him
;
and
the
more
we
are
like
him
,
the
more
will
he
manifest
himself
unto
us
;
and
the
more
we
obey
him
,
the
more
fellowship
we
shall
have
with
him
.
John
14.
21
,
23.
And
also
,
the
more
communion
we
have
with
him
,
&
the
more
communications
we
have
from
him
,
the
more
conformable
we
shall
be
to
him
,
and
the
more
we
shall
be
like
him
;
2
Cor.
3.
18.
Communion
with
God
will
transform
and
change
us
into
his
Image
more
and
more
;
and
the
more
we
have
of
his
Image
,
the
more
pleasure
will
he
take
in
us
,
and
the
more
delight
will
he
take
to
communicate
himself
to
us
:
The
more
holy
,
heavenly
,
humble
,
meek
,
patient
,
loving
,
merciful
,
peaceable
we
are
,
the
more
like
him
we
are
;
and
the
more
we
are
like
him
,
the
more
of
his
love
and
likeness
will
he
continually
work
in
us
,
and
manifest
unto
us
.
This
is
the
Life
of
true
Religion
;
this
is
to
live
the
Life
of
God
,
to
live
in
communion
with
him
,
panting
and
longing
after
constant
Influences
and
Communications
of
his
Life
,
Spirit
,
Love
,
Grace
,
Peace
,
and
Comfort
from
him
;
and
giving
up
,
surrendring
up
of
our
Hearts
and
Souls
to
him
,
spending
our
best
thoughts
,
desires
,
affections
,
hopes
,
trust
,
joy
,
and
delight
upon
him
.
Always
minding
,
that
it
is
God
in
Christ
that
we
must
thus
look
unto
and
mind
,
in
all
these
particulars
;
God
in
Christ
,
not
God
singly
considered
,
but
God
in
Christ
;
for
,
God
cannot
be
comfortably
thought
upon
out
of
Christ
our
Mediator
,
in
whom
alone
he
is
well
pleased
:
No
Communion
with
God
,
but
in
Christ
;
no
Communication
of
any
good
from
God
to
us
,
but
in
Christ
,
and
by
his
Spirit
.
It
is
the
invisible
eternal
God
by
the
invisible
eternal
Son
of
God
,
and
through
the
invisible
eternal
Spirit
,
that
we
must
make
all
our
Addresses
unto
,
and
expect
all
Communications
of
good
from
.
It
is
Christ
alone
that
must
bring
God
and
the
Soul
together
:
In
Christ
we
are
reconciled
to
him
,
even
by
the
Blood
of
his
Cross
;
2
Cor.
5.
19.
Col.
1.
21.
And
being
reconciled
to
God
by
him
,
we
have
Peace
with
God
,
and
then
have
Communion
with
him
.
In
Christ
,
God's
Nature
becomes
lovely
to
us
,
and
ours
to
God
,
otherwise
there
is
an
utter
Enmity
betwixt
his
pure
and
our
impure
Nature
.
Christ
hath
made
up
the
vast
gulf
between
God
and
us
;
He
drank
of
the
brook
in
the
way
,
Psal.
110.
last
.
Aim
at
,
and
thirst
after
Communion
with
God
in
Christ
,
in
all
your
receipts
of
Mercies
from
him
,
and
in
all
your
returns
of
Duty
to
him
:
Pray
and
pant
,
that
all
that
you
receive
from
him
may
come
to
you
from
his
Love
in
Christ
.
Oh
,
that
this
Mercy
,
that
this
Affliction
,
may
proceed
from
God's
Fatherly
Love
in
Christ
Jesus
!
so
in
all
your
Approaches
to
God
,
in
Ordinances
and
Duties
,
pray
and
pant
after
Communion
with
God
in
Christ
;
Oh
,
that
I
may
meet
with
God
in
this
Ordinance
,
and
in
this
Duty
!
without
which
we
should
not
be
satisfied
in
any
.
Ordinances
and
Duties
,
and
all
outward
Blessings
,
are
but
visible
temporal
things
;
we
must
look
beyond
them
and
above
them
,
unto
God
in
Christ
,
for
the
invisible
eternal
love
,
and
grace
,
and
blessing
of
God
in
them
.
So
holy
David
,
Psal.
63.
1
,
2
,
3.
That
I
may
see
thy
power
and
thy
glory
,
saith
he
.
And
Vers.
8.
My
soul
followeth
hard
after
God
;
to
see
God's
power
,
and
love
,
and
grace
in
Ordinances
.
So
Psal.
42.
1
,
2.
My
soul
thirsteth
for
God
,
for
the
living
God
.
This
is
the
marrow
and
fatness
of
God's
Ordinances
,
and
this
is
that
will
satisfie
the
Soul
;
therefore
this
is
the
thing
that
our
Souls
should
long
and
breath
after
,
that
we
may
have
sights
,
sweet
sights
of
the
invisible
eternal
God
in
Christ
,
in
Ordinances
and
Duties
,
and
tasts
of
his
love
and
goodness
in
them
.
And
if
we
have
Communion
with
God
in
our
Mercies
,
we
shall
be
able
thankfully
to
receive
them
and
fruitfully
to
improve
them
for
God
:
And
also
,
we
shall
be
enabled
patiently
and
comfortably
to
bear
all
our
Afflictions
,
and
profitably
to
improve
them
.
Now
,
if
we
would
have
Communion
with
God
in
Christ
,
we
must
look
well
to
these
things
,
viz.
1st
,
We
must
labour
to
be
pure
in
Heart
,
for
such
as
are
pure
in
Heart
,
and
they
only
,
shall
see
God
;
God
in
his
Son
,
God
in
his
Ordinances
,
in
his
Providences
,
and
in
Glory
at
last
.
If
we
regard
Iniquity
in
our
Hearts
,
God
will
not
hear
our
Prayers
,
nor
afford
us
any
Communion
with
him
.
Mat.
5.
8.
A
pure
Heart
is
a
new
Heart
,
an
Heart
purged
by
the
Blood
of
Christ
from
the
guilt
of
Sin
,
and
purified
by
his
Spirit
;
Acts
15.
9.
An
Heart
renewed
and
sanctified
;
a
single
,
sincere
,
and
upright
Heart
,
that
hath
pure
Principles
planted
in
it
,
the
Spirit
of
God
,
the
Fear
of
God
,
the
Love
of
God
,
Faith
in
God
and
Christ
,
Christ
formed
there
,
the
Image
of
God
stamped
there
,
the
Kingdom
of
God
set
up
there
:
These
are
the
true
Principles
of
Purity
of
Heart
and
Life
;
and
also
an
Heart
set
and
bent
by
the
Rules
of
God's
pure
Word
,
that
pure
Rule
;
and
that
acteth
for
pure
ends
to
please
God
,
to
bring
Glory
to
him
,
to
do
good
to
others
,
and
to
enjoy
God
in
our
Salvation
:
Such
may
expect
sweet
Communion
with
God
,
2
Cor.
6.
16
,
17.
the
Lord
God
Almighty
will
walk
and
dwell
with
such
.
2ly
,
We
must
labour
to
be
poor
in
Heart
,
poor
in
Spirit
,
Mat.
5.
3.
broken
in
Heart
,
contrite
in
Spirit
,
Isa.
57.
15.
O
,
the
wonderful
condescension
of
the
high
and
lofty
one
,
who
dwelleth
in
the
Heavens
!
that
He
should
stoop
so
low
,
as
to
dwell
in
the
broken
Heart
,
to
revive
such
Hearts
,
such
Spirits
;
O
,
the
Revivings
of
God
,
they
are
Soul-satisfying
things
:
The
Consolations
of
God
are
not
small
:
Happy
indeed
are
those
Souls
in
whom
the
great
and
glorious
God
dwells
;
Blessed
Souls
that
are
the
Temple
of
the
holy
God
,
Habitations
of
God
by
the
Spirit
;
1
Cor.
3.
16.
Eph.
2.
22.
Isa.
66.
2.
To
the
man
will
God
look
that
is
poor
,
and
of
a
contrite
Spirit
;
and
God's
looks
on
such
are
sweet
looks
,
Love-looks
;
such
shall
have
much
communion
with
God
and
Christ
,
for
Christ
was
sent
to
bind
up
the
broken
hearted
,
Luke
4.
18.
What
a
comfortable
support
is
this
to
a
poor
afflicted
Christian
,
that
is
poor
in
this
World
,
destitute
of
Friends
and
earthly
Comforts
,
restrained
and
shut
up
in
Prison
,
or
otherwise
confined
to
Chamber
or
Sick-bed
,
and
withal
,
is
poor
in
Spirit
,
is
content
in
this
condition
?
Yet
now
,
in
this
his
desolate
condition
,
he
may
have
Communion
with
the
great
God
;
he
may
enjoy
the
blessed
and
sweet
Company
of
the
Lord
Jesus
by
day
and
by
night
,
even
when
Lover
and
Friend
is
put
far
from
him
;
even
then
his
God
is
near
him
,
his
everlasting
Father
is
with
him
,
his
dear
Lord
and
Redeemer
,
his
●●eet
Saviour
and
loving
Husband
is
with
him
;
Psal.
25.
15
,
16
,
17.
Psal.
102.
17.
He
will
regard
●e
prayer
of
the
destitute
,
and
not
despise
their
prayer
.
He
will
never
leave
them
,
nor
forsake
them
.
Yea
,
He
will
then
speak
most
comfortably
to
their
poor
Souls
,
Hos.
2.
14.
He
will
speak
to
their
Hearts
;
He
knows
their
Souls
best
in
Adversity
,
and
their
Souls
know
him
best
then
:
Jesus
Christ
will
then
●hew
them
his
Love
,
and
manifest
it
unto
them
,
and
support
them
.
3ly
,
If
we
would
have
Communion
with
God
●n
every
condition
,
we
must
labour
to
be
upright
in
Heart
:
Psal.
125.
The
Lord
is
nigh
unto
them
that
call
upon
him
in
truth
;
they
shall
have
Communion
with
him
:
He
loveth
truth
in
the
inner
parts
;
He
that
walketh
uprightly
shall
dwell
in
God's
tabernacle
,
and
abide
in
his
holy
hill
,
Psal.
15.
1
,
2.
God
hates
Hypocrisie
:
Oh
,
the
guile
and
falshood
of
our
hearts
,
let
us
bewail
it
,
and
cry
to
God
with
David
,
Make
my
heart
sound
in
thy
statutes
.
4ly
,
Be
heavenly
in
heart
,
be
heavenly-minded
;
such
shall
have
sweet
Communion
with
God
;
such
as
have
their
Conversation
in
Heaven
,
have
converse
with
God
,
Phil.
3.
20.
We
must
be
very
watchful
,
that
the
World
do
not
lye
too
near
our
hearts
,
nor
lodge
too
long
in
our
hearts
,
for
that
will
steal
away
our
hearts
from
God
,
and
hinder
our
Communion
with
him
:
We
must
take
heed
,
that
our
hearts
be
not
at
any
time
over-charged
with
the
Cares
of
this
Life
,
but
let
us
labour
to
keep
the
World
and
our
Hearts
asunder
;
for
those
things
that
are
visible
and
temporal
,
will
darken
our
sight
of
God
,
if
we
let
them
into
our
hearts
;
and
they
will
drive
God
out
of
our
hearts
,
if
we
entertain
the
inordinate
love
of
them
.
Covetousness
is
Idolatry
,
because
it
sets
up
the
Creature
for
a
God
in
the
Heart
;
1
John
2.
14
,
15.
He
that
loveth
the
world
,
the
love
of
the
Father
is
not
in
him
.
Keep
a
strong
Watch
then
against
this
present
evil
World
,
and
suffer
it
not
to
get
into
your
Hearts
,
if
you
will
maintain
your
Communion
with
God
in
Christ
.
5ly
,
Be
much
in
the
acting
of
Faith
,
Love
,
Hope
,
Joy
in
the
Lord
:
Be
much
in
praising
God
:
By
the
exercises
of
these
graces
we
enjoy
God
,
and
God
communicates
himself
to
us
.
Oh
,
labour
to
live
in
the
lively
exercise
of
Faith
:
Christ
dwells
in
the
Heart
by
Faith
;
Eph.
3.
17.
Gal.
2.
20.
Labour
to
believe
the
Love
of
God
in
Christ
to
your
Souls
,
in
giving
his
Son
to
be
a
Sin-offering
for
us
:
John
3.
16.
2
Cor.
5.
21.
And
this
believing
it
will
warm
and
enflame
your
Hearts
with
Love
to
God
again
,
and
so
you
may
enjoy
much
sweet
Communion
with
God
and
Christ
;
John
14.
21
,
23.
In
the
Actings
of
our
Love
to
God
we
shall
meet
with
more
Manifestations
of
God's
Love
to
us
.
Where
and
when
we
open
our
Hearts
to
God
and
Christ
,
and
give
them
our
Loves
,
there
and
then
will
God
and
Christ
open
their
Hearts
to
us
,
and
give
us
their
Loves
;
Cant.
1.
2
,
3.
&
Cant.
7.
10
,
11.
There
is
a
mutual
Manifestation
of
Love
to
each
other
;
no
Love
is
lost
between
Christ
and
his
Spouse
:
If
any
man
open
to
me
,
(
saith
Christ
)
I
will
come
in
unto
him
,
and
sup
with
him
,
and
he
with
me
;
Rev.
3.
18.
Now
,
by
the
exercise
of
Faith
and
Love
,
we
open
to
Christ
;
he
is
always
ready
to
come
in
:
Open
your
everlasting
doors
,
that
the
king
of
glory
may
come
in
,
Ps.
24.
6ly
,
Be
very
watchful
:
Watch
,
and
keep
your
hearts
with
all
diligence
,
Prov.
4.
23.
Take
heed
;
let
not
the
World
nor
Vain
Thoughts
lodge
there
.
Take
heed
of
wandring
from
God
;
watch
your
words
,
watch
your
steps
;
take
heed
,
grieve
not
,
quench
not
,
resist
not
the
Holy
Spirit
,
for
by
him
God
communicates
himself
to
your
Souls
;
carefully
observe
all
his
Motions
,
and
still
beg
his
assistance
in
all
your
Duties
,
and
rest
upon
his
Aid
,
without
which
you
can
do
nothing
.
7ly
,
And
lastly
,
If
we
would
maintain
our
Communion
with
God
,
(
which
is
our
Heaven
upon
Earth
)
we
must
look
well
to
our
whole
Conversation
,
that
that
be
ordered
aright
,
for
to
such
God
will
shew
his
salvation
,
Psal.
50.
23.
God
looks
for
a
well-order'd
Conversation
,
a
Life
order'd
by
the
Rule
of
his
Word
,
setting
narrow
Steps
to
our
Feet
,
looking
straight
on
,
not
turning
aside
to
the
right
or
left
hand
,
Prov.
4.
25
,
26
,
27.
nor
wickedly
departing
from
his
way
,
Psal.
18.
21
,
22
,
23.
but
to
be
righteons
,
just
,
honest
,
saithful
,
upright
,
charitable
in
all
our
dealings
with
Men
,
and
carefully
performing
all
our
Duties
to
GOD
and
Man
in
singleness
and
integrity
of
Heart
.
This
is
a
well-order'd
Conversation
.
Also
,
in
our
Conversation
,
we
must
mind
two
things
:
1.
That
we
have
no
fellowship
with
the
unfruitful
Works
of
Darkness
,
Ephes.
5.
11.
that
is
,
no
more
than
need
;
no
intimate
Familiarity
and
Communion
with
them
,
lest
thereby
we
lose
our
Communion
with
God
;
no
more
Communion
with
the
Wicked
than
Piety
,
Charity
,
and
Necessity
will
allow
.
Too
many
have
lost
Communion
with
GOD
,
by
their
too
intimate
Communion
with
the
Wicked
.
Away
from
me
,
saith
holy
David
,
all
ye
workers
of
iniquity
.
2.
That
we
break
not
Fellowship
with
,
nor
withdraw
Communion
from
the
People
of
God
,
from
those
that
bear
his
Image
,
although
differing
from
us
in
some
circumstances
.
In
the
Communion
of
Saints
we
may
have
Communion
with
God
;
Psal.
16.
2.
God
is
among
his
People
,
he
walks
in
them
,
and
dwells
in
them
.
Our
Love
must
be
not
only
to
those
of
our
own
Opinion
,
but
to
all
Saints
and
professing
Christians
,
and
must
hold
Communion
with
all
those
with
whom
we
may
charitably
judge
,
that
Christ
holds
Communion
;
were
this
well
minded
,
it
would
do
much
to
heal
our
sad
and
sinful
Breaches
;
Heb.
10.
24
,
25.
And
thus
we
have
seen
,
how
that
our
looking
unto
invisible
eternal
things
,
especially
unto
God
in
Christ
,
and
maintaining
our
Communion
with
them
,
we
may
be
sweetly
born
up
,
and
comfortably
supported
under
all
our
Troubles
.
O
Most
holy
,
most
merciful
,
most
gracious
Lord
God
,
Father
Almighty
,
and
my
most
loving
and
tender-hearted
Father
in
my
most
dear
and
sweet
Redeemer
Jesus
Christ
;
I
render
Thee
my
most
humble
and
hearty
Thanks
and
Praise
,
for
lengthning
my
days
,
and
for
supporting
me
with
thy
Special
Goodness
,
in
this
poor
Work
;
for
giving
me
sometimes
hours
,
sometimes
half-hours
,
and
sometimes
days
of
some
Strength
and
Ease
,
between
those
many
sad
and
painful
Distempers
upon
me
,
since
I
began
it
.
And
I
most
humbly
beseech
thee
to
write
these
Truths
on
my
Heart
,
and
keep
them
there
,
that
by
the
assistance
of
thy
good
Spirit
they
may
be
effectual
to
spiritualize
,
raise
,
and
fix
my
poor
,
cold
,
dead
,
carnal
Heart
upon
thy
blessed
Self
in
Christ
;
and
be
pleased
to
vouchsafe
me
sweet
,
sensible
,
and
constant
Communion
with
thy self
in
Christ
,
for
thy
Mercies
sake
,
that
thereby
I
may
glorifie
thee
in
this
my
day
of
thy
Visitation
,
and
may
be
throughly
sanctified
by
,
and
comfortably
supported
under
all
my
Troubles
.
Amen
.