In divers diftant orbs. I move, SECT. II. The myfiery of the Saint's life, ftate, and frame. My life's a pleafure a and a pain : b A glorious paradife of joys, d I daily joy, and daily mourn, f ed us together with Chrift, and hath raised us up together, and made us fit together in heavenly places in Chrift Jesus. a Prov. iii. 17, Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. b Pfalm cxx. 7, Wo is me, that I fojourn in Mefech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar. c Phil. iii. 7, But what things were gain to me, those I counted lofs for Chrift. Chap. i. 21, 24, For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour; yet what I fhall choose I wot not; for I am in a ftrait betwixt two, having a defire to depart, and to be with Chrift, which is far better: nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. d 1 Pct. i. 8, Whom having not feen, ye love; in whom, though now ye fee him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable, and full of glory. e Pfalm cxlii. 7, Bring my foul out of prison, that I thy name. may praise f1 Pet. i. 6, Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a seafon, (if need be) ye are in heavinefs through manifold temptations. 2 Cor. i. 4, Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. Job xxx. 28, I went mourning without the fun, &c. g Ifa. viii. 17, And I will wait upon the Lord that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. b Zech. xii. 10, And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerufalem the spirit of grace and fupplication; and they shall look upon him whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only fon, and fhall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first Good caufe I have ftill to be fad, i 0 I hunger now, and thirst no more, p born. Ezek. xxxvi. 31, 32, Then fhall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and thall lothe yourselves in your own fight, for your iniquities, and for your abominations. Not for your fakes do I this, faith the Lord God, be it known unto you: be aflamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Ifrael. Hof. xii. 3, 4, He [Jacob] took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his Arength he had power with God yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept and made fupplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he fpake with us. Luke vii. 38, And (a woman which was a finner) ftood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kiffcd his feet and anointed them with the ointment. John xx. 15, 16, Jefus faith unto her, Woman why weepest thou? whom seekeft thou? fhe, fuppofing him to be the gardener, faith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou haft laid him and I will take him away. Jefus faith unto her, Mary; she turned herself, and faith unto him, Rabboni, wich is to say, Master. 20, Then were the difciples glad when they faw the Lord. ย. i Rom. vii. 24, O wretched man that I am, who fhall deliver me from the body of this death! k 2 Cor. ii. 14, Thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ. I 2 Cor. vi. 20, As forrowful, yet always rejoicing. Zech. xii. 10, See letter b. Pfal. cxxvi. 5, They that fow in tears fhall reap in joy. Ifa. Ixi. 2, 3, The Lord hath fent me to comfort all that mourn; to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for afhes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heavinefs, &c. Matt. Bleffed are they that mourn: for they fhall be comforted. V. 4, n Luke xxii. 42, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me; nevertheless, not my will but thine be done. Acts xxi. 14, And when he [Paul] would not be perfuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done. 2 Cor. vi. 10, As having nothing, and yet pofeffing all things. John vi. 35, And Jefus faid unto them, I am the bread of life, he that cometh to me fhall never hunger; and he that believeth on me fhall never thirst. q Pfalm xlii. 1, 2, As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, With meat and drink indeed I'm bleft, r I dwell at home, I dwell abroad.u fo panteth my foul after thee, O God. My foul thirfteth for God, for the living God: when fhall I come and appear before God? and Ixiii. 1, O God, thou art my God, early will I feck thee: my foul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirfty land where no water is. And Ixxiii. 25, Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I defire befides thee. Ifa. xxvi. 8, 9, Yea in the way of thy judgments O Lord, have we waited for thee; the defire of our foul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. With my foul have I defired thee in the night, yea, with my fpirit within me will I feek thee early. r John vi. 35, For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. Job xxix 2, 34, Oh that I were as in months paft, as in the days when God preferved me, when his candle fhined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; as I was in the days of my youth, when the fecret of God was upon my tabernacle. Pfal. xxvii. 10, 11, 12, I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High, I will remember the works of the Lord; surely I will remember thy wonders of old. I will meditate alfo of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. Song v. 8, I charge you, O daughters of Jerufalem, if ye find my Beloved, that ye tell him that I am fick of love. Ch. viii. 1, O that thou wert as my brother that fucked the breasts of my mother! when I fhould find thee without, I would kifs thee, yea, I should not be despised. s Matth. v. 6, Bleffed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they fhall be filled. t 2 Cor. v. 2, For in this we groan carneftly, defiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven. Phil. i. 23, For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a defire to depart and to be with Chrift; which is far better, &c. Song ii. 3, 4, 5, I fat down under his fhadow with great delight, and his fruit was fweet unto iny taste. He brought me to the banqueting-house, and his banner over me was love. Stay me with flaggons, comfort me with apples for I am fick of love. u Job iv. 19, How much lefs them that dwell in houses of clay, whofe foundation is in the duft, which are crushed before the moth? Pfal. xc. 1, Lord, thou haft been our dwelling place in all generations, and xci. 1, He that dwelleth in the fecret place of the Moft High, fhall abide under the fhadow of the Almighty. 1 John iv. 16, God is love; and he that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God, and God in him. I am not where all men may fee, Ifa. xxxiii. 16, He fhall dwell on high; his place of defence fhall be the munition of rocks. Eph. ii. 6, And hath raised us up together, and made us fit together in heavenly places in Christ Jefus. w Eccl. ix. 13, The heart of the fons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. x Eph. iii. 19, And to know the love of Chrift, which paffeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God. y Pfalm xviii. 23, I was alfo upright before him; and I kept myself from mine iniquity. z Ezek. xviii. 25, Hear now, O house of Ifrael, are not your ways unequal? a Rev. iii. 2, Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die; for I have not found thy works perfect before God. b 1 Cor. ii. 6, Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect, &c. c Pfalm xl. 17, But I am poor and needy, yet the Lord thinketh upon me. d Pfa. xxiii. 1, The Lord is my fhepherd, I fhall not want; and xxxiv. 10, The young lions do lack and do fuffer hunger; but they that feek the Lord fhall not want any good thing. e Exod. xxxiii. 20, And he said, Thou canst not fee my face; for there fhall no man fee me, and live. f John vi. 40, And this is the will of him that fent me, that every one which feeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life. Chap. xx. 30, Then were the disciples glad when they faw the Lord. g 2 Cor. iii. 18, But we all with open face beholding as in a glafs the glory of the Lord, are changed into the fame image, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. Chap. iv. 6, For God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath fhined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jefus Christ. ¿ Gal. ii. 20, I am crucified with Chrift; nevertheless I live, yet I'm lib'ral, yet have nought to spare ;k not I, but Chrift liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. 2 Cor. v. 7, For we walk by faith, not by fight. i Pfa. xxvii. 21, The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; but the righteous fhoweth mercy, and giveth. Zeph. iii. 12, I will alfo leave in the midft of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they fhall truft in the name of the Lord. / Ifa. Ixi. 10, I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my foul shall be joyful in my God, for he hath clothed me with the garments of falvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteoufnefs, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. m Ezek. xvi. 7, I have caufed thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou haft increased and waxen great, and thou art comé to excellent ornaments; thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou waft naked and bare. Rev. iii. 17, Because thou fayeft, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. n Rom. viii. 28, And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. • 2 Cor. vi. 10, As having nothing, and yet poffeffing all things. Rom. vii. 14, For we know that the law is fpiritual, but I am carnal, fold under fin. V. 24, O wretched man that I am, who fhall deliver me from the body of this death? 9 Num. xxiii. 21, He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he feen perverfenefs in Ifrael. 1 John iii. 9, Whofoever is born of God, doth not commit fin; for his feed remaineth in him; and he cannot fin because he is born of God. ☛ Psalm xiv. 3, They are all gone afide, they are altogether become filthy: there is none that doth good, no not one. Song iv. 7, Thou art fair, my love, there is no spot in thee. Song i. 5, I am black but comely, O ye daughters of Jerufalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. V. 15, Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair, thou haft doves eyes. |