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the joy of the just with the signs of such. A discourse tending to…the ioy of the iust vvith the signes of such. A discourse tending to…
the joy of the just with the signs of such. A discourse tending to the comfort of the dejected and afflicted; and to the trial of sincerity. Being the enlargement of a sermon preached at Black-Friars London; on Psal. 95. 11. By Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith.the ioy of the iust vvith the signes of such. A discourse tending to the comfort of the deiected and afflicted; and to the triall of sinceritie. Being the enlargement of a sermon preached at Black-Friers London; on Psal. 95. 11. By Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith.
London: printed by John Haviland for Fulke Clifton, 1623London: printed by Iohn Hauiland for Fulke Clifton, 1623
THE JOY OF THE JUST: WITH THE SIGNS OF SUCH.THE IOY OF THE IVST: WITH THE SIGNES OF SVCH.
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Neither are we to think that the prayers and other holy exercises of such so affected, as before was said, in regard of the want of that alacrity and cheerfulness of spirit in them, are therefore either altogether unprofitable to themselves, or unacceptable in Gods sight. For to omit, that there is oft more true spiritual vivacity ⟨p. 156⟩in the prayers and other exercises of persons even so affected, than in the prayers and exercises of many others;t their inward sense of their wants and instant desire of having them supplied, putting a great deal of spirit and life more than ordinary into them: An hungry belly, an empty maw, will make a beggar beg more earnestly, than when he hath been feeding but a little before. Read butu the Psalms and Prayers that the Saints of God have made and penned in such cases, and upon such occasions, and mark what a deal of spiritual vigour and vivacity appeareth in them. Not to stand, I say, upon this; Even the weakest and the feeblest that are, must for their comfort and encouragement in this kind be informed, thatx as the broths, and meats, and medicines that sick persons take, though they delight not the taste, nor do they find any good relish in them, by reason of their present infirmity and weakness, yet may do them much good, and be a means both to preserve life, to keep from fainting and further weakness, and to strengthen also in some measure: so holy actions though performed with much infirmity and weakness, yet with an holy and religious diligence, may much benefit the soul so performing the same, albeit it find little spiritual relish in them, or feel no comfort from them for the present. Yea, howsoever it be true, as I saida before, that the want of alacrity and cheerfulness in performance of holy duties, especially procured by ⟨p. 157⟩some wilful neglect, or by some peevish and way ward disposition, framing matter of grief to it self from idle toys and trifles unto the disturbance of it self in such duties, doth much diminish, and take away much the grace of them: