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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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71 Do not the godly seem so joyful ofttimes as the wicked? or make so much show of mirth outwardly? It followeth not that therefore they are not as joyful, or have not as much mirth as they. For the joy of Gods children, as the ground of it, is more inward, than outward: asq the windows that conveyed the light into Solomons Temple, were wider within, than without they were.r The richest veins of Oar lie deepest in the ground. Ands the greatest joy many times makes outwardly least show. As hypocrites oft-timest rejoice in the face, as the Apostle speaketh, when yet they rejoice not in the heart; and worldly men many timesu set a good face on it, and make semblance of mirth outwardly, when their hearts are inwardly the whiles pinched with pain: so the godly oft-times rejoice in the heart, when yet they rejoice not in ⟨p. 45⟩the face; (x as sorrowing, saith the same Apostle, and yet always rejoicing:) and have their souls fraught inwardly with abundance of joy, though their looks outwardly show it not. yThe Kings daughter, saith the Psalmist, is all glorious on the inside. As the glory of Gods Church; so the joy of Gods children is much, yea or most, inward: and it is no marvel, therefore, ifz the world and worldly men see not either the one or the other; they wanta spiritual eyes to discern either. They think there is no mirth, but where there is giggling and laughing, or swaggering and revelling, and the like. But Gods children may say to them, as our Saviour to his Disciples,