The souls exaltation A treatiseThe soules exaltation A treatise

now you have your share, now stand by, and let us set the bread before the children, that they may take their part also, and be chea•ed and comforted: then you that are believers in the Lord, you that are called attend to your share, and sit down and eat, and be refreshed, O my well-beloved receive what comes, and be happy in receiving it.

now you have your share, now stand by, and let us set the bread before the children, that they may take their part also, and be chea•ed and comforted: then you that are beleevers in the Lord, you that are called attend to your share, and sit downe and eat, and bee refreshed, O my well-beloved receive what comes, and be happie in receiving it.

Use. 2 The second use therefore is a ground of comfort, and that is the proper inference and collection from the former doctrine; is it so, that the Lord Jesus Christ conveyeth all grace to all believers, to all his poor servants from day to day? then you that have a share therein, and have interest to all the riches of Gods goodness, let this be a cordial to cheer your drooping hearts, and stay your souls, notwithstanding temptations, notwithstanding persecution, notwithstanding opposition, notwithstanding any thing that may befall you for the present, or any thing you may fear for the future time, cheer up your drooping spirits in the consideration hereof, and be for ever comforted, for ever contented, for ever refreshed; you have a fair portion, what would you have? what can you desire? what would quiet you? what will content you? would the wisdom of a Christ satisfy you? would the sanctification of a Christ please you? would the redemption of a Christ cheer you? you complain your hearts are hard, and your sins great, and your selves miserable, ⟨p. 85⟩and many are the troubles that lie upon you: will the redemption of a Christ now satisfy you? if this will do it, it is all yours; his wisdom is yours, his righteousness is yours, his sanctification is yours, his redemption is yours, all that he hath is yours, and I think this is sufficient, if you know when you are well: therefore go away cheered, go away comforted, Christ is yours, therefore be fully contented. I would not have the Children of God drooping and dismayed, because haply of the policy of the world, their parts are great, and they reach deep, and in the mean time your parts are small, and your ignorance great, and your memories feeble: 1 Pet. 11. Be not thou troubled, be not thou discontented, because of that which they have thou wantest: for know, thy portion is better than theirs; the wisdom of Christ, is better than all the policy of the world; the sanctification of a Christ, is better than all the reformation, and all the tricks of all cunning Hypocrites under Heaven; the redemption of a Christ, is better than all the hope and safety the world can afford: this is thy part and portion, therefore be thou satisfied therewith: the wisdom, saith James, that is malicious and envious, and the like, it is earthly, carnal, sensual, and devilish;