The Soul's Conflict with Itself

God will have the body partake with ¹the soul; as in matter of grief, so in matter of joy, the lantern shines in the light of the Candle within.

God will have the body partake with ¹the soule; as in matter of griefe, so in matter of joy, the lanthorne shines in the light of the Candle within.

1. 11. Why God will have the salvation of his people appear openly.1. Why God will have the salvation of his people appeare openly.

Again, God brings forth the joy of the heart into the countenance, for the further •eading and multiplying of joy to others. ¹Next unto the sight of the sweet countenance of God, is the beholding of the cheerful countenance of a Christian friend, rejoicing from true grounds. Whence it is that the joy of one becomes the joy of ma•, and the joy of many meet in one; by which means, as many lights together make the greater ⟨p. 470⟩light, so many lightsome spirits make the greater light of spirit: and so God receiveth the more praise, which makes him so much to delight in the prosperity of his children. Hence it is, that in any deliverance of Gods people, the righteous do compass them about, to ²know what God hath done for their souls; and keep a spiritual Feast with them in partaking of their joy. And the godly have cause to joy in the deliverance of other Christians, because they suffered in their afflictions, and it may be in their sins the cause of them, which made them somewhat ashamed. Whence it is, that Davids great desire was; that those who feared God might not