3. Get spiritual Joy, which makes us stand as firm as mount Zion, it will heat the heart and give us right to other delights: As the heat of the garment comes from the heart, for the heart heats the body, the body the clothes and a little reflects again, so all comforts we have come from spiritual Joy: for carnal joy alway makes the heart melancholy after, Whereas spiritual Joy eats out the heart of worldly sorrow: Follow that therefore with eagerness and observe the differences thus; O death how bitter is thy remembrance to those that live in ease, in worldly prosperity and carnal joy, but it is contrary to those that live in spiritual Joy, they had rather some of them have death than sleep when they are weary. Let a Christian tell me (for he knoweth his state was once as the natural mans, and he laboured for joy, but found it madness) now after he is gone on in a Christian course some few years, and seeth his privileges, and prizeth CHRIST before all ⟨p. 24⟩things and allows no wickedness in his heart, but hath taken the yoke and will wear it for ever, then tell me what joy hath seized on his heart when he hath CHRIST, from hence will spring as much joy as the heart will hold and more: If a poor man that lived in want a long time, had many thousands befallen him by the death of some great man, with what joy would he embrace it? So when a scorched heart with sight and sense of sin takes CHRIST and hath Heaven and Earth, and takes possession of the blessed Word and Promises, as far then as Heaven surpasseth the Earth and both these that mans estate; so this joy doth outgo the other; therefore with the Apostle I bid such a man rejoice evermore, shout for joy, &c. Saint Chrysostom would have a Christians joy to be like the Sea, into which if a spark fall, it cannot dry up all the moisture of the water, but is presently extinct: So should the joy of a Christian extinguish all afflictions; and great reason, doth not CHRIST promise that what we loose here for him, we shall have an hundred fold? What ever it be, GOD is All-sufficient and can give the comfort of it to his, that we may have an hundred fold of the comfort of these things here, and happiness hereafter:
3. Get spirituall Ioy, which makes us stand as firme as mount Sion, it will heat the heart and give us right to other delights: As the heat of the garment comes from the heart, for the heart heats the body, the body the cloathes and a little reflects again, so all comforts we have come from spirituall Ioy: for carnall joy alway makes the heart melancholy after, Whereas spirituall Ioy eates out the heart of worldly sorrow: Follow that therfore with eagernes and observe the differences thus; O death how bitter is thy remembrance to those that live in ease, in worldly prosperity and carnall joy, but it is contrary to those that live in spirituall Ioy, they had rather some of them have death than sleep when they are weary. Let a Christian tell me (for he knoweth his state was once as the naturall mans, and he laboured for joy, but found it madnesse) now after he is gone on in a Christian course some few yeares, and seeth his priviledges, and prizeth CHRIST before all ⟨p. 24⟩things and allowes no wickednes in his heart, but hath taken the yoake and will weare it for ever, then tell me what joy hath ceazed on his heart when he hath CHRIST, from hence will spring as much joy as the heart will hold and more: If a poore man that lived in want a long time, had many thousands befalne him by the death of some great man, with what joy would he imbrace it? So when a scorched heart with sight and sence of sinne takes CHRIST and hath Heaven and Earth, and takes possession of the blessed Word and Promises, as farre then as Heaven surpasseth the Earth and both these that mans estate; so this joy doth outgo the other; therfore with the Apostle I bid such a man rejoyce evermore, showte for joy, &c. Saint Chrysostome would have a Christians joy to be like the Sea, into which if a sparke fall, it cannot dry up all the moisture of the water, but is presently extinct: So should the joy of a Christian extinguish all afflictions; and great reason, doth not CHRIST promise that what we loose here for him, we shall have an hundred fold? What ever it be, GOD is All-sufficient and can give the comfort of it to his, that we may have an hundred fold of the comfort of these things here, and happinesse hereafter:
