These things being so, and most sure; let every truehearted Nathanael be heartily entreated, nay, justly charged in the name of Jesus Christ, by the blessed Spirit, the fountain of all comfort; as he will answer it at the glorious Throne of Mercy, erected in heaven upon purpose to make him everlastingly merry, that he henceforth most resolutely and for ever cast out of his conscience, sprinkled with the Blood of the Lamb, and out of the Kingdom of Christ, overflowing with Peace and Joy, now comfortably established ⟨p. 379⟩in his soul, those intruding usurpers Tyrants; only natural Lords over natural men: I mean, horrors of guiltiness, false fears, slavish terrors, damps and droppings; all uncomfortable pensiveness, dejections, and fear. And leaving such Harpies as these, and heart-eaters, only to the grumbling and guilty consciences of all those that hate to be reformed, and Satan's slaves, as their proper furies; let him with an holy violence against the devils cruel assaults and contradictions of his own distrustful heart, and with a cheerful spirit, lay hold upon his just inheritance and everlasting portion, purchased for him by the bitter and painful sufferings of the Son of God; even floods and fresh successions of sweetest joys, shed and showered down continually from the Throne of Grace upon his upright heart, in great abundance; if he will but only vouchsafe to open the door by the hand of faith, that the blessed beams of such lightsomeness and comfort, shining from the face of Christ, may come in. Let his soul, full fairly arrayed with its heavenly robes, to which, the beauty of the morning, brightness of the Moon, and glory of the Sun are but a shadow; and listening sweetly to that melodious Song, composed all of Peace and Joy, Pleasures and Pardon of sin, which the mercy of God makes in the ear of its faith; fall to, and fill it self at the Wedding Feast of the Kings Son, with those ever-springing rivers of spiritual refreshing, out of the bottomless depth of Gods free love revealed in the mystery of Christ, by the ministry of the Word and Sacramental grace; as with marrow and fatness: Let it suck abundantly, and be satisfied with the breasts of everlasting consolations.
These things being so, and most sure; let euery truehearted Nathaneel be heartily intreated, nay, iustly charged in the name of Iesus Christ, by the blessed Spirit, the fountaine of all comfort; as hee will answer it at the glorious Throne of Mercy, erected in heauen vpon purpose to make him euerlastingly merry, that hee henceforth most resolutely and for euer cast out of his conscience, sprinkled with the Blood of the Lambe, and out of the Kingdome of Christ, ouerflowing with Peace and Ioy, now comfortably established ⟨p. 379⟩in his soule, those intruding vsurpers Tyrants; onely naturall Lords ouer naturall men: I meane, horrours of guiltinesse, false feares, slauish terrours, damps and droopings; all vncomfortable pensiuenesse, deiections, and feare. And leauing such Harpies as these, and heart-eaters, onely to the grumbling and guilty consciences of all those that hate to be reformed, and Satans slaues, as their proper furies; let him with an holy violence against the deuils cruell assaults and contradictions of his owne distrustfull heart, and with a cheerefull spirit, lay hold vpon his iust inheritance and euerlasting portion, purchased for him by the bitter and painefull sufferings of the Sonne of God; euen floods and fresh successions of sweetest ioyes, shed and showred downe continually from the Throne of Grace vpon his vpright heart, in great abundance; if hee will but onely vouchsafe to open the doore by the hand of faith, that the blessed beames of such lightsomnesse and comfort, shining from the face of Christ, may come in. Let his soule, full fairely arayed with its heauenly roabes, to which, the beauty of the morning, brightnesse of the Moone, and glory of the Sunne are but a shadow; and listning sweetly to that melodious Song, composed all of Peace and Ioy, Pleasures and Pardon of finne, which the mercy of God makes in the eare of its faith; fall to, and fill it selfe at the Wedding Feast of the Kings Sonne, with those euer-springing riuers of spirituall refreshing, out of the bottomlesse depth of Gods free loue reuealed in the mysterie of Christ, by the ministery of the Word and Sacramentall grace; as with marrow and fatnesse: Let it sucke aboundantly, and be satisfied with the brests of euerlasting consolations.
