Seventhly, You must sanctify the Sabbath, by pressing after §4immediate communion with God and Christ in all the duties 1of the day. Oh, do not take up in duties, or Ordinances, or privileges, or enlargements, or meltings, but press hard after intimate communion wi•h God in all you do. Let no duty satisfy thy soul, without communion with God in it C•n. 7. 4. The King is held in the Galleries; that is, in his Ordinances. The Galleries, the Ordinances, without King Jesus be enjoyed in them, will never satisfy the Spouse of 2Christ. What is a purse without money, or a Table without meat, or a Ship without a Pilot, or a fountain without water, or the body without the soul, or the Sun without light, or the Cabinet without the Jewels: no more are all Ordinances and duties to a gracious soul without the enjoyment 3of God in them. Moses had choice communion with God in the Mount, and that satisfied him. The Disciples had been with Jesus, and this was a spring of joy and life unto them. John 20. 20. Then were the Disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. Here is the Mantle of Elijah, but where is the God of Elijah: said Elisha: So saith a gracious soul, here is th•s Ordinance and that Ordinance, but where is the God of the Ordinance? Psalm 101. 2. O when wilt thou come unto me. O Lord, I come to one Ordinance and another Ordinance, but when wilt thou come to me in the Ordinance? when shall I be so happy, as to enjoy thy self in the Ordinances that I enjoy? The Waggons that Joseph sent to fetch his Father, were the means of bringing Joseph and his Father together. All the Ordinances should be as so many Wagons, to bring Christ and our souls nearer together. Mans ⟨p. 247⟩summum bonum stands in his communion with God: a• Scripture and experience evidences.
S•venthly, You must sanctifie the Sabbath, by pressing after §4immediate communion with God and Christ in all the duties 1of the day. Oh, do not take up in duties, or Ordinances, or priviledges, or enlarg•ments, or meltings, but press hard after intimate communion wi•h God in all you do. Let no duty satisfie thy soul, without communion with God in it C•n. 7. 4. The King is hil'd in the Galleries; that is, in his O•dinances. The Galleries, the Ordinances, without King Jesus be enjoyed in them, will never satisfie the Spouse of 2Christ. What is a purse without money, or a T•ble without meat, or a Ship without a Pilot, or a fountain without water, or the body without the soul, or the Sun without light, or the Cabinet without the Jewels: no more are all Ordinances and duties to a gracious soul without the enjoyment 3of God in them. Moses had choice communion with God in the Mount, and that satisfied him. The Disciples had been with J•sus, and this was a spring of joy and life unto them. John 20. 20. Then were the Disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. Here is the Mantle of Elijah, but where is the God of Elijah: said Elisha: So saith a gracious soul, here is th•s Ordinance and that Ordinance, but where is the God of the Ordinance? Psalm 101. 2. O when wilt thou come unto me. O Lord, I come to one Ordinance and another Ordinance, but when wilt thou come to me in the Ordinance? when shall I be so happy, as to enjoy thy self in the Ordinances that I enjoy? The Waggons that Joseph sent to setch his Father, were the means of bringing Joseph and his Father together. All the Ordinances should be as so many Wagons, to bring Christ and our souls nearer together. Mans ⟨p. 247⟩summum bonum stands in his communion with God: a• Scripture and experience evidences.
- 1•s•lm 27. 4. •sal• 42. 1, 2 •s••m 43 4 Psalm 63. 1, 2▪ •sa•m 84. 1, 2.•s•lm 27. 4. •sal• 42. 1, 2 •s••m 43 4 Psa•m 63. 1, 2▪ •sa•m 84. 1, 2.
- 2Cant. 3. 1, 2, 3, 4.
- 32 Kings 2. 13, 14. The Sea ebbs •nd flows, the Moon •ncrease• and decreases so it is with Saints in their communion with God in Ordinances: sometimes they rise, and sometimes •hey fall: sometimes •hey have more, and sometimes less communion with God.2 Kings 2. 13, 14. The Sea ebbs •nd flowes, the M•on •ncrease• and decreases so it is with Saints in their communion with God in Ordinances: s•metimes they rise, and sometimes hey fall: sometimes hey have more, and sometimes less communion with God.
