A30241:1915
CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…
CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St. John, or, Christs prayer before his passion explicated, and both practically and polemically improved by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1656
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3. There is Joy, which ariseth from the enjoyment of God, only you must know there is Gaudium viae, a joy we have while in the way to Heaven, which admits of much increase, and meeteth with much opposition; and there is Gaudium Patriae, a joy in Heaven, where the soul will then be so filled, that it cannot receive any more.
3. There is Joy, which ariseth from the enjoyment of God, onely you must know there is Gaudium viae, a joy we have while in the way to Heaven, which admits of much increase, and meeteth with much opposition; and there is Gaudium Patriae, a joy in Heaven, where the soul will then be so filled, that it cannot receive any more.
1To know the nature of this Joy, Consider,
- 1To know the nature of spiritual Joy Consider
First That the efficient cause of it is only God. The Spirit of God is called the Comforter, as you heard, because he alone poureth it into the heart, as the Heavens only give rain, and it's called Gal 5.22. The fruit of the Spirit, which doth imply, that it comes solely by Gods Spirit, and that there is excellent sweetness in it: Lusts are called the works of the flesh, but this with other Graces, The fruit of the Spirit. Hence it is, that as in respect of Regeneration, the Spirit bloweth where it listeth: So also in respect of Consolation, How many of Gods children walk with much consolation, and abound in much joy. And others again, go bowed down, and greatly tempted, not obtaining comfort, though they would give a world for it: So that as the Husbandman cannot have rain when he would, nor the Merchant wind when he would, neither can the godly have comfort when they would, as appeareth by David, praying so earnestly for the Joy he had lost; It's the fruit of the Spirit; Therefore joy doth not flow from Graces exercised, as by a natural resultancy, as heat doth from the fire, and light from the Sun, but by Gods voluntary dispensation of it. The Schoolmen use to say, That a man doth not merit (that is their proud