The saints inheritance and the worldlings portion representing the glorious condition of a child…

If they look upon any one Saint of God, they have delight in him▪ but they have more to look on all the Saints together jointly; so they can say their souls delight in them, there is a sweet complacency taken in them jointly. And that is that which I shall speak to at this time; The delight that is to be taken in the Saints jointly together. There is delight in the Saints in regard of the sweetness of their society and communion with them. For so this delight of David is to be taken in a large sense; not only in one particular, because of the good that he saw in their persons: but in regard of all the good he saw in them, and by them in joining with them take them altogether jointly. All the good that came from them; so he delighted in them. There is a great deal of delight and contentment to be had in the Saints of God, especially jointly.

If they look upon any one Saint of God, they have deligt in him▪ but they have more to look on all the Saints together jointly; so they can say their souls delight in them, there is a sweet complacency taken in them jointly. And that is that which I shall speak to at this time; The delight that is to be taken in the Saints jointly together. There is delight in the Saints in regard of the sweetnesse of their society and communion with them. For so this delight of David is to be taken in a large sence; not onely in one particular, because of the good that he saw in their persons: but in regard of all the good he saw in them, and by them in joyning with them take them altogether jointly. All the good that came from them; so he delighted in them. There is a great deal of delight and contentment to be had in the Saints of God, especially jointly.

If you look at one sometimes (though in never so mean a condition) ⟨p. 161⟩there is a great deal of delight there. As Doctor Tailor the Martyr, that we read of in the book of Martyrs coming to Bradford, he professed that it countervailed all his trouble in prison, that he was acquainted with that Angel of God John Bradford, meaning him in particular. And another that professed that he had rather be with Cato, (a heathen) for his moral excellencies, in prison then with Cesar in the Senate in all his pomp. To be shut up with one godly man is a great deal of delight and contentment: what a great deal of delight is there then in their being together, and in that way wherein most of their excellencies appear? such delight is in them jointly.