Englands duty under the present gospel liberty from Revel. III, vers. 20

Here's the beginning of your acquaintance with God, the first taste of Spiritual pleasures, of which there shall never be an end. All the time men have spent in the World in an unconverted state, hath been a time of estrangement and alienation from God; when the Lord brings a man to Chris, in the way of Conversion, he then begins his first acquaintance with God, Job 22. 21. Acquaint now thy self with him, and •e at peace, thereby good shall come unto thee. This is your first acquaintance with the Lord, which will be a growing thing; every visit you give him in prayer increaseth your acquaintance, and begets more intimacy, and humble holy familiarity, betwixt him and you. And oh, what a paradise of pleasure doth this let the Soul into! The life of Religion abounds with pleasures, Psal. 16. 11. All his ways are ways of pleasantness, and his paths are peace, Prov. 3. 17. Now you know where to go and unload any trouble that presseth your Hearts; whatever prejudices and scandals Satan and his instruments cast upon Religion; this I will affirm of it, that that man must necessarily be a stranger to true pleasure, and empty of real comfort, who is a stranger to Christ and the duties of Communion with him. 'Tis true, here's no allowance for sinful pleasures, nor any want of Spiritual pleasures. Bless God therefore for converting grace, you that have it; and list up a cry to Heaven for it, you that want it.