Sacramental meditations upon divers select places of scripture

Secondly: They are sensible of Gods ¹recesses, and withdrawments from their spirits, they feel how the ebb follows the flood, and how the waters abate. So you find it in Cant. 5. 6. I opened to my Beloved, but my Beloved had ⟨p. 25⟩withdrawn himself, and was gone, my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called, but he gave me no answer. The Hebrew is very Pathetical, He was gone, he was gone. A sad change of the frame of her heart quickly followed.

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Thirdly: The Lords nearness to the ¹hearts and reins of his People in their duties, is evident to them from the effects that it leaves upon their spirits. For look as it is with the Earth and Plants, with respect to the approach or remove of the Sun in the Spring and Autumn: So it is here as Christ speaks, Luk. 21. 29. When ye see the Fig-tree and all the Trees shoot forth, we know that Summer is nigh at hand. An approaching Sun renews the face of the Earth, and makes Nature smile. The Trees bud and blossom, the Fishes rise, the Birds sing, it's a kind of Resurrection to Nature from the dead. So is it when the Lord comes near the ²hearts and reins of men in duty: For then they find that

Thirdly: The Lords nearness to the ¹hearts and reins of his People in their duties, is evident to them from the effects that it leaves upon their spirits. For look as it is with the Earth and Plants, with respect to the approach or remove of the Sun in the Spring and Autumn: So it is here as Christ speaks,