A Saint Indeed

To this purpose those intermediate ejaculations, betwixt stated and solemn duties, are of most sweet and excellent use; by these, one duty is as it were linked to another, and so the Soul as it were wraps up it self in a chain of duties. That Christian seldom misses his mark in solemn duty, that shoots up many of these darts in the intervals of duty, 'tis an excellent commendation Christ bestows upon the spouse, Cant. 4. 11. Thy lips O my spouse drop as the honey comb: upon which text one gives this sweet note, the honey comb drops actually but sometimes, but it always hangs full of sweet drops ready to fall: if our ejaculations were more, our lamentations upon this account would be fewer.

To this purpose those intermediate ejaculations, betwixt stated and solemn duties, are of most sweet and excellent use; by these, one duty is as it were linked to another, and so the Soul as it were wraps up it self in a chain of duties. That Christian seldome misses his mark in solemn duty, that shoots up many of these darts in the intervals of duty, 'tis an excellent commendation Christ bestows upon the spouse, Cant. 4. 11. Thy lips O my spouse drop as the hony combe: upon which text one gives this sweet note, the hony comb drops actually but sometimes, but it always hangs full of sweet drops ready to fall: if our ejaculations were more, our lamentations upon this account would be fewer.

6. Help. Endeavour to engage and raise thy affections to God in duty, if thou wouldst have thy distractions cured.

6. Help. Endeavour to ingage and raise thy affections to God in duty, if thou wouldst have thy distractions cured.