A Saint Indeed

How goodly then would be thy tents O Jacob, and thy tabernacles O Israel! then as tis prophesied of the Jews, Zech. 8. 23. Men would say, we will go with you, for we have heard that God is among you. Tis the fellowship your Souls have with the Father and with the Son, that draws out the desires of others after fellowship with you. 1 Joh. 1. 3. I tell you if Saints would be persuaded to take more pains, and spend more time about their hearts; there would quickly be such a divine lustre upon the face of their conversations that men would account it no small privilege, to be with or near them.

How goodly then would be thy tents O Iacob, and thy tabernacles O Israel! then as tis prophesied of the Jews, Zech. 8. 23. Men would say, we will go with you, for we have heard that God is among you. Tis the fellowship your Souls have with the Father and with the Son, that draws out the desires of others after fellowship with you. 1 Ioh. 1. 3. I tell you if Saints would be perswaded to take more pains, and spend more time about their hearts; there would quickly be such a divine lustre upon the face of their coversations that men would account it no small priviledge, to be with or near them.

Tis the pride, passion, and earthliness of our hearts that hath spoiled Christian ⟨p. 205⟩fellowship: whence is it? that when Christians meet, they are often jarring and contending, but only their unmortified passions: whence are their uncharitable censures of their brethren, but only from self ignorance? why are they so rigid, and unmerciful towards those that are fallen? but because they consider not themselves, as the Apostle speaks