Of Communion with God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

1. Eye the Father as love; Look not on him as an always louring Father, but as one most ^ckind, and tender. Let us look on him by faith, as one that hath had thoughts of kindness towards us from everlasting. It is misapprehension of God, that makes any run from him, who have the least breathing wrought in them after him. They that know thee will put their trust in thee. Men cannot abide with God in spiritual Meditations. He looseth Souls Company by their want of this insight into his ⟨p. 32⟩Love. They fix their thoughts only on his terrible Majesty, severity and Greatness, and so their Spirits are not endeared. Would a soul continually Eye his everlasting tenderness and compassion, his thoughts of kindness that have been from of old, his present gracious Acceptance, it could not bear an hours absence from him; whereas now perhaps, it cannot watch with him one hour. Let then this be the Saints first notion of the Father, as one full of eternal free Love towards them: Let their hearts and thoughts be filled with breaking through all discouragements that lye in the way. To raise them hereunto, let them Consider

1. Eye the Father as love; Look not on him as an always lowring Father, but as one most ^ckind, and tender. Let us looke on him by faith, as one that hath had thoughts of kindnesse towards us from everlasting. It is misapprehension of God, that makes any runne from him, who have the least breathing wrought in them after him. They that know thee will put their trust in thee. Men cannot abide with God in spirituall Meditations. He looseth Soules Company by their want of this insight into his ⟨p. 32⟩Love. They fix their thoughts only on his terrible Majesty, severity and Greatnesse, and so their Spirits are not endeared. Would a soule continually Eye his everlasting tendernesse and compassion, his thoughts of kindnesse that have been from of old, his present gracious Acceptance, it could not beare an hours absence from him; whereas now perhaps, it cannot watch with him one houre. Let then this be the Saints first notion of the Father, as one full of eternall free Love towards them: Let their hearts and thoughts be fill'd with breaking through all discouragements that lye in the way. To raise them hereunto, let them Consider