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

2. This will be exceeding effectual to endear thy soul unto God, to cause thee to delight in him, and to make thy abode with him. Many Saints have no greater burden in their Lives, then that their Hearts do not come clearly and fully up, constantly to delight and rejoice in God: that there is still an indisposedness of Spirit unto close walking with him. What is at the bottom of this distemper? Is it not their unskilfulness in, or ⟨p. 36⟩neglect of this Duty, even of holding Communion with the Father in Love? So much as we see of the Love of God, so much shall we delight in him, and no more. Every other discovery of God without this, will but make the Soul fly from him. But if the heart be once much taken up with this, the Eminency of the Fathers Love, it cannot choose but be overpowered, conquered and endeared unto him. This, if any thing, will work upon us, to make our abode with him. If the Love of a Father will not make a child delight in him, what will? put then this to the venture; exercise your thoughts upon this very thing, the Eternal, Free, and Fruitful Love of the Father, and see if your Hearts be not wrought upon to delight in him. I dare boldly say, believers will find it as thriving a course, as ever they pitched on in their lives. Sit down a little at the Fountain, and you will quickly have a farther discovery of the sweetness of the streams. You who have run from him, will not be able after a while, to keep at a distance for a moment.

2. This will be exceeding effectuall to endeare thy soule unto God, to cause thee to delight in him, and to make thy abode with him. Many Saints have no greater burthen in their Lives, then that their Hearts do not come clearely and fully up, constantly to delight and rejoyce in God: that there is still an indisposednesse of Spirit unto close walking with him. What is at the bottome of this distemper? Is it not their unskilfulnesse in, or ⟨p. 36⟩neglect of this Duty, even of holding Communion with the Father in Love? So much as we see of the Love of God, so much shall we delight in him, and no more. Every other discovery of God without this, will but make the Soule fly from him. But if the heart be once much taken up with this, the Eminency of the Fathers Love, it cannot chuse but be overpowred, conquered and endeared unto him. This, if any thing, will worke upon us, to make our abode with him. If the Love of a Father will not make a child delight in him, what will? put then this to the venture; excercise your thoughts upon this very thing, the Eternall, Free, and Fruitfull Love of the Father, and see if your Hearts be not wrought upon to delight in him. I dare boldly say, believers will find it as thriving a course, as ever they pitched on in their lives. Sit downe a little at the Fountaine, and you will quickly have a farther discovery of the sweetnesse of the streames. You who have run from him, will not be able after a while, to keep at a distance for a moment.