'Tis the greatest measures of grace, that usher in the greatest 1measure of joy and comfort into a believing heart. Christians, have you tasted of the Consolations of God? Have you at times sate down and drank of these wells of salvation? Are your hearts carried out for more of those waters of life? Then labour to be rich in grace. A little Star yields but a little light, and a little grace will yield but a little comfort; but great measures of grace will yield a man not only a Heaven hereafter, but also a Heaven of joy here. Divine comfort is a choice Flower, a precious Jewel, and only to be found in their bosoms that are rich in grace. Spiritual comforts are such Strong-waters, that weak Christians are not able to bear them. Great measures of grace carry with them the greatest evidence of the truth of grace, and the clearer evidence there is in the soul of the truth of grace, the higher will joy and comfort spring. The soul is apt to hang her comforts on every hedge, to shift and shark in every bye corner for comfort; but as air lights not without the Sun, and as fuel heats not without fire, so neither can any thing soundly comfort a Christian, without the God of grace, without his being rich in grace. Great measures of grace carry with them the greatest evidence of a mans union and communion with God; and the more a mans union and communion with God is evidenced, the more 2will the soul be filled with that joy that is unspeakable, and full of glory, and with that comfort and peace that passes understanding. In great measures of grace a man may read most of the love and favour of God; and the more a man sees of the love and favour of God to him, the more high the springs of comfort rise in him. In great measures of grace, as in a Crystal glass, the soul sees the glorious face of God shining and sparkling, and this fills the soul with joy. Acts 9. 31. Then had the Churches rest throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and ⟨p. 223⟩Samaria, and were edified, and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the holy Ghost, were multiplied. The more their graces were increased, the more their comforts were augmented.
'Tis the greatest measures of grace, that usher in the greatest 1measure of joy and comfort into a believing heart. Christians, have you tasted of the Consolations of God? Have you at times sate downe and drank of these wells of salvation? Are your hearts carried out for more of those waters of life? Then labour to be rich in grace. A little Star yeelds but a little light, and a little grace will yield but a little comfort; but great measures of grace will yield a man not onely a Heaven hereafter, but also a Heaven of joy here. Divine comfort is a choyce Flower, a precious Jewel, and onely to be found in their bosomes that are rich in grace. Spirituall comforts are such Strong-waters, that weak Christians are not able to bear them. Great measures of grace carry with them the greatest evidence of the truth of grace, and the clearer evidence there is in the soule of the truth of grace, the higher will joy and comfort spring. The soule is apt to hang her comforts on every hedge, to shift and shark in every bye corner for comfort; but as aire lights not without the Sun, and as fuell heats not without fire, so neither can any thing soundly comfort a Christian, without the God of grace, without his being rich in grace. Great measures of grace carry with them the greatest evidence of a mans union and communion with God; and the more a mans union and communion with God is evidenc't, the more 2will the soul be filled with that joy that is unspeakable, and full of glory, and with that comfort and peace that passes understanding. In great measures of grace a man may read most of the love and favour of God; and the more a man sees of the love and favour of God to him, the more high the springs of comfort rise in him. In great measures of grace, as in a Christall glasse, the soule sees the glorious face of God shining and sparkling, and this fills the soule with joy. Acts 9. 31. Then had the Churches rest throughout all Judca, and Galilee, and ⟨p. 223⟩Samaria, and were edified, and walking in the feare of the Lord, and in the comfort of the holy Ghost, were multiplied. The more their graces were increased, the more their comforts were augmented.
- 1O the joys! the joys! the unconceivable joys! cried out Mistress Katharine Bretterge, who had attained to a great measure of grace, &c.O the joyes! the joyes! the unconceiveable joyes! cryed out Mistris Katharine Bretterge, who had attained to a great measure of grace, &c.
- 2Aeterna erit exultatio, quae bono laetatur aeterno, &c.
