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8. Another glorious effect of Acquaintance with God, is, That it will make all our enjoyments doubly sweet. He hath what he hath in love; he need not be afraid of poison in any of those Dainties which comes from his dearest Friends Table; he may eat his meat with a joyful heart, and not tremble for fear of the reckoning at last; what he enjoys is freely given him; all his Dishes have this brave Sauce, they are seasoned with Love, and come out of the hand of a Father. He that is the great Proprietor, hath given him leaven to use these things, and hath promised also to give him better things then these. He knows that this is not his portion, that this is nothing to what he shall possess; it is no small comfort to him, to think that he shall never want any thing that is needful for him, or that if he be brought into some exigences, he hath a Friend that he can go to when he will, and be heartily welcome; he hath a portion, an estate in another Country that can never be spent, though he live at never so high a rate, and the more he spends upon it, the greater it is; he hath a key to that storehouse which can never be emptied; he hath an interest in him in whom all fullness doth dwell: his Friend is noble, let him but ask and he shall have, seek and he shall find, knock & it shall be opened unto him. God is so free that he takes care of all his creatures; yea, so great is his Royal Bounty, that it doth largely provide ⟨p. 227⟩for his enemies? and shall his friends, his children starve? Hath he not done so in ancient days? when his people were in the wilderness he sent them their Diet from his own house, he fed them with Angels food. But if this should not be, if he kept them short, that may be done with as great kindness to them as the former: fasting may fatten the soul more then feasting doth the body; and this makes all welcome. if he have a great deal, he rejoiceth to think that he shall have more still one day; if he have but a little he is satisfied; and so his condition is made more comfortable to him, then the greatest enjoyments of the wicked are to them.

8. Another glorious effect of Acquaintance with God, is, That it will make all our enjoyments doubly sweet. He hath what he hath in love; he need not be afraid of poyson in any of those Dainties which comes from his dearest Friends Table; he may eat his meat with a joyful heart, and not tremble for fear of the reckoning at last; what he enjoys is freely given him; all his Dishes have this brave Sauce, they are season'd with Love, and come out of the hand of a Father. He that is the great Proprietor, hath given him leaven to use these things, and hath promised also to give him better things then these. He knows that this is not his portion, that this is nothing to what he shall possess; it is no small comfort to him, to think that he shall never want any thing that is needful for him, or that if he be brought into some exigences, he hath a Friend that he can go to when he will, and be heartily welcome; he hath a portion, an estate in another Country that can never be spent, though he live at never so high a rate, and the more he spends upon it, the greater it is; he hath a key to that storehouse which can never be emptied; he hath an interest in him in whom all fulness doth dwell: his Friend is noble, let him but ask and he shall have, seek and he shall find, knock & it shall be opened unto him. God is so free that he takes care of all his creatures; yea, so great is his Royal Bounty, that it doth largely provide