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V. DIRECTION.

If you would be acquainted with God, come much where he is wont to be, frequent his house, lye always at the Doors of Wisdom, engage much in his Ordinances. This was that course that David took when he wanted Gods company, away he goes to the house of God; and, O what earnestness doth he use when the doors of the Lords Tabernacle were shut, to get them open again? what moan doth he make when he was for some time sequestered by his enemies, from the enjoyment of God in his public Ordinances? As the Hart pants after the water-brooks, so did his soul pant after God, the living God. O when should he appear before him? when should he again behold the out-goings of God in his Sanctuary, as sometimes he had? How amiable are thy tabernacles, saith he, O Lord God of Hosts! And one thing have I desired, and that will I seek after, that I may dwell in thy house, and see thee, and enquire in thy tabernacle, Psal. 42. Psal. 48. Psal. 27.4. He thought God was like to be found no where so soon as at his own house; he was sure he was never from home. David can never forget what usage, and entertainment he was wont to have there, and that this great Friend was used to have a standing Table, an open House, and that when his Guests were set, he would come and bid them welcome; eat O friends, drink, yea, drink abundantly O beloved. See therefore that you get into that part of Gods house where he doth most frequently come, get under the most powerful Ministry; O hear the Word with all the Reverence, Attention, ⟨p. 326⟩and affection that you can for your soul; miss not any opportunities that God puts into your hand, least that should be the time in which you might have met with God; Lye at the pool of Bethesda, and wait for the moving of the Waters; set your selves as in the house of God, and remember, though you see not God, that he is always present in all places, but he is there more especially present where his people meet together to attend upon him in his own Ordinances? Wherefore when you come to hear the Word, set your self as in the presence of God, and hear as for your life and soul,