A heavenly conference between Christ and Mary after His resurrection. Wherein the intimate familiarity,…

Again, here thou mayest see the true Joseph, he knows Mary, when she knows not him, but takes him for the Gardner. Christ is always before-hand with us in his grace, he loves us before we love him, and calls us before we call him. Mary travails with desires to find Christ, and Christ is full of yearnings towards her: like Joseph, he could refrain no longer, and because the general manifestation of Christ wrought little, he calls her by her name Mary, and she being a sheep of Christ, knows his voice, and answers him with a title of dignity, Rabboni, that is to say, my Master.

Again, here thou may'st see the true Joseph, he knowes Mary, when she knows not him, but takes him for the Gardner. Christ is alwayes before-hand with us in his grace, he loves us before we love him, and calls us before we call him. Mary travails with desires to find Christ, and Christ is full of yernings towards her: like Joseph, he could refrain no longer, and because the general manifestation of Christ wrought little, he calles her by her name Mary, and she being a sheep of Christ, knowes his voice, and answers him with a title of dignity, Rabboni, that is to say, my Master.

We may see here, that discoveries of grace are not fruitless, they stir up in believers, reverence, and obedience. Let us sin because grace abounds, is the Devils application of Christs Doctrine.

These and several other particulars, are with much brevity, spirituality, and perspicuity handled in this Treatise, and ⟨image 6⟩with that liveliness that they show they come from one, whose own heart savoured what he taught to others. The largest part of this Book is spent upon that sweet Doctrine viz. A Believers interest in God as a Father, and the comforts that flow from that sweet relation. The foundation of our relation to God is here handled, and how God is first a Father to Christ, and in him to us. What can be more comfortable in this earthly interest shaking, disjointing confounding age: then to clear up to our souls an interest in God: Tolle meum, & tolle Deum, as he said, it were better for me there were no God, then that he should not be my God, this will be thy comfort, that when thou canst not say, my state, my liberty, my House, my Land, my friend, my Trade, thou mayest be able to say, my Father, my God. If therefore thou savourest the things of God, thissubject will be acceptable and grateful to thee, and if this Treatise may be any ways instrumental, for putting thee upon study how to get it, or upon practice how to improve it, or in case thy soul sits in darkness,