2. Seriously set your selves to find out experimentally, what it is to enjoy God, to have communion with God: Long for it, you shall never lose your longing. Pant after it, God understands the Rhetoric of your breathing, as well as of your cry. If, saith Augustine, I desire nothing else but thee, I beseech thee Father, let me find thee: if I do desire any thing superfluous, do thou thy self cleanse me: and make me fit to see thee. Christians, rouse up your spirits: what is it that makes you so low spirited, as to have the least contentment in the greatest enjoyment on this side God? Do you not know the worth of Communion with God? whose fault's that? Hos. 6.3. You shall know, if you follow on to know the Lord, you have a promise, that your knowledge shall increase, from the morning of Regeneration to the noon day of glory. What yet hinders? Is it variety of fears? Worldly fears: your hearts are tossed to and fro with worldly business: ⟨p. 26⟩doubting fears, you have more to object, than ever you have hopes to be answered. Trembling fears, alas you dare not think of such an enjoyment. To all these. God the Father bids you cast your cares upon him; the earth is the Lords, and the fullness of it, and he knows what things you have need of. Christ bids you bring your doubts unto him; have you any doubt that Christ cannot answer? and if he can, surely he hath done and suffered enough, to persuade us of his willingness: there is in him Voluntas Omnipotens as Bernard expresseth it, his will is Almighty. And let those that are of a trembling heart, go to the Comforter, 'tis his Office to pray in you, as 'tis Christs Office to pray for you; He is the God of all Grace: what grace then can you want? Dear Christians, I would be an importunate wooer, and take no denial, no excuse, no delay. Commune with your own hearts, and deal ingeniously: is there any lust worth keeping, to the losing of God? and you cannot keep both. Psal. 139.23, 24. When God shall search you who knows your hearts; when God shall try you, who knows your thoughts; if he see any wicked way in you; how can you expect that he will lead you in the way everlasting? Deal ingeniously, Christians, is there more strictness required then you are willing to practise? Speak (conscience) is it even thus? And shall the Commands of Christ be grievous? did Christ stick at Nothing? Nothing.
2. Seriously set your selves to finde out experimentally, what it is to enjoy God, to have communion with God: Long for it, you shall never lose your longing. Pant after it, God understands the Rhetorick of your breathing, as well as of your cry. If, saith Augustine, I desire nothing else but thee, I beseech thee Father, let me finde thee: if I doe desire any thing superfluous, doe thou thy selfe cleanse me: and make me fit to see thee. Christians, rouze up your spirits: what is it that makes you so low spirited, as to have the least contentment in the greatest enjoyment on this side God? Doe you not know the worth of Communion with God? whose fault's that? Hos. 6.3. You shall know, if you follow on to know the Lord, you have a promise, that your knowledge shall encrease, from the morning of Regeneration to the noone day of glory. What yet hinders? Is it variety of fears? Worldly fears: your hearts are tost to and fro with worldly businesse: ⟨p. 26⟩doubting fears, you have more to object, than ever you have hopes to be answered. Trembling fears, alas you dare not think of such an enjoyment. To all these. God the Father bids you cast your cares upon him; the earth is the Lords, and the fulnesse of it, and he knows what things you have need of. Christ bids you bring your doubts unto him; have you any doubt that Christ cannot answer? and if he can, surely he hath done and suffered enough, to perswade us of his willingnesse: there is in him Ʋoluntas Omnipotens as Bernard expresseth it, his will is Almighty. And let those that are of a trembling heart, goe to the Comforter, 'tis his Office to pray in you, as 'tis Christs Office to pray for you; He is the God of all Grace: what grace then can you want? Deare Christians, I would be an importunate wooer, and take no deniall, no excuse, no delay. Commune with your owne hearts, and deale ingeniously: is there any lust worth keeping, to the losing of God? and you cannot keep both. Psal. 139.23, 24. When God shall search you who knows your hearts; when God shall trie you, who knows your thoughts; if he see any wicked way in you; how can you expect that he will lead you in the way everlasting? Deale ingeniously, Christians, is there more strictnes required then you are willing to practise? Speak (conscience) is it even thus? And shal the Commands of Christ be grievous? did Christ stick at Nothing? Nothing.
