your lovely bridegroom will keep his word and his day, he will come and marry you to himself for ever: Therefore ever ftand upon the watch-tower, wifhfully looking for his appearance; never flack thy watch, nor let thy expectation cool, till he come and take thee home to himself, and fet you down at the higher table, where he fhall for ever lay afide his vail, and his amiable countenance never more be clouded with frowns; where you shall not have a facramental but a beatifical vision ; where you fhall not remember him, but behold him as he is; where you fhall feed on him without figns, and fee him without a vail; where all your forrows fhall be turned into joys, where, for every reproach you met with in God's fervice, you fhall reap eternal honour; for every hour of forrow, you fhall enjoy endless ages of comfort. "Make hafte, my beloved, let the day break and the fhadows fly away. Even fo, Lord Jefus, come quickly." Take me to that place where myfteries shall be turned into revelations, faith into vifion, hope into fruition, efpoufals into embraces, forrowful fighs into nuptial fongs, drops of tears into rivers of pleasures, tranfient glances into the radiant and direct beams of the fun of righteoufnefs, fhort taftes into everlasting feafting and fulness. How small are the comforts of the lower table, if compared with these of the higher table? How dark are the discoveries believers have here, if compared with thefe bright manifeftations above? But, because I have infifted on this head formerly, I shall add no more here upon it; but wish that we may come at length experimentally to know the difference, to our everlafting comfort. END OF THE FIRST VOLUME. Objections made againft this duty answered, Direct II Concerning the neceffity of frequent. Direct. V. Concerning the neceffity of folemn pre- paration before our partaking, Direct. IX. Concerning humiliation and mourning Direct. X. Concerning our clofing with Chrift by Direct. XI. Concerning the duty of perfonal cove- Page. 406 420 440 443 Advices to young communicants thereanent, CHAP. II. Containing Directions for the right spending of a Com- Direc. I. Concerning our rifing in the morning that 459 464 473 And by looking to Christ in all his offices, Direct. II. How to get faith and love quickened by 475 476 480 Direct. IV. Concerning our ejaculations by the way, 490 483 Directions concerning our carriage when the time of receiving doth approach, Scrupulous communicants refolved, 491 492 Ejaculations proper when we go forward to the table, 493 Directions proper for Communicants when they are fit- 497 How to employ our thoughts when we fee the facra- The graces needful, and how they are to be exercif- Suitable fubjects for our meditation while we fit ib. 517 CHAP. III. Containing Directions concerning our behaviour after partaking. Sect. I. Concerning our deportment when rifing and going from the Lord's table, Page. 539 540 549 Sect. II. Containing directions how to behave when 551 567 fear they have got no benefit by the ordinance, 555 Directions to thofe who have been kindly dealt with, 559 Of our carriage at our common tables, Sect. III. Containing directions anent our converfation in the world, when all the work is over, 568 Direct I. Be faithful foldiers to your General, ib. Direct. II. Be active in a course of new obedience, 569 Direct III. Guard strictly against all known fin, 570 Direct. IV. Watch against the temptations of Satan, 571 Direct. V. Improve and feed on a crucified Christ, 573 Direct. VI. Keep up the impreffion of the vows of God 574 Dire&. VII. Crucify fin that crucified your Saviour, 577 Direct. VIII. Walk ftill under the fenfe of God's all-seeing eye Direct IX. Walk cheerfully and contentedly in every lot, 578 579 Direct X. Delight in the company of God's people, 580 581 fions, ib. |