Verse 20. And anon with joy receiveth it]
Anon, or immedi∣ately. Temporaries are too sudden: and, or ere they be sound∣ly humbled, will be catching at the comforts, as children do at sweet-meat, stuffing themselves pillows with the promises, that they may sin more securely: Praesumendo sperant, & sperando pere∣unt, as one saith. These are your 〈◊〉〈◊〉-Christians, so hot at first that they can never hold out. Swift at hand gives in ere night, when soft and fair goes far.
Or with grief, if the nature of the do∣ctrine require it. For by one affection we are to understand the rest also. There's no grace but bath a counterfeit; Faciunt & 〈◊〉〈◊〉 favos, & simiae imitantur homines. The Sorcerers seemed to doe as much as Moses. Many Apostates have had many melt∣ings, and much sudden strong joy, so as they have 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the joy they have found at the hearing of the Word, hath been so great, that if it had continued but a while, they could not have lived, but their spirits would have expired. Many exam∣ples there are of such. Howbeit in these flashings, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 truths of God (saith a Divine) passe by them, as water thorow a* 1.1 conduit, and leave a dew; but soak not, as water into the 〈◊〉〈◊〉.