wine of Lebanon."

All the warmth that we have in our communion, is the warmth of the
Spirit. When a company of saints are gathered together in the name
of Christ to perform any spiritual exercise, and their souls are
edified warmly and made glad therein, it is because this water, this
river of water of life, has, in some of the streams thereof, run
into that assembly. Then are Christians like those that drink wine
in bowls, merry and glad; for that they have drank into the Spirit,
and had their souls refreshed with the sweet gales and strong wine
thereof. This is the feast that Isaiah speaks of when he saith, "In
this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast
of fat things, a feast of wine on the lees, of fat things full of
marrow, of wines on the lees well refined." Isa. 25:6. This is
called in another place, "The communion of the Holy Ghost." 2 Cor.
13:14. Now he warmeth spirits, uniteth spirits, enlighteneth
spirits, reviveth, cherisheth, quickeneth, strengtheneth graces;
renews assurances, brings old comforts to mind, weakens lusts,
emboldeneth and raiseth a spirit of faith, of love, of hope, of
prayer, and makes the word a blessing, conference a blessing,
meditation a blessing, and duty very delightful to the soul. Without
this water of life, communion is weak, flat, cold, dead, fruitless,
lifeless; there is nothing seen, felt, heard, or understood, in a
spiritual, heart-quickening way. Now ordinances are burdensome, sins
strong, faith weak, hearts hard, and the faces of our souls dry,
like the dry and parched ground.

This drink also revives us when tempted, when sick, when persecuted,
when in the dark, and when we faint for thirst. The life of religion
is this water of life; where that runs, where that is received, and