!.6 The -Nature of Con·7)erfion~ ;'1 aliment, and element ; t:h~e defire ofhis eyes, and the joy of his heart, 'fob 23· 12. Pfal. I I 9· 82, 13 r, 162, I74• P{al. 63. 5'. '. . Put thy confcience to it as thou goeft, whether thou art the man : 0 happy man, if this be thy cafe! ·But fee thou be thorow and in1partial in the tear.ch. Thirdly, It turns the bent of the affections, 2 Cor.7. -~ I r. Thefe runall in a new channel: The :fordan is · now driven back, and the \\ 7 ater runs upwards a· gainR: its natural courfe. Chrift is his Hope, r Tim. r. r. this is his prize; Phil. 3• 8. here his eye is, here his heart is. He is 'COntented tO caft all over-board (as the merchant ·in the fl:orm, ready toperilli) fo he may but keep this Jewel. · The firft of his defires is, not after gold, but grace, l'hit. 3· r 3· He hungers after it, he feeks it as filver, lle digs for it as for hid treafure: He had rather be gracious, thanbe great ; he had rather be the holieft man on earth, than the moft learned, the mo.ft: fa– mous, moft profperous. While carnal, he faid, Oh, · if I \Vere but in great efteem, asd rolled in_wealth, and fwir.a'd inpleafure; if my debts were paid, and l and mineprovided for ! then I v;ere a happy rnan : But now the tune is changed; Oh,faith theConvert, ifI had but mycorrdptions fubdued, if I had fuch ·meafures of grace, fuch fellowfl1ip with God, tho' I were poor and defpifedj I fhould not care, I fhould t account rny felf a bleffed man. Reader, Is this the c language of thy ioul ? . · ~ His :f~ys are changed. l-Ie rejoiceth in theways of et ab od's tefiimonies, as much as in all riches, P{al. 11 9· jua work He delights in the Law of the Lord, wherein dow~him, re he had little favour. He hath no fuch joy, as Phil. \n this;e thoughts of Chrift, the fruition of his corn– . · d~ ~y be., the profperity of his people. ~ ' jscar1sare quite al.tered. He was once·fet for the · - - · -~ -- - - - -- · world,
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