·The NvttJ$·re of Converfion~ J.1ath fin made thee? .God made thee little lower than the Angels;· Sin, little better than the Devils, 3'ob. 6. 70. and 8. 44· A monfter, that hath his head and heart where his feet !bould be, and his feet kick– ing againft heaven, and every thtng out of place; the world, that was formed to ferve thee, is come to rule thee, and the deceitful harlot bathbewitch– ed tkee with her inchancments, and made thee bow d'own and ferve her. - But convertingGrace fets all in order·again, and puts-God in the throne, and the world at his foot– flool, . P(al. 73. 2). Chrifr in the heart, and the world under feet, Ephe[. 3. 17. Rev. It. I. SoPaul, 1am crucified to the world, and the world to me, Gal. G-. 14•. Beforethischange, all the cry was, Who will foe~ Jts any (worldly) good? But nowhe fings another tune, Lerd, lift th-ou up the_ light of t!;y countenanc~ upo» me, and taket~e corn,and, ~ine whofo will, Pfal. 4:· G, 7. Before, hts hearts de~1ght and content was tn the world ; then the fong was, Soul, t.t.ke tbine ia[e ;· eat, . drink_,. and be merrJ ;_tboubaft mucb goods laid up for mdny years: but now all this is withered, and there is no eomelinefs, that he f11ou1d defire it; and he· . _, tunes up, with the (weet Pfalmift of I[r.tel, The Lord I i{ tbe portionof mine i.nbcritance ;· tbe line.r are fallen to me in ·a fair place, and I ha-ve agoodly btritage. He ble!fet:h himfelf, and boafts himfelf in God, Pfal~ 34: 2. Lam. 3. 24. nothing elfe can give hinl con:– tent. He hath written vanity and vexation upon. all his worldly enjoyments, Eccle[. '· 2. and lofs and-dung up')n all humane e;.;cel!encies, Philip 3· 1, s·. He h~th life and jn1mortality now in chafe,. · I{·om. 2. 7· He trader. for grace ~n:l glory, and hath ~ cro~)\ln incorruptible in purfuit, 1 Cor.. 9· 2). His he;:~rt !s fet in him to feek the Lord) I.Chron. 22. 1 9~ a~d· 2 C- 1 Jron: r). l;. He firft feel~s the kingdom of li:~ven,and the.rigLt::o~.1fhefs ther~of;. andReligio~ lS..
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