I 84 Viretlions forgetting and keepin and what he will do for' you if you do but Content. And then think of the vanity ofall the childifh Pleafures of this world ; how loon and á how fad a cafe they will leave us ; and what fillycontemptible things they are in comparfon of the everîaffing Glory of the Saints ! By that time you hivewarmed your foul a little with filch feri- ous thoughts, you will find your Faith and Love revive, and begin to fir and work within you ; And then you will feel that you have Faith and Love ! Only remember what I told you before, that the heart and foul of lavingFaith and Love (suppofing a Beliefthat the ofpe! is true) is all in this one Aft. ofWillingnefsor Çonfent to have Chrif as he is of- fered. Therefore ifyou doubt of your Faith and Love, it is your own Willingnefs that you doubt of, orelle you knownot what you do. Nowmethinks, if you took but a lober view of the goodnefs of Cod and the Gloryof Heaven on one tide, and of the filly, empty, worthlefs world on the other fide ; and then askyour heart, Which it will choofe ? and fay to your fell, O my foul, the q od ofGlory offers thee .thychoice of ding and vanity for a little time, or of the unconceivable 7oyes of Heaven for ever: : which xvilt thou choofe ? i fay, me thinks the anfwer ofyour own foul fhould prefently refolve you, that you do Believe, and that youLove God above this prefent world ! For ifyou can choofe him before the world, then you are more willing of him then the world : and. ifhe have more ofyour will, for certain he bath more of your Faith and Love. Ufe therefore in head ofdoubtingofyour Faith, to Believe till you put it out of doubt ; And if yet you doubt, fludy God,
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