90 Gener41l dlirecZionrfor a pingofthe booke of thy confcience, at thofe twodreadfull dayes, of Death, and the tall Iudgenment, 'innumerable ar- nu es ofexorbitant thoughts,whichhave lyen in ambufh as it were, in the fecret cornersof thy deceitfull heart,will charge upon thee with a farre heavier account then perhaps thou art aware of, or haft feriouily thought upon heretofore. 3. That Gods glory muff afwell fhine in thy thoughts, in the invifible workings, intentions, delires, and elevations of the heart; as thine outward converfation. As God exaéfs and expeas honourand fervice fromhis Children , in words and werkes; fo their isalfoaThought-fervice, aThought - worfhip, that I may fo callit, which is very pleating and pre- cious in his eies, as fpringing more immediately from the heart, wherein he principallydelights; and becaufe the fe- crecie ofit is attendedwith more finceritie.Remember there- fore to render with all reverence and zeale unto the Father of Spirits, and Lordof thy foule, the daily tribute of thy Thought-fervice, as well as the Tongue-fervice and Hand- fervice. And the rather and morepentifully : i. Becaufe opportunities , abilities, and meaner may faile for outward performances , but the heart is ever at leifiire and liberrie to thinkenobly. No times, no tyrants, no wants or reftraint, canhinder it from an invifible fruition ofGods owne Selfe, with thoughts of fweeteftrapture and reverence, of love, and lowlielt adoration ; frombathing it felfe in the meritorious Bloud of the Immaculate Lambe, with thoughts ofinex- plicable peace, joy, and triumph ; and from cleaving to the promifes oflife, anddiving into the Myflery of Grace with extraordinary deareneffe, pureft delight,and vi&corious faith; from being as a mountaine of Myrrh and Incenfe, fending up a fpirituall Sacrifice ofpraife-full thoughts, infinitely ad- miring and magnifying the glory and goodneffe of that mercifull Hand, which writ thyname with the golden Cha- ravers of his endeffe love, in the Bookeof Life from all be- ginnings; fuffered the deareft and warmeft Bloud in His Sonnes Heart tobee fpilt as water upon the ground, for the wafhingof thy body andfoule from fine ; and after a1pan of
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