comfortable walking with God. 227 kard, a mart ina dropfie, or burning feaver, ferveonely to c»iydropicus,qua inflame it with new beate, and aerie additions of infatiable amPi"'S biberfit, amPltus fitic : & thirft and inordinate lull. No matvell then though the on,nis avatn: ex working heart ofevery naturali man, unreconciled to God, cu atf. imdm be * like the raging tea that cannot reif. That roaring Ele. ca, q s a p,tit ment, towhich the Spirit of God resembles a wicked man, apretëdaaiiaam- m flneedesbe a much troubled and very reftleffe creature; Pi:t,s, &tiue aehctat ni e- fith it is continually toffed, and turmoyled with variety of contrary and confuted motions ; that of efluation, ievoltlti- 'Ply +s appetit, buie on refle&ion defcenfion andagitationb the fern- fi,sexPotnerf- y CÍC. cre8. /tt cap. blably, ifthoucouldeft fee the infideofthe greateffgracelefff't8. Monopolift, and ingroffer ofall the moti defirable excellen- cies under the Sunne, glittering in the higheti Eniperiall Throne upon the earth ; thou fhouldefl behold his heart for all that, rent afunder withmany raging ditiempers, and tern- pefiuous whirlewindes ofcontrary lulls ; a very hiveof un- numbred cares, forrowes, and patfQns ; boyling inceflandy with irkfome fufpitions, falfe feares, infatiable longings,fe- cret grumblings ofconfcience, torturingditira&ions, and tu- multuations ofhell. By the way, let me tell you, that this immoderate defire, inordinate delight whichI fpeake of, glued to force fpeciall fenfuall obje&, which naturall corruption tingles out, and makeschiefeti choife of, to followand feed upon, withgrea« reifcontentment and carnall fweetneffe, becomes theparents of everymans bofome finne. Ifit fallin love withhonoursand greatneffe, it breedsand brings forth ambition, which is anunquenchable thirdafter vifible glory, and a gluttonous hunting after high roomes. Asit inhabiteth thehighest and haughtieft fpirits, and is fu perlative and tranfcendentinits obje& and afpirations; fo of all thefformy perturbations, whichrent aüd rage in the heart ofman, it is molt tempestuous and defperate. Ventrous it is toclimbe. up any flaires of bafeneffe, bribery, blood; to tread upon the ruines ofthenobleff innocency, upon themer- cileffe defolations of deareft friends and neareft kindred, to domlaeere for a while, though it bedamned everlaflingly ( after- ,
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