A choice Bed of Spices. 211 fet about their lives ; the fame they 'Ihould fet about their hearts. But, - Fifthly, Men Mould keep their hearts, as they keep a rich treafure of money, or jewels, or plate. Now, to preferve a rich treafure, what locks, what bolts, what bars, what chains All our fpiritual are made ufe of? Our hearts are jewels more worth than all l'he.g are it'd' the Kingdoms, Crowns and Scepters of this world. There man may laywch are few men that know how to value a God, a Chriff, a Gof- "'"i4 m" mecum porta; all pel, a Covenant of grace, a Heaven, or their own hearts, as my goods I carry they fhonld. What are mountains of gold, and rocks of aboitc with me. pearl, to the heart, the foul of man ? The heart is that pearl of price for which a man fhould venture his all,and lay down his all. 0 then l what a guard, what a watch fhould a man ccminually keep -upon his heart? The heart is' amera omni- o:entU Revis, the prefence chamber of the King of heaven ; and upon this account it becomes a Chriftian alwayes to keep a guard upon his heart ; he keeps his heart bell who keeps it as his choifefr treafure, &c. But, Sixthly, Men fhould keep their hearts, as a fond father keeps his only child ; 'the fond father will fill keep his child Within doors, he Rill have him under his eye, and in his prefence, that fo no hurt, no harm may befal him day or night. Our eye fhould be frill upon our hearts, or else they will give us the flip, and play the wantons with us. But, Seventhly, Men fhould keep their hearts, as Lovers; keep the love-tokens that are mutually fent one to another ; they love to be often a looking upon them, and a thinking of them, 1 and a talking of them ; and will be lure to keep the {triad} and the ftrongefi guard upon them : So a Chriflian frill be a looking upon his heart, and a thinking upon his heart, and a fpeaking of his heart (either of the badnefs of it, or of the wants of it) and a keeping of the flritleit and ftrongell guard upon his heart. But, 59 6. 7. Eighthly, A man fliould keep his heart as a man keeps his E e 2 house,
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