384 iTii.,lyt7s Summary theillat ly, fcripturally good or evil. For theright improvement' oftins 'Look ing-glafs, three things neceffary, whichareoptiek prin- ciples, but clear to those that have eitherphyfical or natural light. I. There muff be an Objell that ur:11: be feen. And oh t- what fible objeas are there in the hearts ofmen ? Man is call'd a little world, a compendium of the whole world ; Theheart of man is the man. The heart ofman is like the Arkof Noah,-whichconzainsall torts, all kinds ofcleanand unclean Dealt; 1 is an EpitomyofHea-. ven and Hell. What is there in the heart ofman ? Who but God can fathom the depthof it ? There are more .objeds in the hearts of men, then liars in Heaven, or drops in the Ocean. 2. There muff be light to aftuate thisobjet, ifit were dark we could never fee it. There malt belight both to aduate the eyeand °bled. Now this-light that actuates the eye and ()bled, "riseither the naturallight, the light of Nature; the light ofConfrience, the light ofcommon Ifiamination,the light of the'Word, or the light ofthe Spirit God : By all Cage lights we come to look into this-Looking-glafs, our hearts. 3. There muff-he an Irradiation Fvol the objet,' s. e. a beaming forth from that ()Lied., fume Species or Ideas that carries the objet to the eye, and clearly makes out to the fence what that obje4 is, this beaming is by adion from the heart, mark it, (tor it may be asne7 eeffary truthas was Preached among you, that look what the stream, is to Fountain,what the beam is to the Sun,that the adion is to the heart, whether the of be manent, or tranfient ; whether internal in thought, purpofe, eledion, affection, in joy,. in love, in fear ; or External in the life, in the pradice, and, in tile converfation : So that look as a puddle fiream always declares a corrupt Fountain, fo all your humble, holy, faithful thoughts, fpeak-a clear fpiritual heart within; a holy Converfation fpeaks a holy Affeaion, and a-holy At..., fedion, declaresa heavenly Conititution, a newNature. Now for the rifeof this, Is theheart of man a LoOking-glafs? I. Seefrom hence, ofwhat concernment the actions ofmen are,. whether Internal or External. The actions of men are like the fireams, you may certainly find theFountain by them , they fpeak the heart, as the Root bears the fruit : 'tis of infinite concernment, 'cis the Fountain of what principles within, and converfation with- out, defcend but into thy own heart, - 2- This (hews tile fad condition of all natural poor fouls, your hearts are looking-glaffes, but they are look-Glaifes in a-Dungeon ofdarknefs, there be Toads, Vipers, and Devils there, but thou- canit not fee them, that haft no fpiritual 3. Here- 114
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