398 'Mr. Lye's Sammary Ethearral ven but thee, none upon Earth I can defile betides, or in comparifon of thee ? Canwe fay in having aGod, the &dare fallen unto me in a pleafant place, yea I have a goodly heritage ? Is communion with God our Heaven upon Earth ? Is God the Commander ofour wales, as well as we hope to be the Saviour of our fouls ?'Is God our (Meld or buckler, our retreat in danger ? The fecond life was by way of Confolation: Believeri, have you made choice of God ? Happy are the people that are in fuch a cafe thou haft the belt affurance in the world, to come to the betl poffef- lion in this world, peace and joy ; Peace without, if not Peace within: and fdy, the bet} Joy in the world, Joy unfpeakable, and full of glow ry. And truly if fo be, that this be thy portion, in havingchofen God, 'cis no wonder thoudoff not Apoll Atiz,e from him : tis nowon- der that whatever comes upon a Believer yet for that his heart is not turned back, neither his fleps declined from Gods way. And this leads to The Fourteenth Sermon. Pfalm. 44. r S. Our heart is not turned back, neither have our fleps declinedfrom thy pray. rom thefe words twoObfervations. . fn timer of Merings and all:51;0w, true Chriftians are t® make a narrow i4pettion into their hearts, tofeehow they (land <Teaed. Thus did the Church here. 2. To ksepftedfall andclofe with God, notwithfranding all afflitlionii andfafferings we undergo, eitherfrom, or for God, it the duly andcom- mendationof Saints. 'Twasour duty, and 'cis our honour, Lord, Sze. In profecution of this point, thefe feven preliminary Thetis was laid down. r. Whenman was firfl created, his heart flood rightlybent to- wards God, as his great center and mark. 2. When man fell, his heart immediately drew off, and turned back fromGod. 3. Though this be the cafeof fallen man, yet poor creature, he fees it not. 4. The very Formai, Ratioof fin, that wherein theformalityof fin confifts, is in this, not fo much in finning againtl God, by outward Auks, as in the hearts departing fromGod. 5. All true Converfion to God begins at the heart. 6. 'Tis an argument of infinite love in God, to bring back our hearts tohim. 7. When
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