Chap. 3. An Expofition upon the Bookof OB. r% a 5. nets, as Mofes, &c. by the heavenlinefsof their fpirits and con verfations,, Our converfation it in Heaven, Phil. 3.20. So world - ly men are defcribed by their proper fiudies. Kings, Councel- lors and Princes, build Pallaces, gather riches, heap up gold. Theybuy, they fell, they build, theyplant, they eat, they drink, as the worldly world is pidur'd, Luke 17. 27, 28. In the r7PJälm, great men are called, the men of- theworld, as if they were for no- thing but theworldTor all for the world; as if all their provifions were laid in for this world, fo it follows, whobave their portion in this life,verf..r4. It is a fad thing to have receibed'our portion. It is faid of the rich man , Son, remember that thou in thy life time receivedfl thy good things, thou haft had thy portion. In Pfal. 49, r r. it is faid concerning fuch men, That their inward thought is, that their houfes (hall continue for ever, and their dwel- ling places to all generations, and they call their lands after their own names. Their inward thoughts are upon thefe things. It is fomewhat a strange kind offpeaking,to fay,their inward thoughts ; -for there are no thoughts but inward , thoughts are all wrought in the ferret shop of the heart. But there is an elegancy in it, the Hebrew is their inwards, their internals ; Their inwardsare, intern= 0: how they may get themfelves a name and riches ; not only are interiorE, their thoughts about thefe things , but the very inrnoli Of their thoughts,themolt retired thoughtsand receffes ofthe Soul area - bout thefe things,thefe lie neareft to their hearts:as the dory faith of Queen Mary, when the dyed, ,fhe had them open her, and they fhould findCalice at her heart : It was a pitiful cafe, that a rotten Town fhould lie (Where Chrift ought) at the-heart of (Lich a Prin- cefs: the heart is theplace where Chrifr and the thoughts of Hea- ven fhould lodge : All below Heaven fhould bebelow our hearts. But as a godly mans inward thoughts are for Heaven and the things of Heaven,forgrace and for hdlinefs; he bath thoughts up- on theworld,but(if I may fo fpeak)theyare his outward,thoughts, not his inward thoughts : That which lies neareft his heart, his in- ward thoughts are for Heaven: So the inward thoughts ofworld- ly men are for the world ; the Apoftle might well fay, Not many wife,nor many rich,nor many noble are called; the thoughts of wife Councellors, of potentiings and rich Princes, are legible in their actions. Thirdly, Having expounded thefedefolateplaces to beTombs, and thefe houfes Graves ; Obferve, Hhh 2 That
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