808 Chap. 26. An êxpofttion upon the B,;ckof J O B. Vert. Secondly,Seehg God bath ken to bountiful and munificent, as to Garnifh the heavens for.ui,even fer us,by his Spirit;fèeirg he bath provided loch a houle for the comfort of our lives here, who never deferved the meaneft cottage how should we p-ay that he would garnifh our fouls by the Spirit;as a heaven for him. felfe to dwel in : or as the Apoftle (peaks (Eph, 2. 22.) That we may be bolded for an habitation of god :tart ugh theSpirit. God bath two houles, an upper bou/e, anda lower hsu,e ; The heaven of heavens is his upper houle,and the heavenof anholy Sc hum- ble heart-is his lower. God is every where, but he dwelleth no where brat in a heaven; Hedwclleth not in the heart ofany man, till that be made a heaven, and that a heaven garnifhed by the Spirit. As the Sunne Moone andStars are the garnishing of the natural( heaven, fo holy knowledg and the graces, faith, hope and love,are the garnifhing of thole fpirituall heavens,rhe hearts of the fons of men.And until their hearts be thus garnifhed,they are not an heaven for God,bur a hell or habitation for'the devil; and he puts furniture and garnifbings into them fumble to him- Idle, and fitting his own entertainment, We read in the Golpe! (Math: 12 43, 44.) That, when theuncleane fpirit it gone out ofa man,he walketh through dry places,fee,l ing ref! &findeth none; Then be faitb,I will returns intomy hcse e from whence I came out; and when be sa come, he fiodeth it empty fwept andgarni/bed.Lufts and corruptions, unbeliefe, pride, wrath, envy,thefe are the gar- nifhings ofSatans houle. And as he delighreth moft to dwell there where he findeth molt ofthefe garnifhings;fo God deligh. tech molt to dwel in that foule which is molt Garnifhed with grace. Then pray, and pray carnally that Godwho bath gar. nifhed the heavens by his Spirit for our ufe, would alto garnifh our hearts by his Spirit, for his ownufe. Thirdly, As this fhould provoke us to pray that cur hearts may be garnifhed as a houle ofdelíght,that God may dwel in us; So it should provoke us to garnifh our lives, that God may be honoured byus And as God hath not only made a good world for us,as to the matter', but made it plealant,& ador'nd it for us: fo we fbould strive not onely to doe that which is good for the matter,buc to put ornaments upon it,and make it pleafant to our utmoft in the eys ofGod,We (hould garnifh our works as God hath garnifhed his; God hath (as it were) polifht and engraves his
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