364 3 Vfe, For wik!ome to apprehend all good ono. [unities. The deceil fulne of Mans heart. thou brought home to thy Mafter, then thou hum- bledft thy Celle unto him, fqughteft reconciliation., promifedft moreftithfull feivice. And yet arc thou. now offering fo quickly to take thee to thy heeles againe ? 3 This deceitfulneffe of our hearts muft teach us wifdome, to take them at the vantage, when at any time wee finde them in a good mode , in any fort well affeed, or difpofed to any good duty. Thou haft this wiledome in the things of this life Having to Beale with a kilt, and inconftant man , when thou findeft him in the good vaine, then hou wilt bee lure to lay hold of that opportunity , and to take him then at his word. For thou know- ft, that if thou.fhouldefk let him goe on never fo little longer, within an houre or two, he would be tot another minde. Affuredly thy heart is farre more variable and uncertaine, than the ficklek man that can bee. Doeft thou then feele at any time, that thy heart is warmed with good motions, enlarged with good affehions , lift up to heaven in fpirituall meditations, doeft thou feele any fparkles of the heavenly fire? take thou the bellowes prefenrly, blow till they flame , cherifh, and make much even of the fmoaking flax : Now is the time for thee, now I fay, in this float of good affeáions, when thy heart is fo well prepared,to fall ro prayer, to confe.f ìon of thy urines, to reading, to all tl:e good exercifes of repentance and invocation, and in a word to the doing of that good work for the which motions and defies are rifen in thy minds. For how often have the belt of us beetle beguiled here ?
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