i 366 4 Luke z4. z9. Pro. 20,18. PCal E6. 21. 1 Chro.zg.1% The deceitful/m.11e of Marrs heart. neffe? Doe then good thoughts and delires offer themfelves, doe fuch guefts feeke lodging in thy heart? Oh welcome them in the kthdeft manner, lay hold of rhem,and by thy kinde and reCpeëiive ufage of rhem,conftrain'e them,as they once our Saviour, ro fta.\ 'íä1l with thee. What is this kinde entertain. ment we are to Phew them , but the entertainment of cur prayers,reading and conferring of the word If wee would do Co, after once good afte6tions are entered ïni.o ourhearrs;we fhould even lockup the door upon them, that they could not het out again, fo we fhould have more of their company than now we have 5 in ¡lead of Oiling us now and then, they would become daily guefts, and ordinary refi. denraries with us. Solomon bids ':s efiablifh our thoughts by counfel1. This Proverb bath his r, urh e- ven in holy & Cpiritualthoughts,the which alas will Conne falle , unleffe wee fettle and confirme them' in our hearts, and after the Ïpirit path once entered them into us, doe fo pegge and hammer them in , and drive them down fo deep, by the nie ofgood meanes, as that we may not eafily lofe them after- ward. At the firft riling then of a good thought pray with David,becauCe thou feareft the deceitful neffe of thine hearr_knit my heart; this falfe fickle fu- gitive heart alwaies ready to fteale from thee,knit it O Lord, and tie it fart unto thee, that as it is now with thee, to it may Rill remaine with thee. And again e, with the fame Prophet, in the behalfe of his people, when they were fo well difpofedin their cheerful offering to the Temple,O Lord 4eep this for ever, thifframe of the thoughts of thy fervants heart. vind
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