34 What are no Signs PART. II. Ma.nifeéiations God madq óf himfeif there and feemed mightily en,. gaged in their Minds, an,d with great Forwardnefs made Anfwer, when God propofed his holy Covenant to them, faying, All that the Lord bathfpoken will o, and be obedient. But how loon was there an End to all this mtghty`Forwardnefs and Engagednefs of Affection ? How quickly, were they turned aide after other Gods, rejoicing and fhouting around their golden Calf ? So great Multitudes who were affeaed with the Miracle of raifing Lazarus from the Dead, were elevated to a high Degree, and made a mighty ado, when Jefus pre- fently after enter'd into yerufalem, exceedingly magnifying Chrift, as tho' the Ground were not good enough for the Afs he rode to tread upon ; and therefore cut down Branches of s, aim-trees, and flrawed them in the Way ; yea pull'd off their Garits, and fpread them in the Way ; and cried with loud Voices, HojPana: to the Son of Da- vid, Bled is he that cometh in the Name ofthe Lorc s.Hofanna in the High ji ; fo as to make the wholeCity ring again, and put all into an Uproar. We learn by the Evangelifl' :ohn, that the Reafon why the People made this ado, was becaufe they were affe&ed with the Mi- racle of raifing Lazarus ; 7ohn 12. 18. Here was a vaff Multitude crying Hofanna on this Occafion, fo that it gave Occafion to the Pharifees to fay, Behold the World is gone after him, John 12. 19. but Chrift had at that Time but few true Difciples. And how quickly was this ado at an End ? All of this Nature is quell'd and dead, when this ` jefus !lands bound, with a mock Robe and a Crown of Thorns, to be derided, fpit upon, fcourg'd, condemn'd and executed. Indeed there was a great and loud Out-cry concerning him, among the Multitude then, as well as before ; but of a very different Kind : 'Tis not then, Hofanna, Hofanna, but Crucify, Crucify. And it is the concurring Voice of all orthodox Divines, that there may be religious Affections, which are railed to a very, high Degree, and yet there be nothing of true Religion. -f- II. 'Tis no Sign that Affeaions have the Nature of true Religion, or that they have not, that they have great Effeas on the Body. All Affections whatfoever, have in fome Refpe& or Degree, an Effect on the Body. As was obferved before, fuch is our Nature, and fuch are the Laws of Union of Soul and Body, that the Mind can have no lively or vigorous Exercife, without fome Effect upon the Body. So fubjr& is the Body to the Mind, and fo much do its Fluids, efpecially the animal Spirits, attend the Motions and Exer- cifes of the Mind, that there can't be fo much as an intenfe Thought, 1- Mr. Stoddard obferves, That common /yet-lions are fometimes Jironger than faring. Guide to Chriff. p. 21. without
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