1 A Ti'eati fe of-the Affalions. 3 make to her ? If thoul&neweft, laies he, Who it is that faith_ to thee,give me to drink, thou Wouldefi have asked of him, and he Would have given thee living Water, Joh.4. i o. If thou hadfi known who I am,thine afteEtions would have been eagerer then tjtey be Beloved,ye hear the word,and have no'aflie- bon to tremble at it. Ye hear Gods Commandments, and have no affeftion to do them, ye live in your fins, many of you poor damned fouls to this day, and ye have no affe ti- òn to be humbled. Alas !alas !ye are blinde, and ye know not.. But if ye had known what a damnable cafe ye are in, what a word it -is ye rejeft, whole Commandments they are which ye break, whofe blóud it is ye contemn ; if ye had known God and the truth that is of God, ye. would have been otherwife affeOed then ye are. Occulta mufices ;idiot refirellus, faies Sueronius. Be the mufick never fo plea - fing, yet if it be not known, none is affeeted therewith. You'l fay ye do know God ; what doe ? and have no more affèftions to obey the Commandments of God ? ye lie in flat terms, laies S. John. He that faith I know him, and keeps not his Commandments, is a lyar, and there is no truth in him, r Joh. s.4. I confeffe thou mayft know many things about God, and never have thine affeeíions let uponGod to obey him ; but this knowledge is in a reprobate, there's no truth in this knowledge. The truth is not in him, fàies the Text. Knowledge may be in him, but the truth of knowledge is not in him. And if thou doll not know God, no marvel though thine affeftion be not let on;him. In- cognitum ten amatur, Unknown unkift, as we fay. This is the fecund help to fet our affeftions on God,to know God. The third is this Occafon thine jet-lions thu Way, Be it never fo hard to thy corrupt nature ro let thine affec pons upon God, it is eafier a great deal to give them frequent occafions to be let upon God. A theevifh companion, may be, is afraid for to (teal,, left he fhould be taken, yet if a booty do. ever and anon offer it fell pretty handfomely and fairly and covertly-unto him, then he will Real it. L Occafo SpetoniLS. 3 Occafion thine : fFe- Rions this way.
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