A Tt'eatife o f the'Affetiions: 111 the thoughts : if thou doll habitually pet thy thoughts up- on-the things in this world, to be thinking of thy fports and thy pleafures, thine apparrel, and thy fafhions, thy meat, and thy drink, thy means, and thy living; if thy thoughts be pet hereupon, thou art a man that never haft repented fince thou wert born; thou haft ye no-part nor intereft in Chrift, thou art yet no better then a damned wretch, heir apparent of hell and everlafting deftru Lion. Thus it is with thee, if thy thoughts be habitually thus pet but if thine affelions be pet here below, fo without quefli- on are thy thoughts. i. Sec aufe i thine of e1lions be earthy, r are thy thoughts i the affettlions provoke thee to be thinking of fuch things As the af. as thou haft moll minde to. Haman did mightily affet& ae, rms honour, and therefore his thoughts ran u-pon his honor and are the promotion. The King had no fooner aid, what fhall be thoughts. done to the manwhom the King delighteth to honour? but prefently his thoughts were agog, Ramata thought in his heart, whom ttoul'the King honour but me ? E'f }h: 6 6. When Haman was affettled with wrath againft Mordecai, inftantly fuck were his thoughts. He thought fcorn, (ayes the Text, Eft. ;.6. David fpeaking of his enemies that were ill- affefed againft him, he (ayes that their thoughts were , 41 againft him, all their thoughts are againft me for evil, Pfal. ! ro_f y6.5'. So that if thine affeéhons be carnal, thy thoughts are- iol,tyo-,1t- carnal; and thou rani} not think ferioufly of the good of °eisattd- thy foul. Come and let me think ferioufly, how do I think 'if ry (UT- to be faved ? may not a reprobate pray as well as I' pray ? hear the Word as well as I hear it? beleeve as well as I he- 1,-0,4,7Z leeve ? Did not wicked Eí ej that fought a place for repen- tance, carefully with tears repent as well as I ? Had` not curfed Balaam as good meanings as I ? he would not for a houfeful of filver and gold go beyond the commandment of God. Alas Mas ! your carnal affellions will not fuller you to think ferioufly of your fouls. Haft thou ever thought fe- rioufly whether thou beeft a new creature or no? whether Chritt
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