®T.r>° sti( of the Afetà»H. Itl5 pleafure, will purpofeto take it : He that affects any thing, will purpofe to have it. Fla, men conceive a thing to be good, thentheyaléf it, and then they Emend thoughts of it, and thenthey purpofe to- have it if they can. Barnab exhorted these all, that Pith purpofe rof heart they Mould cleave unto the Lord, Alt. 't i. a3. He loyns these two toge- ther, their purpofe and their affection to God : becaufe . they could never cleave unto the Lord, but it muftneeds be with the purpofes of the heart. Well now, confider what enemies we are unto God, what enemies too to our own fouls, that fet our affections here below, we can never have reali purpofes to amend or turn unto God. We may purpofe and purpofe a thoufaud times over, but Rill we are broken off from our purpofes, they all come to no- thing, as long as we afè t the things of this life. Can the fire have a purpofe to freeze ? can the linking dunglsil have a purpofe to finell well ? can a Swine have a purpofe not to wallow in the mire ? No, how can this be, when they are affected with contrary qualities ? there is no counfel in fuah purpofesasthefe. wirhoutcounfelperpofer are difappoimted, Pto.i 5.22. If thou daft purpofe to do this or that,' and not confult whether thou be able to doe it yea or no, no wonder though thou heel difappointed of -:thy pur- pofe. Thou art carnal -,.and haft a purpnfe to daelpiritual ; thou art full of earthly.deures, atïdhaftth parpule to hun- ger after Ch rift, Thouart a.company-keeper, :a worldly rand a proud fool, thou hafta purpofe to be orherwife i Alas !' fuch purpofes as theft wibl urely he difappointed, becaufe they are purpofes without counfel : thou f houldit fit'fi take counfel how tb"crucifiethyaffec ions ; if thusth.auwouldfl do, thy purpofes would Band: What an :egregious fin is this then, to fetthine affections on things that are carnal thou art vain,,and haft no purpofe to be otherwife ; thou fecure, anclhaft no purpofe-to (hake off fecuriry ; no pur- pofe to géve;over thy carnal .appetitesoand thy cuflornes, and the lulls that Thy confcience ldnes know of : thy own Q.2 confcience q
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