ATreatife of the AfeEtions. 1,117 Ufurer new ufuries, new covenants and reaches. It were long to rehearfe what devices are in men to fulfill their un- ruly affedions. There wretches are abhorred of the Lord. Solomon layes there be fix,yea feven things, which the Lord hates and abhors, Pro.6.16. And in the next verle faveone, he layes, that a heart that devifeth Wicked imaginations is one of them. The Lord numbers thefe men among the damn ed crew of the Heathen, inverters of evil things, Rom.1.3 o. Wo unto them that devife iniquity, layes the Prophet, Mic. z.t. Now fee thy wofull condition whoever thou art, whole affedions are carnal, thy devices are all carnal, thou doll not devife how thou mayfl bell ferve Almighty God, how thou mayfl bell overcome finne, how thou mayfl bell glorifie Chrifl. Which of us does let his head awork every day, how he may bef}pray, and bell repent,,and'befl hear, and bell. do every good duty ? alas l there is little fuch de- vifingamong us, becaufe our affedions (land not this way. If our affedions were let upon God, we would be ftudying and contriving how to purge all our families, how to pro- pagate the glory of God in the Parifh, how to exhort, and reprove, and provoke one another to godlineffe. A liberall man devifeth liberal/ things, Ifa. 32.8. he devifes how he may releeve Gods poor Saints, how he may let the poor on work, how he may help forward the Gofpel with his purfe, if he can finde how : An humble man devifeth humble things, a peaceable man devifeth peaceable things, a holy man devifeth holy things : if our aftèllions werefet right, we would all lay our.heads together how the Parifh may bell be reformed, how our fcandalous houles may, bell be removed, how the Word that we hear from Sabbath to. Sabbath, may belt be put in pra Life among us; thus it would be, if our affedions were let upón.God ; but becaufe our affediens are not fit fo, hence it comes to paffe our de- vices are - carnal Thé R_aiprater ur1ala nma la alia ex cogitanl, 'iaGl Tbe- oAeret. 0 alrl iM toc.
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