jl4 An Expojition of tbe Epijlle , ~round about him) and in an ioflant, faith he, Lord what wilt tbctl have me to Strmon do'! All rhcdifpurations in the World would never have wrought thus, So the XXIV. poor Jaylor, he cometh in tremblmg at Midnight, Sirs, whutjhaO I dotobe ~ jrtvtd ·1 He was converted before Mormng. All the R.eafonmgs 10 the World, and all the Moral perfwaftons that Men or Angels could have brought, would ne. Vl!r have done this, it was the mighty power of God cufling down Strong-hplds putting in a Light that goeth beyond all a man's objections. . ' Come to a man's Will, and you will have as much to do there. A man's Wiil mull have a new end pur upon it. . And come to the Will and Afftctidns, you fhall find as much difficulty tllere to oppofe.- For Example; .There are two great Principles in the heart of a man,, that tf ever God's Sptrtt comcrh to deal with in good earnefl, will hold tug wnh h1m as long as they can. Whataie they? you fhall have them in 2 T1m. 3· 3, 4· Mm }ball belovtrs of their own fdvts; there is the Firfl: and then followtth covetow, proud, 6oajlrrs, f§c. And thelafl is at the 4th. verf. Lovers of pleafures mort thmt lovers of God. Here are the two Principles that are in a man's Will and Affections, and they will try it too, Tlus fame feU-love, t~at IS the General, that goeth before, the Captain; and love of Pleafure, that IS the L1eurenant that !olloweth after this Army: One is the firfl, the other is lafl, backs all thefe Lulls that are between. Love a man·~ felf ( firfl begin with that;). It is the great Devil'· abfolutely it is Beelze6t16, 1t IS the Prmce of 'Devtls, 1t IS the bonom of Ongtnal Sin· and to throw this. Devil our of a mans he.arr, to depofe him, to bring him down, it mufl be a m1ghty power mdeed to dolt. It wa. a great pawerrocafl the De– vil out of a t!un; but to can o.ut this great Devil our of a man's heart, to depofe him, and bnng another Kmg m, this IS a hard work. When God was thrown out of a man's heart when Adamdid fin; then Self-love was next Heir, and flep– ped up into the Throne. All that God had (faith Self·love) I will have, hvdl terve my felf as much as ever I did God : Now as all the heart was for God be– fore, in the fame manner it is for it fdf now. All the flrength that a man bath doth back Self-love, l\ands for the King: lt is a King of an abfo!mc Soveraignty· ane becaufe it is a King, therefore when God cometh anhe)ls a man you mufl b~ fujeCl:tome; Self-love bufleth; What? I a~ abfolutc, faith he; it is enmity a– gainfl the Law and againfl all that fh~ll procla1m War againfl Self-love in a m2o. I am for my felf (faith he) and all that is within me is !or me; there is but poor Confcience that flandeth conrefling a linle; but the whole heart is for it, that is certain. Now when the Holy Ghofl flull come to depofe this great King, this abfolute Monarch, as it !sin a man's he•rt, efpecially it fhall be a forreigner that fhall go about to do it, as God and the Spait of God is. Lovr i<jlro11g M death, (it is a Proverb, Cam. 8. 6.) Self-love much more; all the firength that a man hath is for himfclf, he will give all !or his life, for the life of this King, a man will never yeild, all in nature will rife up againfl him that fhall go about to depo're it, all will be in Arms. Yet notwihflanding, though the Htathm imagmr a vai11 thi11g., though the Pfople. a11d Ki11gs of the Emh ra$e agai11(/ Chnjl, and though all m a man rhus b7 up 10 Arms; yet Godw_JU[n IJU SotJttponthi< Holy HiU,upon a man's heart betore he bath done. My Brethren, this mull be an Almighty power that mull do it; it is not all the perfwafions in the world. will do it. 1;ou may perfwade Self-love to much, to ferve God, and t? do manx things fo far as ~ill !land with its Prerogative, fo that he may remam Kmg fl1ll; but to depofe lum,and that God fhdl be King,and he God's Favourite, this mull be an Almio hty power to do it. So lil<ewife for the lo\'e of Pleafures; C that is the ftcond thing ) When Self· love cometh to be depofed thus (as in convtrlion it is) from being King, faith every Lull, every poor inferiour Lull, if this Government be altered, I fha/1 lofe this pleafure and that plealure, 1f you turn the World upfide down thus. There is nothing in the heart, my Brethren, but is for pleafure in fome kind or othlt. A man liveth in pleafure, ( that is the expreilion ) as a Filh cloth in its Element. Take him our of carnal natural plcafures in fome Creature or other, his Soul dieth i it will fight for pleafute as for hi• life. Saith the Apoflle 2 Pn. z. t+ They havuyes fttllof Ad11!tery, they cmmot crojs from ./In, they cannot till a further power cometh. Lttk. t4. 20, I have marrud a W1jt (faith he) • and
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