gio In High Places, Or, to make up and enlarge upon when he gets alone. Every Pro vidence is as winde to his failes, and lets his heart a moving in fame heavenly affedion or other fuitable to the occafion. One while he is wrap'tup with joy in the confideration of mercy, another while melted into godly forrow from the fenfe of his fins. Sometimesexalting God in his praifes, anon abufinghim- felf before God for his own vileneffe. One while he is at the breaft of the Covenant, milking out the confolations of the Promifes ; at another time working his heart into a holy awe and feare of the threatenings. Thus the Chriftian walks aloft, while the bale worldling is licking the duff below. One , of thefe heavenly pearles which the Chriftian trades for, is more worth then the worldling gets with all his fweat and travel in his whole life. The Chriflians feet Rand where other mens heads are ; he treads on the Moon, and is clothed with the Sun; he looks down on earthly men (as one from a high hill doth upon thofe that live in Tome fenne or moore) and fees them buried in a fogof carnal pleafures and profits, while he breaths in a pure heavenly aire, but yet not fo high as to be free from all ftormes and tempefts ; many a fad gull he bath from in and Satan without. What elfe mean thole fad complaints and groans, which come from the children of God, that their hearts are fo dead and dull, their thoughts fo roving and unfixt in duty, yea, many times fo wicked and filthy, that they dare hardly tell what they are, for feare of ftaining their own lips, and offending the eares of others by naming them ? Surely, the Chriftian findes it in his heart to will and defire he could meditate, pray,heare, and liveafter another fort then this, cloth he not ? yes, I durft be his furety he cloth. But fo long as there is a devil tempts, and we continue within his walk, it will be thus more or lefie,as fait as we labour to clear the fpring of our hearts, he will be labouring to royle or flop it again ; fo that we have two works to do at once, to performe a duty, and watch him that oppofeth us, trowel and fword both in our hands, They had need work hard indeed, who have others continual- 1 ly endeavouring to pull down, as they are labouring to rear up the building. 2, Secondly, that part of the Chriflians trade, which lies abroad, is heavenly alto. Take a Chriftian in his relations, calling, neigh. - . . . ....
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