6 ' Heart-7reafore. '"' I ,ii I• , Ready. I z. Real. I ;, I' 3. Jlniforme~ / 4• Perpetual. · 1, A treafured heart is ready for Duty ; like a wel-ftored Houfe•keeper , you cannot take him unprovided; a wel-accomplifu'd ~ Scnollar chat's never non·plufl; and a watch- \ . l.· ful Souldier, that's alwaies fit for .fervice: The C·hdllian ha th prepared materials to build the ) houfe, and ·wants nothing but its fetting up in a6l:ual performance ; Yea, the houfe is · built and furnifh'd in fo1ne degree for the entertaining of this Royal Guefl:; Let mJ Beloved come intohis G"rden, and ea& hu ple~t[Ant fruits, Cant. -4. -16. Thebow is ·{hinged, the heart fixed, the fire glowing in the Cinders upon. ; the J?iearch, ,. and one blafl: of the Spirits '· breathing heightens it to a flame : Yet fup• . .>" ' i pofe the heart be not in aaual readinefs, yet ;.l <J I1abits are fooner educed into afr, than tJeW I : / 1 ' .habit$ infu(ed , and this the foolHh Virgins I J •' kqew by fad exp~rience. ·Butobferve it, the more of this treafure; abd the more readinefs ; 'the reafon why we ·~ ·ar;e110t fo free ro Prayer,Conference, Medica- : •, tion, .is becaufe wee are not fo filled with . Grace;- otherwife, gracious a6l:s would flow from us, ~s naturally, as fireams from _the Spring; had we a treafure, we fhould never want {uitable matter, and lively affetlions, ' 'we lhould not need to force 'our (elves to offer . ' Sacrifice, as SaHl in another re(pefr, nor with ... main-ftrength to binde the Sacrifice eo thee - · horns '
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