Heywood - Houston-Packer Collection BV4510.A2 H49 1667

H.eart-7reafure.~ 47; horns of the Altar, but we fuould come off freely, cbearfully, dc;lighting inGod~ waie~as in ,our proper element, and runntng wuh inbrgedhearts; The glorious Angels, and glorifiedSpidtsof the J ull: made ·perfeCt, have aperfea trea{ure of divine perfeB:ions, and are therefore ready preft to do Gods Will. Nowwe pray that Gods wil may be done·on eanh, as its done in Heaven, and that wil ne- ·ver be, without this living treafure. ·ButOh how quickly fhal wehear, a command, and how fwiftly thal we obey; if we have a treafure ? A good foul is like the Cencurion•s Servant,halfa word wil make hitn run._When <Sod faid to DttfJid, See~ m1 face; his heart , guickly ecchoed, Thy face Lord, will I fee/z; his Pfal. 27· 8 ! warrant carried the force of an Argurr1ent: He nee~s noperfwading when he knows his Mafiers plea(ure. This is one choice advan~ tage of having a trea{ur". ·' f z. -A Treafured foul is real and ferious,' not complemental and forced ; I{r~tel of old made Covenants and feemed very religious, and God himfelf attefled that they had wel D t s.· {aid , but wifheth : 0 thAt there were fuch -an ~seu 2 ·,. • he~e~t in them-·! Wehave a firange paffage , ' in jer. s. 2. Though they fay, the Lord liveth, furely they fwuer jtllfly; Why ? Is not that a truth1 Ycs, agrear truth, God alone is the Living God, but that they fay fo, yet their heart gives the lye to thoir Lips; they fay it wi_th adeceitful heart, and that they mayde- , cetve,.though it be a truth in it felf, yet they {peak lt not-as a tru.tb) wanting an l1carc to ' a[erc ' I ' - ' ..

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