' ' ., Heart.,lr,et(Nr~· ·: ·, . •· Jer~~o.g. will .qe\ (as che word was to ]ertmiah) as t I : "•rning fire fhut up in thebones and bofome; that canrrot be: coocettled. He that is full of matter, is~confirained by the,internal wa,rk .. ings of the Spirit to vent it, elfe it is like E.- Job 3 ':.: lih1ls t~ew wiNe that bath no vent, it burfts the· 1 S:. ·~· new hottles : the truth is , its as natural for a gracious heart to talk andwalkhqlily, as for a living· creature to breathe and move, fo far ~s gracious: thus it cannot be otherwife, and al£o obferve it,it ml.tft not be otherwife. Your treafure ·within ought .to be ·laid out , whac hav~ \you it for elfe? Profdlion with rbe mourh is as neceffary in its kind, ;~s !Je/~·eving with the he4rt, Rom. to. to. vOur Light muH: not be hid under a hufhel, but fhine heforemen 5 ' I that it may refleB: comfon: to our {elves and .nf:h.Jence to others' as welas have approba... tion'from the Lords · So then, ifd1ou ,h;dr a treafure within, thou dofi witne£fe a good confefli)n, and.thyconverfation wil be fui• . table ro thy profeffion : Thy Trading wil an- ··. I' I ' ' 1wer thy fi:ock. The Text tels you , a gtJod '"tttJ oHt of the grJad trea[ure ofhis heart, bring· etb . f~rth goad,things: aiid I told.you the man· ner of laying out was in holy meditations, favou_ry expreffions, ' fuitable .actions, arid comfortab1 e bearing, and profitable in1pro– .. ving of at.HiB:iotis : Whynow, Lay judge'-· ment to the Li9e, and compare your own cour(e of lifewith thefe praB:ifes of Religion: ( I . How doyou' ~rade with heaven, and for I~ea.- " ( I ven? Wha~do youmore than others ,?' wher~'s . \ ·. tb~ life anCi p-o~er of Religion r· Do you ~n.. -r deed I . - -·
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