TheSeules ejè&uatgcalling toChrift. 569 heartstherefore, andwhen Satan would lead you out into a wilderneffe, and fuggefl there things unto you, How doe you knowGodbath eluted you ?doe you pray?andwhat ifyoudoepray?doe you heare ? and what ifyou doe heare ? When it is thus with thee, checke thine owne heart for prying intoGods fecrets, and meddle with that thou haft to doe withall : Deut. 29. 29. Secret thingsbelong to God, revealed things belong to ue, and our children : What have you to doe with Gods fecrets ? what bath that proud heart and curious mindeofyours whhGods fecrets ? Elution be- longs toGod, it is his prerogative : t Corin. 2. i 6. Who bath 6¿,nowne the minds ofthe Lord? You that will be aloft in the skie, andmounting up tohea- ven, who ever knew theminde of the Lord ? Sa- tan andyour thoughts tell youfo, that youwere never elee`ted; why,Satan is a lyar, heknower it not, nor thouknoweft it not neither : who ever knew the minds of the Lord? minde you your owne matters, doe you what God commands, performs thofe duties God injoynes you, keepe your owne Ration; all theAngels in Heaven,and all the men upon Earth, never knew the minde of the Lord : therefore never prie intoGods fe- acts.. onab 3.9. When Godhad threatned Ni- nivie todefiroy it, and had fent Jonah to fpeake fireandpowder : Oh, all you drunkardsofNini- vie, and all you blafphemers of Ninivie, andall you prophane wretches of Ninivie, vengeance :hall corne upon you, and fire fromHeaven (hall ciettroyyou ; they werenow as a tnaze, anddria. C s cc 3 ven
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