PARTII. CHAPTER XI. The seat of Spiritual .Mindedness in the .ñffections. The nature and use of them. The ways andmeans used by God himself, to call the affections of men from the World. IN the account given at the entrance of this dis= course, ofwhat it is to be spiritually minded, it was re- duced to three heads. The first was the habitual frame, disposition, and in- clination of the mind in its affections. The second was the usual exercise of the mind in its thoughts, meditations, and desires about heavenly things. Whereunto, thirdly, was added, the complacency of mind in that relish and savor which it finds in spirit- ual things, so thought and meditated on. The second of these hath hitherto alone been spoken to, as that which leads the way to the others, and gives the most sensible evidence of the state in- quired after. Therein consists the stream, which, ris- ing in the fountain of our affections, runs into a holy rest and complacency of mind. The first and last I shall now handle together, and
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