Polhill - Houston-Packer Collection BT770 .P7 1675

45 2 nrtiOuo Said). right ; the 72 Orpác(1)74,, the Three Perfons in the Sacred Trinity do all look with a loving Afpet upon fuch an one. Our Saviour bath told us as much, If a man fincerely keep the holy Words , The Father and the Son will tome to him, and make their abode with him, 7ahn I+. 23. And a little after follows a Pro - mife of the Holy Spirit as a Comfor- ter , verfe 26. Walk uprightly , and thou art in a pofture to receive fweet mani- feflations of Love from the whole Sacred Tri- nity. In the lati place carry a pure Intention towards Gods Glory. This is the tingle eye in the Body of Duties, all our good Works lie in the dark without it: the want of this was as a black line drawn over Arnaz;iah's vertue ; He did that which was right in the fight of the Lord, but not with a perfea heart, 2 Chron. 25. 2. Jehu was anointed and appointed by God to deftroy Ahabs Houfe ; and yet for want of a pure Intention, was reckoned as a Murderer for do- ing fo, Hof 1. 4.. That which is true Prayer when it comes from Zeal, may be but howl- ing when it comes from Lufi,Hof.7.1g. Thofe Moral Vertues, which are very gloilie in the Matter, may in the End be no better than fplendid fins. The End is the pureft ofd fpring of a rational Spirit, and a cardinal circum- fiance in every Aeiion. The Soul conceives all its Thoughts before the End, as Labans Ewes did their young before the Rods. As the End

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