ncciauo Raft!): End is earthly or heavenly, fo is the Man and his Áding. Remember , O Believer , that thou waft not made a Man or a Saint ; Thy Lamp of Reafon was not fet up at firft or new - lighted afterwards by Grace that thou. fouldit center on any: thing lets than God him- felf, or take thy aim lower than his Glory. Set thy heart on that great End ; lbok right on it with a Tingle eye;whether thou eateft or drink - eft, or prayeft, or heareft, or whatever good work thou art about,carry on the greatDcfìgn, That God in all may be glorified. How taking this is with Chrift, He himfelf hath told us ; Thou haft ravflied my heart, my Sifter,my Spou f ; thou haft rav(tied my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck, faith he to his Church, Cant. 4. 9. A pure Intention is that finglé eye, and Obedience that chain of the neck; which, in Believers loth excordiate and ravifh the heart of Chrift himfelf; And what fweet returns will he make upon fuch taking Graces? Their Graces ravifíh his Heart, and his Ccm- forts will ravill3 theirs: Their thoughts are up- on Gods Glory,and Gods are upon their Peace. With the upright be will 'hew him fe f uprht ; with the pure he will (hew himfeif pare. They are upright in Duties, and he will be upright in Promifes ; They give him pure Intention.; and he will give therm pure Mercy ; fuch as is the fealing of his Love upon their Hearts. The pure in heart fall fee him not in the blifs- making Vifion only, but before in thofe Love- 11 glances. 453
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