• NEvv G 0 VENA N T. - be in his prefence ·from ·da1 to day, to·doe all -- ferviceto him,fhe performc:s, it may be, every · dntie as carefully, .and as diligently as the befi: ·Wifein theworld, and..yet for all this her heart. . - is gone,hereis but a fhadowofperformance, · \ !he doththem, but not with love and delight, : !he doth them not with cheerefui nefTe and wil. , lingneflc, !hewould be free: ifthou finde this , thy cafe that thou art fo in love, thatthy heart is ftolne away with any thing in the World, · with matter of efiate, pleaftn·es, or whatfoever it is, any outward excellency that thy heart is fet upon, any haunt, any delight, any luft ~hat hath dominion in thy foule,that thou hall: made a league with it, fo that thou commell: indeede toperforme holy duties from day to day, but they have no tafl:e,no relifh,thou dofi: them not with Iivelindfe and quickneffe, thou dofl: them as one that doth them out of neceffitie, and by force; but thou delighteftnotin thyHusband; thou comefi: before him,bu~thoudeiightefl:not · · in his company; thou delightefi:notin hispre– fence, but the loveofother things, worldly · mindednelfe, quencheth that delight, it is cer..; taine thou haft committed adultery, thou haft chofen anotherHushand. . Simile. Youmuft know_ this Beloved, that ageQ!y man that is once entred into the .Covenant, though he faile exceedingly in many ~hings, yet his delight is frill in the Lord, he de.- · fires exceedingly to pleafe him, he had ra. ther be inhis _company, he had rather .have A thrifiilns delight isin · God. ~ · com.; ! . , I f· i ' '
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