• NEvv G 0 V E N ANT. fiteh a·difpofition graftedinhim, and ro.,ted in hi's inward parts, that he longs afterthe L6rd, looke what difpofition and inclination there is in 'the Loadftone, in lingring after the Iron, Slmil~. if you pull it from it a thoufand times, frill it 1ookes after it, at1d it cannot choofe, it is the difpofitionofthe Iron: fo,fuch a difpofition .,~dhitpofi~~n ; .h . . h r. f h L d h r. h. mt e Samts t ere IS m t e1ervants o t e or ·,to c U1e tm to longafter for their Lf)rdand Husband; and it is not an theLord. emptichoyce,that eo n fi fis onely in afredi.on, or in the naked refolution o£the minde,butit is ·. fuch achoyce as bath firong affections running tog(therwithit,a ftrong. inclination carrying the foule to him, fo that thoughhe be hindred ·many times, and often in his life, unruly lufrs come, and make a feparation betweene the LPrd and him, yet he. cannot abide to bee ·long from him., it is the L.ord that he loves, he cannot for his heart choofe another maf\er, he cannot choofc another Husband, another Lord, another friend, but itis hee withwhom he will dweli,Jive, anddye: ifthisbethyca.fe',: . k-now, .that-thycontinuall failings m·ake not a . breach of the Covenant: for thou knoweft that thy heart hath not chofen another Husband: for though thou be forcedfom~times,through theviolenceoftemptation,to ferve another,yet ~hy ·heartcleaves to thy right M.a~er,it cleaves tohim,itinclines to him, it bends that way: thisisone wayto finde it, looke·to thy heart immediately• . Ifthou canftnot doekby this, ifthis -be too obfcure
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