114 ·ButmyheArtwaketh. - - -- - ------ ---·- -- Sall.IIII. nowufefhall ceafe, wefeethreugh t~glaffi,&c.hut love t~bideth. Doth our love to God abide for , ever, and doth not his love to us whence it corn- .meth ~ ·ours is but ard\eetionof Gods.love. Let us comfort our fdves therefore in this for the tim<! tocome,that inall t'he uncercainryofthings in t'his Hfe,we have'to day, and lofe tomorrow; as we fee in Jgh, there is fomewhat a Saint may buildon that is c6nfiam& unmoveable. I 11mthe Lord,Ich11nge nst, therefore youfonnes oflacob 11re not c1n[umed. God fhould deny himfelfe (as it were)which he cannot do, and his ownconfianc Nature.,ifhe fi1ould vary this way. ~Chrijlilltl- iswh!'t hts he11rt andinwardman is. It isatrue fpeechofDivines,GodandNature 6egin there. ~rtbegiAswith theface,andoutward li– neaments, as hypocrifie, outward painting, and expreffions : But grace at the (enter , and fro_!n thence .goes to the circumference ; And therefore the Church values her felfe here by the difpofi~ion, and temperother heart. 1hus I am for my ·outwardcarriage,&c. I jleep, hut my he&rt1h4t waketh. Th(refore let us enter into our confciences and foul~ forchetryall of our efl:ates, how it is with our judgements : Doe wee allow of the wayes ofGod, and of the Law of the inward man ~ How is it with our affedions, and bent to good rhings ~ How withour harred,our zeale~Is it not more for outward r hings,rhen for inward~ We know what JehN faid ro Jqnadab, when he would have him into his Chariot, Is thine he11ri 114
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