I' But ml heart rvaketh.· -- the a dire theyhave tO flec.p, they knoW, the 5 BR. Illl. more they know,the more they mufi practife, or elfe they mufi have a galled confcience: They , fee Religion will not fiand with their ends, rich they mufi be.,and great they will be; but ifthey fuffertheHght to grow upon them, that will tell tht7m they mufi not rife and be great, by thefe ·and fuch courfes. Agracious heart will be defirous of fpirituall knowledge efpecially,andnot care how nearethe Word comes: becaufc: they ingeniou!ly and freely defire to be fpiritually better; they make all things in the world yeeld to the inwaJ"d man ; they defire to know thctir owne corruptions and evils more agd more, and therefore love the light tU childr-en ofthe light, andof the d4y,t Thej.5 .Sleep is aworkeofdark- · nefie,rnen thereforeofdarke and drowfie hearts defire darkneffe for that very end, that their confciences may fleep. : _ L11hour to preftrvt the foule in the flare cf God; S.Meanu. becaufe feartisa waking affection,yea one ofthe wakefullefi:For,NaturaUywe aremoremovedwith dangers,then jhrredwith hopts; therefore,that affeCtion that is moft converfant about danger, is I· the moll: rowzing and waking affetl:ion. Pre- '! ferve therefore the feare of Godby all meanes. j It is one CharaCl:er ofa Chrifiiao,who,when he 1 ·bath loft almofl: all Grace (to his feeling) yet the I feare ofGod is alwayes left with him ; 'he feares fin, and the reward of it ; and therefore God \ . ! m3kes that awe the Bond· of the New Cove- ~ . ! nant. IwiUpnt my feAre into their hearts, thtJt they Ic:r.J~.J9.. 1.' , · . . I 2 . jha!l ! .-=---:--~--
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