. that knocketh. he fees more reafon to be good , then in d1e 143 I Sail..V. · dayes of darkndfe he did to be naught. God works fo 'fweetly. God fpeakes to us afier the manner of men, but he works in us 11s the great God ; he fpeakes to us as aman inourowne language, fweetly ; but he works inus aimigptily) after a powerfull manner,as God:fowe mufi underfiand fuch phrafes as thefe, I krJocke,open to me "!Y Love, my Dove,&c. wemay take furthernouce, That the hettrt of a. {hriflian is the houft, and o6[erv. Temple of chrift. Hee hath but two houfes to dwell in ; the Hcavens,and thehettrt of anhttmblebroken-hearted ir ~7.q. j1nncr. . How canChrift come intfJthe foule? f2!!!rt. He comes into the heart by his Spirit ; It is a Anf-w. fpeciall entertainment that he lookesfor : open thine eares that thou mayefl: hearemyword: thy leve, that thou mayefi love me more : thy joy, that thou mayefi delight in me more ·: open thy whole foulethat I may dwell in it. A ChrilHan fhoula be Gods houfe,and atrue Chrifiian is the true Temple of God. He left the other two Temples therefore, but his owne body, and his Church he never leaves; for a houfe is for aman to folace bimfdfe in, andro refi in,and to layup whatfoever is precious to him: So with Chrifi a .man will repaire his houfe,fo Chrifi will repaire our fouls,and ~-thembetter,andmakethem more holy~nd fpiriwall, and every way fie for fuch agueft as he is. 1
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