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           THE
           Best
           Gift
           ,
           OR
           GOD'S
           CALL
           UPON
           YOUNG
           MEN
           for
           their
           HEARTS
           .
        
         
           Delivered
           in
           a
           Sermon
           to
           YOUNG
           MEN.
           
        
         
           By
           
             THOMAS
             VINCENT
          
           ,
           Minister
           sometime
           of
           
             Maudlins
             Milkstreet
             ,
             London
          
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             George
             Calvert
          
           and
           
             Samuel
             Sprint
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           the
           
             Golden
             Ball
          
           in
           
             Duck
             Lane.
          
           1672.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           BEST
           GIFT
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Prov.
             23.
             part
             of
             the
             26th
             verse
             .
          
           
             
               My
               Son
               ,
               Give
               me
               thine
               Heart
               .
            
          
        
         
           SOlomon
           was
           not
           only
           a
           King
           ,
           but
           a
           Prophet
           ;
           not
           only
           a
           Prince
           ,
           but
           a
           Preacher
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           name
           of
           God
           he
           calleth
           upon
           all
           the
           children
           of
           men
           ,
           especially
           young
           men
           ,
           by
           the
           name
           of
           his
           Son
           ,
           for
           their
           Heart
           ;
           that
           they
           would
           present
           the
           Lord
           with
           the
           gift
           of
           the
           Heart
           :
           As
           in
           the
           later
           clause
           of
           the
           verse
           he
           directeth
           the
           eye
           of
           their
           mind
           unto
           the
           observation
           of
           Gods
           way
           ,
           which
           he
           calleth
           his
           way
           ;
           
             Let
             thine
             eyes
             observe
             my
             Wayes
          
           ;
           so
           in
           this
           first
           clause
           he
           directeth
           their
           hearts
           unto
           God
           in
           himself
           ,
           whom
           he
           doth
           represent
           ;
           
             My
             Son
             ,
             give
             me
             thine
             heart
             .
          
        
         
           Hence
           observe
           ,
        
         
           Doct.
           That
           all
           men
           ,
           especially
           young
           men
           ,
           ought
           to
           give
           their
           Heart
           unto
           God.
           
        
         
           In
           handling
           of
           this
           point
           ,
           I
           shall
           shew
           ,
           1.
           
           What
           is
           meant
           by
           the
           Heart
           .
           2.
           
           What
           it
           is
           to
           give
           God
           the
           Heart
           .
           3.
           
           Why
           all
           men
           ,
           especially
           young
           men
           ,
           ought
           to
           give
           God
           their
           Hearts
           .
           4
           ,
           Make
           some
           application
           .
        
         
         
         
         
         
           
           
             1.
             
             What
             is
             meant
             by
             the
             Heart
             ?
             The
             Heart
             in
             Scripture
             is
             frequently
             taken
             for
             the
             whole
             Soul
             ,
             as
             including
             all
             its
             powers
             and
             faculties
             ;
             thus
             Mat
             15.8
             .
             
               This
               people
               draweth
               nigh
               unto
               me
               with
               their
               mouth
               ,
               and
               honoureth
               me
               with
               their
               lips
               ,
            
             there
             was
             the
             worship
             of
             their
             outward
             man
             ;
             
               but
               their
               heart
               is
               far
               from
               me
            
             ;
             the
             worship
             of
             the
             Soul
             and
             inward
             man
             was
             wanting
             .
             So
             Rom.
             2.28
             ,
             29.
             
             
               He
               is
               not
               a
               Iew
               which
               is
               one
               outwardly
               ,
               neither
               is
               that
               circumcision
               which
               is
               outward
               in
               the
               flesh
               ;
               but
               he
               is
               a
               Iew
               which
               is
               one
               inwardly
               ,
               and
               circumcision
               is
               that
               of
               the
               heart
               in
               the
               spirit
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             And
             we
             shall
             find
             in
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             that
             every
             faculty
             is
             sometimes
             called
             by
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Heart
             ;
             The
             Understanding
             ,
             Eph.
             4.18
             .
             
               Being
               alienated
               from
               the
               life
               of
               God
               ,
               through
               the
               ignorance
               that
               is
               in
               them
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               blindness
               of
               their
               hearts
               .
            
             The
             Conscience
             ,
             1
             Iob.
             3.20
             .
             
               For
               if
               our
               heart
               condemn
               us
               ,
               God
               is
               greater
               than
               our
               hearts
               ,
               and
               knoweth
               all
               things
               .
            
             The
             Memory
             ,
             Luk.
             2.19
             .
             
               Mary
               kept
               al
               these
               things
               in
               her
               heart
               .
            
             But
             chiefly
             ,
             and
             most
             properly
             ,
             the
             Heart
             is
             taken
             in
             Scripture
             for
             the
             Will
             and
             Affections
             ,
             which
             are
             seated
             in
             the
             Heart
             ,
             as
             the
             Understanding
             ,
             Memory
             ,
             Fancy
             ,
             and
             Imagination
             are
             seated
             in
             the
             Head
             ;
             and
             thus
             we
             may
             understand
             the
             acceptation
             of
             the
             word
             Heart
             in
             this
             place
             ;
             namely
             ,
             for
             the
             Will
             and
             Affections
             ,
             yet
             not
             excluding
             the
             other
             faculties
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             What
             is
             it
             to
             give
             God
             the
             Heart
             ?
             Persons
             give
             God
             their
             Hearts
             ,
             when
             their
             Wills
             make
             choice
             of
             him
             as
             their
             chief
             Good
             ,
             and
             they
             place
             their
             liking
             affections
             chiefly
             upon
             him
             ;
             when
             their
             love
             is
             chiefly
             towards
             him
             ,
             their
             desires
             chiefly
             after
             him
             ,
             their
             hopes
             and
             delights
             chiefly
             in
             him
             :
             Persons
             give
             God
             their
             Hearts
             ,
             when
             the●
             
             open
             the
             door
             of
             these
             secret
             chambers
             ,
             and
             let
             God
             in
             ,
             and
             lodge
             him
             the
             dearest
             embracements
             of
             their
             affections
             ;
             when
             they
             give
             him
             full
             possession
             of
             their
             hearts
             ,
             and
             set
             him
             up
             in
             the
             highest
             room
             ;
             when
             they
             give
             God
             the
             chief
             rule
             and
             command
             in
             their
             hearts
             ,
             placing
             him
             upon
             the
             the
             throne
             ;
             when
             they
             engage
             their
             hearts
             to
             the
             Lord
             in
             a
             solemn
             covenant
             to
             be
             his
             ,
             and
             only
             his
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Why
             all
             men
             ,
             especially
             young
             men
             ,
             ought
             to
             give
             their
             hearts
             unto
             God.
             
             
               
                 R.
                 1.
                 
                 Because
                 God
                 hath
                 right
                 to
                 their
                 hearts
                 :
                 The
                 Devil
                 and
                 Sin
                 have
                 got
                 the
                 possession
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 have
                 no
                 right
                 to
                 the
                 heart
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 usurpers
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 should
                 be
                 turned
                 out
                 ;
                 God
                 only
                 hath
                 right
                 to
                 the
                 heart
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 to
                 the
                 heart
                 of
                 young
                 ones
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 others
                 ;
                 young
                 ones
                 have
                 not
                 right
                 to
                 possess
                 their
                 inheritance
                 left
                 to
                 them
                 by
                 their
                 Fathers
                 ,
                 whilst
                 they
                 are
                 under
                 age
                 ,
                 until
                 they
                 arrive
                 at
                 one
                 and
                 twenty
                 years
                 ;
                 but
                 God
                 hath
                 right
                 to
                 possess
                 the
                 hearts
                 of
                 young
                 ones
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 years
                 of
                 their
                 minority
                 ,
                 He
                 hath
                 a
                 right
                 to
                 their
                 hearts
                 so
                 soon
                 as
                 they
                 are
                 born
                 ,
                 so
                 soon
                 as
                 they
                 have
                 them
                 themselves
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 because
                 he
                 hath
                 made
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 hath
                 bought
                 them
                 ;
                 they
                 belong
                 to
                 him
                 by
                 right
                 of
                 Creation
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 right
                 of
                 Purchase
                 :
                 The
                 Body
                 was
                 form'd
                 by
                 God
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Soul
                 is
                 infus'd
                 ,
                 and
                 cometh
                 more
                 immediately
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 hand
                 ;
                 and
                 it
                 is
                 but
                 equal
                 to
                 return
                 that
                 to
                 God
                 which
                 he
                 hath
                 made
                 ,
                 to
                 present
                 God
                 with
                 the
                 gift
                 of
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 his
                 own
                 ,
                 the
                 work
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 hands
                 ;
                 especially
                 ,
                 when
                 besides
                 his
                 natural
                 right
                 to
                 the
                 heart
                 ,
                 he
                 hath
                 made
                 a
                 purchase
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 he
                 hath
                 laid
                 ●own
                 a
                 great
                 price
                 for
                 it
                 ,
                 even
                 the
                 price
                 of
                 his
                 
                 Sons
                 bloud
                 ;
                 as
                 the
                 bloud
                 of
                 Christ
                 hath
                 purchased
                 an
                 everlasting
                 inheritance
                 for
                 men
                 ,
                 so
                 it
                 hath
                 purchased
                 the
                 hearts
                 of
                 men
                 for
                 God
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 his
                 everlasting
                 habitation
                 :
                 See
                 this
                 Argument
                 urged
                 by
                 the
                 Apostle
                 upon
                 the
                 Corinthians
                 ,
                 1
                 Cor.
                 6.19
                 ,
                 20
                 ,
                 
                   Ye
                   are
                   not
                   your
                   own
                   ,
                   for
                   ye
                   are
                   bought
                   with
                   a
                   price
                   ;
                   therefore
                   glorifie
                   God
                   in
                   your
                   body
                   and
                   in
                   your
                   spirit
                   which
                   are
                   Gods.
                
                 God
                 hath
                 a
                 double
                 right
                 both
                 to
                 to
                 the
                 body
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 the
                 Spirit
                 too
                 ;
                 and
                 as
                 the
                 heart
                 is
                 his
                 by
                 way
                 of
                 right
                 ,
                 so
                 all
                 ought
                 to
                 make
                 it
                 his
                 by
                 way
                 of
                 tender
                 and
                 gift
                 .
              
               
                 R.
                 2.
                 
                 All
                 ,
                 especially
                 young
                 men
                 ,
                 ought
                 to
                 give
                 God
                 their
                 hearts
                 ,
                 because
                 God
                 doth
                 require
                 them
                 ;
                 some
                 tacitly
                 give
                 away
                 their
                 right
                 ,
                 by
                 their
                 not
                 demanding
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 some
                 things
                 which
                 are
                 the
                 right
                 of
                 such
                 a
                 man
                 ,
                 yet
                 are
                 not
                 his
                 without
                 a
                 lawful
                 demand
                 ;
                 but
                 God
                 hath
                 not
                 only
                 right
                 to
                 the
                 heart
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 requireth
                 it
                 ,
                 he
                 maketh
                 a
                 demand
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 he
                 commandeth
                 us
                 to
                 give
                 it
                 ;
                 See
                 Matth.
                 22.37
                 ,
                 38.
                 
                 
                   Thou
                   shalt
                   love
                   the
                   Lord
                   thy
                   God
                   with
                   all
                   thy
                   heart
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   thy
                   soul
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   thy
                   mind
                   :
                   this
                   is
                   the
                   first
                   and
                   great
                   commandment
                   .
                
                 It
                 is
                 not
                 the
                 eye
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 ear
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 tongue
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 knee
                 ,
                 that
                 God
                 careth
                 for
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 heart
                 ;
                 the
                 sincere
                 ,
                 and
                 supreme
                 love
                 of
                 the
                 heart
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 chiefest
                 and
                 most
                 comprehensive
                 commandment
                 .
                 Some
                 debts
                 are
                 forfeited
                 by
                 Law
                 ,
                 if
                 ,
                 though
                 they
                 be
                 demanded
                 ,
                 they
                 be
                 not
                 timely
                 demanded
                 ;
                 but
                 God
                 doth
                 timely
                 demand
                 this
                 debt
                 of
                 the
                 Heart
                 ;
                 He
                 doth
                 not
                 stay
                 till
                 men
                 are
                 grown
                 into
                 elder
                 years
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 demandeth
                 their
                 hearts
                 when
                 they
                 are
                 young
                 ;
                 He
                 calleth
                 upon
                 young
                 men
                 to
                 give
                 him
                 their
                 hearts
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 Text
                 
                   My
                   son
                   ,
                   give
                   me
                   thine
                   heart
                   .
                
              
               
                 R.
                 3.
                 
                 All
                 ,
                 especially
                 young
                 men
                 ,
                 ought
                 to
                 give
                 
                 God
                 their
                 Hearts
                 ,
                 because
                 God
                 will
                 accept
                 of
                 their
                 Hearts
                 .
                 If
                 a
                 man
                 will
                 not
                 accept
                 of
                 his
                 right
                 ,
                 he
                 loseth
                 his
                 right
                 ;
                 and
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 obligation
                 upon
                 a
                 man
                 to
                 tender
                 a
                 gift
                 that
                 is
                 despised
                 ;
                 but
                 God
                 will
                 accept
                 of
                 the
                 Heart
                 ,
                 and
                 nothing
                 is
                 more
                 acceptable
                 than
                 the
                 Heart
                 ,
                 nothing
                 is
                 acceptable
                 like
                 the
                 Heart
                 ,
                 and
                 nothing
                 is
                 acceptable
                 without
                 the
                 Heart
                 ;
                 all
                 the
                 good
                 language
                 of
                 the
                 lips
                 ,
                 the
                 devotion
                 of
                 the
                 knees
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 bodily
                 exercises
                 ,
                 is
                 of
                 no
                 worth
                 in
                 Gods
                 account
                 ,
                 all
                 is
                 flattery
                 ,
                 all
                 is
                 mockery
                 without
                 the
                 Heart
                 :
                 the
                 Sacrifices
                 under
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 although
                 of
                 Gods
                 own
                 appointment
                 ,
                 yet
                 comparatively
                 with
                 the
                 Sacrifice
                 of
                 the
                 Heart
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 esteemed
                 ,
                 and
                 without
                 the
                 sacrifice
                 of
                 the
                 Heart
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 despised
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Heart
                 was
                 never
                 despised
                 ,
                 never
                 refused
                 ,
                 but
                 readily
                 accepted
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 most
                 delightful
                 sacrifice
                 .
                 See
                 Psal.
                 51.16
                 ,
                 17.
                 
                 
                   For
                   thou
                   desirest
                   not
                   sacrifice
                
                 (
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 comparatively
                 )
                 
                   else
                   would
                   I
                   give
                   it
                   ;
                   thou
                   delightest
                   not
                   in
                   burnt-offerings
                   ,
                   the
                   Sacrifices
                   of
                   God
                   are
                   as
                   broken
                   spirit
                   ;
                   a
                   broken
                   and
                   contrite
                   heart
                   ,
                   O
                   God
                   ,
                   thou
                   wilt
                   not
                   despise
                   .
                
                 God
                 doth
                 not
                 despise
                 the
                 heart
                 ,
                 yea
                 ,
                 He
                 desireth
                 ,
                 and
                 delighteth
                 in
                 the
                 Sacrifice
                 of
                 the
                 Heart
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 is
                 offered
                 up
                 unto
                 Him
                 by
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 our
                 great
                 High
                 Priest
                 in
                 Heaven
                 :
                 a
                 heart
                 broken
                 and
                 bleeding
                 for
                 sin
                 ,
                 gasping
                 and
                 breathing
                 after
                 God
                 ,
                 is
                 very
                 pleasing
                 and
                 acceptable
                 .
                 And
                 as
                 God
                 will
                 accept
                 the
                 Hearts
                 of
                 any
                 ,
                 so
                 especially
                 the
                 Hearts
                 of
                 young
                 ones
                 ;
                 the
                 sooner
                 any
                 bring
                 their
                 Hearts
                 unto
                 God
                 ,
                 the
                 better
                 is
                 he
                 pleased
                 ;
                 the
                 Rose
                 is
                 sweetest
                 in
                 the
                 bud
                 ,
                 before
                 it
                 be
                 quite
                 blown
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 love
                 of
                 Youths
                 to
                 God
                 hath
                 a
                 great
                 fragrancy
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 very
                 sweet
                 and
                 delightful
                 to
                 Him.
                 
              
               
                 
                 R.
                 4.
                 
                 All
                 ,
                 especially
                 young
                 men
                 ,
                 ought
                 to
                 give
                 God
                 their
                 Hearts
                 ,
                 because
                 he
                 doth
                 best
                 deserve
                 them
                 ;
                 not
                 only
                 as
                 he
                 hath
                 a
                 right
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 before
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 as
                 he
                 is
                 the
                 most
                 deserving
                 object
                 ;
                 Nothing
                 is
                 worthy
                 of
                 their
                 Hearts
                 beside
                 Him
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 the
                 least
                 degree
                 of
                 comparison
                 with
                 Him.
                 
                 
                   
                     1.
                     
                     If
                     Loveliness
                     do
                     deserve
                     Love
                     ,
                     God
                     is
                     altogether
                     Lovely
                     ;
                     this
                     cannot
                     be
                     said
                     of
                     any
                     creature
                     in
                     the
                     world
                     ,
                     which
                     may
                     be
                     apt
                     to
                     draw
                     away
                     the
                     Heart
                     ;
                     the
                     creatures
                     indeed
                     may
                     have
                     loveliness
                     ,
                     but
                     the
                     loveliness
                     of
                     creatures
                     is
                     inferiour
                     ,
                     Gods
                     loveliness
                     is
                     supreme
                     ;
                     the
                     loveliness
                     of
                     creatures
                     is
                     defective
                     ,
                     Gods
                     loveliness
                     is
                     perfect
                     ;
                     the
                     creatures
                     may
                     have
                     some
                     loveliness
                     ,
                     but
                     God
                     hath
                     all
                     loveliness
                     ;
                     the
                     creatures
                     loveliness
                     is
                     derivative
                     ,
                     Gods
                     loveliness
                     is
                     from
                     himself
                     ,
                     and
                     whatsoever
                     loveliness
                     the
                     creatures
                     have
                     ,
                     they
                     derive
                     it
                     from
                     Him
                     ;
                     and
                     therefore
                     ,
                     even
                     that
                     loveliness
                     is
                     eminently
                     in
                     Him
                     ;
                     and
                     moreover
                     ,
                     such
                     loveliness
                     as
                     is
                     infinitely
                     beyond
                     that
                     .
                     What
                     is
                     the
                     Beam
                     in
                     comparison
                     of
                     the
                     Sun
                     ?
                     What
                     is
                     the
                     Stream
                     in
                     comparison
                     with
                     the
                     Fountain
                     ?
                     What
                     is
                     the
                     drop
                     in
                     comparison
                     with
                     the
                     Ocean
                     ?
                     And
                     what
                     is
                     creatures
                     loveliness
                     ,
                     in
                     comparison
                     with
                     the
                     Creator's
                     loveliness
                     ?
                     Indeed
                     God's
                     loveliness
                     is
                     not
                     visible
                     ,
                     like
                     some
                     creatures-loveliness
                     ,
                     because
                     God
                     is
                     a
                     Spirit
                     ,
                     and
                     his
                     loveliness
                     spiritual
                     ;
                     but
                     Gods
                     loveliness
                     is
                     not
                     the
                     less
                     because
                     it
                     is
                     not
                     corporal
                     and
                     visible
                     ,
                     but
                     the
                     more
                     ,
                     because
                     not
                     so
                     low
                     and
                     inferiour
                     ,
                     and
                     subject
                     to
                     alternations
                     ,
                     as
                     bodily
                     beauty
                     is
                     as
                     the
                     beauty
                     of
                     the
                     mind
                     adorned
                     with
                     wisdom
                     and
                     grace
                     ,
                     is
                     far
                     beyond
                     the
                     beauty
                     of
                     the
                     〈◊〉
                     of
                     the
                     rarest
                     symmetry
                     ,
                     and
                     mixture
                     of
                     colours
                     ;
                     
                     so
                     the
                     beauty
                     of
                     God
                     which
                     is
                     spiritual
                     ,
                     doth
                     infinitely
                     excell
                     all
                     created
                     beauty
                     ,
                     whether
                     of
                     body
                     ,
                     or
                     of
                     mind
                     .
                     Gods
                     loveliness
                     cannot
                     be
                     discerned
                     with
                     the
                     eye
                     of
                     the
                     body
                     ,
                     but
                     it
                     may
                     be
                     viewed
                     with
                     the
                     eye
                     of
                     the
                     mind
                     ,
                     with
                     the
                     eye
                     of
                     faith
                     ,
                     through
                     the
                     illuminations
                     of
                     the
                     spirit
                     ;
                     indeed
                     the
                     beauty
                     of
                     his
                     face
                     cannot
                     be
                     seen
                     by
                     any
                     in
                     the
                     body
                     ,
                     the
                     vision
                     of
                     this
                     is
                     fit
                     only
                     for
                     Angels
                     ,
                     and
                     is
                     reserved
                     for
                     the
                     Saints
                     in
                     Heaven
                     ;
                     yet
                     in
                     his
                     back
                     parts
                     there
                     is
                     infinitely
                     more
                     loveliness
                     to
                     be
                     seen
                     ,
                     than
                     in
                     the
                     face
                     of
                     any
                     creatures
                     whatsoever
                     ;
                     if
                     there
                     could
                     be
                     a
                     composition
                     of
                     all
                     created
                     loveliness
                     in
                     one
                     person
                     ,
                     it
                     would
                     fall
                     infinitely
                     short
                     of
                     the
                     loveliness
                     of
                     God
                     ,
                     in
                     any
                     one
                     of
                     his
                     excellencies
                     and
                     perfections
                     .
                     Hence
                     was
                     that
                     desire
                     of
                     
                       David
                       ,
                       Psal.
                    
                     27.4
                     .
                     
                       One
                       thing
                       have
                       I
                       desired
                       of
                       the
                       Lord
                       ,
                       that
                       will
                       I
                       seek
                       after
                       ,
                       that
                       I
                       may
                       dwell
                       in
                       the
                       house
                       of
                       the
                       Lord
                       all
                       the
                       dayes
                       of
                       my
                       life
                       ,
                       to
                       behold
                       the
                       beauty
                       of
                       the
                       Lord
                       ,
                       and
                       to
                       enquire
                       in
                       his
                       temple
                       .
                    
                     And
                     Psal.
                     63.1
                     ,
                     2.
                     
                     
                       O
                       God
                       ,
                       thou
                       art
                       my
                       God
                       ;
                       early
                       will
                       I
                       seek
                       thee
                       ,
                       my
                       soul
                       thirsteth
                       for
                       thee
                       ,
                       my
                       flesh
                       longeth
                       for
                       thee
                       ,
                       as
                       in
                       a
                       dry
                       and
                       thirsty
                       land
                       ,
                       where
                       no
                       water
                       is
                       ;
                       to
                       see
                       thy
                       power
                       and
                       thy
                       glory
                       ,
                       so
                       as
                       I
                       have
                       seen
                       thee
                       in
                       the
                       Sanctuary
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     2.
                     
                     If
                     sutableness
                     do
                     deserve
                     love
                     ,
                     there
                     is
                     infinitely
                     more
                     of
                     this
                     in
                     God
                     unto
                     the
                     Heart
                     ,
                     than
                     in
                     any
                     thing
                     else
                     that
                     any
                     may
                     set
                     their
                     hearts
                     upon
                     ;
                     Indeed
                     sensitive
                     objects
                     are
                     more
                     sutable
                     unto
                     the
                     bruitish
                     part
                     ,
                     I
                     mean
                     the
                     senses
                     ,
                     in
                     which
                     many
                     bruits
                     do
                     excell
                     men
                     ;
                     but
                     God
                     is
                     most
                     sutable
                     to
                     the
                     most
                     excellent
                     and
                     noble
                     part
                     of
                     man
                     ,
                     which
                     is
                     the
                     soul
                     ;
                     He
                     is
                     a
                     sutable
                     good
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     only
                     sutable
                     good
                     for
                     the
                     Heart
                     ,
                     because
                     he
                     is
                     the
                     only
                     chief
                     good
                     ;
                     nothing
                     beneath
                     ,
                     nothing
                     besides
                     the
                     chief
                     
                     good
                     ,
                     can
                     give
                     true
                     satisfaction
                     to
                     the
                     Soul
                     ;
                     none
                     but
                     God
                     can
                     fill
                     up
                     the
                     large
                     and
                     immense
                     desires
                     of
                     the
                     Heart
                     :
                     the
                     house
                     may
                     be
                     filled
                     with
                     goods
                     ,
                     the
                     bags
                     may
                     be
                     filled
                     with
                     silver
                     and
                     gold
                     ,
                     the
                     cabinets
                     may
                     be
                     filled
                     with
                     jewels
                     ;
                     but
                     none
                     of
                     these
                     things
                     can
                     fill
                     the
                     Heart
                     ;
                     the
                     eye
                     may
                     be
                     tired
                     with
                     seeing
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     ear
                     wearied
                     with
                     hearing
                     ,
                     and
                     all
                     the
                     senses
                     glutted
                     and
                     cloyed
                     with
                     their
                     proper
                     objects
                     ;
                     but
                     none
                     of
                     these
                     objects
                     are
                     sutable
                     to
                     the
                     Soul
                     ;
                     and
                     therefore
                     cannot
                     fill
                     ,
                     and
                     satisfie
                     its
                     desires
                     .
                     Earthly
                     riches
                     are
                     uncertain
                     and
                     thorny
                     ;
                     worldly
                     honours
                     are
                     vain
                     and
                     windy
                     ;
                     sensual
                     pleasures
                     are
                     thin
                     and
                     empty
                     ;
                     and
                     all
                     are
                     of
                     short
                     continuance
                     ,
                     and
                     very
                     transitory
                     ;
                     and
                     what
                     then
                     can
                     they
                     all
                     do
                     to
                     give
                     satisfaction
                     unto
                     a
                     rational
                     Soul
                     ,
                     which
                     is
                     a
                     spiritual
                     substance
                     ?
                     to
                     an
                     immortal
                     soul
                     ,
                     which
                     must
                     abide
                     when
                     the
                     body
                     is
                     dropt
                     off
                     into
                     the
                     dust
                     ,
                     and
                     all
                     these
                     things
                     are
                     vanish'd
                     out
                     of
                     sight
                     ,
                     and
                     which
                     must
                     live
                     so
                     long
                     as
                     the
                     eternal
                     God
                     shall
                     live
                     .
                     God
                     only
                     is
                     the
                     sutable
                     good
                     for
                     the
                     Soul
                     ,
                     the
                     creatures
                     are
                     not
                     so
                     far
                     beneath
                     the
                     Soul
                     ,
                     as
                     God
                     is
                     above
                     it
                     ;
                     the
                     creatures
                     have
                     not
                     so
                     much
                     emptiness
                     ,
                     as
                     God
                     hath
                     fulness
                     ;
                     the
                     creatures
                     have
                     not
                     such
                     insufficiency
                     ,
                     as
                     God
                     hath
                     All-sufficiency
                     ;
                     he
                     that
                     is
                     Self-sufficient
                     ,
                     must
                     needs
                     be
                     All-sufficient
                     ;
                     an
                     Ocean
                     surely
                     is
                     sufficient
                     to
                     fill
                     a
                     Bucket
                     or
                     a
                     Nut
                     shell
                     :
                     though
                     ten
                     thousand
                     worlds
                     are
                     not
                     sufficient
                     to
                     fill
                     one
                     Soul
                     ;
                     yet
                     one
                     God
                     that
                     is
                     All
                     sufficient
                     can
                     fill
                     ten
                     thousand
                     worlds
                     of
                     souls
                     .
                     It
                     is
                     a
                     great
                     expression
                     ,
                     Eph.
                     3.20
                     ,
                     21.
                     
                     
                       Now
                       to
                       him
                       that
                       is
                       able
                       to
                       do
                       exceeding
                       abundantly
                       above
                       all
                       that
                       we
                       ask
                       or
                       think
                       ,
                       according
                       to
                       the
                       power
                       that
                       worketh
                       in
                       us
                       ;
                       to
                       him
                       be
                       glory
                       ,
                    
                     &c.
                     
                     He
                     can
                     do
                     above
                     ,
                     abundantly
                     above
                     ,
                     exceeding
                     abunantly
                     
                     above
                     ;
                     in
                     the
                     original
                     the
                     words
                     are
                     
                       〈◊〉
                       〈◊〉
                       〈◊〉
                       〈◊〉
                       〈◊〉
                    
                     ,
                     above
                     abundantly
                     ,
                     He
                     can
                     do
                     infinitely
                     beyond
                     ,
                     not
                     only
                     our
                     Prayers
                     ,
                     and
                     what
                     we
                     can
                     ask
                     ;
                     but
                     also
                     our
                     conceptions
                     ,
                     and
                     what
                     we
                     can
                     think
                     ;
                     We
                     may
                     ask
                     for
                     great
                     things
                     ,
                     mountains
                     of
                     Gold
                     ,
                     seats
                     amongst
                     the
                     Starrs
                     ,
                     the
                     most
                     delicious
                     things
                     for
                     the
                     sense
                     ;
                     but
                     God
                     can
                     do
                     more
                     than
                     this
                     for
                     us
                     ;
                     and
                     if
                     he
                     doth
                     not
                     give
                     such
                     things
                     ,
                     because
                     they
                     are
                     not
                     so
                     good
                     ,
                     he
                     giveth
                     that
                     which
                     is
                     better
                     ;
                     a
                     little
                     true
                     Grace
                     is
                     beyond
                     all
                     ;
                     and
                     God
                     can
                     do
                     beyond
                     what
                     we
                     can
                     ask
                     in
                     spiritual
                     riches
                     ;
                     the
                     riches
                     of
                     glory
                     are
                     exceedingly
                     abundantly
                     beyond
                     the
                     riches
                     of
                     grace
                     ;
                     we
                     may
                     conceive
                     and
                     think
                     more
                     than
                     we
                     can
                     have
                     confidence
                     ,
                     or
                     find
                     words
                     to
                     ask
                     ;
                     but
                     God
                     can
                     do
                     for
                     us
                     beyond
                     our
                     either
                     desires
                     or
                     thoughts
                     ;
                     yea
                     ,
                     there
                     is
                     more
                     in
                     himself
                     than
                     we
                     can
                     imagine
                     :
                     God
                     is
                     a
                     fountain
                     of
                     goodness
                     ,
                     which
                     is
                     alwayes
                     running
                     ,
                     overflowing
                     ,
                     and
                     ever-flowing
                     ;
                     He
                     is
                     a
                     treasury
                     of
                     all
                     good
                     things
                     ,
                     which
                     can
                     never
                     be
                     exhausted
                     and
                     emptied
                     .
                     Surely
                     then
                     God
                     is
                     the
                     most
                     sutable
                     good
                     for
                     the
                     Heart
                     ,
                     and
                     most
                     deserveth
                     the
                     Heart
                     .
                  
                   
                     3.
                     
                     If
                     Love
                     do
                     deserve
                     the
                     Heart
                     ,
                     and
                     call
                     for
                     return
                     of
                     Love
                     ,
                     surely
                     God
                     hath
                     infinitely
                     more
                     of
                     this
                     ,
                     than
                     any
                     else
                     ;
                     none
                     can
                     match
                     him
                     in
                     loveliness
                     ,
                     and
                     none
                     can
                     match
                     him
                     in
                     Love
                     :
                     See
                     Iob.
                     3.16
                     .
                     
                       God
                       so
                       loved
                       the
                       world
                       ,
                       that
                       he
                       gave
                       his
                       onely
                       begotten
                       Son
                       ,
                    
                     &c.
                     
                     God
                     so
                     loved
                     the
                     world
                     ;
                     How
                     did
                     he
                     love
                     the
                     world
                     ?
                     There
                     is
                     no
                     comparison
                     to
                     set
                     it
                     forth
                     by
                     ,
                     nothing
                     great
                     enough
                     to
                     express
                     it
                     ,
                     it
                     is
                     too
                     big
                     to
                     be
                     put
                     into
                     the
                     scales
                     with
                     any
                     creature-love
                     ,
                     except
                     you
                     would
                     weigh
                     vast
                     mountains
                     in
                     one
                     balance
                     ,
                     and
                     a
                     light
                     feather
                     in
                     the
                     other
                     ;
                     
                     yea
                     ,
                     I
                     may
                     safely
                     say
                     ,
                     that
                     the
                     smallest
                     dust
                     on
                     the
                     ground
                     ,
                     or
                     the
                     least
                     more
                     that
                     flyeth
                     in
                     the
                     air
                     ,
                     may
                     better
                     be
                     compared
                     with
                     the
                     whole
                     globe
                     of
                     the
                     Earth
                     for
                     weight
                     ,
                     than
                     the
                     love
                     of
                     any
                     creature
                     can
                     be
                     compared
                     with
                     the
                     love
                     of
                     God
                     to
                     Mankind
                     ;
                     and
                     therefore
                     if
                     you
                     ask
                     how
                     God
                     loved
                     Mankind
                     ,
                     the
                     answer
                     must
                     not
                     be
                     by
                     a
                     comparison
                     ,
                     for
                     it
                     passeth
                     comparison
                     ,
                     and
                     it
                     passeth
                     comprehension
                     :
                     but
                     it
                     is
                     set
                     forth
                     by
                     the
                     expression
                     of
                     it
                     ,
                     in
                     giving
                     his
                     onely
                     begotten
                     Son
                     for
                     men
                     ,
                     that
                     believing
                     in
                     him
                     ,
                     they
                     might
                     not
                     perish
                     ,
                     but
                     have
                     everlasting
                     life
                     ;
                     here
                     is
                     love
                     ,
                     not
                     in
                     word
                     so
                     much
                     as
                     in
                     deed
                     ;
                     love
                     in
                     a
                     love-token
                     ,
                     in
                     a
                     gift
                     ,
                     and
                     such
                     a
                     gift
                     as
                     is
                     unvaluable
                     ;
                     a
                     gift
                     so
                     necessary
                     ,
                     as
                     without
                     which
                     ,
                     eternal
                     ruine
                     could
                     not
                     be
                     avoided
                     ;
                     so
                     beneficial
                     ,
                     that
                     by
                     it
                     ;
                     and
                     with
                     it
                     ,
                     eternal
                     life
                     and
                     happiness
                     is
                     obtained
                     .
                     Gods
                     love
                     is
                     so
                     great
                     ,
                     in
                     giving
                     his
                     Son
                     ,
                     that
                     when
                     the
                     Apostle
                     Iohn
                     doth
                     speak
                     of
                     it
                     ,
                     he
                     telleth
                     us
                     not
                     onely
                     that
                     God
                     hath
                     Love
                     ,
                     but
                     that
                     God
                     is
                     Love
                     ,
                     1
                     Ioh.
                     4.8
                     ,
                     9
                     ,
                     10.
                     
                     
                       God
                       is
                       love
                       ;
                       In
                       this
                       was
                       manifested
                       the
                       love
                       of
                       God
                       towards
                       us
                       ,
                       because
                       God
                       sent
                       his
                       onely
                       begotten
                       Son
                       into
                       the
                       world
                       ,
                       that
                       we
                       might
                       live
                       through
                       him
                       .
                       Herein
                       is
                       love
                       ,
                       not
                       that
                       we
                       loved
                       God
                       ,
                       but
                       that
                       he
                       loved
                       us
                       ,
                       and
                       sent
                       his
                       son
                       to
                       be
                       a
                       propitiation
                       for
                       our
                       sins
                       .
                    
                     Creatures
                     have
                     love
                     ,
                     it
                     is
                     a
                     quality
                     in
                     them
                     ,
                     and
                     hath
                     degrees
                     ;
                     the
                     highest
                     capacity
                     which
                     we
                     have
                     for
                     love
                     is
                     but
                     as
                     it
                     is
                     a
                     quality
                     ,
                     and
                     even
                     in
                     that
                     which
                     we
                     are
                     capable
                     of
                     ,
                     we
                     are
                     deficient
                     ,
                     whilst
                     in
                     this
                     world
                     ;
                     but
                     Love
                     in
                     God
                     is
                     not
                     a
                     quality
                     ,
                     for
                     a
                     quality
                     is
                     an
                     accident
                     ,
                     and
                     there
                     are
                     no
                     accidénts
                     in
                     God
                     ;
                     and
                     therefore
                     it
                     is
                     his
                     essence
                     ,
                     
                       He
                       is
                       Love
                    
                     ;
                     there
                     is
                     a
                     
                       〈◊〉
                       〈◊〉
                       〈◊〉
                       〈◊〉
                       〈◊〉
                    
                     ,
                     a
                     depth
                     in
                     the
                     expression
                     ,
                     which
                     we
                     cannot
                     fathom
                     .
                     If
                     the
                     Apostle
                     cryeth
                     out
                     ,
                     
                     Rom.
                     11.33
                     .
                     
                       O
                       the
                       depth
                       of
                       the
                       riches
                       both
                       of
                       the
                       wisdome
                       and
                       knowledge
                       of
                       God!
                       how
                       unsearchable
                       are
                       his
                       judgments
                       ,
                       and
                       his
                       wayes
                       past
                       finding
                       out
                    
                     !
                     We
                     may
                     also
                     cry
                     out
                     in
                     an
                     extasie
                     of
                     admiration
                     ,
                     O
                     the
                     depth
                     of
                     the
                     riches
                     of
                     the
                     goodness
                     and
                     love
                     of
                     God!
                     how
                     unsearchable
                     are
                     his
                     mercies
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     wayes
                     of
                     his
                     grace
                     past
                     finding
                     out
                     !
                     Apprehend
                     we
                     may
                     something
                     of
                     Gods
                     love
                     ,
                     but
                     comprehend
                     it
                     we
                     cannot
                     .
                     Who
                     ever
                     did
                     ,
                     or
                     could
                     look
                     into
                     the
                     depth
                     of
                     Gods
                     heart
                     ?
                     The
                     heart
                     of
                     man
                     is
                     deep
                     ,
                     but
                     the
                     heart
                     of
                     God
                     is
                     far
                     deeper
                     ;
                     and
                     indeed
                     ,
                     in
                     comparison
                     with
                     God
                     ,
                     the
                     streams
                     of
                     our
                     Love
                     are
                     but
                     small
                     brooks
                     ,
                     and
                     shallow
                     rivulets
                     ,
                     unto
                     the
                     dep
                     current
                     ,
                     and
                     bottomless
                     ocean
                     of
                     Love
                     in
                     the
                     heart
                     of
                     God
                     to
                     sinners
                     ,
                     through
                     Jesus
                     Christ.
                     Gods
                     Love
                     is
                     First
                     ,
                     Free
                     ,
                     Tender
                     ,
                     Unchangeable
                     ,
                     from
                     everlasting
                     to
                     everlasting
                     :
                     But
                     I
                     must
                     not
                     lanch
                     too
                     deep
                     into
                     this
                     subject
                     of
                     Gods
                     Love
                     ,
                     which
                     in
                     many
                     discourses
                     of
                     those
                     that
                     have
                     the
                     most
                     raised
                     apprehensions
                     ,
                     and
                     sweetest
                     tasts
                     of
                     it
                     ,
                     cannot
                     be
                     set
                     forth
                     with
                     any
                     sutableness
                     unto
                     its
                     greatness
                     .
                     Now
                     such
                     love
                     of
                     God
                     surely
                     doth
                     deserve
                     the
                     Heart
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     return
                     of
                     the
                     choicest
                     and
                     chiefest
                     affections
                     which
                     the
                     children
                     of
                     men
                     can
                     possibly
                     present
                     him
                     withall
                     .
                     Love
                     doth
                     usually
                     draw
                     forth
                     particular
                     ,
                     and
                     endeared
                     Love
                     ,
                     more
                     than
                     Loveliness
                     ;
                     but
                     when
                     such
                     infinite
                     Loveliness
                     ,
                     Sutableness
                     ,
                     and
                     withall
                     such
                     infinite
                     incomparable
                     Love
                     ,
                     do
                     meet
                     in
                     one
                     God
                     ,
                     surely
                     we
                     must
                     say
                     that
                     he
                     is
                     the
                     most
                     deserving
                     object
                     for
                     the
                     Love.
                     
                  
                
              
               
                 R.
                 5.
                 
                 Lastly
                 ,
                 All
                 ,
                 especially
                 young
                 men
                 ,
                 ought
                 to
                 give
                 God
                 their
                 Hearts
                 ,
                 because
                 he
                 will
                 best
                 use
                 their
                 Hearts
                 ;
                 their
                 Hearts
                 will
                 be
                 abused
                 by
                 any
                 
                 thing
                 they
                 give
                 them
                 unto
                 ,
                 except
                 it
                 be
                 God
                 alone
                 .
                 If
                 they
                 give
                 their
                 Hearts
                 to
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 debase
                 and
                 degrade
                 them
                 ;
                 but
                 if
                 they
                 give
                 their
                 Hearts
                 unto
                 God
                 ,
                 He
                 will
                 advance
                 and
                 ennoble
                 them
                 ;
                 if
                 the
                 creatures
                 have
                 their
                 hearts
                 ,
                 they
                 will
                 impoverish
                 them
                 ,
                 but
                 if
                 God
                 have
                 their
                 Hearts
                 ,
                 He
                 will
                 enrich
                 them
                 ;
                 if
                 Sin
                 get
                 their
                 Hearts
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 deform
                 them
                 ,
                 but
                 if
                 God
                 get
                 their
                 Hearts
                 ,
                 He
                 will
                 beautifie
                 them
                 ;
                 if
                 Lust
                 be
                 received
                 into
                 their
                 Hearts
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 defile
                 them
                 ,
                 but
                 if
                 God
                 be
                 received
                 into
                 their
                 Hearts
                 ,
                 He
                 will
                 cleanse
                 them
                 .
                 If
                 God
                 have
                 not
                 the
                 Heart
                 ,
                 the
                 Devil
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 and
                 Lust
                 will
                 possess
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 sure
                 they
                 will
                 abuse
                 it
                 .
                 Better
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 thousand
                 fold
                 to
                 entertain
                 God
                 into
                 the
                 Heart
                 ,
                 than
                 any
                 other
                 inhabitant
                 ,
                 He
                 having
                 promised
                 to
                 dwell
                 where
                 he
                 is
                 entertained
                 ,
                 2
                 Cor.
                 6.16
                 .
                 
                   For
                   ye
                   are
                   the
                   Temple
                   of
                   the
                   living
                   God
                   ,
                   as
                   God
                   hath
                   said
                   ,
                   I
                   will
                   dwell
                   in
                   you
                   ,
                   and
                   walk
                   in
                   you
                   :
                
                 and
                 be
                 sure
                 He
                 will
                 use
                 the
                 Hearts
                 well
                 where
                 he
                 dwells
                 .
                 The
                 Devil
                 and
                 Lust
                 make
                 the
                 Heart
                 a
                 Dungeon
                 ,
                 but
                 Gods
                 presence
                 maketh
                 the
                 Heart
                 a
                 Palace
                 ;
                 God
                 hath
                 two
                 Palaces
                 ,
                 the
                 one
                 is
                 the
                 highest
                 Heavens
                 ,
                 the
                 other
                 is
                 the
                 lowest
                 Hearts
                 ;
                 and
                 where
                 God
                 dwelleth
                 ,
                 he
                 will
                 bring
                 his
                 own
                 Furniture
                 ;
                 He
                 will
                 throw
                 out
                 of
                 doors
                 the
                 rotten
                 furniture
                 of
                 Sin
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 findeth
                 ,
                 and
                 bring
                 in
                 the
                 furniture
                 of
                 Grace
                 ,
                 he
                 will
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 ,
                 hang
                 the
                 Heart
                 with
                 the
                 rich
                 Tapistry
                 ,
                 and
                 curious
                 Embroidery
                 of
                 the
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 that
                 He
                 may
                 take
                 delight
                 in
                 his
                 Habitation
                 ,
                 adorned
                 with
                 his
                 own
                 Ornaments
                 .
                 And
                 He
                 will
                 bring
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 Provisions
                 too
                 ,
                 and
                 feast
                 them
                 with
                 his
                 Love
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 most
                 kind
                 expressions
                 thereof
                 ,
                 which
                 shall
                 yield
                 such
                 peace
                 and
                 satisfaction
                 ,
                 such
                 comfort
                 and
                 sweetness
                 ,
                 and
                 sometimes
                 such
                 
                 ravishing
                 joyes
                 ,
                 as
                 have
                 not
                 entred
                 into
                 the
                 hearts
                 of
                 the
                 carnal
                 and
                 worldly
                 to
                 conceive
                 .
                 Moreover
                 ,
                 He
                 will
                 watch
                 over
                 the
                 Heart
                 ,
                 and
                 defend
                 it
                 from
                 many
                 mischiefs
                 and
                 dangers
                 ,
                 from
                 many
                 snares
                 and
                 temptations
                 ,
                 from
                 many
                 sins
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 ruines
                 which
                 sin
                 doth
                 lead
                 the
                 ungodly
                 unto
                 .
                 To
                 conclude
                 ,
                 By
                 the
                 Grace
                 which
                 He
                 giveth
                 the
                 Heart
                 here
                 ,
                 He
                 will
                 qualifie
                 and
                 prepare
                 it
                 for
                 glory
                 hereafter
                 ;
                 and
                 at
                 length
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Soul
                 now
                 given
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 shall
                 be
                 separated
                 from
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 it
                 shall
                 not
                 want
                 an
                 habitation
                 ,
                 for
                 He
                 will
                 receive
                 it
                 into
                 the
                 dearest
                 closets
                 ,
                 and
                 eternal
                 embracements
                 of
                 his
                 Love.
                 Surely
                 then
                 God
                 will
                 best
                 use
                 the
                 Heart
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 all
                 should
                 give
                 their
                 Hearts
                 unto
                 Him.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Application
             .
          
           
             Vse
             1.
             
             BY
             way
             of
             Information
             .
          
           
             HEnce
             learn
             ,
             that
             none
             have
             the
             dispose
             of
             their
             own
             Hearts
             ,
             none
             have
             liberty
             to
             ●ive
             their
             Hearts
             as
             they
             please
             ;
             to
             choose
             ,
             or
             ●ove
             ,
             or
             desire
             ,
             or
             delight
             in
             what
             ,
             and
             in
             whom
             ●hey
             please
             .
             It
             is
             the
             speech
             of
             the
             ungodly
             ,
             Psal.
             ●
             2.4
             .
             
               Our
               lips
               are
               our
               own
               ,
               who
               is
               Lord
               over
               us
               ?
            
             ●nd
             it
             is
             a
             more
             ungodly
             speech
             to
             say
             ,
             Our
             Hearts
             are
             our
             own
             ,
             who
             is
             Lord
             over
             us
             ?
             There
             is
             no●hing
             which
             any
             can
             call
             their
             own
             ,
             properly
             and
             ●trictly
             ,
             except
             it
             be
             sin
             ;
             whatever
             any
             are
             ,
             or
             ●ave
             ,
             they
             owe
             it
             unto
             God
             ,
             from
             whom
             they
             ●ave
             received
             it
             ;
             but
             above
             all
             ,
             God
             claims
             his
             ●●ght
             to
             the
             Heart
             ,
             and
             He
             is
             most
             jealous
             of
             the
             
             Heart
             ,
             and
             none
             may
             give
             away
             their
             Hearts
             from
             him
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Learn
             here
             ,
             God
             hath
             disposed
             of
             our
             Hearts
             better
             than
             we
             could
             or
             would
             dispose
             of
             them
             our selves
             :
             if
             God
             had
             not
             directed
             our
             Hearts
             to
             himself
             ,
             and
             commanded
             us
             to
             give
             them
             to
             him
             ,
             we
             should
             foolishly
             dispose
             of
             them
             unto
             inferiour
             things
             ,
             which
             are
             wholly
             unworthy
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             which
             would
             wofully
             abuse
             them
             ;
             as
             all
             such
             do
             dispose
             their
             Hearts
             who
             give
             no
             heed
             unto
             this
             command
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Learn
             here
             ,
             that
             God
             hath
             made
             that
             to
             be
             our
             duty
             to
             give
             our
             Hearts
             to
             him
             ,
             which
             is
             our
             great
             privilege
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             give
             our
             hearts
             to
             him
             ;
             this
             commandment
             surely
             is
             not
             grievous
             ,
             but
             most
             reasonable
             and
             sweet
             ;
             God
             is
             not
             beholding
             to
             us
             for
             our
             Hearts
             ,
             but
             we
             are
             beholding
             unto
             him
             that
             he
             will
             accept
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Learn
             here
             the
             difference
             between
             the
             wicked
             and
             the
             righteous
             ;
             the
             difference
             doth
             not
             lye
             in
             their
             riches
             ;
             for
             when
             many
             of
             the
             righteous
             be
             poor
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             multitudes
             of
             wicked
             men
             do
             abound
             in
             wealth
             ;
             it
             doth
             not
             lye
             in
             worldly
             grandeur
             and
             dignity
             ,
             usually
             the
             wicked
             are
             advanced
             to
             the
             highest
             seat
             of
             honour
             ,
             and
             are
             esteemed
             when
             the
             righteous
             are
             low
             ,
             and
             under
             disgrace
             :
             It
             doth
             not
             lye
             in
             their
             food
             and
             apparel
             ;
             Div●●
             is
             arrayed
             in
             purple
             ,
             and
             fine
             linnen
             ,
             and
             fareth
             deliciously
             every
             day
             ,
             when
             Lazarus
             lyeth
             at
             his
             gate
             ,
             hungry
             ,
             and
             in
             rags
             .
             It
             doth
             not
             lye
             in
             any
             beauty
             and
             strength
             of
             body
             ,
             in
             any
             natural
             parts
             or
             acquired
             abilities
             of
             mind
             ;
             some
             that
             have
             very
             foul
             insides
             ,
             are
             outwardly
             fair
             and
             beautiful
             ;
             and
             many
             are
             ignorant
             of
             the
             mysteries
             of
             salvation
             
             who
             are
             great
             Scholars
             in
             other
             things
             ,
             and
             of
             high
             esteem
             for
             worldly
             wisdom
             and
             prudence
             ;
             when
             the
             righteous
             ,
             many
             of
             them
             ,
             have
             a
             contemptible
             outside
             ,
             and
             are
             of
             very
             mean
             natural
             ,
             and
             acquired
             abilities
             .
             But
             the
             difference
             between
             the
             wicked
             and
             the
             righteous
             ,
             and
             that
             wherein
             the
             righteous
             do
             excell
             all
             the
             wicked
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             is
             in
             the
             disposing
             of
             their
             hearts
             ;
             the
             wicked
             give
             their
             hearts
             to
             the
             creature
             ,
             some
             to
             the
             dung
             of
             earthly
             pelf
             ,
             others
             to
             the
             filth
             of
             sensual
             delight
             ,
             others
             to
             the
             wind
             of
             worldly
             esteem
             ;
             some
             give
             their
             hearts
             to
             their
             Friends
             ,
             others
             to
             their
             Lands
             ,
             others
             to
             their
             Hawks
             and
             Hounds
             ;
             and
             all
             the
             wicked
             are
             of
             such
             a
             low
             and
             inferiour
             spirit
             ,
             that
             they
             let
             their
             Hearts
             sink
             beneath
             themselves
             ,
             unto
             something
             that
             debases
             them
             ;
             but
             the
             righteous
             they
             lift
             up
             their
             hearts
             to
             him
             that
             is
             above
             them
             ;
             whereby
             they
             are
             advanced
             ,
             they
             dispose
             their
             hearts
             unto
             God
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             chief
             good
             ;
             when
             the
             stream
             of
             the
             wicked
             mans
             affections
             runneth
             downwards
             ,
             theirs
             runneth
             upward
             ;
             and
             surely
             of
             all
             others
             they
             have
             the
             greatest
             wisdome
             ,
             and
             true
             heigth
             and
             nobleness
             of
             spirit
             ,
             whose
             hearts
             are
             raised
             so
             high
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             joyned
             unto
             the
             Lord.
             
          
           
             Vse
             .
             2.
             
             For
             reproof
             of
             such
             as
             give
             away
             their
             Hearts
             from
             God
             ;
             And
             are
             there
             not
             too
             many
             such
             in
             this
             place
             ?
             God
             hath
             your
             ears
             sometimes
             ,
             and
             your
             lips
             ,
             and
             your
             knees
             sometimes
             ,
             and
             your
             bodies
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             are
             often
             presented
             before
             him
             in
             the
             outside
             of
             Religious
             duties
             ;
             but
             hath
             God
             your
             hearts
             ?
             Have
             you
             presented
             God
             with
             this
             gift
             ?
             with
             this
             sacrifice
             ?
             without
             which
             ,
             all
             other
             sacrifices
             of
             your
             lips
             ,
             and
             outward
             devotion
             ,
             
             are
             but
             a
             vain
             oblation
             ;
             yea
             ,
             despised
             ,
             and
             an
             abomination
             unto
             him
             ?
             Young
             men
             ,
             you
             are
             dispos'd
             of
             by
             your
             Friends
             ,
             some
             to
             this
             Calling
             ,
             and
             some
             to
             that
             ;
             but
             Friends
             have
             not
             the
             dispose
             of
             your
             Hearts
             ,
             you
             have
             dispos'd
             of
             them
             your selves
             ;
             and
             have
             not
             too
             many
             of
             you
             dispos'd
             away
             your
             hearts
             from
             God
             unto
             the
             creature
             ?
             Hath
             not
             vanity
             and
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             some
             foolish
             ,
             filthy
             ,
             and
             deceitful
             Lust
             the
             chief
             room
             and
             possession
             of
             your
             hearts
             ?
             God
             hath
             called
             for
             your
             Hearts
             ,
             but
             you
             have
             not
             hearkened
             ;
             God
             hath
             knocked
             at
             the
             door
             ,
             but
             you
             have
             not
             opened
             ;
             He
             hath
             in
             his
             Word
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             woed
             for
             your
             chiefest
             affections
             ,
             but
             you
             have
             hitherto
             given
             him
             a
             denial
             and
             repulse
             ;
             when
             you
             have
             listned
             to
             the
             Devil
             ,
             and
             readily
             opened
             your
             Hearts
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             given
             forth
             of
             your
             dearest
             loves
             and
             delights
             to
             the
             creatures
             ;
             you
             have
             been
             deaf
             unto
             God
             ,
             and
             your
             Hearts
             shup
             up
             against
             him
             ,
             and
             foolishly
             with-held
             your
             affections
             from
             him
             .
             Consider
             your
             great
             sin
             herein
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 You
                 that
                 give
                 away
                 your
                 hearts
                 from
                 God
                 ,
                 are
                 guilty
                 of
                 Heart-Idolatry
                 ;
                 that
                 which
                 you
                 chiefly
                 love
                 ,
                 and
                 desire
                 ,
                 and
                 delight
                 your selves
                 in
                 ,
                 is
                 your
                 God
                 :
                 If
                 it
                 be
                 meats
                 and
                 drinks
                 for
                 your
                 belly
                 ,
                 your
                 belly
                 is
                 your
                 God
                 ,
                 Philip.
                 3.19
                 .
                 
                   Whose
                   God
                   is
                   their
                   belly
                
                 :
                 If
                 it
                 be
                 Gold
                 and
                 Silver
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 riches
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 Riches
                 are
                 your
                 God
                 :
                 And
                 therefore
                 Covetousness
                 is
                 called
                 Idolatry
                 ,
                 Col.
                 3.5
                 .
                 
                   Covetousness
                   which
                   is
                   Idolatry
                
                 .
                 Whatever
                 it
                 be
                 that
                 you
                 supremely
                 love
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 your
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Idol
                 of
                 your
                 hearts
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 any
                 thing
                 beneath
                 ,
                 and
                 beside
                 the
                 true
                 God.
                 And
                 can
                 any
                 of
                 these
                 Gods
                 hear
                 
                 your
                 Prayers
                 ?
                 Can
                 they
                 save
                 you
                 in
                 your
                 troubles
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 call
                 upon
                 them
                 ?
                 Can
                 they
                 deliver
                 you
                 from
                 wrath
                 to
                 come
                 ?
                 Can
                 they
                 abide
                 with
                 you
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 your
                 eternal
                 portion
                 ?
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 You
                 that
                 give
                 away
                 your
                 Hearts
                 from
                 God
                 ,
                 are
                 guilty
                 of
                 Spiritual
                 Adultery
                 ;
                 your
                 Maker
                 is
                 ,
                 or
                 should
                 be
                 your
                 Husband
                 ,
                 and
                 you
                 go
                 a
                 whoring
                 from
                 him
                 ,
                 when
                 you
                 give
                 your
                 Hearts
                 chiefly
                 to
                 any
                 person
                 or
                 thing
                 besides
                 him
                 ;
                 you
                 commit
                 Spiritual
                 Adultery
                 with
                 any
                 creature
                 which
                 you
                 receive
                 into
                 the
                 embracements
                 of
                 your
                 dearest
                 affections
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 such
                 whose
                 hearts
                 are
                 chiefly
                 addicted
                 to
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 its
                 friendship
                 ,
                 are
                 called
                 Adulterers
                 and
                 Adulteresses
                 ,
                 Iam.
                 4.4
                 .
                 
                   Ye
                   Adulterers
                   and
                   Adulteresses
                   ,
                   Know
                   ye
                   not
                   that
                   the
                   friendship
                   of
                   the
                   world
                   is
                   enmity
                   with
                   God
                
                 ?
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 You
                 that
                 give
                 away
                 your
                 hearts
                 from
                 God
                 ,
                 are
                 guilty
                 of
                 great
                 injustice
                 ;
                 your
                 Hearts
                 do
                 of
                 right
                 belong
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 as
                 hath
                 been
                 proved
                 ;
                 He
                 hath
                 made
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 hath
                 bought
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 you
                 may
                 as
                 justly
                 give
                 away
                 money
                 which
                 belongeth
                 to
                 another
                 ,
                 or
                 goods
                 which
                 belong
                 to
                 another
                 ,
                 or
                 house
                 and
                 lands
                 which
                 belong
                 ao
                 another
                 ,
                 as
                 give
                 away
                 your
                 Hearts
                 to
                 any
                 other
                 ,
                 which
                 do
                 of
                 right
                 belong
                 unto
                 God.
                 
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 You
                 that
                 give
                 away
                 your
                 Hearts
                 from
                 God
                 ,
                 are
                 guilty
                 of
                 great
                 folly
                 ;
                 you
                 are
                 hereby
                 not
                 only
                 unjust
                 towards
                 God
                 ,
                 but
                 you
                 are
                 injurious
                 towards
                 your selves
                 ;
                 God
                 hath
                 not
                 need
                 of
                 your
                 Hearts
                 ,
                 but
                 you
                 have
                 need
                 to
                 give
                 them
                 to
                 him
                 ;
                 your
                 loss
                 is
                 great
                 ,
                 by
                 with-holding
                 your
                 Hearts
                 from
                 God
                 ,
                 you
                 lose
                 the
                 heart
                 of
                 God
                 which
                 you
                 should
                 have
                 in
                 exchange
                 ;
                 you
                 lose
                 the
                 favour
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 infinitely
                 beyond
                 the
                 favour
                 of
                 
                 men
                 ;
                 you
                 lose
                 the
                 peace
                 of
                 conscience
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 Souls
                 feast
                 ;
                 you
                 lose
                 the
                 joyes
                 of
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 unspeakably
                 sweet
                 and
                 glorious
                 :
                 you
                 love
                 all
                 that
                 communion
                 with
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 communications
                 of
                 the
                 richest
                 spiritual
                 supplies
                 which
                 you
                 might
                 have
                 from
                 God
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 gave
                 your
                 Hearts
                 unto
                 him
                 ;
                 hereby
                 you
                 lose
                 your
                 souls
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 greatest
                 loss
                 ;
                 you
                 lose
                 your
                 salvation
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 eternal
                 crown
                 and
                 glory
                 which
                 you
                 are
                 capable
                 of
                 .
                 And
                 what
                 do
                 you
                 gain
                 by
                 giving
                 away
                 your
                 Hearts
                 from
                 God
                 ?
                 you
                 look
                 indeed
                 for
                 great
                 satisfaction
                 and
                 delight
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 happiness
                 which
                 the
                 things
                 you
                 chiefly
                 desire
                 and
                 love
                 should
                 yield
                 unto
                 you
                 ;
                 but
                 be
                 sure
                 you
                 will
                 come
                 off
                 with
                 disappointment
                 ,
                 none
                 of
                 these
                 things
                 can
                 give
                 that
                 which
                 they
                 have
                 not
                 ;
                 something
                 indeed
                 you
                 will
                 gain
                 by
                 giving
                 your
                 Hearts
                 to
                 the
                 creatures
                 ;
                 namely
                 ,
                 deep
                 wounds
                 of
                 conscience
                 ,
                 heart-piercing
                 sorrows
                 ,
                 smarting
                 scourges
                 sometimes
                 of
                 afflictions
                 ;
                 or
                 if
                 your
                 life
                 be
                 more
                 pleasant
                 ,
                 and
                 conscience
                 for
                 a
                 while
                 asleep
                 ,
                 at
                 your
                 latter
                 end
                 you
                 are
                 like
                 to
                 be
                 utterly
                 consumed
                 with
                 terrours
                 ;
                 or
                 if
                 you
                 be
                 not
                 awakened
                 then
                 ,
                 be
                 sure
                 you
                 will
                 be
                 awakened
                 in
                 the
                 flames
                 of
                 Hell.
                 Fire
                 and
                 brimstone
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 horrible
                 tempest
                 of
                 Gods
                 wrath
                 ,
                 and
                 most
                 dreadful
                 indignation
                 ,
                 shall
                 be
                 the
                 eternal
                 portion
                 which
                 you
                 will
                 gain
                 by
                 your
                 preferring
                 the
                 creature
                 above
                 God
                 in
                 your
                 affections
                 .
                 And
                 what
                 can
                 be
                 more
                 foolish
                 ,
                 more
                 injurious
                 to
                 your selves
                 than
                 this
                 sin
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             Vse
             3.
             
             For
             exhortation
             of
             all
             men
             ,
             especially
             of
             you
             that
             are
             young
             men
             ,
             to
             give
             your
             Hearts
             unto
             God.
             This
             is
             the
             first
             day
             of
             the
             new
             year
             ,
             
             and
             some
             of
             you
             do
             bring
             New-years
             gifts
             to
             one
             another
             ,
             be
             perswaded
             to
             present
             God
             with
             the
             New-years
             gift
             of
             your
             Hearts
             ;
             the
             Devil
             ,
             that
             old
             Serpent
             ,
             and
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             old
             Cheat
             ,
             have
             had
             your
             Hearts
             all
             the
             old
             Year
             ;
             and
             some
             deceitful
             Lusts
             have
             hitherto
             gained
             and
             possessed
             your
             Affections
             ;
             be
             perswaded
             to
             call
             off
             ,
             and
             pluck
             your
             hearts
             now
             at
             length
             out
             of
             the
             hands
             of
             these
             enemies
             ,
             which
             seek
             after
             your
             destruction
             ,
             and
             to
             offer
             them
             up
             unto
             God
             for
             a
             New-years
             gift
             this
             New-years
             day
             ,
             and
             as
             a
             new
             and
             living
             sacrifice
             which
             will
             be
             very
             acceptable
             unto
             God
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             God
             of
             your
             Salvation
             .
             Some
             of
             you
             have
             nothing
             of
             your
             own
             ,
             which
             you
             can
             give
             unto
             men
             ,
             without
             wronging
             your
             Masters
             ,
             or
             your
             Parents
             ;
             but
             all
             of
             you
             have
             hearts
             of
             your
             own
             ,
             which
             you
             may
             give
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             which
             you
             cannot
             keep
             from
             him
             ,
             without
             wronging
             him
             ,
             and
             wronging
             your selves
             too
             .
          
           
             Young
             men
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             you
             have
             given
             your
             Hearts
             to
             Delight
             and
             Pleasure
             ,
             the
             Goddess
             which
             most
             in
             the
             world
             do
             adore
             :
             But
             sit
             down
             and
             consider
             ,
             whether
             sensual
             pleasure
             ,
             doth
             deserve
             your
             Hearts
             ;
             you
             have
             tasted
             a
             little
             of
             its
             sweetness
             ,
             and
             hope
             for
             a
             great
             deal
             more
             ;
             yea
             ,
             so
             much
             as
             shall
             give
             satisfaction
             and
             contentment
             ;
             but
             you
             will
             find
             emptiness
             and
             vanity
             in
             the
             enjoyment
             ,
             bitterness
             and
             misery
             to
             be
             the
             consequent
             of
             that
             pleasure
             which
             your
             Hearts
             do
             so
             much
             love
             and
             desire
             .
             Solomon
             ,
             who
             had
             as
             great
             a
             confluence
             of
             creature-delights
             ,
             as
             any
             man
             living
             ,
             and
             upon
             trial
             ,
             had
             found
             all
             to
             be
             vanity
             and
             vexation
             of
             spirit
             in
             the
             issue
             ,
             doth
             from
             his
             
             own
             experience
             ,
             warn
             young
             men
             against
             indulging
             the
             flesh
             ,
             and
             giving
             their
             hearts
             unto
             any
             sensual-delights
             :
             Indeed
             he
             seemeth
             in
             his
             first
             words
             to
             give
             allowance
             to
             young
             men
             to
             take
             their
             pleasures
             ,
             and
             to
             walk
             in
             this
             way
             of
             their
             hearts
             ;
             but
             his
             speech
             is
             ironical
             ;
             for
             withall
             he
             tacitly
             intimates
             unto
             them
             how
             dearly
             they
             should
             pay
             for
             their
             pleasures
             ,
             when
             God
             should
             bring
             them
             unto
             Judgment
             ,
             Eccles.
             11.9
             .
             
               Rejoyce
               ,
               O
               young
               man
               ,
               in
               thy
               youth
               ,
               and
               let
               thine
               heart
               chear
               thee
               in
               the
               dayes
               of
               thy
               youth
               ,
               and
               walk
               in
               the
               wayes
               of
               thy
               heart
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               thine
               eyes
               ;
               but
               know
               that
               for
               all
               these
               things
               God
               will
               bring
               thee
               unto
               judgment
               .
            
             As
             if
             he
             should
             have
             said
             ,
             Young
             ones
             ,
             be
             as
             merry
             and
             frolick
             as
             you
             list
             ;
             take
             your
             fill
             of
             sensual
             Pleasures
             if
             you
             think
             good
             :
             Smell
             at
             every
             flower
             ;
             suck
             at
             every
             breast
             ;
             taste
             and
             feed
             on
             every
             dainty
             dish
             ;
             drink
             ,
             and
             drink
             deep
             of
             every
             sweet
             cup
             :
             Bathe
             your selves
             in
             the
             streams
             of
             all
             creature-delights
             ;
             run
             into
             every
             pleasant
             embracement
             ;
             melt
             away
             in
             soft
             pleasures
             ;
             indulge
             your
             sensual
             appetite
             to
             the
             height
             ;
             gratifie
             every
             lust
             to
             the
             full
             ;
             withhold
             from
             your selves
             nothing
             which
             is
             pleasing
             to
             your
             flesh
             ;
             do
             whatever
             seemeth
             good
             in
             your
             own
             eyes
             ;
             be
             chearful
             ,
             and
             rejoyce
             all
             your
             youthful
             dayes
             ;
             seek
             ,
             gather
             ,
             and
             enjoy
             with
             all
             freedom
             whatever
             is
             delightful
             to
             your
             hearts
             ,
             or
             pleasant
             to
             your
             eyes
             :
             This
             do
             ,
             if
             you
             think
             good
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             is
             your
             interest
             :
             
               BVT
               KNOW
               ,
               that
               for
               all
               these
               things
               God
               will
               bring
               you
               unto
               judgement
            
             :
             Believe
             ,
             remember
             ,
             and
             seriously
             consider
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             a
             day
             of
             reckoning
             not
             far
             off
             ,
             a
             day
             of
             judgement
             coming
             ,
             when
             you
             
             will
             be
             called
             to
             an
             account
             ;
             and
             when
             all
             your
             delights
             and
             pleasures
             will
             vanish
             like
             the
             cloud
             ,
             and
             be
             fled
             for
             ever
             out
             of
             your
             sight
             ;
             then
             your
             most
             sweet
             delights
             will
             be
             turned
             into
             Gall
             and
             Wormwood
             ;
             then
             horrible
             pain
             and
             everlasting
             torment
             will
             take
             the
             room
             of
             your
             momentany
             pleasures
             ;
             and
             as
             you
             like
             the
             one
             ,
             so
             indulge
             your selves
             in
             the
             other
             .
             Or
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             honour
             and
             esteem
             of
             men
             which
             too
             many
             of
             you
             that
             are
             young
             are
             most
             enamoured
             with
             ,
             and
             have
             addicted
             your
             hearts
             unto
             ;
             Some
             of
             you
             ,
             though
             you
             have
             not
             the
             golden
             chain
             about
             your
             neck
             ,
             have
             gotten
             the
             chain
             of
             Pride
             and
             ambition
             about
             your
             Heart
             ,
             whereby
             it
             is
             captivated
             and
             led
             away
             from
             God
             unto
             any
             kind
             of
             Practices
             ,
             which
             may
             likely
             get
             you
             a
             name
             ,
             and
             lift
             you
             up
             in
             others
             esteem
             :
             And
             is
             it
             not
             to
             be
             feared
             ,
             that
             some
             of
             you
             make
             use
             of
             Religion
             as
             a
             footstool
             to
             raise
             you
             a
             little
             higher
             ,
             or
             as
             a
             stirrup
             to
             advance
             you
             into
             the
             seat
             of
             some
             kind
             of
             repute
             ,
             and
             as
             a
             cloak
             to
             cover
             ambitions
             designs
             ?
             And
             is
             any
             kind
             of
             honour
             ,
             either
             amongst
             the
             ungodly
             ,
             or
             the
             religious
             ,
             worthy
             of
             your
             hearts
             ?
             Doth
             it
             deserve
             the
             highest
             room
             in
             your
             affections
             ?
             Is
             it
             fit
             that
             Pride
             should
             sit
             in
             the
             throne
             which
             doth
             belong
             to
             God
             ?
             Your
             affections
             are
             hungry
             ,
             will
             they
             be
             satisfied
             with
             wind
             ?
             If
             they
             be
             filled
             sometime
             ,
             will
             they
             ,
             can
             they
             herewith
             be
             satisfied
             ?
             Do
             you
             not
             lose
             honour
             ,
             by
             loving
             it
             and
             desiring
             it
             inordinately
             ?
             and
             that
             higher
             honour
             than
             the
             honour
             which
             you
             may
             desire
             ,
             but
             never
             attain
             unto
             ?
             I
             mean
             ,
             do
             you
             not
             lose
             the
             honour
             and
             esteem
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             is
             infinitely
             beyond
             all
             the
             highest
             honour
             and
             esteem
             of
             men
             ?
             
               Honor
               est
               in
               honorante
            
             ,
             Honour
             is
             not
             
             in
             him
             that
             is
             honoured
             ,
             but
             in
             him
             that
             honoureth
             ;
             and
             is
             that
             so
             amiable
             which
             is
             not
             in
             your selves
             ,
             but
             in
             anothers
             breast
             ?
             or
             if
             you
             do
             desire
             honour
             ,
             is
             worldly
             honour
             the
             most
             desirable
             ,
             which
             is
             of
             all
             things
             the
             most
             uncertain
             ,
             and
             most
             inconstant
             ?
             Is
             any
             honour
             so
             sure
             and
             so
             great
             ;
             as
             the
             honour
             which
             the
             Great
             Jehovah
             hath
             for
             all
             that
             truly
             love
             and
             fear
             him
             ?
             And
             what
             sweetness
             can
             you
             really
             find
             in
             others
             good
             esteem
             of
             you
             ,
             when
             you
             have
             so
             much
             reason
             to
             dis-esteem
             your selves
             ?
             Must
             not
             their
             esteem
             of
             you
             be
             for
             low
             and
             inferiour
             things
             ,
             which
             are
             not
             praise-worthy
             ?
             or
             else
             must
             not
             their
             esteem
             be
             built
             upon
             a
             mistake
             ?
             and
             can
             you
             take
             any
             great
             comfort
             in
             others
             mistake
             ?
             Can
             this
             be
             a
             happiness
             and
             chief
             good
             for
             a
             rational
             Soul
             ?
             Suppose
             that
             your
             ambition
             were
             gratified
             ,
             and
             you
             advanced
             not
             only
             in
             esteem
             ,
             but
             also
             in
             a
             high
             place
             of
             dignity
             ;
             are
             not
             all
             high
             places
             very
             slippery
             ?
             And
             by
             how
             much
             your
             place
             is
             the
             higher
             ,
             would
             not
             your
             fall
             be
             the
             lower
             ?
             If
             you
             were
             Kings
             or
             Emperours
             ,
             Death
             would
             quickly
             turn
             off
             your
             Crowns
             ,
             and
             pluck
             your
             robes
             off
             your
             backs
             ,
             and
             your
             Scepters
             out
             of
             your
             right
             hands
             .
             And
             what
             honour
             do
             the
             worms
             give
             to
             the
             bodies
             of
             Great
             ones
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             brought
             down
             to
             the
             dust
             ?
             What
             honour
             will
             God
             give
             to
             the
             Souls
             of
             wicked
             Great
             ones
             when
             they
             are
             out
             of
             the
             body
             ?
             What
             honour
             will
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             give
             to
             such
             at
             the
             last
             day
             ,
             when
             he
             appeareth
             with
             his
             glorious
             train
             of
             Angels
             ,
             to
             Judge
             the
             world
             in
             righteousness
             ?
             Will
             not
             all
             the
             honour
             of
             wicked
             men
             be
             then
             turned
             into
             shame
             ,
             disgrace
             ,
             everlasting
             contempt
             ,
             and
             confusion
             of
             face
             ?
             And
             is
             it
             good
             then
             
             to
             set
             your
             heart
             upon
             Honour
             instead
             of
             God
             ?
             Or
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             young
             ones
             ,
             your
             hearts
             are
             not
             upon
             the
             wing
             to
             carry
             you
             either
             to
             the
             mountains
             of
             pleasures
             ,
             or
             the
             mountains
             of
             honour
             ;
             but
             they
             are
             groveling
             upon
             the
             earth
             ;
             you
             are
             got
             under
             it
             ,
             and
             are
             digging
             for
             Mines
             and
             Treasures
             there
             :
             I
             mean
             ,
             that
             possibly
             your
             Hearts
             are
             most
             addicted
             to
             the
             gain
             of
             earthly
             riches
             ;
             and
             are
             they
             more
             worthy
             of
             your
             Hearts
             than
             God
             ?
             Can
             they
             yield
             more
             satisfaction
             unto
             you
             ,
             or
             abide
             more
             surely
             by
             you
             ,
             than
             those
             pleasures
             or
             honours
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             been
             endeavouring
             to
             disgrace
             ?
             If
             you
             had
             Gold
             like
             the
             dust
             ,
             and
             Silver
             like
             the
             sand
             ,
             and
             Jewels
             like
             the
             stones
             of
             the
             field
             ;
             if
             you
             had
             as
             much
             wealth
             as
             your
             hearts
             could
             wish
             ,
             could
             you
             find
             the
             contentment
             your
             hearts
             do
             desire
             in
             any
             of
             these
             things
             ?
             Besides
             ,
             if
             riches
             in
             great
             abundance
             could
             give
             contentment
             ,
             (
             which
             they
             cannot
             )
             are
             you
             certain
             to
             get
             such
             abundance
             ?
             Hath
             the
             world
             Treasures
             enough
             to
             enrich
             all
             that
             so
             dearly
             love
             and
             desire
             it
             ?
             Are
             not
             the
             times
             hard
             ?
             Is
             not
             trading
             low
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             with
             great
             difficulty
             that
             any
             do
             get
             an
             estate
             ?
             Do
             not
             such
             as
             will
             be
             rich
             run
             themselves
             into
             temptations
             and
             snares
             which
             entangle
             them
             ,
             and
             enslave
             themselves
             to
             many
             foolish
             and
             hurtful
             Lusts
             ,
             which
             at
             length
             undo
             them
             ,
             and
             drown
             them
             in
             perdition
             and
             destruction
             ?
             1
             Tim.
             6.9
             .
             Read
             ,
             and
             consider
             what
             the
             Wise
             man
             speaketh
             ,
             Prov.
             23.5
             .
             
               Wilt
               thou
               set
               thine
               eyes
               upon
               that
               which
               is
               not
               ?
               for
               riches
               cerainly
               make
               themselves
               wings
               ,
               they
               flee
               away
               like
               an
               Eagle
               towards
               Heaven
            
             ?
             Will
             you
             set
             your
             hearts
             upon
             that
             which
             is
             not
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             what
             it
             
             seemeth
             to
             be
             ;
             or
             which
             is
             of
             so
             short
             continuance
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             had
             no
             being
             ;
             Riches
             certainly
             make
             themselves
             wings
             ,
             like
             Eagles
             ,
             and
             are
             flying
             away
             from
             you
             ;
             and
             will
             you
             make
             your selves
             wings
             like
             Eagles
             ,
             and
             fly
             after
             them
             ?
             Are
             you
             like
             to
             overtake
             them
             when
             they
             are
             upon
             the
             wing
             to
             be
             gone
             ?
             and
             when
             they
             are
             gone
             upon
             the
             wing
             ,
             will
             they
             return
             again
             ?
             or
             if
             they
             should
             abide
             so
             long
             as
             you
             abide
             ?
             will
             not
             death
             make
             wings
             for
             you
             e're
             long
             ,
             upon
             which
             ,
             willing
             or
             unwilling
             ,
             you
             must
             flee
             away
             ,
             and
             leave
             all
             your
             riches
             behind
             you
             ?
             Think
             how
             death
             will
             strip
             you
             of
             all
             your
             wealth
             ,
             and
             bereave
             you
             of
             all
             your
             riches
             ?
             Naked
             you
             came
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             naked
             you
             must
             return
             ;
             and
             think
             how
             grievous
             it
             will
             be
             for
             you
             to
             part
             with
             those
             things
             unto
             which
             you
             have
             given
             your
             heart
             ?
             Will
             it
             not
             be
             a
             tearing
             to
             your
             hearts
             to
             be
             disjoyned
             from
             that
             unto
             which
             they
             are
             now
             so
             glewed
             ?
             And
             when
             withall
             you
             think
             that
             you
             must
             not
             only
             leave
             all
             that
             you
             so
             much
             love
             ,
             but
             also
             that
             you
             must
             go
             to
             a
             place
             of
             most
             exquisite
             and
             eternal
             torments
             in
             Hell
             ,
             which
             you
             so
             much
             fear
             ?
             Let
             me
             then
             perswade
             all
             of
             you
             ,
             especially
             you
             that
             are
             young
             men
             ,
             to
             call
             off
             your
             hearts
             from
             all
             these
             things
             ,
             which
             the
             Devil
             makes
             use
             of
             as
             baits
             to
             catch
             hearts
             withall
             ,
             as
             snares
             to
             entangle
             and
             captivate
             affections
             ;
             look
             to
             the
             hook
             through
             the
             bait
             ;
             look
             to
             the
             prison
             ,
             whither
             the
             Devil
             ,
             in
             such
             chains
             which
             he
             hath
             laid
             upon
             your
             affections
             ,
             is
             leading
             you
             ;
             withdraw
             your
             hearts
             from
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             every
             thing
             therein
             ,
             and
             now
             present
             it
             unto
             the
             Lord
             :
             The
             Lord
             hath
             sent
             me
             this
             day
             to
             woe
             your
             Hearts
             ,
             O
             ,
             that
             I
             could
             win
             your
             Hearts
             for
             him
             
             You
             are
             young
             men
             ,
             and
             most
             of
             you
             (
             if
             not
             all
             )
             single
             men
             ;
             Suppose
             that
             the
             most
             lovely
             young
             woman
             that
             ever
             your
             eyes
             beheld
             ,
             of
             such
             stature
             ,
             feature
             ,
             and
             exact
             mixture
             of
             colours
             ,
             as
             you
             never
             before
             saw
             one
             so
             beautiful
             ;
             Suppose
             her
             birth
             and
             dowry
             to
             be
             far
             above
             you
             ;
             Suppose
             her
             humble
             ,
             like
             the
             ground
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             sweetest
             disposition
             ,
             that
             she
             had
             none
             like
             her
             ;
             and
             this
             person
             should
             make
             tender
             of
             particular
             and
             most
             ardent
             Love
             unto
             any
             of
             you
             ,
             and
             be
             willing
             to
             give
             her self
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             she
             hath
             unto
             you
             ;
             only
             did
             expect
             a
             return
             of
             Love
             on
             your
             part
             ;
             I
             suppose
             there
             is
             not
             any
             of
             you
             who
             would
             refuse
             and
             with-hold
             your
             Love.
             But
             what
             is
             any
             creature
             in
             comparison
             with
             God
             ?
             not
             so
             much
             as
             the
             dust
             upon
             the
             ballance
             :
             his
             excellencies
             are
             infinitely
             beyond
             compare
             and
             comprehension
             too
             .
             I
             have
             set
             forth
             the
             Loveliness
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             as
             infinitely
             exceeding
             all
             creature
             -
             loveliness
             :
             I
             have
             set
             forth
             his
             Sutableness
             unto
             your
             Souls
             ;
             and
             withall
             his
             infinite
             Love
             ,
             and
             by
             me
             he
             maketh
             tender
             of
             himself
             ,
             and
             his
             Love
             unto
             you
             ,
             unto
             the
             meanest
             and
             most
             unworthy
             amongst
             you
             ,
             but
             he
             looketh
             for
             a
             return
             of
             Love
             on
             your
             part
             ;
             By
             me
             he
             calleth
             for
             your
             Heart
             :
             think
             what
             an
             indignity
             it
             will
             be
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             what
             a
             folly
             and
             injury
             to
             your selves
             ,
             should
             you
             refuse
             and
             withhold
             your
             hearts
             from
             him
             .
             God
             doth
             by
             me
             call
             for
             your
             hearts
             ,
             they
             are
             his
             due
             ;
             if
             any
             else
             can
             claim
             such
             right
             to
             them
             ,
             let
             them
             have
             them
             :
             if
             any
             else
             do
             so
             much
             desire
             or
             deserve
             them
             ,
             let
             them
             have
             them
             ;
             if
             any
             else
             will
             so
             well
             use
             them
             ,
             let
             them
             have
             them
             ;
             if
             any
             else
             can
             so
             advance
             ,
             beautifie
             ,
             enrich
             ,
             satisfie
             and
             fill
             them
             with
             
             such
             peace
             and
             joy
             ,
             let
             them
             have
             them
             ;
             No
             ,
             no
             there
             is
             no
             person
             can
             do
             it
             ;
             nothing
             can
             do
             it
             in
             this
             world
             ;
             and
             will
             you
             still
             with-hold
             you
             Hearts
             from
             God
             ?
             Why
             are
             you
             so
             backward
             to
             bestow
             your
             affections
             upon
             God
             ?
             Why
             so
             loth
             to
             give
             your
             hearts
             to
             him
             that
             hath
             given
             you
             your
             hearts
             ;
             given
             you
             all
             that
             you
             are
             ,
             all
             that
             you
             have
             ,
             that
             hath
             given
             his
             Son
             for
             you
             ,
             and
             proffereth
             to
             give
             his
             Son
             to
             you
             ;
             and
             with
             him
             pardon
             and
             peace
             ,
             and
             many
             special
             favours
             here
             ,
             and
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Heaven
             hereafter
             ?
             What
             do
             you
             say
             ,
             young
             men
             ?
             Shall
             God
             have
             your
             Hearts
             or
             no
             ?
             God
             doth
             not
             only
             call
             for
             them
             ,
             and
             will
             accept
             of
             them
             ,
             but
             he
             is
             loth
             to
             be
             denied
             ;
             He
             doth
             by
             me
             entreat
             and
             beseech
             you
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             have
             them
             .
             In
             his
             intreaties
             of
             you
             ,
             that
             you
             would
             be
             reconciled
             to
             him
             ,
             he
             doth
             intreat
             you
             to
             give
             him
             your
             Hearts
             .
             God
             is
             reconciled
             to
             you
             ,
             when
             he
             giveth
             to
             you
             his
             Son
             ;
             and
             you
             are
             reconciled
             unto
             him
             ,
             when
             you
             give
             him
             your
             hearts
             ;
             then
             your
             enmity
             against
             him
             is
             laid
             aside
             ;
             and
             see
             Gods
             intreaties
             by
             Ministers
             for
             this
             thing
             ,
             2
             Cor.
             5.20
             .
             
               Now
               we
               are
               embassadours
               for
               Christ
               ,
               as
               if
               God
               did
               beseech
               you
               by
               us
               ,
               we
               pray
               you
               ,
               in
               Christs
               stead
               ,
               be
               ye
               reconciled
               unto
               God.
            
             Hear
             O
             Heavens
             !
             Wonder
             ,
             O
             Angels
             !
             Admire
             ,
             O
             Saints
             !
             Be
             astonished
             ,
             O
             Sinners
             !
             Be
             confounded
             ,
             O
             Devils
             !
             that
             God
             should
             not
             only
             be
             willing
             ,
             to
             accept
             of
             Hearts
             ,
             but
             desire
             them
             !
             not
             only
             call
             for
             them
             ,
             but
             intreat
             for
             them
             !
             that
             God
             should
             intreat
             !
             intreat
             his
             creatures
             !
             intreat
             sinners
             ,
             traytors
             ,
             rebells
             !
             persons
             so
             mean
             ,
             so
             vile
             !
             when
             he
             hath
             no
             need
             of
             them
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             intreat
             for
             Hearts
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             were
             beholding
             
             to
             them
             to
             give
             them
             !
             O
             wonderful
             !
             wonderful
             condescention
             !
             although
             you
             have
             stopped
             your
             ear
             so
             long
             ,
             and
             refused
             your
             Hearts
             so
             often
             ,
             yet
             the
             Lord
             doth
             still
             intreat
             ,
             and
             he
             would
             fain
             prevail
             with
             you
             for
             this
             gift
             ,
             so
             beneficial
             ,
             not
             to
             him
             to
             receive
             it
             ,
             but
             unto
             you
             to
             give
             it
             .
             Upon
             my
             knees
             ,
             (
             if
             that
             would
             do
             )
             I
             would
             beseech
             you
             in
             the
             name
             of
             my
             Lord
             ,
             that
             you
             would
             give
             your
             Hearts
             unto
             God
             :
             Methinks
             you
             should
             not
             shut
             your
             ears
             to
             such
             kind
             invitations
             ;
             or
             when
             your
             ears
             are
             open
             ,
             methinks
             you
             should
             not
             shut
             your
             hearts
             against
             the
             Lord
             ,
             that
             standeth
             at
             those
             doors
             and
             knocketh
             ,
             and
             intreateth
             you
             to
             let
             him
             in
             ,
             and
             give
             him
             room
             there
             .
             Methinks
             that
             Grief
             should
             now
             arise
             against
             those
             base
             ,
             filthy
             lusts
             ,
             which
             are
             got
             into
             the
             room
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             Desire
             should
             step
             forth
             ,
             and
             invite
             the
             Lord
             in
             ,
             to
             take
             possession
             of
             that
             place
             which
             is
             due
             .
             Methinks
             your
             hearts
             now
             should
             begin
             to
             open
             unto
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             everlasting
             gates
             of
             them
             should
             be
             lifted
             up
             ,
             that
             this
             King
             of
             Glory
             might
             be
             entertained
             ,
             and
             exalted
             ,
             and
             enthroned
             within
             you
             .
             Methinks
             Hatred
             should
             now
             arise
             in
             your
             hearts
             against
             Sin
             ,
             and
             a
             contempt
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             vanities
             thereof
             ;
             and
             a
             fire
             of
             Love
             should
             now
             methinks
             begin
             to
             enkindle
             within
             you
             .
             Look
             ,
             young
             men
             ,
             look
             upwards
             ,
             Do
             you
             see
             nothing
             ?
             Take
             up
             the
             Glass
             of
             the
             Word
             ,
             and
             through
             this
             perspective
             cannot
             you
             see
             the
             Lord
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             full
             of
             marvellous
             ,
             and
             most
             ravishing
             beauty
             in
             his
             face
             ;
             full
             of
             most
             free
             ,
             tender
             ,
             incomparable
             ,
             and
             incomprehensible
             love
             in
             his
             heart
             ?
             If
             you
             can
             see
             but
             little
             ,
             beg
             the
             eye
             of
             Faith
             ,
             and
             light
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             then
             you
             will
             
             see
             wonders
             ,
             wonders
             of
             beauty
             ,
             and
             wonders
             of
             love
             :
             And
             do
             not
             your
             hearts
             yet
             begin
             to
             move
             towards
             God
             ?
             What
             do
             you
             say
             ,
             young
             men
             ?
             How
             many
             of
             your
             Hearts
             may
             I
             gain
             for
             God
             this
             day
             ?
             Methinks
             every
             one
             of
             you
             should
             be
             ready
             to
             say
             ,
             Here
             's
             my
             Heart
             for
             the
             Lord
             ;
             and
             here
             's
             my
             heart
             for
             the
             Lord
             ;
             and
             here
             's
             my
             heart
             for
             the
             Lord.
             Will
             you
             now
             all
             of
             you
             engage
             your
             Hearts
             in
             Covenant
             to
             the
             Lord
             ?
             will
             you
             now
             withdraw
             your
             hearts
             from
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             all
             its
             Lusts
             which
             hath
             usurped
             them
             ;
             and
             making
             choice
             of
             God
             for
             your
             chief
             good
             ,
             Devote
             your
             Hearts
             ,
             with
             your
             whole
             man
             to
             him
             ,
             to
             be
             His
             ,
             and
             His
             for
             ever
             .
             Consent
             heartily
             unto
             this
             ,
             young
             men
             ,
             and
             the
             thing
             is
             done
             ;
             your
             Hearts
             are
             God's
             ,
             and
             God
             is
             yours
             ,
             and
             yours
             for
             ever
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             you
             would
             give
             your
             Hearts
             unto
             God
             ;
          
           
             
               1.
               
               You
               must
               give
               them
               presently
               ,
               delayes
               are
               dangerous
               ;
               if
               you
               refuse
               now
               ,
               you
               may
               never
               be
               ask'd
               for
               them
               any
               more
               ;
               this
               may
               be
               God's
               last
               Call
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               now
               you
               have
               some
               movings
               and
               strivings
               of
               the
               Spirit
               for
               your
               Hearts
               ;
               if
               you
               do
               not
               now
               hearken
               and
               yield
               ,
               God
               may
               withhold
               his
               Spirit
               for
               the
               future
               ,
               and
               never
               strive
               with
               you
               more
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               You
               must
               give
               them
               freely
               ,
               Don't
               think
               God
               is
               beholding
               to
               you
               to
               give
               them
               ;
               but
               that
               you
               are
               beholding
               to
               him
               that
               He
               will
               accept
               of
               them
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               You
               must
               give
               them
               fully
               ;
               Don't
               reserve
               any
               room
               in
               them
               for
               Sin
               ,
               and
               harbour
               any
               base
               Lust
               in
               any
               corner
               of
               your
               hearts
               .
            
             
               
               4.
               
               You
               must
               give
               them
               resolutely
               ;
               with
               full
               purpose
               never
               to
               retract
               this
               gift
               ;
               Gods
               gifts
               of
               his
               Grace
               to
               men
               are
               without
               repentance
               ;
               and
               so
               must
               be
               your
               gift
               of
               your
               Hearts
               unto
               God
               :
               And
               if
               the
               Lord
               doth
               get
               your
               Hearts
               this
               day
               ,
               I
               know
               he
               will
               get
               all
               ;
               the
               Heart
               being
               the
               commanding
               part
               ;
               Put
               your selves
               under
               God's
               command
               ;
               hereby
               you
               will
               be
               in
               safeguard
               from
               the
               worst
               of
               evils
               ;
               I
               mean
               ,
               the
               Reign
               of
               Sin
               ,
               and
               Tyranny
               of
               the
               Devil
               here
               ,
               and
               the
               Damnation
               of
               Hell
               in
               the
               other
               World
               ;
               hereby
               your
               hearts
               will
               be
               near
               to
               Gods
               Heart
               whilst
               you
               live
               ,
               and
               they
               shall
               be
               brought
               nearer
               to
               him
               when
               you
               die
               ;
               when
               absent
               from
               the
               body
               ,
               they
               shall
               be
               present
               with
               the
               Lord
               in
               glory
               ,
               and
               abide
               with
               him
               to
               eternity
               .
            
          
           
             FINIS
             .