A breathing after God. Or a Christians desire of Gods presence. By the late…

First, it is from the nature of God, we must have the whole bent, and sway of our souls to ¹him, he will have no halting. The Devil is content with half, if we will sin, because then he is sure of all; but God will have the whole heart, My son give me thy whole heart, and Thou shalt love the Lord withal thy heart, and withal thy soul; the bent, and sway of the soul must be that way: for it is the nature of excellent things, except w• desire them in the chief ⟨p. 28⟩place, they take state upon them, God takes state upon him in this case, he will not have us serve him and Mammon, he will not have the heart divided.

First, it is from the nature of God, wee must have the whole bent, and sway of our soules to ¹him, he will have no halting. The Devill is content with halfe, if we will sinne, because then hee is sure of all; but God will have the whole heart, My sonne give me thy whole heart, and Thou shalt love the Lord withall thy heart, and withall thy soule; the bent, and sway of the soule must be that way: for it is the nature of excellent things, except w• desire them in the chiefe ⟨p. 28⟩place, they take state upon them, God takes state upon him in this case, hee will not have us serve him and Mammon, he will not have the heart divided.

1. 12 In respect of God.

Then again, it is from the nature of the soul, ¹therefore he saith, One thing. It is the nature of the soul, when it is upon many things, it can do nothing well: therefore that I may be religious to purpose, One thing have I desired. A stream cut into many channels runs weakly, and is unfit to carry any thing. Babylon was so taken. They cut the River into many