A glance of Heaven, or, A precious taste of a glorious feastA glance of Heaven, or, A pretious taste of a glorious feast

Because profession must have expression: when God sets down a professor of religion, he sets him down by some character that shall discover him to be as he is termed. How doest tho• know thou art good? Doest thou love God? or call upon God? as it is in other places, To all those that call upon his name. To let us know that religion and holiness is a matter of power, Wouldst thou know what thou art in religion? Doest thou love God? or call upon God?

Because profession must have expression: when God sets down a professor of religion, hee sets him downe by some character that shall discover him to be as hee is termed. How doest tho• know thou art good? Doest thou love God? or call upon God? as it is in other places, To all those that call upon his name. To let us know that religion and holinesse is a matter of power, Wouldst thou know what thou art in religion? Doest thou love God? or call upon God?

It is not to be tolerated, to be Christians, to profess as Demas: oh no; but they must be such, as from the heart root are good, such as love God.

It is not to be tolerated, to be Christians, to professe as Demas: oh no; but they must bee such, as from the heart root are good, such as love God.

Therefore dark disputes of election & predestination, at the first especially, let them go: how standest thou affected to God, and to good things? look to thy heart, whether God have taught it to love or no, and to relish heavenly things: if he hath, thy state is good; and then thou mayest ascend to those great matters of predestination, and election: but begin not with those, but go first to thine own heart, and then to those deep mysteries afterward. If a man love God,