The new birthThe nevv birth

and withal wakeful, for it calls for duty incessantly, & steppeth out against every confessed evil, yea against suspected ones too.¹ In the third place, the will of the sanctified man shows it self to be holy, by two graces also planted in it. First, it is carried up to Godward. It longeth & thirsteth after the living God, so that it findeth nothing in heaven nor in earth comparable unto him. It doth embrace him, and draw unto him as unto the chief, & (in a manner) the only Good. ⟨p. 75⟩The being, happiness, and felicity of God, is the thing that above all things, yea above his own happiness he desireth; the favour, love, and grace of God next to that, above all other things. Let him enjoy the light of Gods countenance, and let corn and wine go which way they will; he is happy enough, in that God is happy and is his Father. So David once,² Whom have I in heaven besides thee, and whom in earth with thee? and in an other place, All my bones shall cry, Lord who is like unto thee! Now he hath learned to place his felicity in the living God. Now apprehending him as goodness it self, he uniteth himself unto him by a fervent act of his will, even panting after him. Secondly, his will becometh very flexible to the will of God. It begins to be made one with Gods will, and to be (as it were) carried therein, like a star in its proper orb; or even as a man in the chariot, wherein he hath seated himself. His will begins to be even swallowed up in the will of God, and to be nothing but as God will have it; which is the principal, and a most inconceivable happiness which he findeth in this world. If it may appear unto him that God would have such a thing done, he resolves to do it, say profit, pleasure, & credit what they can to the contrary. Contrarily, if that he perceives the Lord of his life would not have him to do such a thing; his determination is that he will not do it, though he be solicited with all the allurements of delight, commodity, & advancement. In truth, this free and firm disposition of the will to do the good, and avoid the evil, which God enjoineth him, for Gods sake; is the very heart and marrow of regeneration: and therefore there is nothing which a Christian man more misseth, then the work of his will this way, ⟨p. 76⟩