Remains of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…

Resp. 2. You must have the whole lump of the heart leavened and seasoned with Religion, Matth. 13. 33. The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto leaven which a woman hid, &c. The word is this leaven, The heart is this lump in which this leaven is hid: now ⟨p. 265⟩when the whole lump is throughly seasoned, then their will be such a suitableness between the heart and the work, that Religion will become a pleasure. A true Christian hath the law of the Spirit of Life within him, he hath a transcript of the word in his soul. Now where the law of Religion is in the heart, there will be a love of, delight in, and propensity to the work of Religion, Rom. 8. 2. Heb. 8. 10. I delight to do thy will, thy law is within my heart, Psal. 40. 8. who naturally careth for your state, Phil. 2. 20. where Religion hath taken deep root in the heart, the concerns of Christ will become its natural care. Now that which is natural is delightful, and when a man loves his work, he will be much in it. Again, that which is natural is constant, so that when the heart is naturalized and habituated to Religion, the man will constantly follow it. To a heart throughly sanctified, Religion is the very Element it lives in, whereas a carnal heart in holy exercises is like a fish out of the water, it cannot away with the strictness of a holy self-denying life, when the heart is renewed, and made spiritual, twill naturally mind the things of the Spirit, Rom. 8. 5. Joh. 3. 6.

Resp. 2. You must have the whole lump of the heart leavened and seasoned with Religion, Matth. 13. 33. The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto leaven which a woman hid, &c. The word is this leaven, The heart is this lump in which this leaven is hid: now