The way to true happiness in a serious treatise /

Dir. VIII. Resign up all thy powers and faculties, and thy whole interest to be his. They gave their own selves unto the Lord, 2 Cor. 8. 5. Present your bodies as a living Sacrifice, Rom. 12. 1. The Lord seeks not yours, But you. Resign therefore thy body with all its members to him, and thy soul with all its powers, that he may be glorified in thy body and in thy spirit, which are his, 1 Cor. 6. 20. In a right closure with Christ, all the faculties give up to him. The Judgment subscribes, Lord thou art worthy of all acceptation, chief of ten thousand. Happy is the man that findeth the•. All the things that are to be desired, are not to be compared with thee, Prov. 3. 13, 14, 15. The understanding lays aside •s corrupt reasonings and cavils, and its prejudices against Christ and his ways. It is now past questioning and disputing, and casts it for Christ against all the World. It concludes, it's good to be here, and sees such a treasure in this field, such value in this pearl, as is worth all. Mat. 13. 44. Oh here's the richest bargain that ever I made: here's the richest prize that ever man ⟨p. 159⟩was offered: here's the sovereignest remedy that ever mercy prepared: he is worthy of my esteem, worthy of my choice, worthy of my love, worthy to be embraced, adored, admired for evermore, Rev. 5. 12. I approve of his Articles: his terms are righteous and reasonable, full of equity and mercy. Again, the will resigns. It stands no longer wavering, nor wishing and woulding, but is peremptorily determined. Lord, thy love hath overcome me: thou hast won me, and thou shalt have me. Come in Lord, to thee I freely open, I consent to be saved in thine own way, thou shalt have any thing, thou shalt have all, let me have but thee. The memory gives up to Christ: Lord, here is a storehouse for thee. Out with this trash; lay in thy treasure. Let me be a granary, a repository of thy truths, thy promises, thy Providences, The Conscience comes in; Lord I will ever side with thee. I will be thy faithful register. I will warn when the sinner is tempted, and smite when thou art offended. I will witness for thee, and judge for thee, and guide into thy ways, and will never let sin have quiet in this soul. The affections also come in to Christ. O faith Love, I am sick of thee. O saith Desire, now I have my longing. Here's the satisfaction I sought for. Here's the desire of nations.