The four last things viz. death, judgment, heaven, hell, practically considered and applied in…

Zeal animates his Endeavours, as the Motion of the Heart diffuses the Spirits into the Arteries, to convey Life to all parts of the Body. One thing (saith the inflamed Psalmist) have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after, that I may dwell in the House of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the Beauty of the Lord, and to enquire into his Temple. The sensual Man is ranging abroad for satisfaction, and shoots all the Game that crosses his Eye; but the Soul that has a discovering Light, and feeling heat of the divine Beauty, unites ⟨p. 383⟩all its desires in God, and with affection to an Ecstasy longs for the enjoyment of him, and the endeavours are in some proportion to the desires. Our Saviour tells us, That from the days of John the Baptist until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. Some previous Rays of the Sun of Righteousness appeared in his Ministry, and produced such a holy Ardency in those Converts, that with all resolution, diligence and earnestness they sought to be partakers of the Blessedness revealed. Lazy Desires, easy Prosecutions, sluggish Attempts, discover that the Heart is not throughly engaged for the spiritual Eternal Good. When the End is truly designed, it will give Law to the Actions. This is visible in Men who are wholly led by Sense, how sagacious, how solicitous are they to accomplish their Ends and base Designs? They try all ways either by fine dissimulation, or toilsome industry, to obtain their Desires. No time is too much in their gainful Affairs, or voluptuous Enjoyments. They transform the Night to lengthen out the Day for their Profit, they veil the Day to lengthen out the Night for their Ease and Pleasure. But ⟨p. 384⟩alas, Heaven is only regarded by the By; as if the intellectual Soul were only given to dwell with the Body on Earth, the place of its Banishment, and direct Affairs here below, and not to lead in the way to Heaven, the place of its Nativity, and prepare for another World. The Work of Salvation is followed with that remiss degree of Affection, as if it were a slight matter whether performed or neglected. These Persons carry their Conviction in their Bosoms;

Zeal animates his Endeavours, as the Motion of the Heart diffuses the Spirits into the Arteries, to convey Life to all parts of the Body. One thing (saith the inflamed Psalmist) have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after, that I may dwell in the House of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the Beauty of the Lord, and to enquire into his Temple. The sensual Man is ranging abroad for satisfaction, and shoots all the Game that crosses his Eye; but the Soul that has a discovering Light, and feeling heat of the divine Beauty, unites