Bridge's remains, being VIII sermons

I answer, it imports five things, First, He that will do the work of God with all his might, must do it with all his soul in opposition unto heart-division. As in the New Testament, there is mention of [Greek or Hebrew], a double-minded man: So in the Old Testament ye read of a divided heart, [Greek or Hebrew] An heart and an heart. And the word [Greek or Hebrew] Heart is sometimes put for the affections, and sometimes for the conscience: Yea, the Hebrew hath no other proper word for conscience, but the word heart. Therefore says the Apostle. If thy heart condemn thee, that is, if thy conscience condemn thee, that's an Hebraism. Now the heart of the affection may run one way, and the heart of the conscience may go another way. The heart of Herod's conscience went with John Baptist, but the heart of his affection went with the Dancing damsel. The heart of a Drunkards conscience is to leave his Drunkenness, but the heart of his affections is to his drunken company. But where a man doth the work of the Lord with all his might, he doth it with all his soul, in opposition unto Heart-division.

I answer, it imports five things, First, He that will do the work of God with all his might, must do it with all his soul in opposition unto heart-division. As in the New Testament, there is mention of 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, a double-minded man: So in the Old Testament ye read of a divided heart, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 An heart and an heart. And the word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Heart is sometimes put for the affections, and sometimes for the conscience: Yea, the Hebrew hath no other proper word for conscience, but the word heart. Therefore says the Apostle. If thy heart condemn thee, that is, if thy conscience condemn thee, that's an Hebraisme. Now the heart of the affection may run one way, and the heart of the conscience may go another way. The heart of Herods conscience went with John Baptist, but the heart of his affection went with the Dancing damsel. The heart of a Drunkards conscience is to leave his Drunkenness, but the heart of his affections is to his drunken company. But where a man doth the work of the Lord with all his might, he doth it with all his soul, in opposition unto Heart-division.