1Secondly, An Heavenly Heart is in these worldly things, when they are made but the secondary and the less principal; They are the Stars not the Sun; This our Saviour makes a fundamental qualification to every Disciple; He that loveth Father or Mother more then me is not worthy of me, Matth. 10.37. The Godly man therefore hath Christ lying nearest to his heart, There must be nothing above him, equal to him, as David expresseth this predominancy often, Whom have I in Heaven but thee? And My Soul breaketh for the longing it hath to thee at all times; And God was his Portion; The Light of his Countenance was better then Life, and all Earthly Comfort.: If therefore thou rememberest thou art not of this world, Earthly things shall be admitted only to the Court of the Temple, not to thy heart which is the Holy of Holies; They are kept at the bottom of the Hill not suffered to come up to ⟨p. 455⟩the Mount; There is no man if not truly regenerated, though never so great in parts and expressions of Religion, that giveth Christ the better part of his Soul; That gives the Superiority to him; As in the Sacrifices of old, all the fat was to be burnt unto God; Oh then awaken thy self in this matter, if thou art not of the world then God and Christ are in the uppermost room of thy heart, They are more unto thee then ten thousand Creatures; To say, thou ar• no profane person, no wicked person, is a poor and a small matter; But art thou one to whom Christ is more then Wealth, then honour, and all Greatness?
1Secondly, An Heavenly Heart is in these worldly things, when they are made but the secondary and the lesse principall; They are the Stars not the Sun; This our Saviour makes a fundamentall qualification to every Disciple; He that loveth Father or Mother more then me is not worthy of me, Matth. 10.37. The Godly man therefore hath Christ lying nearest to his heart, There must be nothing above him, equall to him, as David expresseth this predominancy often, Whom have I in Heaven but thee? And My Soul breaketh for the longing it hath to thee at all times; And God was his Portion; The Light of his Countenance was better then Life, and all Earthly Comfort.: If therefore thou remembrest thou art not of this world, Earthly things shall be admitted only to the Court of the Temple, not to thy heart which is the Holy of Holies; They are kept at the bottome of the Hill not suffered to come up to ⟨p. 455⟩the Mount; There is no man if not truly regenerated, though never so great in parts and expressions of Religion, that giveth Christ the better part of his Soul; That gives the Superiority to him; As in the Sacrifices of old, all the fat was to be burnt unto God; Oh then awaken thy self in this matter, if thou art not of the world then God and Christ are in the uppermost room of thy heart, They are more unto thee then ten thousand Creatures; To say, thou ar• no prophane person, no wicked person, is a poor and a small matter; But art thou one to whom Christ is more then Wealth, then honour, and all Greatnesse?
- 12. Worldly things are but secondary and less principal.2. Worldly things are but secondary and lesse principal.
