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Secondly, the happiness of the perpetual Sabbath, ¹may be expressed in this, in that the souls of Gods people shall be always up, and fit for these high works: God calls us many times to most excellent things, to be exercised about himself, but our hearts are not fit for these exercises; sometimes we find our hearts enlarged, and when our hearts are up, we take delight in holy exercises; but at other times, how hardly are we drawn to them? and we are weary in obedience, and count it a slavery, those exercises are heavy to us; but there is a time coming, when our hearts shall be always up, never to seek, but shall be always upon the highest pin, inflamed with heat continually: as it is an heavy curse for a mans heart to be suitable and fitted for temptation, when a temptation shall come; so it is a wonderful blessing to be fitted for any holy employment, when we are called to it; this there shall be always in the Saints in heaven, in keeping this their perpetual Sabbath. It is reported of Anselm, as he was walking out of his house, ⟨p. 594⟩he saw a bird, that was fluttering to fly up, and could not get up, but fell down, and looking upon it wishly, he saw a string tied to the leg, and a stone at the end; upon this his heart broke, and he bemoaned himself, This is my condition, says he, though sometimes I would fain get up in holy exercises with God, O but this burden of sin, and weight of sin, is like a stone, and presses me down, when I am got up a little way, I am pulled down again, my heart is seldom fitted for holy exercises: So it is with us usually, though through Gods grace there are some wings to move up a little, yet this weight and burden of sins presses us down, and makes us unfit for holy duties; let us go humbly a while under that sore burden, but know we shall be freed from it ere long.

Secondly, the happiness of the perpetual Sabbath, ¹may be expressed in this, in that the souls of Gods people shall be always up, and fit for these high works: God calls us many times to most excellent things, to be exercised about himself, but our hearts are not fit for these exercises; sometimes we finde our hearts enlarged, and when our hearts are up, we take delight in holy exercises; but at other times, how hardly are we drawn to them? and we are weary in obedience, and count it a slavery, those exercises are heavy to us; but there is a time coming, when our hearts shall be always up, never to seek, but shall be always upon the highest pin, enflamed with heat continually: as it is an heavy curse for a mans heart to be suitable and fitted for temptation, when a temptation shall come; so it is a wonderful blessing to be fitted for any holy employment, when we are called to it; this there shal be always in the Saints in heaven, in keeping this their perpetual Sabbath. It is reported of Anselm, as he was walking out of his house,