Heaven upon earth in the serene tranquillity and calm composure, in the sweet peace…

2ly. It hath a desire to be at the thing, then mans hearts desire is to be at holiness; his great wish is that of the Psalmist, Psal. 119. 7. O that my ways were directed to […] thy precepts The desire of his Soul is towards the remembrance of him, and of his Name; as it is Isai. 26. 8. •d with Nehemiah, he desires to fear Gods name; He not only desires Peace with God and Heaven, but also holy and honesty in his Walk; He breaths after that as after Heaven; And he cannot be satisfied with the hope o• Heaven, some few years hence, if he want holiness ⟨p. 313⟩for the time, that want makes his very heart sick. 3ly, It hath an exceeding great delight in holiness; Nothing is more refreshing to him, thousands of Gold and Silver, a Crown and a Kingdom will not satisfy him so much as holiness; I delight in the law of God (saith the Apostle Rom. 7.) After the inner man; The Word of God is sweeter to him then the honey▪ and the honey Comb; Its the joy and rejoicing of his heart; And when he finds any sin prevented, or stricken at the root of it, its refreshing, delightsome, and satisfying to his very Soul. 4. It hath a pressing endeavour after the use of all Means whereby he may win to that pitch of Holiness which he would be at; He would •ain be spontaneous, willing of his own accord in following his duty; as its sai• o• Jacob, that he thought his seven years service for Rachel, to be but as a few days, for the love he had to her; so this willingness maketh the Sabbath seem short, and many years in the painful Service of God▪ when it goes with him, to seem but as a few days; because of the love that he hath to him, and the delight that he hath in the Service of so sweet a Master; It puts him to press hard towards the mark, as a man on the Spur running a Race out over all Rubs in his Way, he pursues as earnestly and eagerly after holiness, as if his Justification before God depended on it. 5. It hath all these deliberately, and some way constantly, and not by guess, as it were, and by fits and starts, or by evanishing little flashes at a Communion, under sickness, or some great fear; out it is (as I just now said) a deliberate and continued willingness, as to the series and strain of it, though it hath its own failings intermixed and partial interruptions; its with him as it was with him who said,