The application of redemption

The Cure then is here plain; If thy wanderings come from this cause, store thy understanding with the Heavenly Truths of the Lord, let thy mind be furnished and fraught with the rich and precious Promises, Commands, and Comforts of the Word; let them be ballasted with these, and they will make thy thoughts steady and settled in thy constant and daily employments: Thus the Apostle, […]. 4. 14. when he persuades, […] they be no more children carried up and down with every wind of Doctrine; and those are nothing but the devices and conceits of men, the sleight of mens brains; he adds verse 15. Truth in Love: so the word, attend thou the Truth, and have thy mind taken up with that, and possessed by the power thereof: this will make a man steady and unmovable, that nothing may take him aside. Therefore David makes that Coherence, as though the one would undoubtedly bring in the other: I hate vain thoughts; how did he attain that? Thy Law do I love, Psal. 119. 113. It's the Physicians direction for the state of our bodies; the best way to fence the stomach against wind, and the head against lightness, which comes by that, is to feed heartily, and make a full meal of that which is cordial and nourishing, nothing better to expel wind, and preserve against it. So it is in the state of thy soul, To preserve our minds from windy and vain imaginations, is to have our understandings fully taken up with the blessed Truths of God as our daily and appointed food.

The Cure then is here plain; If thy wandrings come from this cause, store thy understanding with the Heavenly Truths of the Lord, let thy mind be furnished and sraught with the rich and precious Promises, Commands, and Comforts of the Word; let them be ballasted with these, and they wil make thy thoughts steady and setled in thy constant and dayly imployments: Thus the Apostle, 〈…〉. 4. 14. when he perswades, 〈…〉 they be no more children carried up and down with every wind of Doctrine; and those are nothing but the devices and conceits of men, the sleight of mens brains; he adds verse 15. Truth in Love: so the word, attend thou the Truth, and have thy mind taken up with that, and possessed by the power thereof: this wil make a man steady and unmovable, that nothing may take him aside. Therefore David makes that Cohaerence, as though the one would undoubtedly bring in the other: I hate vain thoughts; how did he attain that? Thy Law do I love,