3. 'Tis a Principle inflammative of the Affections towards God and the things of God; before, the Affections run down to the World as their Centre, but this Principle turns the stream of the Soul upward towards God; now Love, which is the Key of the heart, opens & unlocks it unto God; Desire, which is Love in motion, goes out in holy breathings and thirstings after him; and if he stay away from the Soul, Hope, which is Love in expectation, looks and waits for his approaches to the Soul; and when he doth approach thither, Delight, which is Love in rest or acquiescence, joys and keeps sabbath in his presence; and lest this Sabbath should be broken, Fear, which is the Soul's Sentinel, watches against Sin as the great make-bate and incendiary; and when Sin offers to enter the Soul, Hatred, which is the Soul's Guard, shuts the doors against it with an holy displicency and antipathy; and if it do enter there, Anger, which is the Soul's Sword, strikes at it ⟨p. 402⟩with indignation, and Sorrow, which is the Soul's Issue, vents and lets out the corrupt blood and humours out of it; and (which is the heat and height of all) Zeal sets the Soul on fire and makes it burn [Greek or Hebrew], in that which is good, for the Glory of God who is the supreme Good, and against the commission of Sin which is the supreme Evil. Thus the whole [Greek or Hebrew] trade or converse of the Affections is in heaven, Phil. 3. 20. This Principle sets the Heart upon God above all; it may and doth love Creatures as the Prints of his Power and Goodness, Ordinances as the Conduit-pipes of his Grace and Spirit, and Saints as the lively Pictures and Resemblances of his Holiness, but it sets the Heart upon God above all. This Principle is a Fire dropped down from Heaven into the Heart to consume the dross of Corruption, and inflame the Affections towards God; 'tis a touch from Christ risen and sitting in Glory to raise up the Affections out of the Tombs and Graves of earthly Vanities, and to quicken and inspire them with the life of God, that God may be all in all therein.
3. 'Tis a Principle inflammative of the Affections towards God and the things of God; before, the Affections run down to the World as their Centre, but this Principle turns the stream of the Soul upward towards God; now Love, which is the Key of the heart, opens & unlocks it unto God; Desire, which is Love in motion, goes out in holy breathings and thirstings after him; and if he stay away from the Soul, Hope, which is Love in expectation, looks and waits for his approaches to the Soul; and when he doth approach thither, Delight, which is Love in rest or acquiescence, joys and keeps sabbath in his presence; and lest this Sabbath should be broken, Fear, which is the Soul's Sentinel, watches against Sin as the great make-bate and incendiary; and when Sin offers to enter the Soul, Hatred, which is the Soul's Guard, shuts the doors against it with an holy displicency and antipathy; and if it do enter there, Anger, which is the Soul's Sword, strikes at it ⟨p. 402⟩with indignation, and Sorrow, which is the Soul's Issue, vents and lets out the corrupt blood and humours out of it; and (which is the heat and height of all) Zeal sets the Soul on fire and makes it burn 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, in that which is good, for the Glory of God who is the supreme Good, and against the commission of Sin which is the supreme Evil. Thus the whole 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 trade or converse of the Affections is in heaven, Phil. 3. 20. This Principle sets the Heart upon God above all; it may and doth love Creatures as the Prints of his Power and Goodness, Ordinances as the Conduit-pipes of his Grace and Spirit, and Saints as the lively Pictures and Resemblances of his Holiness, but it sets the Heart upon God above all. This Principle is a Fire dropt down from Heaven into the Heart to consume the dross of Corruption, and inflame the Affections towards God; 'tis a touch from Christ risen and sitting in Glory to raise up the Affections out of the Tombs and Graves of earthly Vanities, and to quicken and inspire them with the life of God, that God may be all in all therein.
