Sun-beams of gospel-light shining clearly from several texts of Scripture, opened and applied. 1.…Sun-beams of gospel-light shining clearly from severall texts of Scripture, opened and applyed. 1.…

This love doth make you lose nothing: whereas in the loving of other things, the more you bestow, the less you have. When thou givest thy heart to God, he gives thee thy heart again, and sets it on work for thy own good; He teacheth us to profit, and leadeth us by the way which we should go, Isaiah 48. 17. As Christ said of the Sabbath, the Sabbath was made for man: so may I say of all the commandments, when you give your hearts to the Lord, he sets them to keep the commandments, but to this end, that it may be well with thee. Oh that there were such a heart in this people, to fear me, and to keep all my commandments that it might go well with them, and their ⟨p. 58⟩children for ever. Deuteronomy 5. 20. Thou hast thy heart again, when thou givest it to God. But here is the difference; before, thou wert but an unjust professor of it, now the Lord hath made thee Steward of it: for he hath given you leave to love your wives, children, and your lawful recreations, only now you love them at his appointment, as he will, whereas before you did it as you listed. Nay, the Lord doth not only give you your heart again, but returns it better than it was, new pointed. As the earth receives in the puddle water, which it sends forth clear and pure. All the streams of thy love run as fresh for thy good as ever they did, and more. That only which was amiss in them, is taken away. Let not this feed thy understanding only, but find it good in thy practise.

This love doth make you lose nothing: whereas in the loving of other things, the more you bestow, the lesse you have. When thou givest thy heart to God, he gives thee thy heart againe, and sets it on worke for thy owne good; Hee teacheth us to profit, and leadeth us by the way which we should goe, Esay 48. 17. As Christ said of the Sabboath, the Sabboath was made for man: so may I say of all the commandements, when you give your hearts to the Lord, he sets them to keepe the commandements, but to this end, that it may be well with thee. Oh that there were such a heart in this people, to feare me, and to keepe all my commandements that it might goe well with them, and their ⟨p. 58⟩children for ever. Deutrenomy 5. 20. Thou hast thy heart againe, when thou givest it to God. But here is the difference; before, thou wert but an unjust professor of it, now the Lord hath made thee Steward of it: for he hath given you leave to love your wives, children, and your lawfull recreations, onely now you love them at his appointment, as he will, whereas before you did it as you listed. Nay, the Lord doth not onely give you your heart againe, but returnes it better than it was, new pointed. As the earth receives in the puddle water, which it sends forth cleare and pure. All the streames of thy love runne as fresh for thy good as ever they did, and more. That onely which was amiss in them, is taken away. Let not this feede thy understanding onely, but finde it good in thy practise.