God only hath right to the heart, and that to the heart of young ones as well as others; young ones have not right to possess their inheritance left to them by their Fathers, whilst they are under age, until they arrive at one and twenty years; but God hath right to possess the hearts of young ones, in the years of their minority, He hath a right to their hearts so soon as they are born, so soon as they have them themselves; and that because he hath made them, and he hath bought them; they belong to him by right of Creation, and by right of Purchase: The Body was formed by God, but the Soul is infused, and cometh more immediately out of his hand; and it is but equal to return that to God which he hath made, to present God with the gift of that which is his own, the work of his own hands; especially, when besides his natural right to the heart, he hath made a purchase of it, he hath laid •own a great price for it, even the price of his ⟨p. 4⟩Sons blood; as the blood of Christ hath purchased an everlasting inheritance for men, so it hath purchased the hearts of men for God, to be his everlasting habitation: See this Argument urged by the Apostle upon the Corinthians, 1 Cor. 6.19, 20, Ye are not your own, for ye are bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit which are Gods. God hath a double right both to to the body, and to the Spirit too; and as the heart is his by way of right, so all ought to make it his by way of tender and gift.
R. 2. All, especially young men, ought to give God their hearts, because God doth require them; some tacitly give away their right, by their not demanding of it; and some things which are the right of such a man, yet are not his without a lawful demand; but God hath not only right to the heart, but he requireth it, he maketh a demand of it; he commandeth us to give it; See Matth. 22.37, 38. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and all thy soul, and all thy mind: this is the first and great commandment. It is not the eye, or the ear, or the tongue, or the knee, that God careth for, but the heart; the sincere, and supreme love of the heart, is the chiefest and most comprehensive commandment. Some debts are forfeited by Law, if, though they be demanded, they be not timely demanded; but God doth timely demand this debt of the Heart;
God only hath right to the heart, and that to the heart of young ones as well as others; young ones have not right to possess their inheritance left to them by their Fathers, whilst they are under age, until they arrive at one and twenty years; but God hath right to possess the hearts of young ones, in the years of their minority, He hath a right to their hearts so soon as they are born, so soon as they have them themselves; and that because he hath made them, and he hath bought them; they belong to him by right of Creation, and by right of Purchase: The Body was form'd by God, but the Soul is infus'd, and cometh more immediately out of his hand; and it is but equal to return that to God which he hath made, to present God with the gift of that which is his own, the work of his own hands; especially, when besides his natural right to the heart, he hath made a purchase of it, he hath laid •own a great price for it, even the price of his ⟨p. 4⟩Sons bloud; as the bloud of Christ hath purchased an everlasting inheritance for men, so it hath purchased the hearts of men for God, to be his everlasting habitation: See this Argument urged by the Apostle upon the Corinthians, 1 Cor. 6.19, 20, Ye are not your own, for ye are bought with a price; therefore glorifie God in your body and in your spirit which are Gods. God hath a double right both to to the body, and to the Spirit too; and as the heart is his by way of right, so all ought to make it his by way of tender and gift.
R. 2. All, especially young men, ought to give God their hearts, because God doth require them; some tacitly give away their right, by their not demanding of it; and some things which are the right of such a man, yet are not his without a lawful demand; but God hath not only right to the heart, but he requireth it, he maketh a demand of it; he commandeth us to give it; See Matth. 22.37, 38. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and all thy soul, and all thy mind: this is the first and great commandment. It is not the eye, or the ear, or the tongue, or the knee, that God careth for, but the heart; the sincere, and supreme love of the heart, is the chiefest and most comprehensive commandment. Some debts are forfeited by Law, if, though they be demanded, they be not timely demanded; but God doth timely demand this debt of the Heart;
