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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35416	An elegant and learned discourse of the light of nature, with several other treatises Nathanael Culverwel ...	Culverwel, Nathanael, d. 1651?; Dillingham, William, 1617?-1689.	1652 (1652)	Wing C7569; ESTC R13398	340,382	446

and a weight as a ballance and a ballance Treachery and perfidiousnesse is that which is so much detested by men as that which cuts the sinews of humane Society and though there be some that will practise it yet there are scarse any that will in expresse termes patronize it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. as he there speaks Now as perfidiousnesse hinders commerce and intercourse with men so hypocrisie must needs hinder communion with God Can you think that a painted Sepulchre is a fit place for his Spirit to dwell in This is that which Christ doth so much upbraid Thou blinde Pharisee thou that never reflectest upon thine own heart thou that keepest a continual poring on the outside only and lookest to the painting and whiting and daubing of that dost thou think thus to please the pure and bright and piercing eye of Omniscience Thou hast not the black skin of the Ethiopian thou hast not those eminent spots of the Leopard I but thou hast the plague of the heart thou hast the Leprosie within and is not that more deadly and dangerous The heart of a Publican is far whiter then thine 3. See then the bitter root of Apostasie There are some that never gave their hearts unto God no wonder if they fall from him Hypocrisie 't is the seed of Apostasie Take heed sayes the Apostle lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbeliefe so as that you depart from the living God He that hath a Judas his heart in him will at length betray a Saviour he that hath a Demas his heart in him will at length embrace the present World An Apostate did but lend the heart unto God for a while and now he calls for it again 4. Yet see the security of a weak Christian he hath an heart as well as others and he hath given that to his God He hath a vital Principle an immortal Principle within him What though the sturdy Oakes of Basan be broken what though the stately Cedars of Lebanon fall what though the green Bay-trees vanish and disappear what though men of vast abilities of rare accomplishments of fair flourishes in Religion what though these draw back from God yet a weak Vine may stand all this while leaning upon his beloved laden with fruit chearing both God and men a bruised Reed may last all this while if it be but bound up in the Bundle of Life The smoaking flax may be kindled into so pure a flame as that it may outshine a blazing Professour A worme may consume Jonah his Gourd but a Whale shall not consume Jonah himself Outward profession may wither but nothing shall separate a Sincere soul from his God 5. Such as have not yet given their hearts unto God let them with-hold them no longer Put up thy weak desires and pray him to give thee such an heart as may returne it self to him Doth God ask thine heart of thee and dost thou refuse to give it him What do'st thou ask of him that he denies thee if it be good for thee and do but think how easily do'st thou give thine heart unto any other but thy God When the World knocks when Satan knocks thou openest presently nay it may be before they knock and must a Saviour only be excluded Is there no Rhetorick in the love of Christ Is there nothing that can draw thine heart to him Are all the cords of love too weak Do'st thou break them all Will not the influences of the Gospel soften thine heart Will not the blood of a Saviour dissolve it will not importunate wooings and beseechings move thee Out of what Rock wert thou hewen O obdurate Soul Doth a greater then Moses smite the Rock and will not it gush out with water Dost thou say thou can'st not give it to him this answer is ready for thee Non velle in causa est non posse praetenditur if thou hadst a will to give it him thou would'st have a power to give it him too However as thou hast some faint velleities so make some weak endeavours when he moves thee then offer it to him as well as thou canst though but with a weak though but with a trembling hand and his hand will meet thine and will presently take it of thee 6. Such as have given their hearts unto God here 's matter of praise and thankfulnesse Blesse thy God that would receive such a vaine and contemptible thing as thine heart was when first thou gavest it to him Was it not infinite love to espouse such an heart to himself to beautifie it and enrich it and prepare it for his Love to guide it and teach it and rule it to steep it in all precious sweetnesse to amplifie it and dilate it that it might be more capable of his Love to set a guard about it and to keep it against the subtlety and vigilancy the malice and fury of spirituall enemies How canst thou enough admire the greatnesse of this his Goodnesse THE Panting Soul PSAL. 42. 1. As the Hart panteth after the water-brooks so panteth my soul after thee O God! HEre 's one of the sweet straines of Davids harp one of those bright and sparkling expressions 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which not only carry a Majesty with them but even include a Deity one of those holy and strong ejaculations with which he was wont è corporis pharetra that I may allude to that of the Prophet Esay's to take his soul that polished shaft out of the quiver of the body and to dart it up to heaven the place of his treasure and hope and the dwelling place of his God And truly every Psalme may well say as the Psalmist himselfe sayes in the 139. Psalme I am admirably made I am curiously wrought 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 so ti 's in the Original Acupictus sum I am wrought with a needle There 's a spiritual imbroidery a most rare and sacred needle-worke in every Psalme they are all wrought by the finger of the Spirit and they are like the Kings daughter in the 45. Psalme Their clothing is of wrought gold their rayment of needle-worke and they are all glorious within We doubt not but that there 's a most divine Emphasis in all Scripture-eloquence and every jot and tittle in holy writ as it has eternity stampt upon it so it has a Majesty shining in it But yet never did heavenly eloquence ride in more solemne and triumphant pomp then in this book of Psalmes As if the voice had been here contrary to that in other triumphs Memento te immortalem esse And as for that prophane Polititian that said he found more sweetnesse in Pindars Odes then in Davids Psalmes he might as well have said if he had pleased that he found more fragrancy in noysome weeds then in the Rose of Sharon or Lilly of the valleys that he found more sweetnesse in a dunghill then in a garden of spices then in an Eden even a

eam totam There 's none but love to hear of free grace O this is a soft and downy Doctrine a silken Truth O 't is a gentle breath that fans the soul and gives it sweet refreshment O 't is a pleasant thing to sit under the shadow of free grace and see Gods goodnesse streaming out before thee But take heed who e're thou art of turning this grace of God into wantonnesse and know that 't is free grace in another sense too God may take 't away when he pleaseth thou know'st not which is the last offer Believe it he that neglects this very present offer venters eternity And know withall that as there are more liberal aspersions of grace in time of the Gospel so there are larger viols of wrath too Vineger you know 't is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 filius vini and the sweetest wine degenerates into the sharpest vineger Grace abus'd turnes to fury What to sin against God because he is good therefore to offend him because he is merciful to multiply iniquities because he blots them out for his own sake To kick against bowels of mercy and to rebel against the golden Scepter when 't is stretcht out and motions of reconciliation propounded truely this will be the very sting of hell the Emphasis of damnation this will heat the furnace seven times hotter 't will teach the worme that never dies to gnaw more cruelly and put new stings into the eternal scorpions 't will prepare flaming ingredients for the cup of wrath and fill it up to the very brim O how fain would'st thou then change places in hell with a Turke or an Infidel and be ambitious of ordinary damnation But truely there is no stronger argument against sin to an ingenuous spirit then free grace Because God is so prone to pardon therefore the soul is so loath to displease THE Childs Return PROV 23. 26. My Son give me thine heart THere have been such noble and generous spirits in some of the people of God as that they have been frequent in such enquiries as these What shall we render the Lord for all his mercies And what shall we returne him for all his goodnesse And he in the Prophet Micah though he be of a different temper from these yet he seemeth to be very solicitous and desirous to know what he should bring unto the Lord. For thus you may hear him speak in the 6th of Micah Wherewithall sayes he shall I appear before the Lord Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of Rams c. No saith the Prophet He hath shewed thee O man what is good and what doth the Lord require of thee but that thou should'st do justly c. He hath shewed thee O man what is good and what doth the Lord require of thee but that thou should'st give him thine heart and that thou should'st love the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul and with all thy strength And therefore he here askes it of thee 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 My Sonne give me thine heart These words are spoken by Solomon but not in his own Name It had been too much for Solomon to have askt it for himself It doth not become the mouth of any Creature to ask the heart to it self But Solomon speaks it in the name of Wisdome and so in the name of God himself the eternal fountain of Wisdome It is he that calls unto the sons of men and bids them to give him their hearts And though I know that the Hebrew Idiom sometimes by giving the heart doth imply no more then the serious consideration and pondering of a thing the laying it to heart as we use to speak yet I shall take the words here in a fuller sense as the heart in a special manner is due unto God Now as in Proverbial speeches there useth to be so it is here There is abundance of rich variety a great deal of Treasure lockt up in a few words we will open some of them to you And I. For the Relation My Sonne Five things are very considerable 1. He speaks here to a Son and to not a Stranger No wonder that Strangers give not the heart unto God no wonder that a Pagan gives not the heart unto God Such as are aliens from the Common-wealth of Israel and Strangers to the Covenant of grace Such as are at a great distance from him nay that live without God in the World such as lye like the dry heath and the barren wildernesse the word of the Kingdome never dropt upon them but thou art a Sonne in neer relation to him He reveales his minde to thee he manifests and displayes himself to thee he makes his goodnesse passe before thee Thou hast the continual droppings of the word upon thee his Prophets are sent to thee earely and late thou hast the happy Sun-shine of his presence with thee enough to warme and soften a stony heart and out of such stones to raise up children unto Abraham Though an Indian though an American do not give the heart unto God yet a Christian should Though a Stranger do not give him the heart yet a Son should 2. A Son and not an Enemy God doth not expect the hearts of Enemies such as are in open hostility and opposition against him such as are said to be haters of him and hated by him such as bid him depart from them for they not desire the knowledge of his wayes he doth not look for the hearts of these He doth indeed many times turne the heart of an Enemie meet the heart of a Saul while he is breathing out slaughters against the Church but whil'st he is in a state of enmity he doth not look for the heart from them Nay if an Enemy could give the heart unto God it would not be accepted by him He will not accept of a Traitors heart But thou art reconciled to him so far from being an Enemy as that thou art a Son Thow hast all expressions of love from him and thine heart it is expected by him and it will be accepted of him Though an Enemy do not give the heart unto God yet a Son should 3. A Sonne and not a Slave A Slave doth a great deal of work and drudgery more work then a Sonne but he doth not give the heart all the while He workes out of fear he looks upon it as a task as a burden he watches an opportunity for shaking off the yoke But now Religion doth not come thus to enslave men but to enlarge them to ennoble them it comes to beat off the chaines and fetters to beat open the Prison doors it brings a perpetual Jubilee a perpetual Triumph along with it Religion it floweth out of filial principles My Son hear my words and My Sonne give me thine heart If the Son make you free why then you are free indeed and if you be free like Sons why then you are free indeed The Gospel brings with