+40 Chain of Principles. Apl . 6. their delires, love and other affe ions were upon fliops,fhips,land and other commodities even while they were bu- fed in the worfhip of Cod. Each of thefe faculties called Heart in the book of God is liable to its peculiar indif pohtion and dillemper. All put toge- ther make up the hard- heartednefs, of which we are treating; the particular ingredients whereof are thefe that fol- low. I. Unteachablenef in the underf?anding. Scripture joyneth blinding of eyes ante John zr, 4o. hardning ofhearts as near a kin. He bath: blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they Mould not feel-Did) their eyes, nor under and 2oith their heart and be con i'erted. It is proverbially faid Lapidi loqueris ; One had as good (peak to a (lone as to an unteachable man : and we are all fo by nature. Whence that . Cor, Z. '4 ofPaul, The natural man receivetb not tie things of the ffiirit of God, for they are foo- lijhnefs untohim ; neither can he knoll) them- becaufe they are /iritually difcerned. Such are
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