thegreat Power and Prevalency of felfiJhnefs difcevered. they are undone ; and that the more they have, the more they mull forfake, and the rnorefelf denial is required to their falva- tion -; and that all their lands, and wealth, and honors, and all their wit,and parts, and interefl mull be at the ,fervice of their Maker and Redeemer ; and that when they have all in the World that they can get, that all mull become Nothing, and God mull become all ; their treafure mull become the drofs and dung, and Chrill mull become their trealure,or they are loll ? I fay, how oft do we convince men of all eflates of thefe important evident truths ? And yet this fell is fill alive, and .keeps the garrifon of the heart ; and all that we can have frommolt of them,is, as the rich man, Luk.18. 23 ,24. to be very forrowful that they cannot have heaven at eaFier rates, and that Chrill will not be a fervant unto Self, or they cannot have two Mailers ! They go 4M), 1Orrovors4 ( but away they go ) be-* canfe they are rich ; wh:ch makes Chrift fay upon this oblerva' tiori, Flo!), hardly fh.til they that have rice es enter into the la;i1 m of God? But when the Difciples.were troubled at his oblervation, he lets them know that it is Self an not Riches that is indeed deadly enemy. It is the le IfliZ, that craft in Riches; and love and tire them for themfelves, and deny not themfelves, and devote not all to God, that wili be kept out of Heaven by them ; Or in Chrilis own words, Ls/kJ z. It is [ he that laye:h 14p treaftsre for 1--Inffilf, and t not rich tOzvards Goat. ] Conquer (elf and Conquer all. 5. Moreover faf is the molt coxfiant malady ; the fin that loth moll congantly attend us. Many aaual fins may be laid by, and we may for the time be free from them. But fel fhneff is at the heart, and lives with us continually ; It parted.) now from us fleeping or waking : It goes to the Wort-hip of God- with us : it will not Pray behind in the holyefl ordinance It will *rot forbear intermixing it felf in the pureft duties ; but will defilethern all So tha: above all fins in the world, its th:s that miall have the flrietell,conftantell W2tcht,or rife we fhall never have' any peace for it 6. Yea thisfelf Both lamentably furtive even in the fankiifia ed fool, among thefpe(ial'graces of the Spirit, and lamentably difternpereth- the hearts and lives of too many of the godly I 2 je vr5,. 59
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