na.. 100 Chron. I Sam, 24 ro. Pfal.42,. Pfal. 73, 22. Rem. 7. 22, 23, 24. Cal. 3$ % A Box of precious Ointment : Or, and fecret pride ; hence Hez,ekiah humbles himfelf for the pride Of his heart ; and fa David, he humbles himfelf for the pride of his heart in numbrina of the, people. And hov4doeS the fame prophet chide'himfe'l for finful deje&ion of fpirit, why art than caft down 0 my Soul; and why art thou difpieted in ? And how does he at another time be-fool himfelf, and be-beaft himfelf, for his fecret grudging and fretting at the profperity of'the wicked. So footifh rpm 1 and ignoraut, 1w a Zeal be fcre tLee. And fo Paul was moll affected and aff1:- Cied -with a law in his members rebelling againfl the law of his mind ; Inw:ardloollutions and defilements did Et clofeft and fadefl upon his fpirits.And the fame Apoffle in that 2 Cur, 7. I . is for keeping down the filthinefs of the fpirit, as well as the filthinefs of the fleth; he is for inward cleanfing, as well as for outward cleanfing. I-laving therefore theft Pro- miles, (dearly beloved) let us cleanfe our .1 elves from all filthinefs of the flejh and fpirit, AperfeElingholinefs in the fear of God : So Mr. Bradford was a man that had attained to fo great and eminent a haighth of holinefs, that DoecOr raylor (the Mar- tyr)-cal Is him, That Saint of Gcd John Bradford ; and yet 0 how fadly does he bewail his fecret hypocrify. True Grace makes oppofition as well againft the being of In in a --mans nature, as againfl the breakings out of fin in a mans life. True Grace will make head againft the corruptions of the heart, as well as againft the excurfions of the feet 'tis as willing and defirous to be rid of a polluted heart, as 'cis wil- ling and defirous to be rid of a polluted hand. It would fain have, not onlyfinful aets, but alfo finful difpofitions ; and not only irregular aaions, but alfo inordinate affeolions mortified and fubdued. 0 friends ! heart-fins are root-fins, they are the fprings that fet all the wheels a going, the Fbun- tain that lets all the fireams a running, the fire that lets the Furnace a fmoaking, the Bellows that lets the fire a burn- ing. Certainly a proud heart hath more of Satan in it than a proud look, and a wanton heart is more vile than a wanton eye, and a murtherous or adulterous heart, is worfe than a murtherous or adulterous a&, &c. And therefore true orace.makes head againft, heart-fins, againft fpiritual fins, againft
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