choice Bed of Spices Secondly, In refpeot of his babitaal defires, which are that he may not fin, Pfal. 119. 133. Order my fleps in thy word, and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. David's great defire is thathe may walk as in a frame, that he may walk by line and rule, exaotly, accurately ; and that though fin did dwe,11 in him, that yet it might not reign in him ; and though it did rebel in him, that yet it might not have domi- nion over him ; he would have his fins to be like thofe beaus in Daniel, whole dominion was taken away, though their lives were prolonged for a feafon and a time, Chap. 7. 1z. Ppd. 119. 10. 0, let me not wander from thy commandements. Ver. 36. Incline my heart unto thy tefiimonies, and not to covet- osfnefs. Under the name of covetoufnefs, all manner of vi- cioufnefs is to be underfiood, that being the-root of all evil, I rim. 6. 10. Thirdly, In refpea of his habitual endeavours which will are not to fin. The ordinary and habitual endeavours of a true penitent, are ftill fet againft fin ; he ordinarily rows againft the ftream of fin, though fometimes the cream proves too ftrong for him. Pfal. 119.11. Thy word have I hid in my heat, that I might not fin aping thee. He hides the word in his heart as a treafure, that he might not lofe it, and as a rule, that he might not tranfgrefs againft it. The Law of God kept dors in the heart, is the bell armour of proof againft evil His. David locks up the Law of God in his heart, as in a cheft or cabinet, to fecure him againft Satan's ambufhes and affaults on the one hand, and to preferve him from fin on the other hand. So Tja/. t 8. 2.5. I have kept my fell from mine Fourthly, In reipe6t of his habitual hatred of fin. Al- though the true penitent does fometimes fin, yet he alwayes hates the evil he does ; is a firm and, fixed hatred in his foul againft Pfal. 119. 104, Therefore I hate every false gay. Ver. 113. I hate vain thoughts. Ver. 163. 1 hate and abhor lying. So Rom. 7. i S. The evil that I hate, that I do. A penitent heart ufually rifes and fvv a ells againft the t il in the befoul.. Some fay; that there is fuch a native dread a d terror 0 o
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