S II C r. X 105 atttMitMOMttitikttaditat 44 40 ?44,ió 44 41, T. '44FAENO SECT. X. Of the Nature of Grace, under theExprefsi.. ons of `laying away the Stoney-Heart, giving a Heart ofFle/h,and, Writing Clods Lap in the heart,with the counterfeit thereof. SERMON LXXXV. Difplayeth gods Soveraignty and Dominion over the hearts ofmen. Ez e x. 32. 26. the latter parr. 7will take away the Rosy heart out ofjoue 1101, and Iwill give you am heart of flefb. T Verfe ár. in this Chapter, God begins to open the trea- firesof his mercies. We may fay, This latter part of the Chapter is like the Land of Canaaa, a Land of Promife, flowing with fpiritual milk and honey ; for here isthe pro- mifeof reduf ion from their miferable Captivity, Verfe 24. But becaufe outwardmercies ate nothing, without fpiri- tual, therefore there is a. The promife of thepardonof G ° their fins:It was notenough to bedelivered from the power and rage of their Enemies, unlefs alto they were faved from the guilt of their fins; this is promifed Verfe 25. But if men have pardon of fin, and not faved from thepower of it, they will every moment make themfelves obnoxious to theirformer mifery;thereforeVerfe 2.6.there is a promife ofConverfion andSan- &ification, with the confequent effens of it, in the 27. Verfe : So that this Text, if opened, is like a Box of precious Ointment ; or like the Tree in theRevela.- eie», not onely the fruit, but the very leafs, every particular word hath its efficacy. And for the better method, confider,. t,. The Author and Efficient taufeof the mercy promifed, I will take away, Iwill give : See here Gods So- veraignty, and immediate power over mens hearts. No I{ing or Emperor in T t t the
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