514, of the Stony Heart, andHeartofßefh. S é er: X' be needs put forth ; for will not experience witnefs, that every mans will he foreconverting grace came, was as oppolte to God, as averfe to all holínefs, as anynatural mans in theworld ? didhe not difpute, argue, refufe, and fhew al# ùnwillingnefs,till Godbroke open the gateofthe foul ; he comes into the heart while the doors of itare Phut : Thus he is laid toopen the heart ofLydia, Aífs r6. and Paul, was be willingto receive Chrift ? didnot he oppofe, perfecuteand. violentlypurfue the Church of God ; and while he was in thefe furious out- rages,. did not God ina moment bow hisheart, that he cryeth out, Lord,What' Wilr thont have me todo: But of this more in the manner of Godsconverfion, 5. Lalfly, The foveraignty of Gods power, is to be adored, that he can comfort the heartWith heavenly joy, or Woundit Withfad and heavy temptations and defertiens When he pleafeth l Ourhearts are calm and tentpeftuous, even as he fpeaks the word,7ob 34.29. whocan give trouble, if he fpeakquietnefs, whether to a per- fon or a nation. God firuck the heart of great Nebuchadnezzar, and madehim likea beaft ; and he can ftrike the heart of a wicked man, and make him roar like one damned inhell: Thus we feeDavidfometimes complainethofthe great . terrors that he was evendiftra/ted with and at anothet time, bis heartover. floweth with joy : This ebbing and flowing is according to the pretence or ab- fence of Gods favor. Vfe. This point is worthy of all prallical improvement : And t. Fielt,.¡t IhemetbWhatpoor,Weak,and empty Jhadows ail thegreat, Wife,powerfal. and mighty men of the World are : Theyare not themafters of theirown hearts, they cannot tell whatthey fhall think, what they (hall purpofe, much lefs, do, the next day. Well doth thePfalmift fay, They are lighter then duff orvartity : What a folly then is it to put confidence in loch, to troll in any armof fiefh :. You fee a Ihadow is not able to move it felf, but is this way or thatway, asthe body ftirreth; fo is all earthly and humane power: God ufeth thefe Rods, thefe Axes, which way he pleafeth : Ob then fay, nothing is great but God, hope in nothing, truft in nothing but inGod. An hill or an high mountain itsb be t if So earthly power the nd greatnef bat a pins point o, may be aterrible thing to thofe thatare weaker. Gyants aretall things to Grafhoppers, but comparethem with God, and they are nothing, yea lets then nothing. Vie2, Vfe z Is God thus powerful over the heart, then let the godlybe comfort- ed, who finde their hearts too prong for them ; O their proud heart, their hard heart, their unbelievingheart, their earthly heart, what fhall theydo ?Its true, fhouldit thou pray the Potentatesoftheworld, yea the Angelsof heaven, togive thee a better heart, they could do nothing: O but God he is gracions, ready, willingand able. 4Jfe3. Laftly, Of terror to wicked men, how eafily can he raife terrors andhorrors in that jolly heart of thine: If ludas and Cain would have given all the world foraquiet heart, they could not have purchafed it : Do not thenprefume too long ; dq not 1E11 venture to offend him ; he can fend thee home witha roar ing, reftlefs heart, he canmake theecry out, There is no help for me, O for a dropof cafe. tdAdAttt.MMI-241IMCAMMO SER 24;
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