S a e T. X. áf the Stony Heart, and Heart f flefb. 5 t3 dealings in theworld. :Oh'what handdealing bathGod from thee 1 Hisjudge ments havenot broke thy heart, his mercieshave not melted thy heart, Oh think if there were any foftnefs; ifanydrops in thee, ifany rrleltings in thee,thou had not to this daycontinued filch a rebellious wretch againfl God. Iliaeft cor dù_ ran), goodnon trepidat ad Women cordù dark ; If thy foul Both not hreak,and trem- bic, andmeltat the' very preaching aboura (limyheait, its becaufe thou art over- whelmed by it. Thishard bean is elfewhere called an heart of adamant, which is as much as that, Which cannot be turned t Oh this is- thycafe ; nothinghath tamed thee, or humbled thee to this day. Fiftly,'This Word holds oat the pertinacy and immoveablerefs of the heart franc theway.offin. A great heavy hone lieth many years in- the fame place ; and thus it is with every man naturally, how felt.. willed, how immoveable I you cannot airhim tut of his formerwales ofimpiety. Thoughhehear much, though he be intreated, reproved, and conflantly warned overand . over again, yet he is (1i1í the faine tosi' he was. Thus asthe godlyare commended for their immoveable Rate ingodlinefs and in happinefs, they hand like Zion, which can never be moved the fame are they inaflateof wickednefs and irhpiety. Oh then, how loth experiencedailywitnefs this pertinacy of mens hearts in adhering towick ednefs. When they arefo Convinced, that they can fay nothing for their fins, theÿ rout needs confèfsits their duty tobeother men ; they cannot fay one word for Pelf-ja lification, yet they will not move from their former courteofimpieties; What kindeof hearts we have, was typically reprefenredby !Wafer, when the law wascommanded to bewritten in hones, for albeit one main reafon was to prefervethe laws perpetually ; as Heathen lawgivershave commanded their laws tobe ingraven onbran.; orcypreffè trees,that will not putrife : Yet the Apolte alludes toan Allegory, when he tels the Corinthians, they were hùEpifle not Written (aCnr.3. ;.) in tables of fione, bat le/y tables of the heart. So that to havehearts ofhone, is tobepertinacious, wilfull; fay what you can, bring the Scriptureneverfo plainly, demonftrateand convince the haynoufnefs of fin ne- ver foclearly, yet nothing (hall make any alteration in them ; they will be wick- ed, becaufe they whine. Sixtly, An heart oflione is an heart altogethercold, and deflitnteof any Warmth or heatofgrace. Ahone is nothingbut hardened earth, and as ficcity and frigidi. ty are the twopropertiesof that element, fo are theyoía hasse Hence, it was a miracle to bring water out of the rock : Cities epumice ajaaen, is a Proverb. Stones hav thefe twoqualities, as the earth out of which they are generated, Siccity or drinefs, there is no moiflure, there is waterinefs in think), , and thus it is inevery mans heart, a dry barren fpirit, there is nojuyce, no fap of any grace. Therefore the Greek word oor rpóvm, hardnefs,and szm;osar Ile, doth excellently ex- prefsthiscurfedtemper, for that is properly the drineirofany herb, whenit is withered, its then good for nothing, all the Joyce is out ofit. And thus men by nature havenot the feat dropping or melting, of fouls And ob(erve this, A. manmay havea very tender, juicy heart, as it were, about earthly things ; let an husband, wife, or any earthlyadvantage be loft, and ravers of water can gal out of thine eses: They maybe of a pitifull and tender complexion, and yet as dry andbarren as a very hone about the fins they have committed, andthe iniquities theyareguilty of Indeed David fpeaks of a drought uponhis foul, that it was like aparched wildernefs, Pfal.42.r. but that was ma gracious fenfe, becaufe of the earneh pantings and longingshe had for the injoyment ofGods favour. But this is ina very wicked anddefperate fenfe, when men havenot the leaf mel- tings,or thawings offoul upon anydivine adminiflrations. The other property is frigidity,or coldnefs, As cold as a hone, wefay ; and thus every mans heart is defituteof allthat fire and heat which doth ufuallyaccompany the life of graces Hence menare (asd robedmd in fins, Eph.z.q. death and coidnefsgo'togrtheri The Spirit ofGod ¡nitsoperations is compared to fits, beeaufe of tie efficacyand 11 u u fervency
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