S'í c T. X. of theStony fíeat t, and Heart offlelh. 5 bathe tender with; that will moveevery way, as it is cleared : and thusit is here, Men of Ponyhearts, unbroken hearts, if any waies affli&ed orchaftifed forfio, how full ofrage, difcontent, fury, and all manner of vexation, fretting even at God himfelfand all his inffruments 1 but the tender .fiefhy heart that pre. !truly accepts of the punifbment of its fin, as God calls upon, Levir. 26.0. It faithwith the Church, IWill bear the indignation of the Lord, becaufe Ihavefin- isedagainff him. Itwholly (ludierh to clear and juftifie God, buttocondemn and accord it Pelf : O then let the people ofGod in the mida ofall the waves and tempefts that Life in their foul,remember to allay all by this, that they are flefhy andnot clone. That as God made it anargument to take off his afflidinghand; becaufe it was frail weak fle(h ; ÿen.6. My jpiritfoal notalraaiesftrive Withman, 6ecatsfe he isf efb: fo he may alto abate his anger, becaufe thouart gracious and tender fiefh This is a precious fymptom of grace, when thy foul affli&ed, is like a box ofprecious oyntment broken, or like fweet flowers pounced, many preciousand flagrant graces difcover themfelves. As the firedoth difcover the matte's, whether goodor bad ; and tempefls and windes, whether trees bewell rooted or no ; fo docalamities, whether menbe gracious or no; and in nothing cloth thy grace more manifeft it tell then juftifying God, and abhorringthy felt. Have any frettings, any repiningsmade a commotion in thy heart ? quiet all, and remember, the work ofgrace is to make a man yielding and readily fuo- bitting. Thirdly, Thegodly heart offell is fo tender, that it doth not onlyavoid fin it Pelf, hit theoccafions of it, the appearance of it. Abffain from all appearance of evil, t Thef.5.2a. Davidwould not drinkthewater of Bethlehem, becaufe it had the appearance ofmeta blood, and thus the godly are toprovide all things bond}in the fightofall men. Chrift that would not waft: his hands before meal, though otherwife a civil cation), in it falllawfull, yet he refuted, that he might not con- firm the Jews intheir fuperftitious conceit about it, did hereby inffrull us that we fliould not onlykeep fromthe fire offin, but alto from the very flame. The firft fin that proved fo fatali to all mankinde came by 'notions andtemptations I Eve faw the fruit that it was good, and defirable. God had not commanded tier to forbear lookingon it, but this becamea temptation to her, and by thofc win- d owsofher tiesdeath comes in. This made Patel keep down his body, This caufed yob to make a covenant with his ties; and David to let a watch before his mouth, Look then to this, wouldit thou know whether this gracious ten- der heart bein thee or no ; art thouthen afraid to come near thebrink offin, any thing that bath the appearanceof it, thou runneft away from it, as Wet did from his rod, when turned into a ferpent. This you lhöuld efpecially obferve who venture into theoccafions ofwickedneffe, haunt theplaces where thepro- phane lintsof the fiefhare daily committed : You do likethe moth, that never leavcch buzzing and flyingabaft thecandle, till (he bath burnt her felt. The He- brewsthat were to cat nounleavened bread inthePaffeover for (evendaies,were fo catefùll, that theydid diligently fearch thehoufe, to fee none was there, yea they would not fo much as make mention of the word fignifyingbread, left it amulet do hurt, and tempt any. And wilt not thou be afraid tocome where the infedfon ofthe plagueofany fin is ? Doff thou fear the ìnfe&ion of the body, and not thatof the foul? comenot then near this mountain, leali thou beeff de- liroyed. Fourthly, al godly heart offlefh it tender andapprehenfive ofallinward heart-fins, andfecret fins, as well etc prtbbck, and aoterioue. l'ani had a foft heart of Beat, when he could finde thofe motes in his cies, and complains of them as beams, Ron,.7. and indeed becaufethe dilhonour of God, and offending of him, is the great mountainand weightupon his fowl, therefore whatfoever fin isdone in fecret; he is as fenubleof it, asWit had been done ¡Tithe viesof the whole world. That is aknown inflameof the tender heartof tofeph, When in the tent ptatiou.. of 3,
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