AIN 5 zo of the Starry Heart, awdHeart offleth. Sac T. X. offecrefre in tinning, he cried out, How car% l do this andfin againfi God!. -Oh; thetizhis di.fcovers themany degrees thoufands -are off from the tenderworkof grace: For its aflame to fpeakof what is done by many in ferret. Secretuno cleanneffe, fecret injufficeand fraud, fecret theeving, fecret drunkenneffe, if it can-becarried fo that-the world may not know it, that reproachmay not brand them for it, theycare not. Oh men offlony hearts I Did not God behold thee? Isnot'darkneffe and light, night and day all one to him? Never be incouraged to 'fin in.hope offecrefie, forGod will bring out thofedeeds of darkneffe, without repentance,onetimeor other, to thy great confufon. I know no Inch differen- tialtti3ark'from -an hypocrite and a true godly man, asthis. An hypocrite may have'aa great abilitiesandinlargements, may have as external a ({rid converfati- onas.agodly man: but then in this-healwaies fails,he doth not humble himfelffor; ordnortifie inward-motionsand lofts offins. He is not affèded with heartcorrup- lions, becaufe God looks intotheheart, and beholds the heart. Oh then, that the wotd'of God might powerfully.workupon you in thisrcfpeet. Itsnot an heart of flefh,as long asWicked, proud, earthly,unclean thoughtscan lodge in thy foul, though they breaknot out intoadtion. s. `" I.aftly, st tender heart of flelh isgreatly affliríeel Withthe difbonour that is doneto goal dbyother Mensfsás .Well m his own. Davidmutt needshave a very foft heart, when riversof waterëame from hiseies,becaufe men kept not Gods Law. Flefhf is ea;ìly wounded, it is eafily pierced, and thus is a godly mans heart, becaufe .God is not owned, is not magnified where heliveth. The Prophet lfaia cried Mr.. we, is me becanfa l dwell among men of unclean lip:, Ifa.6. y. How then do otherníens impieties workuponthee?are they liken fwordin thy bowels? Doth tthe.rearirgand rending of Gods Name byblafphemous courtes, even tear and rend illyheart ?' Doth the prophasenaming -ofthe woundsand blond ofChrift, evebmake woundsand blood in thy heart? then thou maieft praife God, that ltc'hathziot left theewithout zealGr hisglory. Is thy foul grievedland tormen- ted withfeeing andbeholding the wickedneffe ofmendone in the world ? .Vfè t. Ofconfolation and comfortto thole to whom God bath vouchfafed this tender and fobheart. Its fuch a mercy-thou couldft not hap thy felfto,nor all the world could vouchfate it tothee. -Say, Bleffe the Lord p myfoul, andad- mire hisgrace, tbho harh thaw melted thee. The time was when thou waft harden- ed and bold in fin, thou couldt fwalïow down great Camels, and it didnot trouble thee ; thoucouldrcommit loch and fueh impieties, and thy heartwould nevot-fmite thee for it. Oh but now if there be any diftemper,any rebellion,any ssnkièdhèffe in thy life toGod ; iediflblves thee, it moveththybowels: goon 'blëHngGod for this mercy. Do not think it aJoffe to thee, nor a reproach to the; è' Not a toff, for happily thou maicft fay, If I hadnot fuch a tender heart, ifI:werenot fo afraid to finagsinll God, I might get Inch earthly advantages: IfI were as bold and aslarge in my principles as others, then I could thus inrich myfelf; but this tenderheartofmine hinders me. Donot judge this aJoffe but a gain; the later endof this will bea richcrop,though for the prefnt thou haft but gleanings: God doth with thee as Boaz with Ruth; firft he gave her but . gleanings, anda little meafnre of Corn, but afterwards he gave herhimfelf and all that he had. Thus Godat laft will give the injoyment ofhimfelf and eternal glory, when I- arlened Isnnera ball vomit up their advantages,whichwillbelike gravel in the mouth. Nor do not thou judge it a reproach; the world judgeth irpolltanimity, a tender heart, a foolilh, fcrupialous heart. But as it is fail of God, He can do alithings,on!y he cannot fin, for thatis an impotency, Pote-ntifine het. non !weft ; fo it is here thoudarelt loofe thy comforts, thy advantages ; thou dareft be hated, perfecuted, only thou darell not fin,Magnanimiterhocnonodes Atthe day ofdeath,atthe day of judgement,wliatboldnes,what confi fencewilt thou have? whenthe great bold men of the world (hall tremble like leaves, and have fear roundabout them. Santa.
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