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36a

On the

Exçellmy,

of

the

ed.

his

cloath,

hee_reckons

that

the

dying and

the

fpinning

it,

coft him

fo

much,

,I but

what

coil

the

wooll

?

why;

that

was,

his

own, and

hee

accounted nothing

of that

;

So,

fuch

and,

fuch things

that

thou haft,

what

do

they

cot

?

they

coil

thus

much,

and

thus much,

I

but

bath

not

thy

foul gone into the

bargain

?

and canft thou have pieafure

in

it,

when

it

coil

thee

fo

dear

as

it

bath? Pfal,

3r.

6. the fpirit of

holy

Da-

vid

rífes

up

in indignation

againtl

fuch

men

as

thefe

are

,

1

have hated them

that regard

lying

vanities; My

fpirit

cannot

but

with indignation and abomination

rife

up

againft them;

what

?

thac

men fhould followafter vanity,

when

there

are

fuch glorious

things

to

bee

followed after

?

when

there

is

the

bleffed God, and

the

glorious

Riches

of Grace

and

Salva-

tion

that

are

revealed in

his

Word that

may

take the

hearts

of

the

children of men

, and yet

they

follow

after

vain

things;

men

that

have

immortal

fouls, capable of eternal

communion with the

Lord

in the

higheft

Heavens, for

them

to

follow

after

vanity,

and

fatisfie

themfelves in

fuch

things,

I

hate them,

faith

David;

certainly

iris

the curfe

of

God

that

is

upon the hearts of

men,that

fuffers

them to

follow

af-

ter

Inch

things, and efpecially

in the

times

of

the Gofpel,

when fuch glorious things

are revealed

to their

fouls,

I

fay

the

curfe of

God

is

upon

theta,

Ifa.44.

2o.

Hee feedeth

on

.

Afhes,

a

deceived

heart

bath turned him

afide,

that

hee cannot

deliver his

fowl, nor

fay,

is

there

not

a

lye

in

my

right

hand

:

Hee feedeth of

Afhes

;

A

deceived heart bath turned

him

2fide,

that

hee

cannot deliver

his

foul,

there

lies the

foto

evil

of

it;

A

deceived

heart,

hee needs

not

cat'

it

upon

the

Devil, but

it

is

his

own

bare

filthy

corrupt

heart that

dares

not truft God

for,

his

foul

for

eternity, hee

will,

have

prefent

things, come of

it

what will

come

; hee

knows what

the

meaning

of

prefent things

are, but what

thofe

are

that

are

to

come, hee

knows

not;

a

deceived

heart

bath feduced

him,

and

hee

cannot deliver

his

foul,

nor

fay,

Is there not

a

lie in

my

right

hand

?

that

is, is

not

the ftrength of

my

indeavour fet

upon,falfhoods

?.

the chief of

my

firengch and

indeavours, is

it

not

fet;upon:

a

lie

? (bbryfoftowie.

faith

,

If

bee