Chap: 3t. Au Bxpofition upon the Book of j I a. Vert, 27: 57 difltonours put upon the true God) fo I may fay Idolatryus ( which are honours put upon falfe Gods) proceed out of the heart alto. Thus the Law fpake to the Jewes (Dent. a t.16 ) Take keel toyour felves, that jour heart be not deceaved, and ye turtle afide, andferve other gods, and worJhip them. 'Though the occalions of fin may be from without, or before us , yet the fource and originali of it is in the heart.When the Prophet 'Takla had at large defcribed the folly and madneff'c of Idolaters in the 44th Chapter, from the 9th verfe inclufively to the loth verfe, he concludes, He feedeth ofa(hes, a deceavedbear: bath turned him.. afde, that he cannot deliver hiefoule, nor fay,ie there not a lie in my right hand ? Idols give a great provocation to the eye , as was (hewed before but theycan doe us no hurt till the heart be catcht and infefted by them. Secondly, Obferve. fsian iónot forced, but cozened, enticed, and flattered intofan- full, efpocially into Idolatrous wages. The Apoffle lames faith ( Chap. 1.14. ) Let no man fay when be it temptedIam temptedofCJod,for every man ie tempted when he isdrawne away ofhie owne luft, and enticed. 'Tis lull in the heart which draws away both eyeandknee and hand to oynewith the temptation. Agodly man is not forced but perfwaded and enti- ced tothat which is good (fowee expreffe it in the Margin of Gen. 9.27.) God Jhali perfwade 7aphsth to dwell in the tents of Shem bee (hall not thruft him in by force, nor cornpeli him by Club -law(as wee lay) but hisheart being toucht, as it were, with that blefhed Loadftone of divine love, (ball freely receave the faith of the Gofpel, and follow Chrift. Thus a wicked man is not driven(though the Devil would beaDriver,and they muff needs run,whorn the devil! drives) but drawne to fin by the pre- vailing enticements ofthat luft which dwelleth in his heart, and bath got the hand ofhim. Thirdly , In that he faith, If my bears bath beenfecretly en- ticed; Obferve. The moff fecret alts offin areboth obvioue to and dim in the fight of god. HeTeeth in fecret, and cannot but hate ( filch is bis holinefs ) Dddd2 the
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