Clever - BS1465 D5 1614

Proa. a S. 15. Tjat49. 3 Ifay 52. 3'.4. Zrlle S. 1.5. Reaon i. 55. 3. Trott. 4. a®. Prow, 23. Y a. ibid. 6. z6. fe r. Er.;7,9. O R OVERB 3. ap. culls : and godly men ought to fèparate them, when they feeke for holycomforts, and to conbrrrie themfeiucs.in that which is good. S'domon hath another Paying to the fame purpofe : eA wife heart gcttcth '1owledge, and the eare ofthe wiféfeeketh learning. Iauidmaketh prof-ea-ion ofthe timepraá1Lfe,when hee faith : Themeditation ofmy heart is ofknowledge : I will incline mineeare to a Parable. And Efay fore-telleth the force ofChrifk his grace by that etfec : The Bares ofthem that heart; fial hearken, and the heart ofthefool,fhfhall vnderjand knowledge. And the prayf:: giu n to the bell ground,byour Sauiour, is, that with an honer andgood heart theyheure the word and ,epe it., Firf,Godcalleth for both in many placesofhis ,vord,as,. Inclineyour eares' andcome vnto smeei heare, andyour *lefhall 1u°. t y Sonne, hearken vnto my words, incline thine eares vnto my fayings, eApply thine heart to infrx6-lion, and thine Bares to the Words of knowledge. fly Soigne, gale mee thine heart, and let thine eyes delight in my wayes. So thathis Com- mandement is difpifed, his ordinance neglec`led, and his Proinife not regarded, ifeyther be detayned from him. Secondly, the one is a necetfary coadiutor and affinant to the other,and neyther inan ordinary manner doth worke alone : the care would be vnteachable without the gouern- ment ofthe heart, and the heart erroneous without the fer- uiceof thecare. Innruc`lion,to imploy them both in holy feruices, that neyther the one nor the other be idle or ill occupied : but at all opportunitiesbe exercifed in that which will edifie the foule,and binde vp the Confcience,leafl they be fet toworke by Sathan and the corruption ofthe flefh, toperuert them- felues with more infeffion, and fo be workers ofchine owne confufion.Naturally all mens caresarc vncircumcifed,deafe, andaltogether Inapt to liffcn toGods meírages. And God, which bell knoweth all mens hearts, doth teflife, that The heart vnfandified isdeceitful and 7Vickeda6ouc arlthings. And therefore if both the carean&hcart be not well warded continually

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