ü.I'.16. 7. t c. Real 44:. OV ERBS. Chap,I9 HE thatpofefj'eth hisheart, ):who hath his miede rightlie in- formed withknowledge and iudgement,and orderlie má- dcrateth his delires and affebions, lo.etl, hit ovine (mile, hath a duc care of himfelfe, and v(eth dire.d mcanes for his. faluation,fafetie, com(ort,andwelfare. Fer to lame one;foule in thisplace,is otherwife taken then in the Gofpell by Saint Iohn, chap. >< a.: ç. where it is (aide,that hee which louethhisfotile, Adll lo!'it, 4n.1hee that hateth hi'Joule. inChit wo71d, f all keepe it V; to e- tcrnalllife. To losethe Tonle, that is, to bedeurous ofretcining. thisnattirall life,as rather todenic thetruth ofGòd,and forfake thegofpell ofChrifl,then tomake profeflion therof,andyeeld Gncereobedience to it,with hazardand peril! : and he fhalilofe, foule, that is, forfeit hisfaluation and happines, as heethat háteth hit lòule, which chuleth to forgoc life , rather then the feruicesofGod,and a goodcon(cience4,1l1keepe it vntocternall life, be law(' and glorified for euer. Hee keepethvndcrj7anding, not anely hearethgood inftrudions, but feriouflie atrendcth to them,_ponderethofthcm in his meditations, laieth them vp in his memorie,obferueth them diligently in thecour(e ofhis life,and retaineth them conflantly till the timeofhis death, to ftndthat hich isgood, that is the endwhich he propofeth tóhim, felt;& this is the fucceifewhich he obtaineth,that Gods fauour fhalbeconfirmed unto him,both by thebledngs o, this prefét life, and by a bletfed eflate, in thatwhich is rócomehereafter. s It is a prerogatiue .peculiar to thewifeand godlie, tobe ow- ners of their ovine hearts. Foolesandgraceles perlons are otherwife delcribed , when theyare fayd tohake a pricein their hand t' ?et ziifedomc,6àstthey ladean heart. Andthcreforc aIfo the Prophet likeneth them toDcuesdeceiued, as being without an heart. Which. fayings arc not fo meant,as if theywanted integrali partes , or reafonable foules ofmen, but that theywere deuoyd ofgrace& power,to vfe &gouernc the fame, as muchas the fillie bruitifh creatures. Firm, Sathanrulesand raignes in all thewicked, as aking, and worketh in their heartsas a Goal;hawing nolcctre potivcro- uer theirfoules, till Godby gracedeliucr them, then theFow- lerbathofthebyrd that is taken inhisnct,which hemaycarrie whither
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