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O
f
hardiseee
ofheart,
491
heart
is
commonly incident vnto
Gods
deare
children,be-
ing
at the
farne
time in
the
(late
ofgrace,
and
is a
part
ofthat
inbred corruption
and
flefhlie old
man
which before our
calling wholly pof
effeth
and oucrruled vs,and after
alto
bea-
reth
forne
Tway
in
vs
even
when
we
are
regenerate, til with
al
our other corruptions
we lay
this
afîde
alto
by death. And
this appeareth
in
the example
ofthe
Prophet
Dattid,who
de-
fireth
the
Lord
to
create
in
him a
cleane
heart, and
to renewca
right
Mira
within
him,
Pfa1
.5i.io.in
which words
heimplieth
rral.yTom.
that
his
hardnes
of
hart
was
fo
great,and
the
corruption ther-
of
fo
abominable,
that
it was euen pail
mending,
and there -
fore
he
doth not
pray
the
Lord to
purge and reforme
his
old
Ezech.
r
r.
r9,
heart, but
to
create
a
new one, and to take quite
away
his
ionic
hart,and to
beí
}ow
vpon him
a
hart offlelh,as
though
his
hart
were like
a
building
exceeding ruinous which could
no longer
be
repaired,
vnleffe
it
were
raced
downe
euen
to
the foundation,
and
all
anew
built
vp
againe. So,whereas he
praieth
the
Lord to
revue his
fpirit
in
him,hee
giueth
vs
to
vnderfland, that
he
hath loll the feeling
ofthefpirit ofadop-
tion,crying
in his
hart Abba father,and that there
was
in
him
fuch
an
intermiflïon
and
furceafe
of
the aátions
and
fruits
thereof, that
it
teemed
vtterly
quenched and departed from
him.
So elfe
where
he
praieth vnto the Lord to quicken him
according to
his
louingkindnetfe,that
he
mig-ht keepe
the
ten-
Prat ar9.88.
monies
o
fhis
mouth:
wherby
he
intimated'
his drowflnes
and
deadneffe
in
Gods
feruice.
The Prophet
Elky
likewife
in
the
behalfe
of
himfelfe
and
the
people,
complaineth,thus
:
Efay
63.17.
0
Lord
why
haft
thou made
vs
to
erre
from
thy
u'aies,
Efay 6i.,
1.7.,
axdhardeed
our
heart
from
thy
feare?
By all
which
it
appea-
reth
that
euen
the deare children
ofGod
doe
oftentimes
fee-
and
feele
to their great
g-riefe,their hardneffe
ofheart,whieh.
is
ioyned with exceeding
dulneffe and
drowIneífe
in
Gods
feruice.
Yea
in
truth
this kind
of
hardneflè
ofheart
is
inci-
dent
vnto them alone.For while
{l
men arç
worldly and
car
-
nali,though
their
harts
are
moil
hard and
obdurate,
yet
they
doe
not
difcerne
it,neither
are
they
any
whit
difpleafed
with
their
eílate, but
fondlie
flatter themfelues,imagining
that
they
are in
exceeding
good
cafe
and
very
deucut
in Gods
feruice