25 2 ( The deceitfulnefe of mans heart. Deut. 8.30. 3 Happineíre: in ín}oynacnt. Plat 4.z. expounded. lob 6. things fall out betwixt the cup and he lip , info-- much that oftentimes , wee enjoy no thole things which even almoft we have in our hands. I I I, Our hearts deceive us in promifing I know not what contentment and bappineffé in The fruiti . on of thefe outward blefl.ings, when ver she event anfwereth not our expehation. O, faith the deceit full heart of man, if I might thavt: this or that which I d.efire, fo much living, fuch or fuch an office . or preferment, how comfortable and folatious a 11fÿ. fhould I lead ? well,when be bath his fareq . with him almoft, as with the Ifraelites in then.. guailes; He findeth more vanity & vex.ltion of fpirit in the prefence,than he did before in the want of this his fo much defired good. Hence alto that phrafe of the dreeitfulaaeffe of riches, becaufe they dde not per- forme that which our hearts pry m[fe us concerning. them. In the fame regard worldly honours are cal- led lies,by David,0 je fens of men,hory long will fol- low after lies ?The lie indeed is in our own Fa' fe har -rs. We make them lyars, in that we promife fuch great matters to ourfclves of them.Wheras in the end the leaning fiaffe, becomes a knocking- cudgel; & the prop ro fuftaiwie us , like the Egyptian reed, proves a prick to pierce and paine us , and as lob complain es of his Friends, all thefe matters which we thought would 'uuve been unemptiable fountaines of comfort, de- ceive us like a brook, whole waters falle in the fom- mer, when we have greateft de of them. I hus Eve promifed her felfe great matters in Gain and he was he man obtained as a fpeciall blefïìng of the Lord, and his brother was called Habel,`Tanity,as being no body
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