254 Tke deceitfirineffe ofmans heart. that which they have in themfelves, that fo having `them he fhould begin to defpife them, finding fare 1 than he looked for before he had them. Nay, our opinion loth not fo much run over in conceiving of temporals, as it comes fhort in the apprehenfion j of eternals. 4 Freedome 1 l i i I. Our hearts deceive us in promifing unto us from judge- both freedome from Gods judgement in finne, and menr,&hope of heaven in the fruition of bis mercies in the negle& of obedi- Gnne. ence : In the one, cunningly feparating the end from the meanes, hell, damnation, judgement from finne; and in the other, the meanes from the end, holineffe, righteoufnefle, from falvation 5 tel- 1 ling us, we may enjoy the end without the means, li glory without grace, a plentiful! harveft without feed fowen. As the Deviff would have deceived our Saviour, promifing him fafe defcent from the I Temple, without going downe by the flakes : fo here would our hearts deceive us, promifing a fure afcent up into heaven, without going up by the flakes oft he works of obedience. A feare- full thing it is to fee men go on boldly in their fins, and yet as boldly to promife heaven to tbernfelves. O foolifh Cot! who path thus bewitched thee, to think that after thou haft begun and continued in finne, thou (halt end in glory; that after thou haft lived many yeers here in this world, and done no-,F thing, but fhamefully difhonoured that God which'i made thee,with thy filthy beaftly life,full of all im -' purity,that yet in the end God wil honor thee with the glory of his -Saints? Be not deceived,faith Paul, Neither fornicators,nor Idolaters,nor adulterers, nor, rrantofs.
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