i ssE 4111110. The deceitf ineffe ofMans heart. bleffcd in his journey , and fafely returned home a- gaine,'t.e would build an Altar in Bethel,& pay titheu Neverthelels,foralI this,tacob after his return could fit 11111, and find no leyfùre to pay his vow, till God came and plucked him by the eare, both by the aflii coons fent upon him in himfelfe,& his children, and i alto by his own voyce, as it were (hewing hint the reafon ofhis danger before by Efatt,and now by the people of that Country, of Dinah: ravifhmenr, and Gen.35. a. h;s Connes barbarous murther; Arife,go up to Bethel, and build there an altar,according to thy vow. How often doe the belt purpofe with themfelves to fhew Come proofe of their fpirituall grace,in performance of this or that duty;when yet,when it comes to the rrirll, we are altogether difabled, and Phew nothing { but weakneffe and corruption, becaufe wee have by our negligence and fecurity grieved the Cpirit of God ? Wherein it fareth with us, as with Sampfon, Iudg. z. who laid with himfelie, I rod go out now as at ether times,and fhae my f if but he knew not,faith the Pro - pher,that thefpirit o f the Lord was departed f ow him: And fo his heart deceived him. Thus was it with Prat.394.z3 i David; Ifaid, I will look., to my zrayes, that I fin not with my tongue: I will keep my month bridled avhilefi the wicked Is in fight; but prefently after he fhewes how Toone he broke his word : My heart was hot,the fire kindled,and I fpake with my tongue, &c. Peters ex- ample is very memorable;How confident was he in protefting and promifing concerning his flicking to Chrift,to the very death? but yet quickly plucked in his (nailed homes , even at the flight touching of a $a.áe 4 . feria. filly wench. How soon faith 4ufien, didft thou denie
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