The deceitfehoef eof Maser hearty 163 eye, as though we would repent indeed : And that indeed is our purpofe and meaning then ; but our own hearts deceive us. For, becaufe they are not truly renewed , but there is much unfoundneffe Will in them:Hence it conies to paífe, that thefe ar- rowes of our purpofes,andpromifes of repentance never hit the marke, never fort to any good effe& but vanith in the ayre as frnoak : 4hab did not groffely diffemble in that his humiliation wrought by the Prophets reprehenfion; but Pee meant in good Cidneffe, when he cloathed himfelfe in Sack- cloth : Onely his heart (till remained unregene- rate, and fo deceived him. So was it with Pharaoh alto. One would think that water heated in the fire, were indeed as truly hot as fire it felfe; But becaufe it is not a natural] heat, but onely external] from the heat ofthe fire,remove it but a while front the fire, and it returnes againe to his owne Nature, and as the Philofopher obferves, becomes colder after the heating than it was before So it is with thefe flafhings of devotion and holineffe, which were in Aba6,Phara ©h, and others in like cafe:They are not kindly , but violent; they are not from the inward fire of Gods Spirit, but from the outward fire of his judgements. And therefore when that is out, thefe are gone. And this is the third part ofthe hearts deceitful - neffe, namely , its deceitfulneffe in promifing. The ufe of that which bathbeene fpoken thereof, is : r To teach us patience, when we are crolfed in thofe things we defired, and wherein we promifed great felicity to our felves : For God he law the S 4. deceit- rlrifi%t. ñYeteor. I. ia. Vfe.
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