The deceitfialne of Mass haart. a 7 7 our minds Reddy and attentive in prayer. There- fore afire thy felfe, here is noble jugling. Thefe thoughts fuggefted, though in themfelves Divine, yet the (pink' that fuggefts them in this fathion , is not divine, but flethly,or diabolical]. The tenth deceitis,when in temptation our hearts betray us,like ¡naafi s, into the dìvels hands. If one living familiarly with us, fo that we repofe force truft in him, fhould yet walking abroad with us, and feeing Tome enemy come to offer violence,runne a- way.from us, would wee not account him a deceit - full perfon? much more if he fhould confhire with the enemy, and take his part againft us. So is is here with our hearts, that lye continually in our bofomes, and pretend great kindnef 'e, and friend - fhip; no (boner yet can the Divell fet upon us,with any temptation, but they forfake us. yea, they deli- ver us up into his hands. Herein dealing with us as the falfe- hearted men of Kedah would have done with David. As David rniftrufted them, fo fhould we thefe hearts. We need not to aske the queftion as David did ofthe men of Keilah,n'ifl they deliver its i Wee may afire our (elves they will. Such is the depth of their faifhood. hsrdah when he went out in the morning to the fheep (hearing, had no fuch purpofe as to commit inceft with Tba,ar, but yet for all that being tempted, fee how his own heart deceived him, and gave h m the flip ; yea, thruft him into the hands of the temptation. And alas ! who fees not this falfeneffe of his own heart, yea, e- ven then when we goe forth into the world wi h a purpofe againft fuch and filch tannes ? yet no fooner V are X. Deceit, treachery in temptation. Sam.a3,;c.
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