The deceitfelneje of Mahr heart. 291 in the other. Yea,and when this grace is beneficiall to us, rather yet in his benefit whole it is , becaufe of the fruit furthering her own reckoning, fhall we Phil. 4.r7. rejoyce, then in our owne. :ZaWeri, CHAP. XXV. of the deceitfislnef ofotr Sorrow, Defre, and Confidence. 1V. =; '' Ffetion is forron , Where there is a twofold deceit. i. When worldly for, row íhrouds it felfe under the coun- tenance of Godly vexation, ofhiuttriliatiorr. Come to many in their atHietions, and reprove them for their carnali forrow,and their anfwer isready,when Cods hand is gone out againft us for our fins,(hould we not be humbled? yes,for your finne : But lo, the deceitfuln We of your heart. It is the punifhment that grieves you, not the finne, the Surgions plai- fier, not thine own fore. You grieve not at the puni(hment,becaufeofthe finnedeferving it : but at the finnel, becaufe of the punifhment follow. ing it. The difcovery of this deceit, is. r When upon the ceafing of the puni(hme nt, wee are cheered prefently, though frill both the guilt, and filth of our finne flick in our confci- ence. Like as the foolifh hoy is glad, when the fnarting pia ifter is offthough his fore frill remaine unhealed. Whereas,1f it were the finne that grieved us, 4 Sorrow. 'á Deceit two. Cold. Difcovery.. I..
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