3 ©0 The deceitfielneff of Man: heart. ther. And fo in this feule the deceicfulneffe of our hearts may be laid to bee above Sathans , becaufe it deceivech it felfe though Sachan in his deceits bee farre more cunning and wily. 2 This amplifieth the deceit, when the perfon deceiving, is our familiar friend, one in whom wee repofe fpeciall confidence. See Pfal s$.I2,z 3. So fis it here. Sachan is nothing fo neere us as our 1 own hearts, that are parts of our (elves. Sathan is ! without us, and if we refill him by faith, hee flieth from us; but our hearts are within us, and though we refill never fo much, yet this deceiver (till ftick- eth clofe unto us : So that Sachan fometitnes leaves us for a feaCon, and wee are not troubled with him, or his deceits. But our own beam., they never leave Luke 4./3. us,they dogge and follow us at all times, in all pla- ces,upon all occafions Rill ready furnifhed with de ceit, to beguile us. 3 Our own hearts can deceive us of themfelves without Sathan:Sathan cannot without our hearts. And therefore in regard of us, our own hearts de- ceitfulneffe is farre the greater,as that which givech Sachan all his advantage againft us. Be could not deceive our Saviour,becanfe there was no deceit in our Saviours heart. The Ili-. This mutt teach us to account of our (elves as of our chiefeft enimieswee are to contend with in this fpirituall confliCt. The Apofkle (firms up to watchfulneffe and circumfpellion, by letting 'before us the ftrength of the De.ill, as being pow - Epher6,rz, ers and Principalities, farre ftronger than flefh and blood:But there by flefh and blood the Apoftle mea- neth
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