The deceit fulne of Maw heart. 3 27 ic,namely, of himlelfe, and by the light of his own realon only. An argument therefore that God bath annoynced thy eyes with fpiritual eye- falve,is, when he bath thus enabled thee to fee thy own cor- rnption. Comfort thy felfe then in this work of Gods mercy, and all'ure thy felfe that that God who bath given thee to fee, will give thee allo in time,to fubdue thy feene and difliked corruptions. I d I. This enuft teach us to travell with our own hearrs,in brining them to a fight of their own cor- ruptions. If wee be admonifhed of fome man, wit h whom we converfe,that he is falle and hollow,how will wee labour to finde him out, and dee& him ? The Scriptures have given us warning of our own hearts, that they at e deep and deceitfull beyond all meafire.Doth it not then Band us in hand to labour to finde out this deceit and wickedneffe ? What a (harm is this, that man who flies up into the hea- vens,and defcends down into the deeps,and knower all other things, fhould yet only not know himfelf l that bee fhould digge into the belly ofthe earth for geld and flyer, & fhould not dig into his own heart to purge cut the droffe which hth corrupted all Char gold which grew there at the firft? Here none may difcourage hitnlelfe with then words, uha cam knvzv it? for they argue not an utter irr,p flbility, but an exceeding difficulty. Which fhould fharpen our &fires and endeavours , for the getting of this knowledge. For firft, there are certain dilcoveries, whereby even others may come to the knowledge of our hearts in Come mej,Care. And fecondly, in the word Y 4 of
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