3 3 2 The deceitfulneffé of Mans heart. Chap, 2o. ;.Bifcovery, by Profperity. winds and tempefts when they are up, will quickly thew the difference. When a Serving -man followes two men walking together,we cannot tell who is his Vlafter,till they part : fo when the Gofpel,and out- ward profperity goe together, it is hard to judge whether of them we follow,till God make a fepara- nion of them by perf cution. A Wolfe may fine hirufelfe to be a Cheep by wearing a Cheeps skinne ; but let his fleece bee thorne, it will never grow againe , and thereby he will eafily be difcovered to he no true Cheep : for the true Cheeps wooll will 'row againe after (hearing : And fo will Chrifts flieep, after they have been thorn by perfecution. So a Parrot can cdunrerfeit mans voyce but let it be beaten, and then it will fall to its own naturali voyce. Now, as by aflliaion we may judge of our hearts or the time prefent , what they are, fo alto for the time to conle,what they willbe.For impatience ín pre - feat adverfty,argues there will beinfolencie in fixture profperity; and fo difcovers that deceit whereof we îpake; namely, that if we were in a more plentifull and richerdftace , we would be better, than now we are. g Tr'all is by profperity,nothing inferiour to the `ormer by adverfrty : For as fome like Snailes pufh out their homes till they bee touched : fo others with IoNothart follow chafe well, till they come where honey is. Nay many there are whom aflfli- tion bath not detected, that peace and profperity hath. The Parable of the Sunne and the Winde is known. Some ofthofe in queers curies dayes, who
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