34z i 2. Chro.3..3t. Itxag. 3: 4. V I I, Uifco- very,by Affe- Elions. Matth.6.iI. Pfal. 4, Io b, i. ai: L Saea.16.io. x Sanri. i7. a6. The deceitfxlnef of Mans heart. By this meanes was fome unfoundnef(e deteáed in Eze4ia6, when in his triall by the habylonifh Em- baffadours prefence, the Lord left him, to tr, him, Bich eleProphet,andto(know)aldwas in ha heart. The heart then may know it felfe,if it obferve how it carries it felfe in temptation. So it is faid,the Lord Cuffered the Canaanites to remaine among his own people, to prove them whether they would obey his commandements. 7 Triall is by our Affe &ions : For upon what our heart is fet, that is our treafure. Our great joy when things goe currant with us in the world, ac- cording to our hearts delire, and fmall joy in things fpirituall, Phew plainly what kinde of hearts we have to Godward :Whereas David,becaufe he had made Gods favour his inheritance , rejoyced more in ic,than the worldling s in all their abundance of corne and oyle. Our fretting likewiCe and grie- ving at the lofre of there outward things, is an ar- gument of our voluptuoufneffe, and love of earth- ly delights, and fhewesplainely that we have laide up our treafure on earth. Whereas lob becaufe he had made God his portion, could be quiet at the loffe ofall at one blow. So our great anger for (mall injuries done to our (elves , and (till patience in the greater wrongs done co God, ihewes whit is c he account wee make of Gods glory. Here was a notable triall of Davids fincerity ; Who was an a man deafe and dumb, and wholly fenfeleffe at Shi- ned/ private reproaches ofhis own perfon ; but not Co at Goliahs publike revilings of God, and his Church : There how full of life and fpirir, and holy impatience
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