The deceitfelnej of Mani heart. F:., ., ,,..., 41* .. -. .. -.a1i ..:ci< . .++45* 3157 ----®- SE210352 CHAP. XXIX. Certain general Vfes arifng out ofthe former doarine ofthc hearts deceitfulneffe , or any exhortation to watchpliveli over,and dealing tv y and flraitely arith our hearts. triAving by Gods goodneffe thus finned the whole doctrine of the hearts deceirfulnefs, it rernaineth now in the conclufion, that Cbefides thole particular ules,which wee ha ve alrea- dy made of force of the particular branches of this doctrine, wee Phew alfo the generali which ari- feth from the whole. And they are fpecially five. i If our hearts bee fuck deceivers , it Rands us then in hand al wales to have our eyes in our heads , and to have our wits about us , having to deale with fo notable a jugler, to full of cunning tricks & Heights, continually ready to fnare us. We walk in the middeft of fnares, not onely neere them,but in the very middeft of them, incompafl'ed with them on every fide. Therefore let us al wayes bee fúfpici- ous, and jealous over our hearts in all places, and upon all occafions in our folitarineffe in our com- pany, in our bufinelfe with men , in our dealings wich God, in hearing, praying, meditating; in our dealings alto with Sathan, in wreftling with his temptations. When the Phiiiflims vaere going out to warre againfl the I lraelites, they durfi rot let David goe wich them; they had him in jealoufie, becaufe of the love he bare to his own Countrie A 3 ar,d Vfes r, I For watch- fulne(3c. cF,rif. hartJ.Ig. ad pap.Attt. #j I Sam. Z9.
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