The deceitfulleffe of Mani heart. and therefore put him out of the Armie. Happy were it for us in our fpirituall warre with Sachan, if we could as eafily rid our felvesof our naughty deceitful) heart , as they did themfelves of David. Wee have farre greater cauce to Culp tr our heart, than they David. The acquaintance of the flefh with Sathan , and Sathans iatereft in the flefh, is greater than the l fraelites in David. Befides that , they never had any experience of Davids deceitful - ne(fe, and unfaithfulnefl'e, as wee have had of the flefhes : Therefore I fay it were well, if wee could wholly cafhire this treacherous and perfidious flefb. But fence it fthcks fo dole, as that we cannot p lli bly be fhift of it, therefore we muff al waies have an eye ovt r ir; even as we would have over an urtru- fiie pilfering fervant,who not obferved, will flitch. For certainly fuch is the deceicfulnels of our hearts, that if our eye be never fo little offthem, off goes the yoak of the Lord prelently, and they break out into fome unlawful' liberty or other. Keep wee Pro. 4, then our hearts, as Solomon counfels, fenced with a double guard, as the Jayler his clofe priConer. See the doores bee fart locked : Yea, look to the win- dowes , as lobb did. If there bee any open paffage, Iob.3s,r> this deceiver will either let in fome body to hire , which fhould not come in, or elfe he will out him felfe. If wee fall afleep and negltec our watch, ei- ther the Divell, and hisfuggeftions will enter; even as when the fence of vineyard is down, then the wilde boare, and all manner of wilde beafis come in and devoure all; or elfe our heart itfelfwill wander abroad, like gadding Dinah, in the idle rovings of
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