The deceitfulneffè of Mans heart. 363 hearts , that they elide not out of our hands, there- fore caufe them to enter into a folemne Covenant with the Lord,as chofe in Nehemiah, Ezra, and the Net, ,,,, Chronicles.Thus did David, I have fworne, faith hee Ezre0.3. and trill perjbrme it, that I will keep thy fiatrstes. In z h t o./ ?6o evil! things to which we are prone by nature,we can bind our (elves by oaths & vowes,when we feel our felves diCpoCed unto them; as to revenge, when the injurieisfrefh, and our hot blood is up: how much more then fhould wee doe the like in good ? The: Divell fees that wrath is a fire (bone our ; therefore : bryf1 om ad hee will nourish it with an oath : how much more POP Oat fhould we nourifh the fire of zeale and good affe- &ions, which have no fewell from within us, as an- ger bath, and fo are farce more eafily exringuifh- ed ? how much more I fay fhould wee maintaine , and uphold in our felves all good hangs with t his prop of an oath, and covenant- ftriking with the Lord ? And here fee that thou regiíier, and record in thy accounts -Hooke this thy Covenant, that fo when thy deceitful.' heart ih ill be offering to hart a- fide, and give thee the flip, thou m weft prefent- ly recall it , and keep it in wich pu.siag it in mir«de of this covenant. Wha:? didft not thou on fuck a time, when thou wert humbled ,ender the hand of God heebynhis Spirit Come didft good ott n then ifolemnly give thy faith to God, and by rh:, ftraighteft bonds of thy vow and oath, firmely knit thy felfe unto bi n , and wit t thou fo foone bee offering to make e (capes from him ? Haft thou fo Coon e forgotten thy covenant? Thou false fugitive : But yefierday waft thou
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