224 of the Subjet not believing with the Heart is reee&ed of the Lord. idly, Such whole Hearts were never bro- ken from the World: I have known many made to roar for Sin;and Wrath and Hell, and yet never divorced from this Evil, hence in Mort Time have become as bad as ever they were : For unleís a Man be fenfibly convinced of the Vanity and Ernptinefs of the World, as well as of. Sin, his whole Heart can never clofe fincerely with, Chrift, he may cry out under Serfe ofWrath, Oh ! Lord yeft44 help, and trutt he 11 all be Paved by the Lord Jefus,, but his Heart can never, be fully united with .Chrift ; hence hiss Heart being in League with thé World, he will but halt all his Life-Time, and walk unevenly with Chrift, and in End fall off from him altogether, the Thorns grow up and chock the Word. Match. xiii. Thouhaft cho- fen Chrift as thy Priefl but haft not elof ed with him as thy Husband : And there- fore, I fay, if the Lord hath ,never divor- ced thy 'Soul from all thefe Vanities, and made the World exceeding bitter unto thee; fo as thou haft cryed out, Oh ! Lord 7efvrs deliver me from 'thefe Bonds, and haft been made content with, and defirous of Chrift alone, and giver up with all other Lovers, thou art to this Day a Stranger to Chrift; and
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