Ofinercie. Oftheheart. 325 law ofinembers is thatlooke what one memberreceiueth, it receittes notfor it felfealone; butfor all the ref too. The eye it feesnot to defend and help it èlfealone; but it feesfor the hand,for thefoote,and for theother partes ofthebodie. And foby the law ofmein- bets, ifwehaue anything, we mufbellow it on the wholebody; and as well on thefoote as onthebrade. Euen fodoth one memberreceiue thebenefit of another, that as theeye Teeth, foallfeeth; asthehand writeth, foall writeth ; and weeknow theleaft beneficeor hurt which isin anymember is afcribedtothe wholebodie, asif butthe fingerake, we fay we haue an ach;ifthe nadebehurt,wefayweare hurt; itthe footebewhole, wee fay wee arehealed. Theta ifthis affection benot in vs mercifullie to impartone toanother, asone member isferuiceable to another,mercieisnot invs. Ifwee begrieued for anie, itis but a coin laintófthemouth :wecangiuehimaLordhelphim; but Chrif did not onely fee one fo, buthewept ouer him, hewept not onelie, buttouched the verie leprous, yea and hehealed them. Well, ifthere benomecie in vs,withwhat face canweecome to the Lord, and fay,giue vsakingdome,let thy kingdomecome, ifwee denie toourbrethren the gift offo much as of apeeceofbread: and howcan wee looke vp toheauen with anyhope to come thither,ifwe haue laid vpno fore therebefore hand?God fcummeth away thedroffe ofhisSaintsby Croifes,yetbreakethnot hishohiecouenant with them,butperformeth throughmanytribulationswhich they deferue and pullupon themfelues. CHAP. 34. Teachingv.r -vhy wearefpeciallie tokeepe 'batch andward euer ourhearts. O corrupt is theheart,as being thefonntaineof allfrnfull a&ions, albeit this that althoughwee fhould neuer haue patternes of impietie, yet meditatsbcon; our owne heart would fchoo'levs füfficientlie to the way'of de- eerning the fruélion. Reproouedthen betheir Doctrine, who thinkethat a Q pabepal hF manis not naturallie inclinedto euill, or that nature is not who- thefirfi part, lieinclined to fsnne, but that by exampleand allurement man is Tit. o f medi- corrupted and infected by others. The occafson ofeuill may be tationoonTro. outwarde, but thecaufeofit isinwarde, not ofothersbut in our 4teathYeI m r felues.And oodreafonstherebetherefore a that wee fhould(till buefomei- hauean eye to our hearts.Firf,our heart dochCarriewith itmoft commonlie all our fenfes, ptáhcation, and 'fo thatnature taught menof theworld,that the eiefeeth not butthe lsart,itis notthehand fame diferëce that toucheth,buta certaineforceprocedingfromÿ hart,and exercifedby the hand;& the m bar manner hartbeingdead thou hs the eie hand &other membersremaine et is there neither feein ofband6ng g g > rY g thisargumetaa, nor fenfe left in the body. From henceit commeth,that greatfounds & ftrangenoifes are i thought it nothingheardof,ourcares attendingupon our hearts,andourhearts beingthroughly oc- leffe ofence to copiedaboutfoineotherobiebl. Fromhenceitisthatgoddlie!hewes, able to raudh the theeboth fightwithdelight,arenotfomuchasfeerieof vs,oureyesbeingwholyrefrainedabouto- ib a nro rue Cher thingswhereabout the heart is occupied: yeafrom henceit is, that wehumble Tome- theeof either time on the plaine ground,and ourfeetdoefade vs inmofe faire places: ourfeeteattend- of them. ing on our hearts,and ourhearts being carriedvehementlievntoTomeother matter. Al- though thenwe oughttokeepewith great care our eies,oureares,& our hands, withall o thenparts ofthe body, yetit fandetli vsin handtokeep diligent watchandward ouer our hearten,by which all the other partes aremoderated and ruled. Another reafon whywee Shouldhauefpeciall regard toour hearten, is becaufe they makeormarre all our abìions. If the heart be pure, all our a&ions arepure, throughChrill; though fame defedtesbee mixed therewith; ifour hearts benot found but corrupt,thenthe thingsin theirowne na- ture good, by vsaremade impure and corrupt. It is without all controuerfie, that it is our corrupt naturewhichcorrupteth vs,eithertobe flack in weldoing,ortoleaue agoodthing altogether vndone,tobe fopronto eufl-dooing, or to relt too fecurelie init beeing done. Andalbeit, manyoccafions may bepretended to hayvsfrom good,which may feeme to Ff curie
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