OfHypocrrfie andhardnesofHeart, 343 defre the vnderffandingof theword about allworidly treafures, and thelightof hisfo- Pfalm.ro. uing countenance aboueall earthly helpe or creature : for theworldly mendoe greedily hunt after worldly things, andthinkethemfelues belt atcafe when they enioy them, wee mutt then not be like minded-to thefe men, but eárnefily defire theformer, and thenit will bean undoubted fgne ofthe fpiriteof God. The third remedie againft hardees of heart, is to ioyne to the feare abone named, and continually to labour and ffriueagainft it, invfingcarefullyall.chofe meares which may ferne thereunto, and as inour nature there is acontinual! defireof earthlythings: fofhould wee continuallybemooed to pray, that in fpiritewemaydaily labour and Rriue againft it, and asthe husbandman,fearing pouertie becaufe hisgo'odsdecay, or his groundbringech not forthher ferne, doth labour more carefully to lay vp againft the timeof need, likeunto lofepb when he was in /Egypt; ; and as the manfearing fckenes, becaufe hisnatural powers are weakened,orlusfomacke 4' s waxeth weake,willby Phifcke and other 'canes labour to.preuent it : fo we mutt doe againft bardnesofheart, for fo long as we fecle tatfein Godswurde, to behumbled by his threatnings,andcomforted by hispromifes, ifweftriue and contendto groovein grace, the Lord no doubt is with vs. Butifwewaxe tvearie ofthe worde,and canfeeleno taffein 00:3.184 it; ifwecannotbeterrified by his threatnings, nor affeLìed by hispromifes, then is our cafe dangerous, andwe hauegood caufe to feare leaft the Lord will harden vs : therefore muft we in daily hearing and readingof the word, labour to coase to fome feeling of 1r; and inour quiet ttate,whiles the world is with vs, lay vp fuels things in (tore, as may be able to comfort vs, when our minitters are re nouéd, and the word taken from vs. But many willbolder Iofcphto prouidefor thedearth, but theywill not (torethemlilues with fpirituall fonde againft thetime when theworde(hall bee takenaway. Now ifthorough infr:nitiewe doefall, and the light ofthe fpirite bedarkened,and our hearts beginto be hardened,*hen let-vscall tominde ourformer praiilewhich we hauehad in theword,and remember the care wehad to keepe it, and it will .beeagreat helpe to recoeer vs againe, For Darsidno doubt was verywell helped inhis greatelt conAuîs,by the remembrance of Pfalm.77, thole places which aforetimehe had read. 17 When asinreceiuingofineace,themeatethatnourifheth,ischangedintovslitisfart1,neapplio, otherwife intheMiturgerie ofour tonics.For in receiuingof theword & oftheSacraments vvemu/tapp, . which feed the loule,they arenot changed into the qualities ofvs,but wearechanged into beta thebeasts them.It is the folly ofthe worldnow adaies,and tüaeutll that troubles, not onlythe bald people,butthe great alto and thewife,that theythink theymolt give tapand juiceto non- riftsthe word,rather then thattheyMouldPuffer their wifdometo bemaintained by thefap of the word,and they toil letthe Lord to learne'ofthem.'Well, inapplying there is a great realen weapplie tothe heart. It isthe principaliplace for God to worke on, it is the vluall place that Sathan moilinueigleth, and thereforeit mutt needes haue a platter:And here we requirenot onely Efaus.heart, who fayd in his heart, the dayes ofmourning formy Father will comefhortly,thenI will flaymy brother daaeob, Gen.2y:42. butSssrahsheart to, who hearing the should conceive inher olde age, laughed inher heart,&c. So that they muttcometo this cure, Efarssmcrthering heart,and Saraht vnbeleeuingheart, yea and with them,allhearts. Appliethe pla(terto any placefaueto the heart, andit will doe nogood. It thedifeale comefeom theheart,as all fickneflèof finne doth, lay to the hand the piaffer, or to the foote, ortotheface, though it heal:: 'in one place, it will breake forth inanother, becaufe vnlefle the heartbe well purgedand cured,it will Rillrniniffer new matter ofcorruption intoeuerypart ofthe bodiesWe arenotthen tobehealed ears as we thinke we may, and yet many will not fomuchas be ease-wife t we snuff not be healedinthe braine,for manywillgoe fofame in hearing,that they maybebraine-wile but wemuff beecured at die heart,for it is requiredwe íhouldbeheart-wile.Well, many will come fo farretoo, as they will conceiue and fudgewell of things, fo that theygrowe tongue-wife, and can dilcourfe and talkewell ofthings, but yet for that the heart is not truhe touched, theyare as vaine in finne, and as much fubie&to pinching forrowes for finneasany other. Great caufe then the fountains be Rayed, and the principal(parts plaffered: for if there bee a worlde of finne in the tongue (as Saintlaws faith) then Gg 4 there
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