6 2 Againfl fpiritual wickedneffe. in the love of thy foul ; know it or thou (bait another day know it to thy colt, thou art (lark naught. If there were a fpark of the life of God or the love of C.hrift in thy bofome, though thou could ft not hinder fuch motions in thy foul, yet thou wouldit not conceal` them, much leffe nouriffi them in thy 6,3,- tome ; when over-powered by them thou wouldft call in help from heaven againfl thefe deftroyers of thy foul. wire a. Secondly, thew your loyalty , 0 ye Saints to God by a vigorous refiffance of and wreftling againft thefe fpirituals of wickedneffe. Firft, confider. Chriffian, heart-finnes are finnes as well as any; The thoaglot of fool:A.14re re* finne, Prov. 24. 9, Mercury is poifon in the water diftiil'd, as well as in the gaffe body. Uncleanneffe,covetoufnetre, murder, are Inch in the heart as well as in the outward ati; every point of hell, is hell. Se- condly, confider thy fpi-it is the feat of the holy Spirit. He takes up the whole heart for his lodging, and 'cis time for him robe gone when he fees his houfe ler over his head. Defile not thy fpirit, till thou art weary of his company. Thirdly, confi- der, there may be more wickedneffe in a finne of the heart, then of the hand and outward man ; for the aggravation of thefe is taken from the behaviour of the heart in the aet. The more of the heart and fpirit is let out, the more malignity is let in to any finfull a&. To back Elide in heart, is more then to back-flide ; 'cis the comfort of a poor foul when tempted and troubled for his relapfes, that though his foot fl des back, yet his heart turnes not back, but /acerb Heaven and Chrift at the fame time; fo to Ficb3.10. erre in the heart, is worfe then to have an errour in the head; therefore God aggravates /leads finne with this, They do alwayes erre in their heart. Their hearts runne them upon the errour, they liked iclolatry,and fo were loon made tobell ve what pleafed them belt. As on the contrary, the moreof the heart and fpirit is in any holy fervice, the more real goodnefle there is in it, though it fall (hog ofothers in the outward expreffion. The widowes two mites furpaffed all the reft, Chrift himfelfe being judge; fo in finne, though the internal as offinne in thoughts and affeeti. ons feem light upon mans balance if compared with outward finne on the wicked thought, which his words betrayed to be in the other inGods account ; Teter layes the accent of illaggs his yet thefe may be 10 circumflanciated that they may
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