'Thegreat Impojlor. gives his w~rd for it.Mans E~ithet is HDmD mmd•x, ~?d his bell: parc, che ~earts, tie- --- A <eitfull. Al~s, what lllall we thmk, or lay ofthe condtuon of thofe men, whiCh never follow any other advice than what they take of!heir owne heart ~ Such are rh~ moll; I ' that make not Gods Lawoftheircounfeii;As E[•J faid ofl(rael,Abiit v•g•11n v iacor- £u. 17.•7• dis [ni: Surely they are notmore fure they havean bean, thanthatthey !hall hedec, i1 ved with it, and betrayed unto death1 ()If them may lfay,as SaiDmon doth ofthe wancon foolc,that follows an harlot1ThiiiJPith htrgrw er•ft fbt c••ftd him tDJttld,•ndrrith 1 /m jlmtring lips flu inti{td him:AndhtfDHOffltd htrj/T4ightw•;s,41anOxt tlw gots tathe P••·P '· fl•t~ghttr,or as aJoolt to tht flocks forcorrtfliltt, Oh then, deare Chrillians, as ever yee 1 ceGreto avoid that direfullllaughter-hoafe ofhell, thofe wailings,and gnalbings,and B gnawings,andeverlallingburnings,lookecarefully to yourowne hearts; and what ever fuggellions they !ball make unto you, truft them not, till you have tried them by that unfaileable rule of righteoufnelfe, the royalllaw of your Maker,which can no more deceive you than your beans canfree you from deceit. Lallly, that we mayavoid not onely theevents, but the very enterprifes ofthis deceit,let us countenninethe fubtillworkings ofthe heart. Our Saviour bath bidden us be wife as Serpems;WhatOJould he wife but the heart~ And can the heart bewifer than it felfe ~Can the wifdome ofthe heanremedie the craft of the heart~ Certainly it may. Therearetwomen in every regenerate breft, the old andthenew1 And of thefe (as they areever plotting againft each other)wemull take the better fide,and laC bour thatthenewman, bybeing more wifein God, may out-llrip the old : And how !ball that he done? If we would difpolfelfe the frrong man that keepe>the houfe,our Saviourbids us bring in lllronger than he ; and ifwewould over-reach the fulxilty of the old man, yea, the old Serpent, bring in awi(er than he, even the fpirit ofGod the Godofwifdome; Ifwe would have Achit•phtls wicked counfels cro!fed, fet up a~ H•fo•i within us:The foolilhneffe ofGod iswifer than the wi!dome ofmen. Could we but fettle God within us, onr craftie hearts would be out ofcountenance, and durll not offer to play anyoftheir deluding tricksbefore him, from whom nothing ishid;and ihheycould be fo impudently prefumptuous, yet they lhould be fo foonc controlled in their firll motions, that there would be more danger oftheir confution 1> thanofour deceit. Asye love your [elves therefore and your owne fafety, and would he free from the perill of this (ecret broaker of Satan, your owne beans, renderrhem obediently into the hands of God 1 give him thekeyes of thefe clofets, ofhis owne making; befeech him that he will vouchfafe to dwell and teigne in them1 fo !hall we be fure that neither Satan !ball deceive them, nor they deceive us1 but bothwee and they !ball be kept fafe and inviolable, and prefented glorious ro theappearanceofour Lord Jefus Chrift: To whomwith the Father,and theholyGboft, be all honour and glory, for ever and ever. Amen. FINIS. s f
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