a l!lj~fctiatl ;z,tttr. 1~ -h~rbody beexpofed to openvie V.:; carnal mens Maxim Is like that Monk.iili one; [Caute fi non Cit:fl-c,] Carry .~t ·warily.., ifnot chaflly ; if they can hide their fin from men, they rake no notice whether God fee them or no-; an,d,from wifhing that he didn~t fee, begin to fufpe6t whether he do fee ot no ;. and ar lafl: ~rtive to rho~ ··mens arrogant derilarid, Who feeth us? Ot that pofi– tive conclufion, .Pfal.97· 4· The £_ord ]hall not fee; nei:. "·· ther fhall the .God,of 1a~ob re_g;zrd,: BLit' what faith die~ . · ... P,folmift to thefe brurifh' Sots? .He t~at pla1Ued the ear; ·fha!t he nlJt hear} He that jor111ed the eye; fhdll h·e.nor: fee f ver. 9· Let i~fe Atheijls ~now; that Goa fe:es;. and fets down a11 their t~cret wickedhefs, .arid will bring it fortb before Angels ahd Metfat tli'e·great day ·of reckoni ing: The fin of Jud:ih is wl'itteri : 1 . . .. ~ - •. wieh apen of Iron, and w)th a pgint . Jer. 1 7· 1 • ~. of a Diamoi1d, it cari ney_er~he razed out but by th~ blo'od of ·Chriit.' ;A-!1d--ihough by ·multiplyed acts of tlOtor:ious finnfng, fome may blur 'the engravings of fin on the table 'of their heart,.yet it lhall be as writ.in'g with the juiceof Lemrnot:J.s., \being held to the fire of Gods wrat~, 'ris as legible to theconfcience ~s /the firft moment when the fin was committed : Oh the fecret . wickedneffes that wicked menhave to reckon for ! B'ut · · - -arerhefecretPray.e,rs?Alas;howrarelyor ·howfor.., malJy do theywait<>ri God alone? ~uH:otn., vain-glory~ and carnal inte~eft n1ay ~put themon joyp~ng in p.u~Jic~ Prayer, or Fa.mily ~ duty ; but they are £\:rangers to this (piritual felf-denying duty ofClofet~-Prayer: .Thecar– nal ~ypocrite expQ1eth .all ro open view;· he is likea~ h~u!~ ~ith a beautiful Fro.n~ifpie~e, buJ every_ r~om thtn 1s dark, as ·one faith ? he is a rotten .Poft f~ul_y ~il~ed : he hatli dreffed nimfelfin the garb of Reli– ton' "ii!-nd will be as.devout as the beft iri Templewor– ip; but follow him to his Clofet, fie cannot affqrd one hour iri a we~k; he dothnot tnake confciedce · E · of
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