' I . ; · ~7~ . Heart-Treafure~ · ·were not God amore fa{} friend eo the Saint; than he is to him(elf, there were no falvation ~uif'l:phi for a{orry fiqner : for every Man is a Sathan Satan:n. to himfelf, and the fincere Saint wil pray moft (with Divine ..Au{tin) tO' be ,delivered 'A.mato ho- from that evil man him{elf; and is more ;zne,meip· afraid of the folly that is bound up in his own 1/J ,ell~era. heart, than of affaulrs from without : and ~omme • · • - -· tndeed the reafon of a fouls [elf-confidence, ts (elf-ignorance, or not laying up expertences ' :~·ut ·emo of the hearts deceitfulnefs; the truth is; a . i; ftf: ten• poorfelf-deceiving finner dares not look into tat defcen- his heart, lef} he finde not things there as he · ~ere ' nemo. fanciech, or would perfwade himfelf, but puts all to th~ venture, like a defperate bankrupt ; but achilde·of God cannot but fee .this trea· · cbery that' others hide or counterfeit, and willingly fees it, and as {adly laments ic, and as watchfullyavoids·thofe deceits: obferve it, . thoughdeceivings by ~be heart bebad,yet ob..; fetving and laying up fuch fad experiments is certainly good, aad of fingular u(e to the fincere and ferious foul : the- Lord help us all fo to note, and be afraid of our naughty fpirirs; that we may trufi them lefs, and God more, while we live. . .· · ' 3. Lay up .experiences of .fin's bittetnefs: confider what\vere the infinuating waies of fin and Satan to intangle y ,QU, and rhe fad dfeas of fin, wbat tears, and groans, and, pitter bickeringc; it cofi your captivated foul~, ro extricate your {elves, and ~egulare your ftace : Oh che intricate windings of that croo-; kedSerpent? what firange and fubtile tne· thods.
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