,, l:feart-7reafure.~ \ .. \ Tables of Scone in Mofes's hands,_, in which the Lord writes tht' Law ofWifdome·: and I · .. may add, 4• The heart of a Cbrifiiai1 is the ftore ... houf~ of~he cboiceft Trea(ures, andCa~ '_bjnet of the'"IDofi precious Jewels. Bringeth forth] emits or {ends out fui_cabl,e emanations, for his own fouls comfort, and thefupplyor profit ofothers: This is a draw– ing 6f the Fountain into. {everal Cry"annels, an educing the babies 6f grace into various aas, the exercife and improvement of what was laid up,a {firringup the gift ot God, a trading with the .r~lent, requiredof every,Soul that hopes c.o givea good a,ccounr; ac the Jafi day. Good things] there ,are fome things 1 good onlymaterially, good ,civilly, but !hefe are– good things fpiritually, both as to ·matter, ~an.ner, and enq, pleafing to~od, profit~ble tomaJ:J, ~nd comfortable ,to htm that bnng$ _· them for.th ; thcfe are as !lreams6owingfrofi.l' the fpring of truegr~ce in th~ heart, by d1e banks and bounds of a divir1e command to th~~infinite Oceano(~_ods,glor_yt _ · ,. -. 1 The fumme of allt.s thts, .eve~y man ts, Bo~tt optri!. .;tnd aas . as principles are ftat.ed in ht~ beart; ~on (actre' ··we judge of the heart by outward aas, but b:;::' f:r~ ~od judgerh of outward aCl:s by the inward ~ere b:no.r frame of the heart; andhence tt1at of Luther is· effe, quam . ;t great trutb, that good works do pot make faciamu~ ' good men, but firfl: they mufi be made good bona; fie b c. h d d k f h b. lroprzte men, e1ore t ey ~an ogoo wor s: or a 1ts mala 1 per;1. 01Ufi be beforeaCls ; yc:t go9d a61:s m~kegood no~ fac1ft men better, as evil aCtions make' bad men mato1, fed worfe; for aas firepgtheo habits, as we fee by matosftit~ ~X.perjenc~. · B 3_:' ,. The re m~•: , . f I .(
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