- \ ~8 ' , llear.t.~-Treafore. - ~rar 4s. 1 good matter,the conguewill beas the pen_,of E;h·.~;.;; a readY. W:icer; If the heart be filled with .·. Grace, tt wtll make melody to the Lord, and · mufick to Good men. A treafured Soul is , . .. . , . . · ~ ' / .. ready to·tradewith God. in.·Duty. Yet take · · this Caution: A true Chrill:ian having a large meafure.ofhabicual Grace, is not alwaies in an equal aB:ual capacity.for Duty: D~11id•s· heart may need tuning as wel as his Harp : . Thekey of this trea{uremav be l9ft or rull– , ··. ' ed: So · that the treafure of that maa afcer Godsown heart, was' lock•d up in great mea– 'fure, for ~he (pace of nine Jnonths, til God fent thekey by Nathan to open the Sluce of Repentance, and draw out the Seeds of , . Grace. · . 3. TheTreafure in the heart is, alfodrawn . ·out with the hands, in t-he works of piety to• war.ds God, charity to men, and fobriety with refpefr'toour [elves : ·so the Apoftle diflri - teth good'works, tit. 2.. 1 ~· •• fis not enough . for the foul to have the Axe laid to the root · · h 8 ofrhe tree, in fo11nd Convi6l:ionand GofpdMat. •3· tJumiliation, but he is·to b~ing forth Fruit~ Rom.Io. ~~et for fuch Repentance, tn a Gofpel-Con1o, verfation; w.e muft not onely believe with Cal. S· 6. rheheart~ and confels ,with ·the mouth; but > I \ Faith.mufi workby Love; upwards toGod' 1 by tbe Obediet1ce of Faith; inwards to the Heart, by puritying it; and downwards. to n1en, bydoinggoo~ untoall .· ~t.efpec.ially to the houihold of Faith. Here rs a large , fieldof matter fo~mypen, and' the Chrifri~os ha~d; but the furnitbed Chrifi:ian is univer(al 10 • 1 •
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