Heart-7reafore. . ,ds not alittlegrace that will obfi:ruCl: theac– tivemotion f fin , for ·though grace be of 39 . greater wonh, yet its difputable , whether it: "'~ I , attain ~o great~r firength th~n cor!uPti?n~ e... ven in the hearts of the fancbfied, tn thts hfe: But certainly, the greater mea!ure of grace and treafure .of {antlifying truths , the more power againfi corruption : the whole Armor of God, (which is alfo the Saints treafure) refifi inward lufts and Satans atfaults, Eph. 6. ,J 2.J r-4-. TheSpirit is compared to 'Pl!ind, no\V , fome havec~lled the winds, the heejomes of the h : world. But Iam fure the fpirit of grace with 1~ n 1· the fruits rhcreof,arecho~ce beefomes ro (weep mt:~;~ : · the filth-of fin out of the foul 1 and al(o,toa 4 Becaufe dorn it with divine Jewels, and affift i~ with ~hey ferve ' notable Antidotes againft corruption,thefe are tf fweep as water to walli the heart from filthindfe: ~h~ ~~rl~· the fmalleft mea{ure helps againft fin, bnt tbe clean from more grace, the lefs fin in the hean; grace is infectious aprincipleof lifeand oppo{ech dead works, vapours. \Vhich otberwife willleade the foul to the · . chambers of death': therefore this trea(urc is ofabfolutencceHity , and the fatne n1ight \Ve fay of the word, which being b.id in theheart Pfal. • z9-4 heipsagain!t fin 'in the life. tx. 6~ Another rea{on is takenfrom the inbred ·motionsofhu1nane nature: All n1en oneanh feekafter a treafure, it is the harmonious in– queft of all rational creatures, who will ilie\.V us any good, any thing to make a trea(ure Homo e~ off? Man hath acapaci~;us {ouLan adive and ~!J.lov ~7ftlaborious fpirit; the whole ·world is i1ot a 1rovov. , . morfel big enough for his rapacious fwa ~ - · · · D 4 low: ' I
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