Heywood - Houston-Packer Collection BV4510.A2 H49 1667

' I I • k-1 . ·.1Iiart:fftifuie~· · ·. •· ter is contrarie to their ownJenfe and expeti~ ence: for they may finde, .and Gods children .. do feel that the heart 'is the worfl: part of rhe · whole p1ap; ·- ~t~s a nians ignorance ,of it that makes him:imaginejt is the beft : the cruth is, no manwil commend this common Chea– ter, bur he that kqows it not, for its known ) . , tobe defperatelie wicJced, 'and 'cis deceitful, ,\ , }er.17.9· or a Supplanter ( as theword imports) that wil tripup the heels of the;Ghriftian,, arid cheat himof his pri:z:e ~nd reward :\ if ever . thou b~ undone, 'tis thy heart chat wil ,undoe thee ; ·tlwu :daft brag of thy heart, alas poor' · foul, thou haft caufe to bewail ~t, and be af– fraid ~ of it; and if convi6l:ion open thee ,a window to look into in, thou filalt fee a t' ~. { I (', .. monfl:rous dreadful fight, that wiltnake thee .out of love with thy felf, and caufe thy heart to ake, if it do not break with godlie{orrow ; As for the Children of God whom wicked · · mencondemn, for making fo great a thew, I fbal fay bu~ this, that ic is the mofi unre~fo~ riable, uncharitableneffein the'world,to judge contr.arie eo what we fee, yea, 'tis a blafpher· ·tnot1s a!Iuming to a tnans fdf theproperde < of <Sods Omnifcience , I to \pretend to fearch the heart , in faying, the thoughts of the f1carc are oppofite to the pro(dlions' of the . Lips, and praQ:ices of theLife: the Lord rebuke fuch railing Rah(hekah's, as cond n all" the genera,tionof Gods Childre~, and that be· ' eaule of their holie world-condemningcon· veifations; thefe Moles cannot endure' the - light of S1ints pa~hes: hence tbeyby, 1war• ratJt

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