36o The Somelea e f feíuall ea(ling coChri(f. that curie which Jeremiah fpeakes of chap. 17, g, turfed bee the maw that trufis in man, and hee that makethjlefh hicarme,and withdrawethbü heartfrom theLord, for hee (hall bee like the barren heath in the wilderaeffe, that it Pallnot fee whengood commeth 5 as ir is witha barren heath, though the feed bee never fo good,aud the feafons never focomforta- ble, and though the fìtnne thine never fo fairly upon it,and though the dewes come from hea- vcnnever fo fweetly,yet there will not bea graine ofgood corne,becaufe it is abarren heath : fo it is with that unbeleeving heart of thine, thy heart Mall be like a barren heath, and thou fhaIt never fee when good commeth, much goodwill come to thy family, it maybe, therewill one childe be humbled,and it will come to the fame chamber ; one fervant is hardened, andanother faved the wife converred,and thehusband is hardned 5 and thehusband is converted, and the wife is way- ward and froward Rill : now though the dewes of heaven beenever fo comfortable, fo that one poore foule is ftrengthened, and another poore heart cheared, yet thy unfaithfull heart is like a barrenheath, no good (hall come to thee in ir, there is no mercy nor confolarjon for that foule, in all themeanes that God continues and vouch- fafes, this is the maine caute ofall the inconve- niences that come upon us, that after all the meanies continued and multiplied, there is al- moft no good at all done, every family is like a barrenheath, there is nogood comes to fuck a childe,ror to filcha fervant, they areal( infidels,
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