488 TheSouks eifeasiallcalling toChrift, breake and hammer his healt, this is the ftonie ground-hearer, he wanteddepth of earth; what that was, wee thal_l:difpure anon when occafion ferves; the meaning is thus much in the generali; the plow which thould have given earth and mould enough,ic was the[harplaw,which ího:ld have torne up his proud fturdy rebellious heart all in perces, but this man never had thisworke, and therefore his proud heart beat backe the workeof the promife, that it never had roome in his heart ;. comfort-and confolation will never flicke nor abide upon a proud heart, nor upon a ftubbcrne and unbroken heart, which was yet never broken for fanne ; plaifters may be made, but they (hail never finde eafe and comfort by themas they defire; you may goe away comfor- ted, and fay,God is merciful', and Chrift isgraci- ous,and he came to lave 'inners ; and thoughour worker will not juflifie us, \ et the Lord jefus, Chrift will fave us ; your plaifter will not flicke; thus he failes in the entrance ro the promife. Secondly, he failes in his application of the promife,for-the grourui uponwhich he goees, or the caufe and reafon whichcarries him to roame after the promife, it is onely the generali notice ofmercie, and of the falvation that God offers, the glimpfe and the fhine whereof being let in upon the heart,and pallingby, jogs the foule,and fo theheartfnarcheth at it,hecomes tohearethe abundanceof merci; and the rich redemption, and plentifull goodneffe ofChrift to pardon all f nnes, ( the finne againfl theholy Ghoft only excepte(
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