248 ebeOP tap ofOto#o.-co OlacQt Or, bring forth Fruit (like empty Vines) to them felves ? No, they that are the Lord's Peo- ple, eíteem all they have to be his, and for his Service, and are willing to render it up to him when he calls for it. Nay, they have given God their Hearts, not their Lips only, or their Tongues, nor their Ears, nor their Subítance, but their Hearts alfo ; lty Troy. 23. Son give me thy Heart. God complains of 26. force that drew near to him with their Lips, and fate before him as his People fate, and ,Etek. 33 with their Tongues fhewed much kindnefs, but 31. (faithhe) their Hearts went after theirCovetouf- nefs, after the World, thefe God's Soul ab- hors, and he will not own them to behis Peo. p1e : Some give their Hearts to Pleafiires, to ,grange Women, and to Vanity, and to meer Folly, andothers give their hearts toRiches, but God's Covenant-People give their Hearts to him, not a part of the Heart, but their whole Heart ; they love the Lord their God with all their Hearts, with all their Souls, and with all their Strength : Others have their Hearts divided between God and the World, be- tween God and theirLusts ; but fuch that love. not God with their whole Heart, hate him, for the lelicr Love is accounted Hatred in Scripture. II. They that areGod's peculiar Covenant- People are Begotten and Born of God, for they this way (as you heard) become his Chil- dren ; there arenone, my Brethren, that are the Lord's People by Adoption, but they are his alfo by Regeneration ; theyhave his image formed
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