CHAP.I. upon the Epiflle of JAM B s. VERS.t). forth fin j that's the reafon why the Apofile Peter directerh a Chrifiian to fpend the firfi care about the heart, I Pet. 2. r I, I 2. Abfiainfrom ~c.fbly lujJs, and then h,zve)flUr cowverfations ho– nefi • as long as there is lu!l: in th~ hearr, there will be no cleannefs in the converfation, as worms in wood will at length caufe the rottennefs to appear : How foon do lufis _bewray them[dves ! Pride runneth into the eyes, therefore we read of haught}'eyes, Prov. 6. 16. orinto thefeet, caufing a firutting gate, or geHure: Awanton minde peepeth out through wanton eyes, and a gazing look; Agarilh frothy fpirit bewrayeth it felf in the vanity of ap– parel, and~ filthy heart in the rottennefs of communication·; the eyes, the feet, the tongue, the life, do eafily bewray what is fear– ed in the heart: Momus, in the Fable, qaarrdled with God fa~ not making a window at every mans breH:, that others might fee what was in it; there needeth no fuch difcovery : Time lheweth what births there are in the womb ; fo will the life what lufis are conceived and ·fofiered in the heart, for lu.ft delighteth to bring forth. Well then, . 1. Learn, that Hypocrites cannot always be hidden j difguifes will fall off: Men flatter themfelves in their hidden fins , but they 'Will be found hateful, Pfal. 36. 2. that is, fcandalous and inconvenient; God hath peremptorily determined, that their wiclz– ednefs jha/i be fbewed before the Congregation, Prov. 26. 26. fome mif-behavior will bring it to light: art and fi[iion u not d1trable; the Apofile faith, I Tim. 5. 25. They thvtt art oth.enwife ca;mot behi~dm, that is, otherwife then good. 2. Learn the danger of neglecting lafts and tho~tghts; · if thefe be not fuppreffed , they will ripen into fins, and tttf s of filthi~ nefs; while we are negligent, and our care is intermitted, the bufi~ ne[s of fin thriveth a~1d goeth on : allowed thoughts bring the mmde and the temptatton together ; Davidmufed on Bathjh~ba~s beauty, and fo was all on fire; 'Tisilldallyingwith thoughts. 3. Learn what a mercy.it is to be hindred of our evil intentims, that finful conceptions areflill-born, and when we wanted nohill, we lhould w_ant,an occa.fion; meer retlraints are a bleffing, we are not fo evil asotherw1fe we would be: lufl would bring forth; God would have Abimelech to acknowledg mercy in a reffraint, Gen. 20. 6. 1 with-held thn from ftnning Mainft her: David .bleifed God that the ralh executions of his rage were prevented. <t3 Blef{ed 117
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