Io6 'Mark .10 1Y. Ï'YCh.iE.II. itülrr,g. d. The I'exation of the Spirit. influences ofthe Sunne we may obfcrve, that the'deeper they worke, the oranger they 'worke; the beanies flea_ rer the Center meeting in a íharper point doe confoli.o date and harden the very Element ; fo the Creatures by the juflice of God , when they meet in a mans Center, reach as farre as his heart, doe there mightily worke to the deceiving and hardning of it ó the eye , nor any other outward fence , can finde nomore in the Creature, than is reali there ; it is the heart which mil- conceives things , and attributes that Dicty and worth to them, which the fenfes could not difcover. If men then could keepe there things from their fpirits, they fhould ever conceive of them according to their owne narrow being, and fo keepe their hearts from that hardneffc which the Creatures , deflituteof Gods Wetting, doe there beget, and fo work in the foule a difpofition futable to Satans temptations. Secondly, a Heart fet :Ion any ha is unfit likewife to beare any oprtfion. The Young man whole heart was upon his riches , could not endure to heare of felling all, and entring upon a poore and perfecuted profefiîon. biro, Luf s are choice and dainty , they make the heart ve- ry delicate, and nice of any affaults. Secondly, they are very wilful'', and let upon their owne ends, therefore they are expreired by the name ofconcupifcence, and 'afAi;ladiCe -c cdpxdc , The wilt of the iefh; and the wilfuineffe is the ground of impaticncy. Thirdly, they are natural!, and move firongly to their owne point ; they are a Body, and our very members ; no marvel! then if they be fenßble of paine from affliions, which are contrary unto natxre. The ftronger the water runnes., the more will it roare and foame upon any oppofition lull is like a furious bcall,cnra 'cl with the affiietion, the chaine that binds it. I ourthly,Lkft+ .pare very wife after the flcfhly and fenfuall manner, and worldly wifedorric is impatient of any flop - page or prevention of any affliction that eruiheth and difappoints
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