e Heb.n. >. Nehern.9.17. KAI 06.7, and lob ; 1 . r, Aîaf, z9 a. Matzo. r í. zPetz,14. t Lohn 2.16- games 3.0 The finfulneffeof Sin. but it can never reconcile it. The teeth will never give over the combate, nor forbeare its owns contumacy and refolutions to perfrlt in evill. Looke into the memorie, and you shall finde it very un- faithfull to retaine good, very tenacious to hold any evill; It is like a e leaking ve f ell, lets out all that is pure , and retaines nothing but mud and dregges. The Lord made great promifes to the people of f irael, to bring them into the Holy Land, began to fulfill them, in wonders, in ter- rible wonders, in mercies, in multitudes of mercies (and nothing fo fit to make impreffions on the memory as promites,rniracles and multiplied deliverances ) and yet as if they meant to contend with God , which should be the greatett,the wonder of his goodneífe, or the wonder of their unthankfulnetle, all this was no: long a wearing out,for it is faid,They did loon forget it 411,Look into'the whole man, and you (hall finde him full of perttzrbarioit and diforder. A man cannot trult any member hee bath alone, without ¡obi covenant,without Davidr bridle to kcepe it in. If thou haft occasion to ute.thine eye , . take heed unto it, It is full of the feeds of adultery, pride, err vie, wrath, covetoufneffe,there are hefts of the eye. I f to ufe thy tongue, Trutt, it not alone, let a doore before thy lips,there is an Hell within thee, that can fec it all on fire, that can fill it with rotten and !linking communica- tion, there is blasphemy, perfecution , -theft, murther, adulterie, curfes,revilings,clamours, bicterneffe, crimfon and hellith,firy and brimftone abominations in that little member, able tolet the whole frame of nature on fire a- bout the cares of ungodly men.Ifto ufe thy hands or feet, looke unto them, there are feeds of more Gnnes, theft, bribery, murther, adultery, (what note ) than there are ioyrrts or finewes in thole members. If to ufe thine eare, be flow to heare, take heed how you heare, it is eafily o. pen to vanìtie, ties ,fanders,calumniations,falfe doétrins, tra(hie and emptie,doetrines. Thusall.oyer we find a Bo. die
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