~56 The h~rdeneJConfcience. Cap.18. ~n.allali~e. This is thatkeart.offtonewhich pIS In all, ullby Regeneration It be changed Ezek.36· into an httart ofjlep;. This m;Kle Paul fay he :lS. WM alive once without the Law, Roni 7·9• His beart had then this hardne[i on it, he faw no :fi.1ch finfulnefs in fin as afterward, therefore did he apprehend no danger. Thus Pbaroah.r heart was at firH before ever Mofe.r came. It might be faid Pharoahs heart was hard by '2·Attra- • 8-ed vo· luntarie hardnefs. natural and original hardnefs. 2. There is anattratiedandacquiredhard– nefs, Acquired by the crebrou.r and iterated acts offin which by degrees ~y the latent de.: ceitfulnefs in it, and the fecret curfe of God upon it withall , briags the foul over toa dedo!encie, and un[enG.blenefs , therefore doth the Apoftle warn fome, Heb. 3• t 3· To exhort one ano-ther daily , leafi the heart be hardened through the deceitfulnefo of jiTl. And he doth report ofot~ers,Ephd::4·17, 18, 19. who by walktTJg in the v.tnitie of their minde , /):Jd the underftanding tlark._cned, being alim.lted from the life of Ged through the ignorancethat is in them, becauje ofthe bJindeneji (or haulnrjl) of tl;eir he-a.rt, who bt::ifiJgpa{f feeling havegiven themjelviJ ever to lafCiviou{nefs, to work__,all#ncleannefl witb greetline[s. Where you have the _ fiep~ by which the poor foul goes down to hell, an<! the blinde winding.;.fiair_s bywhich you ar.e going down to the chambers ofdeath, ifyou take not heed. I· The firfi fkp is vanitie of tninde] Therein we-commonly think there is little hurt, Thought is fr ee, Ph~Jncie will be . . worldng,
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