384 t.4 Commentary upon the 6etpel Chap.; 3. on his heart : for intohisheart the feed never came, becaufc the devil had made a path-way over it. People are now fo Sermon- 'trodden many ofthem, that their hearts, like foot-paths, grow hard by the Word,which takes nomore impreflion,then rain doth upon a rock:they havebrawny brefts,horny heart- flrings,deadand dedolent difpofrtions. Hence they become a prey to the devil, as Gen. T5.11. Abraharaufacrilce wouldhave been to the fowls ofthe air, had he not huffed them away. Verfe 2o. Andanon withjoy receivetb it] Anon, or imitiedi= ately.. Temporaries are too fadden : and, or ere they be found- lyhumbled, will becatchingat the comforts, as children do at fweet-meat, fluffing theiefelves pillows with the promifes, that they may finmore fecurely : Prafitmendo íjierant , &fferando Pere. ant, as one faith. Thefcare your leapChriflianr, fohot at ftrft that they can neverhold out. Swiftat hand gives in ere night,when loft and fair goes far. Withjoy receiveth it] Or with grief, if t he nature of the do- (trine require lt._ Forby one affeFtion we are to underftand the ref): alfo. There's no grace but bath a counterfeit ; Faciunt & vefjr.afavor, &fmnsia imitantHr hominet. The Sorcerers feemed to doe as much as c 7vtofs. Many Apo(tates have had many melt- ings, and much fudden ftrongjoy, foas they have ptofffed the joy they have found at the hearing of the Word, bath been fo great, that if it ha3 continued but a while. , they could not have lived, but their fpirits would have expired. Many exam- ples there are of filch. Howbeit in tl-efe fla(hings, the truths Burroughet, of God ( faith a Divine) pail; by them, as water thorow a conduit, and leave a dew ;, but (oak not, as water into the earth. Verfe 2 r. Yet bath be not root in himfelf] Thefe filthy aff cii ons have not principles tomaintain them, and therefore come to.. nothing. They arc enlightnedonly as by a flafhofligntening,and Yÿeb.e,4, ç. not by theSun-beam;they done more then tafle ofthe good¡Word ofGod, as Cooks do of their fáwc°s, they let nothing down, Tray. ii. 14. they digeft it not. A.goodma* io fatifledfrombimfelf, faith Salo. mom, bath afpring within his own breft. Hicfat lucid, faid®eco- lampadiiss, clapping his handupon h's heart : This the temporary cannot fay, Hè is moved by tome externall principle, as are jab 19,2.8. Clocks, Winde -mils, and the like : The root of the matter is net. bim. ; He wants depth ofearth. ot'rWan: faith another,E- vangeliff,
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