The sinne of hardnesse of heart: the nature, danger, and remedy of it. Opened in a sermon, preached to the Honorable House of Commons, July 28. 1648. being the day of their solemne monethly fast. By Stephen Marshall, B.D. minister of Gods Word at Finchingfield in Essex. Published by order of that House.
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             The sinne of hardnesse of heart: the nature, danger, and remedy of it. Opened in a sermon, preached to the Honorable House of Commons, July 28. 1648. being the day of their solemne monethly fast. By Stephen Marshall, B.D. minister of Gods Word at Finchingfield in Essex. Published by order of that House.
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           THE
           SINNE
           OF
           Hardnesse
           of
           Heart
           :
           THE
           Nature
           ,
           Danger
           ,
           and
           Remedy
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           
             Opened
             in
             a
          
           SERMON
           ,
           PREACHED
           TO
           The
           Honorable
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           
             July
          
           2●
           .
           1648.
           being
           the
           day
           of
           their
           Solemne
           Monethly
           Fast
           .
        
         
           By
           STEPHEN
           MARSHALL
           ,
           
             B.
             D.
          
           Minister
           of
           Gods
           Word
           at
           
             Finchingfield
          
           in
           
             Essex
             .
          
        
         
           Published
           by
           order
           of
           that
           House
           .
        
         
           
             Psalme
             95.
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             
               To
               day
               if
               you
               will
               heare
               his
               voyce
               ,
               harden
               not
               your
               hearts
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Prov.
             29.
             1.
             
          
           
             
               He
               that
               being
               often
               reproved
               hardneth
               his
               neck
               ,
               shall
               suddenly
               bee
               destroyed
               ,
               and
               that
               without
               remedy
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             London
          
           Printed
           by
           
             R.
             Cotes
             ,
          
           for
           
             Stephen
             Bowtell
             ,
          
           at
           the
           Signe
           of
           the
           Bible
           in
           Popes-head
           Alley
           ,
           1648.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           
             TO
             THE
             RIGHT
             WORSHIPFVLL
             The
             Lady
          
           Trevor
           ,
           
             Wife
             to
             my
             most
             worthy
             and
             approved
             Friend
             ,
             Sir
          
           Iohn
           Trevor
           .
        
         
           
             Madam
             ,
          
        
         
           YOu
           have
           been
           long
           taught
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           therefore
           are
           not
           ignorant
           that
           spirituall
           sicknesses
           differ
           many
           wayes
           from
           bodily
           ,
           this
           one
           is
           notable
           ,
           The
           more
           any
           spirituall
           disease
           increaseth
           ,
           the
           lesse
           it
           's
           felt
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           any
           soule
           is
           sensible
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           lesse
           power
           it
           hath
           over
           him
           ;
           This
           is
           found
           most
           true
           of
           the
           greatest
           of
           spirituall
           plagues
           ,
           the
           sinne
           of
           hardnesse
           of
           heart
           ,
           none
           more
           confident
           of
           the
           goodnesse
           of
           their
           heart
           ,
           then
           the
           most
           obstinate
           and
           rebellious
           sinner
           ,
           where
           as
           the
           most
           tender-hearted
           Christian
           complaines
           most
           of
           hardnesse
           ,
           the
           spirit
           that
           is
           most
           flexible
           to
           God
           ,
           most
           laments
           its
           obstinacy
           ;
           
             Madam
             ,
          
           I
           may
           apply
           this
           to
           your selfe
           ,
           all
           such
           servants
           of
           God
           who
           know
           and
           converse
           with
           you
           can
           discerne
           that
           God
           hath
           in
           great
           measure
           taken
           out
           of
           you
           the
           heart
           of
           stone
           and
           given
           you
           a
           heart
           of
           flesh
           ,
           upon
           the
           ta●les
           whereof
           he
           hath
           written
           his
           holy
           Law
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           is
           your
           delight
           to
           walke
           with
           him
           ,
           to
           live
           to
           him
           and
           please
           
           him
           in
           all
           things
           ;
           yet
           did
           I
           never
           heare
           you
           bestow
           one
           good
           word
           upon
           your
           heart
           ,
           but
           rather
           upon
           every
           occasion
           you
           are
           declaming
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           complaining
           of
           its
           hardnesse
           and
           obstinacy
           .
           But
           
             Madam
          
           to
           feele
           hardness
           of
           heart
           is
           softness
           of
           heart
           ,
           and
           did
           you
           but
           cleerly
           understand
           how
           much
           the
           Lord
           delights
           in
           such
           a
           frame
           of
           spirit
           as
           hee
           hath
           given
           you
           ,
           you
           would
           cease
           to
           bee
           so
           suspitious
           as
           you
           are
           of
           your
           owne
           spirituall
           condition
           ,
           and
           would
           spend
           the
           rest
           of
           your
           dayes
           rejoycing
           in
           your
           portion
           and
           serving
           him
           without
           feare
           :
           I
           hope
           this
           plaine
           Sermon
           may
           through
           Gods
           blessing
           bee
           some
           helpe
           to
           make
           you
           judge
           more
           rightly
           of
           that
           grace
           which
           God
           hath
           so
           plentifully
           bestowed
           on
           you
           ,
           and
           to
           blesse
           his
           Name
           who
           hath
           in
           great
           measure
           delivered
           you
           from
           this
           destroyer
           ,
           even
           this
           plague
           of
           a
           hard
           heart
           ;
           I
           humbly
           present
           it
           unto
           you
           ,
           as
           a
           pledge
           of
           my
           thankefulnesse
           ,
           for
           all
           the
           many
           and
           great
           refreshings
           I
           have
           found
           in
           your
           family
           ,
           where
           I
           have
           constantly
           found
           your
           respect
           and
           tendernesse
           towards
           mee
           more
           like
           that
           of
           a
           mother
           then
           a
           stranger
           :
           The
           good
           Lord
           pardon
           my
           unfruitfulnesse
           among
           you
           ,
           and
           requite
           you
           and
           your
           good
           husbands
           love
           toward
           me
           a
           thousand
           fold
           into
           your
           bosomes
           ,
           and
           multiply
           his
           favours
           upon
           your
           whole
           family
           ,
           and
           continue
           to
           guide
           you
           by
           his
           counsell
           till
           you
           come
           to
           his
           glory
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             La.
             most
             obliged
             ,
             STEPHEN
             MARSHALL
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           TO
           THE
           HONORABLE
           House
           of
           COMMONS
           
             upon
             their
             solemne
             Monethly
             Fast
             .
          
        
         
           
             BEloved
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             some
             mistake
             concerning
             one
             of
             the
             Preachers
             that
             should
             have
             supplied
             the
             worke
             of
             this
             day
             ,
             is
             the
             occasion
             of
             my
             standing
             here
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             at
             shorter
             warning
             ,
             then
             is
             fit
             for
             such
             a
             service
             ,
             but
             I
             have
             learned
             to
             receive
             encouragement
             from
             a
             call
             ;
             and
             therefore
             without
             any
             further
             Apologie
             ,
             I
             beseech
             you
             attend
             to
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             you
             shall
             find
             written
             in
             the
          
           
             
               7.
               of
               ZACHARIAH
               Vers
               .
               12.
               
            
             
               
                 Yea
                 they
                 made
                 their
                 hearts
                 as
                 an
                 Adamant
                 stone
                 ,
                 lest
                 they
                 should
                 heare
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 words
                 which
                 the
                 Lord
                 of
                 host
                 hath
                 sent
                 in
                 his
                 spirit
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 former
                 Prophets
                 ,
                 therefore
                 came
                 a
                 great
                 wrath
                 from
                 the
                 Lord
                 of
                 hosts
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             MY
             Text
             is
             part
             of
             an
             answer
             to
             a
             case
             of
             conscience
             ,
             
             propounded
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             this
             Chapter
             ,
             from
             the
             fourth
             Vers
             .
             of
             this
             Chapter
             to
             the
             end
             of
             the
             next
             Chapter
             is
             contained
             the
             full
             answer
             to
             that
             case
             of
             conscience
             ;
             the
             case
             of
             conscience
             was
             this
             ;
             They
             sent
             unto
             the
             house
             of
             God
             ,
             
             
               Sherezer
               ,
            
             and
             
               Regem-melech
               ,
            
             and
             their
             men
             ,
             to
             speak
             to
             the
             Priest
             ,
             and
             to
             know
             of
             him
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Prophets
             whether
             they
             should
             weep
             in
             the
             fifth
             moneth
             ,
             as
             they
             had
             done
             these
             70.
             yeers
             ;
             this
             was
             the
             case
             propounded
             ;
             now
             because
             my
             subject
             matter
             this
             day
             must
             very
             much
             relate
             unto
             this
             case
             ,
             give
             me
             leave
             a
             little
             to
             open
             it
             to
             you
             ;
             The
             Jewes
             after
             it
             had
             pleased
             God
             to
             bring
             upon
             them
             the
             
               Babylonian
            
             captivitie
             ,
             did
             set
             apart
             foure
             dayes
             every
             yeer
             ,
             which
             they
             kept
             as
             solemne
             dayes
             of
             humiliation
             ,
             one
             of
             them
             was
             in
             the
             fifth
             moneth
             ,
             another
             was
             in
             the
             seventh
             moneth
             ,
             another
             was
             in
             the
             tenth
             moneth
             ,
             and
             another
             was
             in
             the
             fourth
             moneth
             ,
             upon
             these
             occasions
             :
             In
             the
             tenth
             moneth
             did
             
               Nebuchadnezzars
            
             Army
             ,
             first
             beleaguer
             
               Ierusalem
               ,
            
             as
             you
             'l
             finde
             it
             in
             the
             25.
             
             Chapter
             of
             the
             second
             book
             of
             the
             
               Kings
               ,
            
             that
             day
             that
             
               Nebuchadnezzars
            
             Army
             first
             sat
             downe
             before
             the
             Citie
             ,
             did
             they
             keep
             
             a
             fasting
             day
             all
             those
             70.
             yeers
             :
             In
             the
             fourth
             moneth
             of
             the
             yeere
             following
             ,
             they
             broke
             into
             the
             Citie
             and
             took
             
             it
             ,
             the
             day
             that
             the
             Citie
             was
             taken
             ,
             did
             they
             keep
             as
             a
             solemn
             fasting
             day
             ;
             In
             the
             fifth
             moneth
             
               Nebuzaradan
            
             came
             and
             burnt
             the
             Temple
             ;
             the
             day
             that
             the
             Temple
             was
             burnt
             ,
             did
             they
             also
             keep
             as
             a
             fasting
             day
             ;
             In
             the
             seventh
             moneth
             
               Gedaliah
               ,
            
             the
             sonne
             of
             
               Ahikam
               ,
            
             was
             kill'd
             ,
             murder'd
             by
             
               Ishmael
               ,
            
             and
             all
             the
             rest
             that
             were
             left
             ,
             were
             scatter'd
             into
             
               Egypt
               ,
            
             and
             that
             day
             likewise
             did
             they
             keep
             as
             a
             fasting
             day
             ;
             and
             these
             foure
             dayes
             they
             kept
             threescore
             and
             ten
             yeers
             ;
             Now
             the
             Temple
             being
             built
             againe
             ,
             at
             least
             in
             a
             good
             forwardnesse
             ,
             they
             send
             to
             know
             whether
             the
             fast
             of
             the
             fifth
             moneth
             should
             continue
             ;
             concerning
             the
             other
             fasts
             they
             make
             no
             mention
             of
             them
             ,
             probably
             conceiving
             that
             the
             occasion
             of
             those
             fasts
             did
             continue
             still
             ;
             but
             they
             would
             know
             whether
             the
             Lord
             would
             not
             have
             them
             lay
             aside
             the
             fast
             of
             the
             fifth
             moneth
             ,
             which
             was
             kept
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             Temple
             ,
             because
             the
             Temple
             
             was
             now
             built
             ,
             or
             in
             a
             great
             forwardnesse
             ;
             this
             case
             of
             conscience
             was
             sent
             ,
             some
             think
             ,
             by
             the
             Jewes
             that
             remain'd
             still
             in
             
               Babylon
               ,
            
             that
             they
             sent
             
               Sherezer
            
             and
             
               Regem-melech
               ,
            
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             their
             Embassadors
             ;
             others
             thinke
             they
             were
             sent
             from
             all
             the
             Jewes
             ,
             that
             were
             return'd
             from
             their
             Captivity
             ,
             but
             by
             whom
             soever
             the
             message
             was
             sent
             ,
             this
             was
             the
             case
             that
             I
             have
             read
             to
             you
             ;
             Now
             the
             Prophet
             comes
             to
             answer
             this
             case
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             answer
             hee
             takes
             notice
             of
             all
             the
             foure
             dayes
             of
             fasting
             ,
             though
             they
             mention
             but
             one
             of
             them
             ,
             because
             they
             all
             hung
             upon
             one
             hinge
             ,
             and
             the
             answer
             of
             the
             Prophet
             to
             this
             case
             ,
             so
             much
             of
             it
             as
             is
             contained
             in
             this
             Chapter
             is
             a
             meere
             slighting
             of
             the
             case
             propounded
             ;
             and
             there
             are
             two
             things
             wherein
             the
             Prophet
             expresses
             the
             Lords
             contempt
             of
             their
             Embassage
             ,
             one
             ,
          
           
             That
             the
             Lord
             tooke
             no
             notice
             of
             any
             such
             thing
             ;
             Did
             you
             fast
             to
             me
             ?
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             you
             speake
             of
             dayes
             of
             fasting
             ,
             
             that
             you
             have
             kept
             70.
             yeers
             ,
             did
             you
             fast
             to
             mee
             ?
             Did
             I
             either
             appoint
             them
             ?
             or
             doe
             I
             accept
             them
             ?
             or
             have
             you
             carried
             them
             as
             you
             should
             doe
             ?
             the
             meaning
             is
             ,
             you
             play
             the
             hypocrites
             with
             mee
             ,
             you
             would
             make
             a
             great
             deale
             adoe
             about
             a
             solemne
             Embassage
             ,
             to
             have
             a
             case
             of
             conscience
             determin'd
             ,
             which
             is
             first
             ,
             but
             a
             ceremony
             at
             the
             best
             ,
             and
             besides
             it
             is
             a
             ceremony
             of
             your
             own
             inventing
             ,
             and
             in
             it
             you
             have
             howled
             and
             mourned
             for
             your
             afflictions
             ,
             but
             never
             tooke
             notice
             of
             your
             sinnes
             ,
             that
             have
             caused
             those
             judgements
             to
             come
             upon
             you
             ;
             you
             fasted
             sometimes
             ,
             and
             feasted
             sometimes
             ,
             but
             when
             you
             have
             fasted
             ,
             you
             fasted
             not
             to
             me
             ,
             &
             when
             you
             did
             eate
             and
             drink
             ,
             you
             did
             eate
             and
             drinke
             to
             your selves
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             mee
             ;
             that
             is
             the
             first
             ,
             a
             slighting
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             a
             keeping
             a
             coile
             about
             a
             trifle
             ,
             when
             there
             were
             greater
             matters
             concerned
             them
             which
             they
             regarded
             not
             .
          
           
           
             The
             second
             branch
             of
             the
             Prophets
             answer
             containes
             
             the
             true
             reason
             why
             all
             this
             fasting
             of
             theirs
             was
             thus
             slighted
             by
             God
             that
             is
             laid
             downe
             ,
             First
             ,
          
           
             More
             generally
             in
             the
             6.
             
             Verse
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Prophet
             
             gives
             them
             a
             sound
             and
             a
             sharpe
             reproof
             ,
             you
             have
             wept
             and
             mourned
             ,
             but
             should
             not
             you
             rather
             have
             took
             notice
             of
             the
             words
             ,
             which
             the
             Lord
             did
             send
             by
             the
             Prophets
             ?
             
               should
               ye
               not
               heare
               the
               words
               that
               the
               Prophets
               cried
               in
               former
               times
               ,
               when
               Ierusalem
               was
               inhabited
               ,
               and
               the
               Cities
               thereof
               round
               about
               her
               ?
            
             there
             you
             might
             have
             learned
             the
             true
             way
             ,
             but
             that
             you
             have
             no
             whit
             regarded
             ;
             you
             cry
             for
             your
             afflictions
             ,
             but
             you
             are
             not
             one
             whit
             sensible
             of
             those
             sinnes
             that
             have
             caused
             these
             judgements
             upon
             you
             :
             That
             is
             the
             generall
             ,
             then
             secondly
             ,
          
           
             Hee
             proceeds
             more
             particularly
             to
             open
             this
             Ulcer
             of
             
             their
             hypocrisie
             ,
             and
             three
             things
             there
             are
             which
             he
             remembers
             them
             of
             ,
             First
             ,
          
           
             The
             Lord
             remembers
             them
             of
             the
             counsell
             that
             had
             been
             given
             them
             and
             their
             Fathers
             ,
             how
             to
             remove
             the
             
             plagues
             that
             lay
             upon
             them
             ,
             (
             saith
             hee
             )
             Thus
             speaks
             the
             Lord
             of
             hosts
             (
             in
             the
             9.
             
             Verse
             )
             execute
             true
             judgement
             ,
             and
             justice
             ,
             shew
             mercy
             and
             compassion
             every
             man
             to
             his
             brother
             ,
             oppresse
             not
             the
             widow
             ,
             the
             fatherlesse
             ,
             nor
             the
             stranger
             ,
             let
             none
             of
             you
             imagine
             evill
             against
             his
             brother
             in
             his
             heart
             :
             this
             was
             the
             counsell
             which
             of
             old
             was
             given
             ,
             how
             the
             ruine
             of
             
               Ierusalem
            
             might
             have
             been
             prevented
             ;
             the
             exercise
             of
             justice
             ,
             and
             the
             exercise
             of
             mercy
             ;
             indeed
             the
             Prophet
             there
             instances
             onely
             in
             two
             Table
             duties
             ,
             but
             I
             thinke
             the
             reason
             is
             ,
             because
             the
             Jewes
             were
             alwayes
             very
             exact
             in
             matters
             of
             Gods
             worship
             ,
             save
             onely
             when
             they
             fell
             into
             Idolatry
             ,
             and
             they
             bore
             themselves
             much
             upon
             the
             duties
             of
             the
             first
             Table
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             Gods
             ordinary
             practise
             when
             hee
             would
             discover
             the
             hypocrisie
             
             of
             men
             ,
             that
             are
             much
             in
             holy
             duties
             ,
             to
             fall
             upon
             the
             duties
             of
             the
             second
             Table
             ,
             wherein
             they
             ordinarily
             are
             carelesse
             ,
             so
             the
             Prophet
             tells
             them
             ,
             that
             had
             they
             walked
             after
             this
             manner
             ,
             this
             wrath
             had
             never
             come
             upon
             them
             ;
             but
             now
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             second
             ,
          
           
             See
             what
             disobedience
             they
             shewed
             to
             this
             ,
             and
             this
             disobedience
             
             is
             laid
             downe
             in
             the
             11.
             
             &
             12.
             
             Verses
             :
             and
             aggravated
             from
             the
             worst
             qualitie
             that
             disobedience
             can
             be
             accompanied
             with
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             wilfulnesse
             and
             obstinacy
             ;
             and
             this
             wilfull
             and
             obstinate
             disobedience
             of
             theirs
             ,
             is
             laid
             down
             in
             foure
             Metaphors
             ,
             but
             all
             of
             them
             signifying
             one
             and
             the
             same
             thing
             ,
             onely
             the
             three
             first
             doe
             most
             immediatly
             signifie
             the
             outward
             expressions
             of
             their
             disobedience
             ;
             and
             the
             fourth
             which
             is
             the
             root
             of
             all
             ,
             discovers
             the
             very
             fountaine
             whence
             all
             their
             disobedience
             did
             spring
             ;
             First
             saith
             he
             ,
          
           
             
               They
               refused
               to
               hearken
               ,
            
             they
             were
             like
             to
             a
             man
             ,
             that
             when
             you
             would
             doe
             an
             errand
             to
             him
             ,
             flings
             away
             from
             you
             ,
             and
             saith
             plainly
             ,
             hee
             will
             not
             heare
             what
             you
             say
             ;
             Secondly
             ,
          
           
             
               They
               pull
               away
               their
               shoulder
               ,
            
             alluding
             unto
             a
             Beast
             ,
             a
             Bullock
             ,
             that
             when
             you
             would
             put
             the
             yoke
             upon
             it
             ,
             it
             snatches
             the
             shoulder
             away
             ,
             and
             refuses
             to
             bee
             yok'd
             by
             you
             ,
             nay
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
          
           
             
               They
               stopped
               their
               eares
               ;
            
             alluding
             to
             Adder
             ,
             that
             (
             they
             say
             of
             it
             ,
             it
             )
             laies
             one
             eare
             against
             the
             ground
             ,
             and
             stops
             the
             other
             eare
             with
             the
             taile
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             not
             be
             charmed
             ,
             or
             like
             unto
             those
             ,
             that
             when
             they
             would
             plainly
             let
             you
             see
             ,
             how
             much
             they
             slight
             what
             you
             say
             to
             them
             ,
             put
             their
             finger
             in
             their
             eares
             ,
             that
             all
             may
             take
             notice
             ,
             they
             will
             not
             regard
             you
             ;
             But
             then
             fourthly
             ,
             (
             which
             is
             the
             theame
             that
             I
             purpose
             to
             handle
             by
             the
             Lords
             assistance
             ;
             )
          
           
             Here
             is
             the
             cause
             of
             all
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             
               they
               made
               their
               hearts
               
               like
               an
               Adamant
               stone
               ,
            
             yea
             (
             saith
             hee
             )
             
               they
               made
               their
               hearts
               like
               an
               Adamant
               stone
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               not
               heare
               the
               Word
               that
               God
               hath
               spoken
               ;
            
             then
             followes
             the
             third
             branch
             ,
             the
             fruit
             of
             their
             disobedience
             ,
             
               therefore
               all
               this
               wrath
               is
               come
               upon
               them
               .
            
             In
             these
             words
             ,
             here
             are
             two
             things
             to
             bee
             handled
             ;
             First
             ,
          
           
             The
             sinne
             that
             this
             people
             were
             guilty
             of
             ;
             in
             these
             
             words
             ,
             
               they
               made
               their
               hearts
               like
               an
               Adamant
               stone
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               not
               heare
               the
               word
               :
            
             Secondly
             ,
          
           
             The
             judgement
             that
             this
             sinne
             brought
             upon
             them
             :
             
               Therefore
               saith
               the
               Lord
               ,
               it
               is
               come
               to
               passe
               ,
               that
               as
               they
            
             
             
               would
               not
               heare
               me
               ,
               I
               would
               not
               heare
               them
               ;
               but
               a
               great
               wrath
               is
               come
               upon
               them
               ,
               and
               I
               have
               scatter'd
               them
               among
               all
               the
               Nations
               ,
               and
               laid
               their
               land
               desolate
               .
            
             In
             their
             sinne
             ,
             (
             which
             is
             the
             onely
             theame
             I
             shall
             insist
             upon
             )
             you
             have
             two
             things
             :
             First
             ,
          
           
             What
             their
             sinne
             was
             ,
             what
             the
             wicked
             frame
             of
             their
             
             heart
             was
             ,
             
               their
               heart
               was
               like
               an
               Adamant
               stone
               ;
            
             Secondly
             ,
          
           
             How
             it
             came
             to
             be
             so
             :
             they
             made
             their
             heart
             so
             themselves
             ;
             
             
               they
               made
               their
               heart
               as
               an
               Adamant
               stone
               :
            
             next
             open
             the
             meaning
             of
             this
             ,
             what
             is
             here
             meant
             by
             an
             Adamant
             stone
             ?
             the
             Hebrew
             word
             is
             variously
             interpreted
             ,
             some
             doe
             render
             it
             a
             flint
             ,
             some
             a
             stone
             that
             will
             not
             waste
             ,
             many
             with
             our
             new
             translation
             render
             it
             an
             Adamant
             ,
             but
             generally
             ,
             Criticks
             doe
             agree
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             a
             stone
             of
             the
             hardest
             nature
             ,
             that
             will
             not
             by
             any
             toole
             bee
             graven
             or
             fashioned
             to
             any
             desirable
             mould
             :
             so
             to
             make
             their
             heart
             as
             an
             Adamant
             stone
             ,
             doth
             plainly
             meane
             ,
             they
             did
             extreamly
             harden
             their
             heart
             ,
             that
             is
             the
             English
             of
             it
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             heare
             ,
             they
             stopped
             their
             eare
             ,
             they
             pull'd
             away
             their
             shoulder
             ,
             
               yea
               ,
               they
               did
               extreamely
               harden
               their
               hearts
               :
            
             Here
             are
             two
             things
             further
             to
             be
             interpreted
             :
             First
             ,
          
           
           
             What
             is
             meant
             by
             the
             heart
             that
             is
             here
             hardned
             ?
             And
             
             secondly
             ,
          
           
             What
             this
             hardning
             the
             heart
             signifies
             .
             
          
           
             By
             heart
             you
             know
             is
             naturally
             meant
             that
             piece
             of
             
             flesh
             that
             is
             in
             the
             body
             ,
             which
             they
             say
             ,
             it
             is
             
               primum
               vivens
               ,
            
             and
             
               ultimum
               moriens
               :
            
             but
             morally
             and
             spiritually
             by
             the
             heart
             is
             meant
             the
             soule
             ,
             and
             usually
             ,
             the
             will
             and
             the
             affections
             are
             ordinarily
             in
             Scripture
             meant
             by
             the
             heart
             ;
             so
             it
             is
             here
             .
          
           
             What
             by
             hardnesse
             ,
             or
             hardning
             ;
             Hardning
             in
             the
             naturall
             
             signification
             of
             it
             ,
             is
             nothing
             but
             the
             withdrawing
             of
             moysture
             form
             any
             substance
             ,
             whereby
             the
             parts
             come
             to
             bee
             condensed
             and
             made
             stiffe
             ,
             so
             as
             not
             to
             yeeld
             to
             the
             touch
             ;
             
               Durum
               est
               quod
               non
               cedit
               tactui
               ,
            
             that
             that
             will
             not
             receive
             any
             impression
             that
             is
             hard
             :
             this
             in
             a
             naturall
             sense
             ;
             but
             in
             a
             morall
             and
             spirituall
             sense
             ,
             to
             harden
             the
             heart
             is
             nothing
             but
             to
             have
             the
             will
             resolutely
             and
             unchangeably
             set
             upon
             any
             purpose
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             taken
             off
             from
             their
             enterprise
             by
             any
             meanes
             that
             can
             bee
             used
             to
             change
             them
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             harden
             the
             heart
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             Scripture
             it
             is
             sometimes
             taken
             in
             a
             good
             sense
             ,
             a
             mans
             heart
             may
             be
             harden'd
             in
             a
             very
             gratious
             manner
             ,
             so
             
               Ezekiels
            
             
             was
             ,
             when
             the
             Lord
             told
             him
             ,
             
               the
               house
               of
               Israel
               will
               not
               hearken
               to
               thee
               ,
               for
               they
               are
               impudent
               and
               hard
               hearted
               ,
            
             but
             (
             saith
             God
             )
             
               I
               have
               made
               thy
               face
               strong
               against
               their
               faces
               ,
               and
               thy
               forehead
               strong
               against
               their
               foreheads
               ,
            
             thou
             shalt
             bee
             as
             impudent
             as
             they
             ,
             
               as
               an
               Adamant
               ,
               harder
               then
               flint
               ,
               &c.
            
             thou
             shalt
             bee
             as
             much
             hardned
             in
             good
             as
             they
             in
             evill
             ,
             I
             have
             given
             thee
             that
             grace
             ;
             that
             shall
             make
             thee
             resolute
             as
             they
             :
             
               Paul
            
             was
             ,
             when
             they
             came
             ,
             and
             wept
             ,
             and
             prayed
             him
             hee
             would
             not
             goe
             to
             
               Ierusalem
               ,
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               you
               weep
               in
               vaine
               I
               'le
               goe
               though
               I
               die
               for
               it
               ;
            
             his
             heart
             was
             hardned
             :
             and
             so
             
             
               Luther
               ;
            
             when
             his
             friends
             would
             have
             perswaded
             him
             not
             to
             have
             gone
             to
             
               Wormes
               ;
            
             to
             the
             disputation
             there
             ,
             If
             all
             the
             tiles
             of
             the
             houses
             in
             
               Wormes
            
             were
             Devils
             ,
             I
             would
             goe
             ;
             that
             is
             to
             have
             a
             heart
             harden'd
             in
             a
             good
             cause
             ;
             but
             ordinarily
             in
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             to
             harden
             the
             heart
             ,
             or
             to
             have
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             ,
             is
             ordinarily
             meant
             in
             an
             evill
             sense
             ;
             hardening
             in
             sin
             ,
             hardning
             against
             God
             :
             and
             so
             my
             Text
             hath
             it
             plainely
             ,
             they
             made
             their
             heart
             as
             an
             Adamant
             stone
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             not
             heare
             the
             word
             that
             God
             had
             sent
             to
             them
             :
             their
             heart
             was
             resolutely
             ,
             and
             unchangeably
             bent
             to
             goe
             on
             in
             their
             wayes
             ,
             say
             or
             doe
             what
             God
             would
             ,
             or
             could
             to
             the
             contrary
             ;
             that
             is
             the
             sin
             that
             is
             here
             mentioned
             ;
             now
             from
             hence
             I
             shall
             take
             up
             this
             Lesson
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             the
             onely
             Lesson
             ,
             which
             I
             shall
             by
             the
             Lords
             assistance
             handle
             this
             day
             ;
             and
             in
             it
             take
             in
             both
             the
             sinne
             ,
             and
             the
             judgement
             together
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             
               sinne
               of
               hardning
               the
               heart
               against
               God
               ,
               is
               a
               certain
            
             
             
               forerunner
               of
               utter
               destruction
               ;
            
          
           
             They
             made
             their
             heart
             as
             hard
             as
             an
             Adament
             stone
             ,
             therefore
             came
             there
             a
             great
             wrath
             from
             God
             ;
             and
             therefore
             
             as
             I
             called
             ,
             and
             they
             would
             not
             answer
             ,
             when
             they
             cryed
             I
             would
             not
             answer
             ,
             but
             I
             have
             scatter'd
             them
             :
             so
             the
             Lesson
             is
             plaine
             ;
             but
             before
             I
             come
             to
             prove
             it
             ,
             that
             
             it
             may
             bee
             rightly
             stated
             ,
             I
             shall
             premise
             five
             distinctions
             about
             this
             sinne
             of
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             ;
             whereby
             you
             will
             more
             plainly
             understand
             the
             Doctrine
             that
             I
             am
             to
             make
             good
             out
             of
             the
             Scripture
             ;
             First
             ,
          
           
             That
             there
             is
             a
             naturall
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             
             case
             of
             all
             men
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             Secondly
             ,
             there
             is
             an
             acquired
             
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             ,
             or
             a
             hardnesse
             that
             man
             brings
             upon
             himself
             ;
             There
             is
             a
             naturall
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             ,
             the
             
             Scripture
             is
             plain
             in
             it
             ,
             that
             all
             men
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             the
             originall
             frame
             of
             their
             hearts
             ;
             is
             in
             the
             Scripture
             set
             downe
             by
             the
             expression
             of
             a
             heart
             of
             stone
             ,
             in
             
               Ezek.
            
             11.
             
             when
             God
             promises
             conversion
             ,
             (
             saith
             hee
             )
             .
             I
             will
             take
             away
             the
             heart
             of
             stone
             ,
             that
             is
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             give
             them
             a
             heart
             of
             flesh
             ;
             every
             man
             and
             woman
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             brings
             the
             stone
             of
             the
             heart
             into
             the
             world
             with
             them
             ;
             but
             then
             Secondly
             ,
          
           
             There
             is
             an
             acquired
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             ,
             or
             a
             hardnesse
             that
             men
             bring
             upon
             themselves
             ;
             so
             my
             Text
             saith
             ,
             they
             made
             their
             hearts
             hard
             ,
             and
             so
             it
             is
             said
             of
             
               Zedekiah
               ,
            
             in
             the
             36.
             of
             the
             2
             
               Chron.
            
             hee
             hardned
             his
             heart
             against
             God
             :
             that
             is
             one
             ;
             Secondly
             ,
          
           
             Know
             that
             there
             is
             a
             graduall
             or
             partiall
             hardnesse
             of
             
             heart
             ;
             when
             the
             heart
             is
             harden'd
             but
             in
             some
             measure
             ,
             
             there
             is
             some
             hardnesse
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             some
             softnesse
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             a
             totall
             hardening
             of
             the
             heart
             when
             the
             whole
             fram●
             of
             the
             heart
             is
             given
             up
             to
             hardnesse
             .
          
           
             That
             there
             is
             a
             graduall
             ,
             and
             partiall
             hardness
             of
             heart
             ,
             you
             may
             see
             it
             in
             Christs
             own
             Disciples
             ,
             who
             being
             new
             Creatures
             had
             a
             heart
             of
             flesh
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             yet
             it
             is
             said
             of
             them
             ,
             in
             
               Mark
               .
            
             6.
             52.
             
             They
             considered
             not
             the
             miracle
             
             of
             the
             loaves
             ,
             because
             their
             heart
             was
             hardned
             :
             and
             in
             
               Mark
               .
            
             8.
             
             Christ
             saith
             to
             them
             ,
             Have
             ye
             your
             hearts
             yet
             harden'd
             ?
             Christs
             own
             Disciples
             had
             some
             degrees
             of
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             ,
             but
             then
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             hardnesse
             ,
             that
             is
             a
             Totall
             hardnesse
             ;
             of
             
             which
             the
             Scripture
             saith
             ,
             they
             are
             all
             brasse
             and
             iron
             ;
             Thirdly
             ,
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             ,
             that
             is
             felt
             ;
             felt
             by
             them
             
             that
             are
             under
             it
             ;
             and
             there
             is
             a
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             that
             is
             
             unfelt
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             hardnesse
             that
             is
             felt
             :
             so
             the
             Church
             saith
             in
             
             
               Isaiah
            
             63.
             ver.
             1.
             
             Ah
             Lord
             ,
             why
             hast
             thou
             harden'd
             our
             hearts
             from
             thy
             feare
             ?
             But
             
          
           
             There
             is
             likewise
             a
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             ,
             that
             though
             it
             lye
             upon
             the
             soule
             ,
             yet
             they
             feele
             it
             not
             ;
             that
             they
             are
             as
             dead
             men
             under
             it
             ,
             like
             
               Nabals
            
             heart
             ,
             that
             was
             like
             a
             stone
             ,
             and
             he
             tooke
             no
             notice
             of
             it
             :
             and
             this
             unfelt
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             ,
             it
             proceeds
             sometimes
             from
             ignorance
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             from
             malice
             ;
             Fourthly
             ,
             
          
           
             Know
             that
             there
             is
             a
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             ,
             that
             is
             unwilling
             ,
             
             bemoaned
             ,
             lamented
             ,
             groaned
             under
             ,
             look'd
             upon
             as
             a
             judgment
             ,
             as
             a
             misery
             ;
             and
             there
             is
             a
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             that
             is
             willing
             ,
             a
             willing
             hardnesse
             ,
             a
             pleasing
             hardnesse
             ,
             a
             raigning
             hardnesse
             ,
             a
             hardnesse
             chosen
             and
             delighted
             in
             .
          
           
             That
             there
             is
             an
             unwilling
             ,
             bemoaned
             hardnesse
             ,
             is
             plain
             ,
             in
             
               Ephraims
            
             case
             in
             
               Ier.
            
             31.
             who
             makes
             this
             his
             sorrowfull
             complaint
             before
             God
             ,
             that
             his
             heart
             was
             like
             a
             Heyfer
             ,
             like
             a
             Bullocke
             that
             would
             not
             carry
             Gods
             yoke
             ,
             it
             made
             him
             weepe
             bitterly
             for
             it
             ;
             and
             so
             the
             Church
             in
             the
             forementioned
             place
             ,
             of
             
               Isaiah
            
             63.
             
             O
             Lord
             ,
             why
             are
             our
             hearts
             harden'd
             from
             thy
             fear
             ?
             shee
             
             look'd
             upon
             it
             as
             a
             marvailous
             great
             evill
             ,
             that
             lay
             upon
             them
             .
             But
             then
             ,
          
           
             There
             is
             likewise
             a
             hardnesse
             ,
             that
             is
             a
             pleasing
             hardnesse
             ;
             a
             hardnesse
             delighted
             in
             ,
             a
             hardnesse
             raigning
             ,
             a
             hardnesse
             gloried
             in
             ;
             that
             is
             the
             hardnesse
             that
             my
             Text
             mentions
             :
             Lastly
             ,
          
           
             Know
             that
             there
             is
             a
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             ,
             that
             is
             Mans
             worke
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             a
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             that
             is
             Gods
             worke
             ;
             
             
          
           
             The
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             that
             is
             Mans
             worke
             ,
             are
             all
             those
             severall
             hardnesses
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             spoke
             of
             hitherto
             ,
             whether
             naturall
             ,
             graduall
             ,
             felt
             or
             unfelt
             ,
             bemoaned
             ,
             
             or
             gloried
             in
             ,
             they
             are
             all
             our
             owne
             hardnesses
             ;
             But
             then
          
           
             There
             is
             also
             a
             hardnesse
             which
             is
             Gods
             worke
             ;
             which
             is
             a
             Judiciary
             hardnesse
             ,
             a
             judgement
             inflicted
             by
             God
             righteously
             upon
             men
             ;
             who
             when
             they
             will
             harden
             themselves
             ,
             God
             consents
             that
             they
             shall
             bee
             harden'd
             ,
             and
             concurs
             to
             their
             hardening
             ;
             so
             hee
             is
             frequently
             said
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             to
             harden
             
               Pharaohs
            
             heart
             ,
             and
             to
             harden
             whom
             hee
             will
             :
             but
             this
             same
             Judiciary
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             which
             is
             Gods
             worke
             ,
             you
             must
             know
             it
             is
             not
             by
             Gods
             infusing
             obstinacy
             and
             and
             malice
             into
             them
             ,
             that
             God
             doth
             to
             none
             :
             but
             it
             stands
             in
             these
             three
             things
             ,
             sometimes
             ,
          
           
             By
             taking
             away
             from
             them
             ,
             or
             denying
             them
             those
             meanes
             that
             might
             make
             their
             heart
             plyable
             to
             God
             :
             or
             
             Secondly
             ,
          
           
             In
             case
             they
             doe
             injoy
             the
             meanes
             ,
             yet
             God
             withholding
             his
             blessing
             from
             the
             meanes
             :
             and
             Thirdly
             ,
             
          
           
             Permitting
             them
             ,
             or
             so
             far
             withdrawing
             the
             bridle
             of
             
             his
             restraining
             grace
             from
             them
             ,
             as
             to
             permit
             them
             to
             abuse
             the
             meanes
             that
             they
             doe
             injoy
             ,
             to
             their
             own
             ruine
             and
             further
             hardening
             ;
             and
             thus
             was
             
               Pharaoh
            
             and
             his
             people
             harden'd
             by
             the
             Ministery
             of
             
               Moses
            
             and
             
               Aaron
               ;
            
             and
             thus
             were
             the
             Israelites
             harden'd
             by
             
               Isaiahs
            
             Ministery
             ,
             as
             you
             'le
             find
             it
             in
             
               Isaiah
            
             6.
             the
             Lord
             said
             to
             him
             ,
             Goe
             
             to
             this
             people
             ,
             and
             make
             their
             hearts
             hard
             ;
             how
             was
             that
             ?
             Hee
             should
             preach
             to
             them
             ,
             but
             they
             should
             bee
             given
             up
             to
             a
             fat
             heart
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             a
             senslesse
             ,
             and
             a
             heavy
             eare
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             a
             heedlesse
             eare
             ;
             God
             would
             give
             them
             up
             to
             a
             senslesnesse
             ,
             and
             heedlesnesse
             ,
             that
             the
             more
             means
             they
             enjoy'd
             ,
             the
             more
             desperate
             and
             vile
             their
             hearts
             should
             grow
             :
             now
             then
             to
             draw
             up
             all
             this
             to
             my
             purpose
             ,
             the
             Doctrine
             that
             I
             am
             to
             handle
             ,
             wherein
             
             I
             am
             to
             shew
             you
             ,
             that
             hardening
             the
             heart
             against
             God
             ,
             is
             a
             certain
             forerunner
             of
             destruction
             ;
             I
             doe
             not
             mean
             it
             of
             that
             naturall
             hardnesse
             ,
             that
             wee
             all
             bring
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             nor
             of
             that
             acquired
             hardnesse
             ,
             that
             is
             found
             in
             every
             man
             ,
             who
             hath
             but
             lived
             a
             while
             upon
             earth
             ,
             nor
             of
             that
             partiall
             or
             graduall
             hardnesse
             ,
             that
             is
             in
             the
             best
             of
             Gods
             people
             ,
             much
             lesse
             of
             that
             felt
             ,
             bewailed
             ,
             bemoaned
             hardnesse
             ,
             that
             is
             look'd
             upon
             as
             a
             heavy
             judgement
             ,
             by
             them
             that
             lye
             under
             it
             ;
             though
             all
             these
             are
             sinnes
             ,
             yet
             these
             are
             not
             the
             sinnes
             of
             my
             Text
             ;
             but
             my
             Text
             meanes
             it
             of
             the
             chosen
             ,
             voluntary
             ,
             elected
             hardnesse
             ,
             the
             Totall
             hardnesse
             ,
             the
             Raigning
             hardnesse
             ,
             when
             men
             doe
             obstinately
             ,
             and
             willingly
             strengthen
             ,
             and
             make
             firme
             their
             hearts
             in
             their
             sinfull
             wayes
             against
             God
             ,
             and
             then
             God
             in
             his
             righteous
             judgement
             concurres
             ,
             and
             saith
             bee
             it
             so
             :
             when
             men
             doe
             thus
             harden
             their
             hearts
             against
             God
             ,
             be
             it
             a
             Family
             ,
             be
             it
             a
             Kingdome
             ,
             be
             it
             one
             ,
             or
             be
             they
             many
             ,
             this
             hardening
             the
             heart
             against
             God
             ,
             is
             a
             certaine
             forerunner
             of
             utter
             destruction
             ;
             Now
             you
             understand
             what
             the
             Lesson
             is
             ,
             that
             
             I
             am
             to
             handle
             ,
             and
             First
             ,
             I
             shall
             make
             it
             good
             ,
             and
             plainly
             demonstrate
             the
             truth
             of
             it
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             Scripture
             ;
             and
             for
             the
             proofe
             turn
             to
             three
             or
             foure
             Texts
             ,
             the
             one
             is
             that
             knowne
             signall
             Text
             in
             
               Prov.
            
             29.
             1.
             read
             it
             carefully
             ;
             Hee
             
               that
               being
               often
               admonished
               ,
               or
               reproved
               ,
               hardens
               his
               neck
               ;
               there
               is
            
             my
             very
             Doctrine
             ,
             that
             after
             admonitions
             hardens
             his
             neck
             ;
             what
             of
             him
             ?
             
               Shall
               suddainly
               bee
               destroyed
               ,
               and
               that
               without
               remedy
               ;
            
             weigh
             all
             those
             words
             ;
             First
             ,
          
           
             What
             it
             is
             that
             is
             threatned
             against
             him
             ,
             hee
             that
             being
             often
             reproved
             ,
             hardens
             his
             neck
             ,
             what
             of
             him
             ?
             He
             
             doth
             not
             say
             ,
             he
             shall
             smart
             for
             it
             ,
             he
             shall
             be
             afflicted
             ,
             but
             he
             shall
             be
             
               destroyed
               ;
            
             destruction
             is
             prepared
             for
             him
             ;
             Secondly
             ,
          
           
           
             Hee
             doth
             not
             say
             hee
             is
             in
             danger
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             hee
             
               shall
               bee
            
             destroyed
             ;
             it
             is
             decreed
             in
             heaven
             ,
             it
             is
             set
             down
             for
             him
             ,
             hee
             shall
             perish
             ;
             and
             ,
             Thirdly
             ,
          
           
             That
             
               suddenly
               ,
            
             hee
             shall
             suddenly
             bee
             destroyed
             ;
             the
             Vision
             of
             his
             destruction
             is
             not
             for
             a
             long
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             but
             his
             damnation
             sleepeth
             not
             ,
             he
             shall
             suddenly
             be
             destroyed
             :
          
           
             Yea
             and
             that
             
               with
               out
               remedy
               ;
            
             no
             power
             shall
             rescue
             him
             ,
             no
             mercy
             shall
             pardon
             him
             ,
             no
             Mediator
             shall
             intercede
             for
             him
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             remedy
             ,
             all
             the
             world
             cannot
             helpe
             it
             ,
             the
             man
             that
             after
             many
             reproofes
             hardens
             his
             heart
             ,
             shall
             bee
             destroyed
             without
             any
             remedy
             ;
             there
             is
             a
             place
             like
             it
             in
             the
             28.
             of
             
               Proverbs
               ,
            
             the
             very
             Chapter
             
             before
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             14.
             verse
             ;
             He
             is
             
               a
               blessed
               man
               that
               feares
               alwayes
               ,
            
             that
             is
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             Verse
             ,
             he
             is
             a
             blessed
             man
             ,
             hee
             lives
             in
             a
             blessed
             state
             ,
             whose
             heart
             suspects
             it self
             ;
             O
             I
             shall
             sinne
             ,
             I
             shall
             offend
             God
             ,
             I
             shall
             yeeld
             to
             my
             Corruption
             ;
             hee
             is
             a
             blessed
             man
             that
             feares
             alwayes
             ,
             but
             hee
             that
             hardens
             his
             heart
             ,
             hee
             that
             dares
             venture
             upon
             ungodly
             enterprizes
             ,
             what
             of
             him
             ?
             Hee
             shall
             fall
             into
             mischief
             ;
             some
             render
             it
             
               in
               malum
               inprovisum
               ,
            
             into
             unthought
             of
             mischief
             ;
             hazardous
             men
             ,
             hard
             hearted
             men
             ,
             are
             suddainly
             before
             ever
             they
             thinke
             of
             it
             ,
             caught
             :
             and
             in
             2
             
               Rom.
            
             2.
             5.
             the
             Apostle
             there
             
             speakes
             to
             such
             a
             hard
             hearted
             wretch
             as
             my
             Text
             meanes
             :
             Thou
             (
             saith
             hee
             )
             after
             thy
             hardness
             of
             heart
             that
             cannot
             repent
             ,
             treasurest
             up
             unto
             thy self
             ,
             wrath
             against
             the
             day
             of
             wrath
             ;
             marke
             yee
             ,
             the
             hard
             heart
             it
             is
             Satans
             treasury
             for
             sin
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             Gods
             treasury
             for
             wrath
             ;
             Satan
             doth
             not
             lay
             up
             more
             wickedness
             in
             a
             hard
             heart
             ,
             then
             God
             layes
             up
             vengeance
             in
             the
             Cellars
             of
             it
             ,
             treasurest
             up
             to
             thy self
             wrath
             against
             the
             day
             of
             wrath
             :
             &
             were
             it
             needfull
             I
             could
             give
             you
             abundance
             of
             examples
             out
             
             of
             Gods
             Word
             ;
             
               Pharaoh
            
             and
             the
             
               Egyptians
            
             are
             a
             famous
             one
             ;
             600000.
             
             Israelites
             in
             the
             Wilderness
             are
             another
             famous
             example
             of
             hardning
             hearts
             to
             ruin
             ,
             when
             the
             hardness
             of
             their
             hearts
             made
             them
             all
             fall
             in
             the
             Wilderness
             ;
             as
             you
             have
             it
             Epitomized
             in
             
               Psalm
               .
            
             95.
             and
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             it
             :
             and
             so
             many
             more
             in
             the
             Old
             and
             New
             Testament
             ,
             that
             the
             time
             will
             not
             allow
             mee
             to
             mention
             ,
             
               Iob
            
             hath
             a
             passage
             may
             serve
             for
             all
             ,
             in
             
               Iob
            
             9.
             4.
             saith
             he
             ,
             Who
             over
             harden'd
             himself
             against
             God
             ,
             and
             prosper'd
             ?
             As
             if
             he
             should
             have
             said
             ,
             I
             challenge
             all
             the
             World
             to
             bring
             an
             example
             of
             any
             one
             man
             that
             ever
             harden'd
             his
             heart
             against
             God
             ,
             and
             was
             not
             ruin'd
             by
             it
             ;
             that
             expression
             ,
             
               and
               prospered
               ,
            
             is
             but
             an
             Affirmative
             for
             a
             Negative
             ;
             bring
             me
             an
             example
             of
             one
             that
             carryed
             away
             the
             victory
             ,
             that
             was
             not
             lost
             in
             the
             War
             ;
             but
             to
             make
             it
             yet
             more
             plain
             to
             you
             ,
             bee
             pleased
             to
             observe
             there
             are
             two
             things
             meet
             in
             this
             sin
             of
             hardness
             of
             heart
             ,
             besides
             many
             
             other
             that
             might
             be
             said
             ;
             but
             I
             say
             there
             are
             two
             things
             that
             will
             demonstrate
             to
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             a
             sin
             that
             must
             bring
             forth
             certain
             judgment
             :
             The
             one
             is
             ,
          
           
             In
             the
             Nature
             of
             it
             ,
             it
             is
             rebellion
             against
             God
             ,
             it
             is
             
             the
             trying
             of
             it
             out
             with
             God
             ,
             whose
             will
             shall
             stand
             ;
             
             for
             God
             saith
             plainly
             to
             the
             harden'd
             sinner
             ,
             I
             will
             have
             such
             a
             thing
             done
             ,
             no
             (
             saith
             the
             t'other
             )
             I
             will
             have
             such
             a
             thing
             done
             ;
             but
             saith
             God
             ,
             if
             I
             bee
             God
             ,
             I
             'le
             have
             it
             done
             ;
             saith
             the
             t'other
             ,
             I
             am
             resolved
             it
             shall
             bee
             thus
             ,
             and
             hee
             tries
             it
             out
             :
             The
             sin
             of
             hardness
             of
             heart
             is
             made
             up
             of
             
               Rebellion
            
             and
             not
             
               yeelding
               ,
            
             he
             takes
             up
             the
             bucklers
             against
             God
             here
             ,
             I
             will
             try
             ,
             and
             when
             hee
             hath
             done
             refuses
             to
             lay
             them
             down
             upon
             a
             Summons
             ,
             but
             will
             stand
             it
             out
             to
             the
             utmost
             ;
             Now
             (
             Brethren
             )
             it
             is
             not
             imaginable
             ,
             that
             any
             thing
             but
             ruine
             should
             attend
             such
             an
             one
             ;
             
               Gamaliels
            
             speech
             in
             
               Acts
            
             5.
             
             Beware
             (
             saith
             hee
             )
             
             
             left
             yee
             bee
             fighters
             against
             God
             ;
             The
             harden'd
             sinner
             enters
             into
             the
             lists
             to
             contend
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             then
             saith
             
             God
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             come
             to
             that
             it
             shall
             be
             tried
             ,
             
               whose
               word
               shall
               stand
               ,
               mine
               or
               theirs
               ;
            
             God
             speakes
             to
             the
             very
             case
             of
             some
             harden'd
             sinners
             ,
             that
             said
             to
             the
             Prophet
             
               Ieremiah
            
             they
             would
             do
             what
             is
             good
             in
             their
             eyes
             :
             well
             saith
             God
             ,
             you
             have
             spoken
             the
             word
             ,
             and
             we
             will
             try
             it
             out
             ,
             whether
             you
             or
             I
             shall
             carry
             it
             ;
             if
             poor
             wormes
             dare
             enter
             the
             lifts
             and
             bid
             defiance
             to
             God
             and
             refuse
             to
             submit
             ,
             they
             must
             perish
             :
             Secondly
             ,
             there
             is
             this
             in
             this
             sinne
             of
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             ,
             that
             ,
          
           
             In
             the
             nature
             of
             it
             ,
             it
             frustrates
             all
             the
             meanes
             that
             
             should
             possibly
             serve
             to
             save
             the
             soule
             from
             ruine
             ;
             I
             say
             the
             sin
             of
             hardness
             of
             heart
             ,
             in
             the
             nature
             of
             it
             ,
             frustrates
             all
             those
             means
             which
             should
             tend
             to
             save
             the
             soul
             from
             ruine
             ;
             
             and
             therefore
             you
             'l
             find
             it
             ordinarily
             ;
             
               If
               you
               'l
               heare
               Gods
               voice
               harden
               not
               your
               heart
               ,
            
             in
             the
             95.
             
             
               Psalme
               ;
            
             so
             in
             
               Hebrewes
            
             3.
             15.
             
             
               To
               day
               if
               you
               will
               heare
               my
               voyce
               ,
               harden
               not
               your
               heart
               ,
            
             as
             they
             did
             in
             the
             Wildernesse
             ;
             and
             my
             Text
             hath
             it
             againe
             ,
             
               they
               made
               their
               heart
               like
               an
               Adamant
               stone
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               not
               heare
               the
               words
               that
               God
               had
               said
               to
               them
               ;
            
             so
             that
             this
             is
             a
             sinne
             that
             prevents
             all
             those
             Ordinances
             and
             meanes
             ,
             which
             the
             Lord
             hath
             sanctified
             and
             appointed
             for
             reducing
             a
             soule
             from
             the
             wayes
             of
             death
             ;
             and
             this
             is
             noted
             of
             the
             
               Israelites
            
             in
             the
             Wildernesse
             ,
             that
             though
             they
             had
             innumerable
             miracles
             and
             administrations
             of
             all
             sorts
             ,
             they
             ate
             miracles
             ,
             and
             dranke
             miracles
             ,
             and
             wore
             miracles
             ,
             they
             had
             whatsoever
             might
             possibly
             doe
             a
             people
             good
             ,
             all
             these
             were
             lost
             to
             that
             people
             ,
             how
             ?
             onely
             because
             of
             the
             hardnesse
             of
             their
             hearts
             ;
             and
             so
             the
             Prophet
             
               Isaiah
            
             expresseth
             it
             ,
             in
             the
             sixth
             of
             
               Isaiah
               ,
            
             the
             Lord
             doth
             by
             the
             Prophet
             ,
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
             harden
             their
             heart
             that
             they
             
               may
               never
               turne
               and
               be
               healed
               :
            
             
             Christ
             saith
             the
             same
             in
             
               Iohn
            
             12.
             40.
             that
             this
             was
             the
             reason
             ,
             why
             all
             the
             miracles
             that
             he
             had
             wrought
             among
             them
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Sermons
             that
             he
             had
             preached
             among
             them
             ,
             did
             them
             no
             good
             ,
             because
             their
             hearts
             were
             harden'd
             :
             it
             is
             like
             a
             peece
             of
             stone
             ,
             put
             into
             a
             bottles
             mouth
             ,
             though
             you
             put
             it
             into
             the
             bottome
             of
             a
             well
             ,
             no
             water
             gets
             into
             it
             ,
             the
             stopple
             keeps
             all
             out
             ;
             the
             sinne
             of
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             keeps
             the
             soule
             from
             receiving
             any
             good
             ,
             it
             is
             like
             unto
             the
             harlot
             that
             
               Solomon
            
             speakes
             of
             ,
             or
             rather
             like
             them
             that
             goe
             in
             to
             the
             harlot
             ,
             that
             none
             of
             them
             ever
             turne
             to
             take
             hold
             of
             the
             wayes
             of
             life
             ;
             so
             that
             because
             it
             is
             a
             sinne
             ,
             that
             is
             open
             Rebellion
             against
             God
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             a
             sinne
             that
             in
             the
             nature
             of
             it
             ,
             rejecteth
             all
             the
             meanes
             that
             might
             make
             reconciliation
             with
             God
             ,
             what
             can
             bee
             expected
             ;
             but
             the
             heart
             that
             goes
             on
             to
             harden
             it selfe
             must
             needs
             run
             into
             utter
             ruine
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             one
             thing
             more
             before
             I
             come
             to
             the
             Application
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             to
             discover
             how
             this
             sinne
             of
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             may
             be
             known
             ,
             the
             properties
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             every
             soule
             may
             bee
             able
             ,
             when
             it
             comes
             to
             the
             Application
             ,
             to
             give
             a
             right
             judgement
             of
             its
             owne
             condition
             ;
             and
             here
             I
             beseech
             you
             remember
             ,
             that
             I
             doe
             not
             come
             to
             enquire
             after
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             in
             generall
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             living
             man
             upon
             earth
             ,
             but
             his
             heart
             is
             harden'd
             ;
             there
             is
             no
             child
             of
             God
             living
             ,
             but
             his
             heart
             is
             harden'd
             ,
             all
             the
             sinfull
             motions
             and
             inclinations
             that
             are
             found
             in
             us
             ,
             they
             are
             all
             the
             fruits
             of
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             ;
             all
             that
             rebellion
             that
             
               Paul
            
             speakes
             of
             in
             the
             seventh
             to
             the
             
               Romans
               ,
            
             a
             law
             in
             the
             members
             rebelling
             against
             the
             law
             of
             the
             mind
             ,
             and
             leading
             of
             him
             captive
             ,
             it
             is
             all
             the
             fruit
             of
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             but
             all
             hardnesse
             is
             not
             the
             hardnesse
             of
             my
             Text
             ;
             all
             
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             is
             not
             destructive
             hardnesse
             ,
             is
             not
             ruining
             hardnesse
             ;
             hardnesse
             felt
             ,
             hardnesse
             bemoaned
             ,
             hardnesse
             
             lamented
             and
             striven
             against
             is
             softnesse
             in
             Gods
             esteeme
             ;
             and
             is
             so
             farre
             from
             being
             a
             forerunner
             of
             ruine
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             an
             evidence
             of
             salvation
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             this
             destroying
             damning
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             ,
             that
             I
             would
             enquire
             the
             properties
             of
             ,
             and
             set
             them
             before
             you
             out
             of
             the
             word
             of
             God
             :
             and
             there
             are
             six
             things
             that
             I
             have
             thought
             upon
             ,
             whereby
             this
             destroying
             damning
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             doth
             manifest
             it selfe
             ,
             First
             ,
          
           
             Take
             that
             which
             is
             most
             usuall
             in
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             the
             
             Lord
             ordinarily
             expresses
             this
             devillish
             hardness
             of
             heart
             ,
             
             by
             the
             comparison
             of
             an
             untamed
             heifer
             ,
             of
             a
             bullock
             that
             refuses
             to
             carry
             the
             yoke
             ,
             to
             draw
             ,
             or
             to
             plow
             ;
             very
             often
             in
             the
             booke
             of
             God
             doth
             the
             Lord
             describe
             this
             hardned
             sinner
             by
             the
             comparison
             of
             an
             untamed
             heifer
             ,
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             yoke
             :
             Now
             in
             an
             untamed
             heifer
             ,
             there
             are
             these
             two
             things
             remarkable
             to
             my
             purpose
             :
             the
             one
             is
             ,
          
           
             That
             if
             it
             be
             possible
             ,
             it
             will
             throw
             off
             the
             yoke
             that
             you
             would
             put
             upon
             it
             ,
             turning
             away
             the
             neck
             ,
             rinching
             the
             shoulder
             ,
             using
             its
             strength
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             it
             hath
             ,
             to
             keepe
             the
             yoke
             that
             it
             may
             not
             come
             upon
             the
             neck
             of
             it
             :
             or
             secondly
             ,
          
           
             If
             you
             doe
             get
             the
             yoke
             over
             the
             neck
             ,
             and
             compell
             it
             to
             be
             under
             the
             yoke
             ,
             then
             it
             pines
             away
             ,
             frets
             and
             fumes
             ,
             and
             bellows
             ,
             and
             takes
             on
             ,
             but
             worke
             it
             will
             not
             ;
             just
             thus
             is
             this
             harden'd
             heart
             ,
             God
             hath
             two
             yokes
             ;
             The
             one
             is
             ,
             
          
           
             The
             yoke
             of
             his
             Commandements
             ,
             which
             hee
             commands
             every
             soule
             to
             take
             upon
             its
             selfe
             ,
             this
             yoke
             ,
             this
             hardned
             wretch
             throwes
             away
             with
             indignation
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             say
             of
             a
             harden'd
             heart
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             yoke
             of
             obedience
             ,
             as
             
               Iob
            
             speaks
             of
             the
             Vnicorne
             ,
             in
             the
             39.
             of
             
               Iob
               ,
            
             Canst
             thou
             intreat
             him
             to
             carry
             thy
             yoke
             and
             to
             plow
             thy
             ground
             ?
             can
             thy
             faire
             words
             perswade
             him
             to
             doe
             it
             ?
             
             (
             saith
             hee
             )
             so
             doe
             you
             thinke
             any
             allurements
             for
             God
             ,
             shall
             make
             this
             wretched
             man
             carry
             the
             yoke
             of
             Gods
             Commandements
             ?
             no
             ,
             hee
             throwes
             them
             off
             ,
             what
             God
             would
             have
             him
             doe
             he
             will
             not
             doe
             ,
             but
             then
             God
             hath
             another
             yoke
             ,
             that
             this
             creature
             cannot
             keep
             off
             :
             and
             that
             is
             ,
          
           
             The
             yoke
             of
             correction
             ,
             the
             yoke
             of
             judgement
             ,
             and
             when
             the
             Lord
             puts
             that
             yoke
             upon
             him
             ,
             then
             hee
             pines
             away
             ,
             frets
             ,
             swelters
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             as
             the
             Prophet
             
               Ezekiel
            
             expresses
             it
             ,
             in
             the
             24.
             of
             
               Ezekiel
               ,
            
             You
             shall
             not
             weep
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             you
             shall
             not
             weep
             with
             any
             godly
             sorrow
             ,
             but
             ye
             shall
             
             pine
             away
             in
             your
             iniquities
             :
             and
             the
             Lord
             expresses
             it
             in
             the
             51.
             of
             
               Isaiah
               :
            
             Thy
             sonnes
             do
             faint
             (
             in
             the
             20.
             verse
             )
             they
             are
             like
             a
             Bull
             caught
             in
             a
             net
             ,
             full
             of
             the
             fury
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             there
             thy
             sonnes
             are
             fallen
             ,
             I
             have
             yoked
             them
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             carry
             my
             yoke
             of
             obedience
             ,
             but
             I
             have
             yok'd
             them
             with
             judgement
             ;
             and
             how
             are
             they
             under
             it
             ?
             there
             they
             lie
             like
             a
             Bull
             in
             a
             net
             ,
             full
             of
             the
             fury
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             yelling
             and
             roaring
             :
             thus
             the
             harden'd
             heart
             is
             like
             an
             untamed
             heifer
             ,
             the
             yoke
             of
             Gods
             commandements
             it
             will
             not
             carry
             ,
             and
             the
             yoke
             of
             judgements
             though
             it
             must
             carry
             ,
             yet
             it
             doth
             not
             profit
             by
             them
             ,
             but
             onely
             pines
             away
             by
             discontent
             under
             them
             ;
             This
             first
             note
             of
             a
             harden'd
             heart
             I
             give
             onely
             for
             your
             memories
             sake
             ,
             because
             the
             matter
             of
             it
             will
             come
             in
             the
             things
             that
             follow
             .
             And
             secondly
             ,
             another
             property
             of
             this
             harden'd
             heart
             that
             my
             Text
             speaks
             of
             ,
             is
             ,
          
           
             That
             it
             is
             an
             insensible
             heart
             ;
             
               Nabals
            
             heart
             is
             said
             to
             be
             
             like
             a
             stone
             ,
             sensible
             of
             nothing
             ,
             though
             all
             belonging
             to
             
             him
             was
             like
             to
             come
             to
             ruine
             ;
             
               Nabals
            
             heart
             had
             no
             sense
             of
             any
             thing
             ,
             so
             is
             this
             wretch
             ,
             this
             wretched
             creature
             I
             am
             speaking
             of
             ,
             let
             Gods
             wrath
             bee
             threatned
             to
             him
             ,
             though
             hee
             lie
             under
             it
             ,
             hee
             feeles
             it
             not
             ;
             let
             his
             owne
             unkindness
             
             be
             open'd
             ,
             he
             is
             not
             sensible
             of
             it
             ,
             let
             heaven
             shake
             over
             him
             ,
             let
             the
             earth
             shake
             under
             him
             ,
             let
             his
             estate
             shake
             ,
             let
             his
             house
             quake
             ,
             nothing
             moves
             him
             ,
             let
             death
             bee
             ready
             to
             shake
             him
             ,
             hell
             ready
             to
             devoure
             him
             ,
             hee
             apprehends
             nothing
             ,
             hee
             is
             like
             the
             drunkard
             that
             
               Solomon
            
             speakes
             of
             in
             the
             23.
             of
             
               Proverbs
               ,
            
             that
             lies
             asleep
             
             upon
             the
             top
             of
             a
             mast
             ,
             
               they
               have
               beaten
               mee
               ,
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               but
               I
               did
               not
               feele
               it
               ,
            
             they
             have
             wounded
             me
             ,
             but
             I
             did
             not
             know
             it
             ;
             nothing
             that
             the
             Lord
             doth
             to
             them
             ,
             or
             that
             his
             word
             saith
             to
             them
             ,
             makes
             them
             sensible
             of
             any
             thing
             ,
             a
             harden'd
             heart
             is
             an
             insensible
             heart
             ;
             that
             is
             another
             property
             of
             it
             :
             Thirdly
             ,
             this
             harden'd
             heart
             of
             my
             Text
             ,
          
           
             Is
             an
             impenitent
             heart
             indeed
             ,
             the
             hardness
             of
             heart
             is
             
             but
             an
             aggravation
             of
             impenitence
             ,
             but
             he
             is
             resolutely
             
             an
             impenitent
             person
             ,
             hee
             is
             one
             that
             goes
             on
             in
             the
             wayes
             of
             sinne
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             bee
             tooke
             off
             from
             the
             wayes
             of
             sinne
             ;
             A
             harden'd
             heart
             ,
             you
             may
             truely
             say
             of
             it
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             Rock
             to
             God
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             wax
             to
             the
             Devill
             ;
             it
             is
             inexorable
             to
             the
             requests
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             most
             yeelding
             to
             the
             allurements
             of
             the
             Devill
             ;
             Gods
             seed
             will
             not
             grow
             in
             this
             rock
             ,
             but
             the
             Devils
             seed
             growes
             best
             of
             all
             there
             ;
             they
             obey
             not
             the
             truth
             but
             willingly
             obey
             unrighteousness
             ,
             they
             are
             stones
             to
             God
             ,
             but
             wax
             to
             the
             Devill
             ;
             indeed
             to
             harden
             the
             heart
             ,
             and
             to
             goe
             on
             resolutely
             in
             a
             way
             of
             sinning
             against
             God
             ,
             is
             al
             one
             ,
             take
             it
             as
             the
             Apostle
             expresses
             it
             in
             the
             second
             of
             the
             
               Romans
               ,
            
             thus
             ,
             (
             saith
             hee
             )
             
             
               after
               thy
               hardnes
               and
               heart
               that
               cannot
               repent
               :
            
             a
             resolute
             hearted
             man
             is
             like
             a
             Blackmore
             ,
             that
             cannot
             change
             his
             skin
             ;
             like
             a
             Leopard
             that
             cannot
             change
             her
             spots
             :
             it
             is
             set
             and
             bent
             to
             goe
             on
             in
             the
             wayes
             of
             sinne
             ;
             that
             is
             another
             property
             :
             Fourthly
             ,
          
           
             This
             harden'd
             heart
             doth
             not
             onely
             go●
             on
             
             in
             the
             wayes
             of
             sinne
             ,
             but
             goes
             on
             in
             them
             against
             
             all
             admonition
             ,
             and
             all
             helpes
             against
             ,
             and
             meanes
             to
             the
             
             contrary
             ,
             whatsoever
             dispensation
             there
             is
             from
             heaven
             appearing
             to
             take
             him
             off
             from
             his
             sinnes
             ,
             the
             harden'd
             heart
             hath
             a
             
               non
               abstante
               ,
            
             though
             preached
             against
             ,
             though
             threatned
             ,
             though
             allured
             by
             promises
             ,
             though
             terrified
             by
             judgements
             ,
             the
             harden'd
             heart
             is
             Sermon-proof
             ,
             is
             judgement-proofe
             ;
             
               Elies
            
             sonnes
             they
             were
             not
             only
             wicked
             ,
             but
             they
             hearkned
             not
             to
             the
             voyce
             of
             their
             Father
             when
             hee
             made
             them
             a
             good
             Sermon
             from
             God
             ,
             yet
             because
             God
             meant
             to
             destroy
             them
             ,
             hee
             had
             given
             them
             up
             to
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             ,
             the
             counsell
             of
             their
             Father
             wrought
             not
             one
             whit
             upon
             them
             ;
             so
             
               Solomon
            
             saith
             of
             him
             in
             
               Proverbs
            
             29.
             hee
             that
             having
             been
             
               often
               reproved
               ,
            
             hardens
             his
             heart
             ;
             
               Ieremy
            
             compares
             him
             to
             a
             wild
             
             Asse
             ,
             
               Ier.
            
             2.
             all
             that
             seek
             to
             catch
             him
             labour
             in
             vaine
             ,
             
               Israel
            
             had
             loved
             strangers
             ,
             and
             after
             them
             hee
             would
             goe
             ,
             if
             God
             in
             his
             Word
             mourne
             to
             them
             they
             will
             not
             weep
             ,
             if
             the
             Word
             pipe
             to
             them
             they
             will
             not
             dance
             ,
             if
             he
             offer
             to
             draw
             them
             with
             cords
             of
             love
             ,
             they
             will
             not
             follow
             ,
             if
             by
             his
             judgements
             hee
             stand
             in
             their
             way
             ,
             as
             the
             Angel
             did
             against
             
               Balaam
            
             with
             a
             drawne
             Sword
             ,
             yet
             on
             they
             will
             ,
             like
             the
             Smiths
             Dog
             ,
             they
             can
             sleepe
             when
             the
             sparkes
             fly
             about
             their
             eares
             ;
             hee
             is
             like
             a
             man
             in
             iron
             ,
             an
             armed
             man
             ,
             strike
             him
             with
             a
             staffe
             ,
             cut
             him
             with
             a
             Sword
             ,
             all
             is
             one
             ,
             hee
             hath
             armour
             of
             proof
             ,
             keeps
             out
             both
             ,
             men
             who
             thus
             goe
             on
             are
             harden'd
             to
             destruction
             :
             Fiftly
             ,
          
           
             Another
             property
             of
             this
             hardned
             wretch
             is
             ,
             that
             they
             make
             but
             a
             mocke
             and
             scorne
             either
             of
             the
             sinnes
             that
             
             they
             walke
             in
             ,
             or
             of
             any
             judgements
             ,
             or
             plagues
             that
             may
             
             betide
             them
             for
             their
             sinnes
             ;
             as
             it
             is
             said
             of
             
               Lots
            
             sonnes
             in
             law
             ,
             their
             father
             told
             them
             of
             their
             sinnes
             ,
             and
             told
             them
             of
             the
             judgement
             ,
             but
             (
             saith
             the
             Text
             )
             hee
             seemed
             
             to
             his
             sonnes
             in
             law
             as
             one
             that
             mock'd
             :
             they
             jeered
             him
             ,
             and
             they
             thought
             hee
             jeered
             them
             ,
             they
             are
             like
             the
             
             Swine
             that
             our
             Saviour
             speakes
             of
             ,
             throw
             a
             pearle
             before
             them
             ,
             they
             will
             tread
             it
             under
             their
             feet
             ;
             they
             make
             a
             scorne
             of
             them
             ,
             tell
             them
             of
             their
             offences
             against
             God
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             ruine
             of
             their
             soules
             ,
             they
             are
             like
             Leviathan
             that
             the
             spirit
             of
             God
             speakes
             of
             ,
             in
             the
             41.
             of
             
               Iob
            
             come
             
             upon
             him
             with
             speares
             and
             swords
             ,
             they
             are
             but
             as
             stubble
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             strawes
             ,
             hee
             laughs
             at
             them
             ,
             he
             saies
             ,
             Aha
             ,
             like
             the
             horse
             in
             the
             middle
             of
             the
             battle
             ,
             neighes
             and
             laughs
             at
             the
             danger
             ;
             so
             when
             a
             heart
             goes
             on
             in
             a
             hardened
             
             way
             it
             makes
             a
             jest
             ,
             and
             a
             scorne
             of
             all
             the
             evils
             you
             can
             threaten
             against
             him
             ,
             hee
             saith
             ,
             Tush
             ,
             I
             shall
             have
             peace
             though
             I
             adde
             drunkennesse
             to
             thirst
             ,
             these
             threatnings
             are
             nothing
             ,
             this
             wind
             shakes
             not
             my
             corne
             ;
             and
             I
             'le
             adde
             but
             one
             more
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             ,
          
           
             When
             the
             heart
             goes
             on
             in
             this
             destructive
             way
             ,
             it
             doth
             
             oppose
             and
             set
             against
             all
             those
             as
             enemies
             who
             would
             
             stop
             them
             in
             their
             way
             ;
             and
             when
             once
             the
             soule
             is
             come
             to
             that
             passe
             ,
             then
             in
             truth
             is
             Satan
             set
             upon
             his
             throne
             ,
             then
             they
             are
             the
             Devils
             cushion
             ,
             or
             his
             pillow
             ;
             and
             this
             the
             harden'd
             heart
             ordinarily
             doth
             ,
             you
             may
             see
             it
             in
             
               Pharaoh
               ;
            
             when
             
               Moses
            
             still
             followed
             him
             from
             God
             ,
             and
             hee
             could
             not
             be
             rid
             of
             him
             ,
             then
             he
             gave
             him
             this
             answer
             ,
             
               come
               no
               more
               to
               mee
               ,
            
             I
             'le
             hang
             you
             the
             next
             time
             you
             come
             ,
             see
             my
             face
             no
             more
             ,
             if
             ever
             thou
             commest
             to
             mee
             againe
             with
             these
             messages
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             die
             for
             it
             ;
             and
             so
             likewise
             
               Amaziah
               ,
            
             you
             may
             read
             of
             him
             in
             2
             
               Chron.
            
             25.
             when
             he
             was
             fallen
             into
             the
             sinne
             of
             Idolatry
             ,
             God
             
             sent
             a
             Prophet
             to
             him
             to
             admonish
             him
             ;
             
               Forbeare
            
             (
             saith
             the
             King
             to
             him
             )
             
               who
               made
               you
               of
               the
               Kings
               Councell
               ?
               hold
               your
               tongue
               ,
               else
               you
               'l
               be
               smitten
               ,
            
             then
             saith
             the
             Prophet
             ,
             by
             this
             I
             know
             that
             God
             meanes
             to
             destroy
             thee
             ;
             
             when
             they
             are
             like
             unto
             them
             our
             Lord
             speakes
             of
             ,
             in
             the
             seventh
             of
             
               Matthew
               ,
            
             not
             onely
             as
             swine
             ,
             that
             trample
             the
             pearle
             under
             their
             feet
             ,
             but
             like
             Dogs
             worry
             them
             
             that
             offer
             to
             bestow
             the
             pretious
             things
             upon
             them
             :
             in
             one
             word
             ,
             
               David
            
             describes
             them
             excellently
             in
             the
             23.
             Chap.
             of
             the
             second
             of
             
               Samuel
            
             about
             the
             sixth
             and
             seventh
             verses
             :
             
             The
             sonnes
             of
             
               Belial
               ,
            
             that
             is
             the
             hard
             hearted
             men
             of
             my
             Text
             ,
             for
             a
             child
             of
             
               Belial
            
             is
             a
             child
             without
             a
             yoke
             ,
             that
             will
             not
             carry
             Gods
             yoke
             ,
             marke
             how
             hee
             describes
             them
             ,
             the
             sonnes
             of
             
               Belial
            
             are
             like
             
               thornes
               ;
            
             thornes
             that
             
               may
               not
               bee
               taken
               with
               hands
               ,
               but
               the
               man
               that
               touches
               them
               ,
               must
               be
               fenced
               with
               iron
               ,
               and
               the
               staffe
               of
               a
               speare
               ,
            
             there
             is
             no
             comming
             neer
             them
             ;
             when
             men
             are
             set
             upon
             their
             wayes
             ,
             that
             they
             hate
             him
             that
             reproves
             in
             the
             gate
             ,
             and
             declare
             themselves
             opposite
             unto
             all
             those
             that
             would
             bring
             them
             in
             to
             God
             ;
             there
             is
             the
             hard
             heart
             that
             my
             Text
             mentions
             ,
             to
             this
             passe
             was
             
               Israel
            
             and
             
               Iudah
            
             come
             ,
             
             2
             
               Chron.
            
             36.
             15.
             
             
               They
               transgressed
               greatly
               ,
               and
               the
               Lord
               sent
               to
               them
               by
               his
               messengers
               rising
               early
               ,
               because
               hee
               had
               compassion
               on
               them
               .
               But
               they
               mocked
               his
               messengers
               ,
               despised
               his
               words
               ,
               and
               misused
               his
               Prophets
               ,
               then
               the
               wrath
               of
               God
               broke
               out
               against
               them
               and
               there
               was
               no
               remedy
               :
            
             so
             that
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             when
             men
             are
             come
             to
             bee
             stiffe-necked
             against
             God
             ,
             senselesse
             ,
             and
             remorselesse
             ,
             boldly
             going
             on
             in
             sinne
             against
             all
             mercies
             and
             meanes
             ,
             and
             make
             a
             scorne
             of
             sinne
             and
             judgement
             ,
             and
             declare
             themselves
             enemies
             to
             those
             that
             would
             reduce
             them
             into
             a
             better
             condition
             ,
             these
             are
             the
             men
             that
             my
             text
             meanes
             ,
             and
             that
             fall
             under
             this
             Character
             ,
             their
             damnation
             sleepeth
             not
             ;
             I
             come
             now
             to
             the
             Application
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             there
             are
             many
             excellent
             uses
             that
             wee
             might
             make
             of
             it
             ,
             three
             or
             foure
             I
             shall
             by
             the
             Lords
             helpe
             communicate
             at
             this
             time
             ;
             First
             ,
          
           
           
             I
             earnestly
             intreat
             you
             to
             examine
             your
             owne
             soules
             ,
             
             whether
             none
             of
             you
             fall
             under
             this
             Character
             ;
             I
             am
             assured
             ,
             there
             is
             not
             a
             soule
             in
             this
             Assembly
             ,
             but
             hath
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             in
             him
             ;
             I
             shall
             bee
             farre
             from
             threatning
             destruction
             to
             every
             soule
             that
             is
             hardhearted
             ,
             but
             I
             desire
             you
             to
             examine
             whether
             you
             are
             not
             one
             of
             these
             harden'd
             sinners
             my
             text
             speakes
             of
             ,
             the
             Lord
             helpe
             you
             to
             looke
             inwardly
             and
             say
             ,
             Lord
             ,
             is
             not
             this
             my
             case
             ?
             say
             once
             againe
             ,
             Art
             not
             thou
             resolved
             to
             goe
             on
             in
             thy
             way
             ,
             what
             ever
             come
             of
             it
             ?
             hath
             not
             God
             enlightned
             thy
             conscience
             ,
             that
             the
             wayes
             that
             thou
             walkest
             in
             ,
             are
             the
             wayes
             that
             lead
             to
             death
             ?
             art
             not
             thou
             set
             notwithstanding
             to
             goe
             on
             in
             that
             way
             ,
             though
             God
             sometimes
             follow
             thee
             with
             judgements
             ?
             dost
             thou
             not
             cast
             the
             judgements
             off
             ,
             if
             it
             bee
             possible
             ,
             or
             lie
             and
             vex
             under
             them
             ,
             and
             yet
             goe
             on
             ?
             hath
             not
             God
             oftentimes
             in
             the
             ministery
             of
             his
             word
             met
             with
             thee
             ,
             in
             thy
             wicked
             wayes
             ,
             and
             shew'd
             thee
             the
             evill
             and
             the
             danger
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             thou
             resolutely
             goest
             on
             ,
             that
             thou
             hast
             made
             thy
             heart
             like
             a
             peece
             of
             the
             nether
             Milstone
             ,
             as
             God
             saith
             of
             Leviathan's
             ?
             art
             thou
             come
             to
             this
             passe
             ?
             heare
             a
             word
             or
             two
             from
             God
             ,
             thou
             miserable
             wretched
             man
             ,
             knowest
             thou
             what
             thou
             hast
             undertaken
             ?
             doest
             thou
             understand
             that
             thou
             hast
             sent
             a
             challenge
             to
             God
             ?
             doest
             thou
             understand
             that
             thou
             art
             in
             defiance
             with
             heaven
             ?
             dost
             thou
             understand
             (
             I
             say
             )
             that
             the
             Lord
             God
             almighty
             is
             entred
             the
             lists
             against
             thee
             ?
             or
             wilt
             thou
             not
             understand
             it
             ?
             or
             now
             when
             thou
             hearest
             it
             ,
             do
             not
             thy
             joynts
             tremble
             ?
             art
             thou
             able
             to
             hold
             u●
             the
             weapons
             ,
             when
             hee
             comes
             to
             strike
             ?
             know
             thou
             for
             certaine
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             the
             interest
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             destroy
             all
             those
             that
             will
             trie
             it
             out
             with
             him
             ,
             hee
             would
             even
             hereby
             bee
             knowne
             to
             bee
             
               Iehovah
               ,
            
             in
             the
             40.
             of
             
               Iob
               ,
               If
               thou
               beest
               God
            
             (
             faith
             hee
             )
             
               shew
               thy selfe
               ;
            
             
             
             how
             ?
             
               pluck
               downe
               every
               proud
               man
               ,
               abase
               them
               ,
               lay
               them
               low
               ,
               batter
               them
               ;
            
             bee
             assured
             of
             it
             ,
             thou
             art
             a
             lost
             man
             ,
             thou
             art
             an
             unequall
             match
             for
             him
             ,
             the
             greatest
             Kings
             and
             Monarchs
             ,
             the
             stoutest
             Champions
             ,
             the
             strongest
             Giants
             have
             met
             with
             their
             matches
             ,
             but
             the
             Lord
             whom
             thou
             defyest
             never
             met
             with
             his
             match
             ,
             and
             I
             tell
             thee
             hee
             is
             preparing
             for
             thee
             ;
             God
             it
             may
             be
             hath
             not
             struck
             yet
             ,
             but
             hee
             is
             turning
             his
             grindstone
             ,
             hee
             is
             sharpening
             his
             tooles
             ,
             hee
             is
             preparing
             his
             arrowes
             ,
             he
             hath
             them
             ready
             at
             the
             very
             face
             of
             thee
             ,
             and
             thou
             wretched
             man
             wilt
             bee
             found
             to
             bee
             but
             as
             stubble
             before
             Gods
             devouring
             fire
             ,
             thou
             art
             an
             undone
             man
             ,
             who
             ever
             thou
             art
             ,
             that
             hast
             dared
             thus
             to
             exalt
             thy selfe
             against
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             if
             any
             of
             you
             that
             heare
             this
             Sermon
             doe
             know
             any
             who
             are
             thus
             resolutely
             set
             to
             goe
             on
             in
             their
             wicked
             wayes
             ,
             any
             such
             insolent
             worme
             which
             dares
             thus
             lift
             up
             it selfe
             against
             its
             Creator
             ,
             I
             'le
             give
             you
             that
             counsell
             that
             
               Moses
            
             did
             give
             to
             the
             
               Israelites
            
             concerning
             
               Korah
               ,
               Dathan
               ,
            
             
             and
             
               Abiram
               ,
            
             who
             were
             in
             the
             like
             rebellion
             ,
             that
             these
             men
             are
             in
             ,
             
               Get
               you
               all
               of
               you
               up
               from
               the
               tents
               of
               these
               men
               ,
               lest
               you
               perish
               with
               them
               ,
            
             get
             you
             up
             from
             them
             ,
             have
             nothing
             to
             doe
             with
             them
             ;
             it
             is
             the
             terriblest
             thing
             in
             the
             world
             to
             bee
             found
             to
             fight
             against
             God
             :
             O
             that
             you
             would
             all
             examine
             your
             owne
             hearts
             upon
             it
             :
             Then
             secondly
             ,
          
           
             This
             lesson
             doth
             to
             my
             apprehension
             speake
             wonderfull
             
             sadly
             concerning
             our
             poore
             distressed
             
               England
            
             at
             this
             
             day
             ;
             truely
             the
             dangers
             that
             this
             kingdome
             of
             
               England
            
             is
             in
             at
             this
             day
             ,
             are
             not
             to
             be
             express'd
             ;
             It
             pleases
             God
             that
             wee
             are
             compass'd
             round
             about
             with
             mischiefes
             ,
             and
             one
             depth
             calls
             to
             another
             ,
             and
             almost
             every
             day
             brings
             up
             a
             new
             cloud
             ,
             and
             for
             ought
             mortall
             man
             can
             see
             ,
             the
             issue
             of
             blood
             ,
             which
             wee
             hoped
             had
             been
             stanched
             ,
             is
             
             like
             to
             bee
             opened
             again
             in
             as
             dreadfull
             a
             manner
             as
             ever
             ,
             yet
             it
             was
             Ships
             revolted
             on
             one
             side
             ,
             others
             contrary
             to
             Leagues
             and
             Covenants
             invading
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             tumults
             in
             every
             corner
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             all
             at
             our
             wits
             ends
             ,
             but
             (
             in
             Gods
             presence
             I
             speak
             it
             )
             I
             feare
             the
             threatning
             of
             this
             doctrine
             more
             ,
             then
             I
             doe
             all
             the
             revolted
             Ships
             ,
             then
             I
             doe
             Duke
             
               Hamiltons
            
             army
             ,
             or
             all
             others
             who
             by
             Sea
             or
             Land
             are
             indeavoring
             to
             hurt
             us
             .
             The
             kingdome
             ,
             the
             body
             of
             the
             kingdome
             of
             
               England
            
             is
             brasse
             and
             iron
             ;
             let
             us
             all
             ,
             especially
             you
             that
             are
             the
             representative
             body
             of
             the
             kingdome
             ,
             if
             wee
             have
             any
             bowels
             in
             us
             ,
             let
             us
             joyne
             and
             bemoane
             it
             now
             wee
             speak
             of
             it
             ,
             God
             hath
             steeped
             
               England
            
             in
             the
             oyle
             of
             mercies
             ,
             wee
             are
             not
             melted
             one
             whit
             ,
             hee
             hath
             ground
             us
             under
             terrible
             judgements
             ,
             wee
             are
             as
             hard
             as
             ever
             rock
             was
             ;
             wee
             are
             broken
             like
             a
             flint
             stone
             into
             100.
             peeces
             ,
             and
             every
             piece
             as
             hard
             as
             the
             whole
             stone
             was
             ;
             goe
             from
             one
             end
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             to
             the
             other
             (
             pardon
             me
             if
             I
             use
             the
             received
             expressions
             )
             let
             men
             bee
             Cavaliers
             or
             Roundheads
             ,
             Royalists
             or
             Parliamentiers
             ,
             give
             them
             what
             stile
             you
             wil
             ,
             all
             are
             brasse
             and
             iron
             ;
             the
             generality
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             resolutely
             goes
             on
             rebelling
             against
             the
             Lord
             God
             ;
             but
             goe
             into
             any
             towne
             ,
             goe
             into
             the
             places
             of
             publique
             resort
             ,
             view
             the
             Citie
             ,
             view
             the
             Countries
             ,
             see
             whether
             men
             bee
             not
             every where
             set
             upon
             mischiefe
             and
             madnesse
             ,
             the
             Ministery
             of
             the
             word
             overborne
             ,
             bulrushes
             as
             able
             to
             stop
             a
             current
             as
             all
             the
             endeavours
             of
             that
             handfull
             of
             men
             that
             stand
             for
             God
             ,
             are
             able
             to
             stop
             the
             inundation
             of
             peoples
             sinnes
             ,
             lying
             ,
             swearing
             ,
             debawchednesse
             ,
             blasphemy
             ,
             heresie
             ,
             prophanenesse
             of
             every
             kind
             ,
             almost
             all
             in
             rebellion
             against
             God
             ,
             and
             no
             man
             almost
             layes
             it
             to
             heart
             :
             indeed
             wee
             have
             our
             monethly
             Fasts
             kept
             up
             ,
             but
             alas
             ,
             they
             are
             brought
             to
             a
             meere
             formality
             ;
             
             but
             so
             did
             these
             Jewes
             in
             the
             Text
             ,
             threescore
             yeers
             and
             ten
             together
             ,
             Fast
             after
             Fast
             ,
             but
             God
             loathed
             them
             ,
             because
             they
             tended
             the
             ceremony
             ,
             and
             neglected
             the
             substance
             ,
             piety
             and
             justice
             ,
             and
             turning
             from
             wicked
             wayes
             ,
             and
             even
             so
             doe
             wee
             in
             the
             meane
             time
             like
             the
             Anvile
             grow
             harder
             for
             all
             the
             strokes
             are
             upon
             us
             ;
             surely
             Gods
             wrath
             is
             great
             against
             us
             ,
             
               Pharaohs
            
             hard
             heart
             was
             a
             worse
             plague
             then
             all
             his
             other
             plagues
             put
             together
             ,
             and
             the
             obstinacy
             and
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             throughout
             the
             land
             is
             the
             greatest
             plague
             wee
             can
             lie
             under
             ,
             and
             will
             prove
             ,
             if
             infinite
             mercy
             prevent
             it
             not
             ,
             the
             sluce
             or
             floodgate
             to
             let
             in
             destruction
             ,
             let
             us
             sadly
             lay
             these
             things
             to
             heart
             ,
             and
             mourne
             before
             him
             because
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             rather
             wonder
             at
             Gods
             patience
             then
             at
             our
             plagues
             ;
             and
             certainely
             ,
             if
             God
             go
             on
             to
             lay
             our
             pleasant
             land
             desolate
             ,
             and
             to
             scatter
             us
             as
             with
             a
             whirlewind
             ,
             though
             now
             we
             can
             lay
             the
             cause
             of
             our
             calamities
             at
             one
             anothers
             doores
             ,
             God
             will
             make
             us
             all
             know
             that
             it
             was
             our
             
               obstinacy
               of
               heart
               against
               him
            
             that
             hath
             brought
             ruine
             upon
             us
             ;
             the
             Lord
             teach
             us
             to
             Iay
             it
             to
             heart
             upon
             this
             day
             of
             our
             humiliation
             ;
             Secondly
             ,
          
           
             Is
             the
             sinne
             of
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             so
             destroying
             a
             sinne
             ?
             
             what
             cause
             then
             have
             they
             to
             blesse
             the
             Lord
             to
             whom
             God
             hath
             given
             a
             tender
             ,
             soft
             heart
             ,
             a
             heart
             of
             flesh
             ,
             such
             an
             heart
             as
             
               Ioshua
            
             had
             ,
             2
             
               Chron.
            
             34.
             
               thy
               heart
               was
               tender
               ,
               and
               thou
               didst
               humble
               thy selfe
               ;
            
             who
             can
             say
             with
             
               Iob
               ,
               God
               hath
               made
               my
               heart
               soft
               ;
            
             if
             any
             soule
             in
             this
             Assembly
             hath
             obtain'd
             a
             soften'd
             heart
             ,
             let
             him
             know
             that
             in
             that
             one
             gift
             God
             hath
             given
             him
             the
             quintessence
             of
             all
             the
             grace
             of
             the
             new
             Covenant
             ;
             God
             made
             all
             the
             new
             Covenant
             good
             in
             that
             one
             promise
             ,
             
               I
               will
               give
               you
               a
               heart
               of
               flesh
               ,
            
             to
             have
             the
             heart
             of
             stone
             taken
             
             away
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             a
             fleshy
             heart
             in
             the
             roome
             of
             it
             ,
             is
             an
             unvaluable
             mercy
             ,
             God
             delights
             to
             dwell
             in
             a
             house
             thus
             
             broken
             ,
             where
             the
             floore
             is
             soft
             ,
             where
             the
             raine
             comes
             in
             ,
             and
             you
             have
             infinite
             cause
             to
             praise
             God
             for
             it
             :
             but
             because
             I
             would
             not
             bee
             mistaken
             ,
             I
             pray
             you
             know
             ,
             that
             all
             tendernesse
             and
             brokennesse
             is
             not
             that
             heart
             of
             flesh
             that
             I
             meane
             ;
             There
             is
             a
             naturall
             tendernesse
             that
             some
             men
             have
             ,
             a
             compassionating
             spirit
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             can
             hardly
             see
             another
             in
             misery
             ,
             but
             will
             weepe
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             yet
             it
             may
             bee
             their
             hearts
             are
             as
             hard
             against
             God
             ,
             as
             Leviathans
             is
             against
             a
             Speare
             ;
             and
             there
             is
             another
             tendernesse
             ,
             that
             is
             a
             legall
             brokennesse
             ,
             when
             God
             it
             may
             bee
             seizes
             upon
             the
             heart
             with
             a
             spirit
             of
             trembling
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             stabbed
             with
             the
             apprehensions
             of
             wrath
             ,
             and
             so
             are
             like
             unto
             
               Cain
               ,
            
             that
             wheresoever
             he
             goes
             ,
             hee
             was
             in
             the
             land
             of
             
               Nod
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             in
             the
             land
             of
             trembling
             ;
             this
             trembling
             heart
             is
             a
             curse
             threatned
             ,
             the
             
               Lord
               shall
               give
               thee
               a
            
             
             
               trembling
               heart
               ,
               I
               will
               send
               a
               faintnesse
               into
               their
               hearts
               in
               the
               land
               of
               their
               enemies
               ,
               and
               the
               sound
               of
               a
               shaking
               leafe
               shall
               chase
               them
               ;
            
             I
             meane
             neither
             of
             these
             ,
             but
             that
             Evangelicall
             broken
             heart
             ,
             that
             is
             contrary
             to
             the
             sinne
             of
             my
             Text
             ,
             is
             nothing
             but
             an
             heart
             willing
             to
             lay
             downe
             the
             bucklers
             before
             God
             ,
             that
             saith
             with
             
               Iob
               ,
            
             Lord
             I
             have
             
             done
             foolishly
             ,
             I
             will
             doe
             so
             no
             more
             ;
             the
             heart
             that
             yeelds
             to
             God
             :
             and
             that
             will
             appeare
             by
             these
             foure
             things
             ,
             one
             is
             ,
             that
          
           
             To
             such
             a
             heart
             ,
             the
             reliques
             of
             the
             hardnesse
             of
             their
             hearts
             is
             a
             most
             uncomfortable
             burden
             ,
             the
             stone
             in
             their
             
             
             bladder
             ,
             or
             the
             stone
             in
             their
             kidneys
             ,
             though
             it
             afflict
             their
             sense
             more
             ,
             yet
             doth
             not
             afflict
             their
             inward
             man
             ,
             their
             heart
             ,
             so
             much
             as
             the
             obstinacy
             ,
             and
             obduratenesse
             ,
             and
             wretchednesse
             ,
             that
             they
             finde
             in
             their
             owne
             soule
             against
             God
             ;
             
               O
               Lord
               ,
               why
               hast
               thou
               caused
               us
               to
               erre
               from
               thy
               wayes
               ?
               and
               harden'd
               our
               hearts
               from
               thy
               feare
               ?
            
             so
             also
             
               Ephraim
            
             mourned
             ,
             I
             have
             been
             chastised
             ,
             
               but
               I
               am
               like
               an
               
               untamed
               heifer
            
             that
             will
             not
             carry
             Gods
             yoke
             ;
             a
             heart
             that
             mournes
             under
             his
             hardnesse
             is
             a
             tender
             heart
             ;
             to
             feele
             and
             complaine
             of
             hardnesse
             is
             softnesse
             ,
             it
             's
             an
             evident
             signe
             that
             there
             is
             underneath
             a
             living
             and
             quick
             part
             upon
             which
             this
             hardnesse
             presses
             ,
             else
             there
             would
             be
             no
             complaining
             of
             it
             :
             Secondly
             ,
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             heart
             that
             the
             meditation
             of
             Gods
             kindnesse
             
             and
             its
             owne
             unkindnesse
             maketh
             relent
             ;
             the
             thought
             
             that
             God
             should
             spare
             them
             ,
             pity
             them
             ,
             doth
             most
             affect
             them
             :
             thus
             the
             harden'd
             Jewes
             in
             
               Zachary
               ,
            
             those
             that
             had
             been
             most
             hard
             against
             God
             ,
             yet
             when
             they
             look'd
             upon
             Christ
             whom
             they
             had
             pierced
             ,
             who
             came
             to
             save
             them
             ,
             they
             wept
             like
             a
             child
             ;
             this
             Lord
             we
             have
             pierced
             ,
             we
             have
             crucified
             the
             Lord
             of
             life
             :
             If
             any
             arguments
             worke
             at
             all
             upon
             hardned
             sinners
             ,
             they
             are
             such
             as
             these
             ,
             
               Tophet
               is
               prepared
               for
               you
               ,
               you
               are
               going
               to
               a
               place
               of
               blacknesse
               and
               darknesse
               ,
               to
               a
               lake
               burning
               with
               fire
               and
               brimstone
               ,
            
             where
             you
             will
             waile
             and
             gnash
             your
             teeth
             ,
             but
             arguments
             taken
             from
             Gods
             love
             and
             bowels
             of
             mercy
             doe
             most
             melt
             a
             tender
             heart
             ,
             when
             the
             Lord
             had
             turned
             and
             softned
             that
             harlots
             heart
             ;
             
               Ezek.
            
             16.
             this
             most
             affected
             her
             that
             hee
             was
             reconciled
             to
             her
             whom
             she
             had
             broken
             with
             her
             whorish
             heart
             ,
             this
             Evangelicall
             ,
             fleshly
             heart
             relents
             ,
             and
             bleeds
             at
             the
             thoughts
             of
             Gods
             kindnesse
             and
             its
             owne
             unkindnesse
             ;
             and
             then
             thirdly
             ,
             it
             appeares
             in
             this
             ,
          
           
             A
             Gospel-softned
             heart
             is
             afraid
             of
             sinne
             ,
             a
             very
             coward
             
             to
             any
             evill
             ,
             this
             heart
             hath
             not
             courage
             enough
             
             to
             try
             the
             power
             of
             Gods
             displeasure
             ,
             
               How
               can
               I
               ,
               how
               dare
               I
               doe
               this
               wickednesse
               and
               sinne
               against
               God
               ?
            
             hard
             hearted
             
             men
             dare
             venture
             upon
             such
             bloody
             things
             ,
             but
             a
             softned
             heart
             saith
             with
             
               Iob
               ,
               destruction
               from
               the
               Almighty
               is
               a
               terrour
               to
               me
               ,
               and
               by
               reason
               of
               his
               highnesse
               ,
               I
               cannot
               indure
               ;
               David
            
             whose
             heart
             was
             as
             a
             Lion
             ,
             feared
             not
             to
             incounter
             
             
             with
             Lions
             ,
             Beares
             ,
             Giants
             ,
             yet
             his
             flesh
             trembled
             at
             any
             thing
             which
             might
             offend
             his
             God
             ;
             this
             signe
             of
             a
             gratious
             tender
             heart
             you
             find
             ,
             
               Prov.
            
             28.
             14.
             in
             the
             opposition
             betweene
             a
             fearefull
             heart
             and
             a
             hard
             heart
             ;
             
               Blessed
               is
               the
               man
               that
               feareth
               alwayes
               ,
               but
               hee
               that
               hardneth
               his
               heart
               shall
               fall
               into
               evill
               ;
            
             the
             heart
             which
             feareth
             alwayes
             is
             the
             heart
             which
             out
             of
             the
             love
             of
             God
             would
             not
             sinne
             ,
             yet
             out
             of
             the
             consideration
             of
             its
             owne
             pronenesse
             to
             evill
             suspects
             it selfe
             ,
             and
             feares
             it
             shall
             bee
             surprized
             ,
             this
             frame
             of
             spirit
             is
             thus
             opposed
             to
             a
             hard
             heart
             .
          
           
             This
             same
             fleshly
             heart
             ,
             is
             a
             heart
             upon
             which
             Gods
             seale
             leaves
             a
             print
             ,
             Gods
             counsell
             I
             meane
             ,
             his
             Word
             ,
             threatnings
             ,
             exhortations
             ,
             or
             whatsoever
             comes
             from
             him
             ,
             leaves
             a
             stampe
             upon
             him
             ;
             It
             is
             a
             heart
             that
             is
             wax
             to
             God
             ,
             willing
             to
             bee
             moulded
             ,
             resignes
             up
             it selfe
             to
             bee
             to
             God
             what
             God
             would
             have
             it
             to
             bee
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             it
             can
             ;
             if
             this
             heart
             be
             at
             any
             time
             drawne
             into
             sinne
             when
             God
             appeares
             displeased
             ,
             it
             saith
             ,
             
               I
               have
               done
               foolishly
               ,
               I
               will
               do
               so
               no
               more
               ,
            
             it
             layes
             downe
             the
             Buckler
             and
             yeelds
             to
             God
             ,
             Gods
             argument
             prevailes
             with
             it
             ,
             and
             therefore
             is
             ordinarily
             expressed
             by
             having
             Gods
             Law
             written
             upon
             the
             fleshly
             Tables
             of
             their
             heart
             ,
             easily
             moulded
             to
             Gods
             will
             as
             much
             as
             its
             frailtie
             can
             attaine
             unto
             ;
             it
             saith
             ,
             Lord
             I
             am
             full
             of
             Rebellion
             ,
             full
             of
             distempers
             ,
             but
             I
             would
             not
             beare
             up
             armes
             against
             my
             God
             ,
             I
             would
             yeeld
             to
             him
             ,
             I
             would
             follow
             him
             ;
             if
             it
             bee
             thus
             with
             thee
             ,
             thou
             hast
             got
             the
             grace
             of
             the
             new
             Covenant
             ,
             most
             opposite
             to
             the
             most
             damnable
             sinne
             that
             can
             bee
             found
             amongst
             men
             ;
             oh
             forget
             not
             to
             blesse
             God
             daily
             for
             it
             :
             The
             last
             and
             prinpall
             use
             I
             intend
             is
             ,
             
          
           
             For
             exhortation
             ;
             because
             this
             sinne
             of
             a
             hard
             heart
             is
             such
             a
             destroying
             sinne
             ,
             such
             a
             ruining
             sinne
             ,
             therefore
             I
             shall
             desire
             to
             give
             you
             some
             helpes
             how
             this
             great
             evill
             
             may
             bee
             prevented
             ,
             if
             wee
             be
             not
             yet
             come
             up
             to
             it
             ;
             how
             it
             may
             be
             cured
             ,
             if
             any
             of
             us
             lie
             under
             it
             ;
             And
          
           
             If
             the
             Lord
             have
             cured
             it
             ,
             how
             wee
             may
             bee
             preserved
             ,
             that
             wee
             doe
             not
             returne
             to
             it
             :
             But
             first
             take
             a
             few
             motives
             to
             provoke
             you
             to
             labour
             and
             strive
             against
             this
             cursed
             
             evill
             of
             a
             hard
             heart
             :
             I
             pray
             you
             consider
             in
             the
             first
             place
             ;
          
           
             Wee
             are
             all
             hard
             by
             nature
             ,
             not
             onely
             a
             
               Pharaoh
               ,
            
             a
             
               Senacherib
            
             
             or
             
               Iulian
            
             are
             hard
             hearted
             ,
             but
             we
             are
             all
             so
             naturally
             ;
             
             and
             that
             man
             that
             hath
             the
             stone
             by
             nature
             ,
             if
             hee
             bee
             not
             wonderfull
             carefull
             ,
             it
             will
             grow
             upon
             him
             ;
             our
             whole
             family
             are
             liable
             to
             the
             Stone
             saies
             one
             ,
             therefore
             I
             must
             bee
             wary
             ,
             I
             must
             looke
             to
             it
             ;
             and
             the
             rather
             looke
             to
             it
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             not
             an
             easie
             thing
             to
             get
             hardnesse
             out
             of
             a
             rock
             ;
             thy
             heart
             is
             a
             rock
             ,
             and
             if
             thou
             dost
             not
             look
             to
             it
             ,
             thou
             wilt
             not
             get
             hardnesse
             out
             of
             it
             ,
             it
             will
             grow
             upon
             thee
             ,
             and
             thou
             knowest
             not
             whither
             it
             may
             come
             in
             time
             ;
             Consider
             secondly
             ,
          
           
             That
             while
             thou
             art
             under
             the
             plague
             of
             a
             hard
             heart
             ,
             
             thou
             art
             under
             all
             the
             curses
             of
             God
             ,
             God
             hardens
             his
             
             against
             thee
             ,
             while
             thou
             hardnest
             thy
             heart
             against
             him
             ,
             none
             of
             all
             thy
             services
             are
             accepted
             ,
             thy
             person
             is
             rejected
             ;
             every
             thing
             is
             accursed
             ,
             all
             goes
             crosse
             to
             the
             soule
             that
             is
             harden'd
             before
             God
             :
             Consider
             thirdly
             ,
             (
             for
             I
             'le
             but
             point
             at
             things
             .
             )
          
           
             All
             that
             God
             aimes
             at
             ,
             by
             all
             his
             dealings
             towards
             thee
             ,
             
             is
             but
             to
             bring
             thee
             upon
             thy
             knees
             ,
             that
             thou
             mayst
             not
             
             harden
             thy selfe
             against
             him
             ;
             why
             dost
             thou
             thinke
             hee
             brings
             thee
             to
             Church
             to
             heare
             ?
             why
             doth
             hee
             give
             thee
             leave
             to
             speake
             to
             him
             in
             prayer
             ?
             why
             doth
             hee
             visit
             thee
             with
             afflictions
             ?
             why
             doth
             hee
             powre
             upon
             thee
             so
             many
             mercies
             ?
             what
             doth
             every
             stroke
             thinke
             thou
             speake
             ?
             what
             doth
             every
             dispensation
             speake
             ?
             nothing
             
             but
             this
             ,
             remember
             the
             battle
             ,
             doe
             so
             no
             more
             ,
             rebell
             not
             against
             thy
             God
             ,
             stand
             not
             up
             against
             him
             ,
             when
             all
             that
             God
             aimes
             at
             is
             ,
             to
             give
             thee
             quarter
             ,
             termes
             ,
             articles
             of
             safetie
             ,
             and
             honour
             to
             thee
             ,
             doe
             not
             stand
             out
             to
             thy
             ruine
             ;
             Againe
             ,
             consider
             this
             ,
          
           
             If
             thou
             stand
             out
             ,
             it
             will
             certainly
             end
             ill
             ;
             I
             confesse
             
             the
             greatest
             Monarchs
             upon
             earth
             have
             sometimes
             met
             
             with
             their
             match
             ,
             but
             the
             Lord
             God
             never
             yet
             met
             with
             his
             match
             ;
             never
             any body
             that
             stood
             out
             against
             him
             ,
             that
             ever
             made
             him
             raise
             his
             siege
             ,
             if
             he
             hath
             once
             pitched
             downe
             before
             them
             ,
             it
             is
             in
             vaine
             ;
             some
             besieged
             have
             first
             eaten
             Horse
             flesh
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             eate
             Dogs
             and
             Cats
             before
             they
             would
             yeeld
             ,
             and
             sometime
             succour
             hath
             come
             ,
             but
             when
             all
             is
             done
             ,
             a
             breach
             will
             bee
             made
             on
             thee
             ,
             and
             thou
             wilt
             bee
             taken
             ;
             
               Gideon
            
             told
             the
             Princes
             of
             
               Succoth
            
             who
             refused
             his
             request
             ;
             when
             hee
             came
             backe
             ,
             hee
             would
             teare
             them
             with
             Briars
             and
             Thornes
             of
             the
             Wildernesse
             ,
             and
             he
             made
             his
             word
             good
             ;
             beleeve
             it
             ,
             God
             will
             teare
             thee
             with
             Briars
             and
             Thorns
             ,
             if
             thou
             yeeld
             not
             to
             him
             ;
             yet
             know
             for
             certaine
             ;
          
           
             If
             thou
             lay
             downe
             thy
             weapons
             and
             refuse
             standing
             
             out
             obstinately
             against
             God
             ,
             hee
             will
             bee
             cordially
             
             reconciled
             ,
             all
             quarrels
             will
             bee
             ended
             if
             once
             thou
             give
             over
             hardning
             thy
             heart
             against
             him
             ,
             his
             heart
             will
             be
             tender
             toward
             thee
             ,
             the
             Lord
             expresses
             it
             excellently
             in
             the
             27.
             Chap.
             of
             
               Isaiah
               ;
               who
               would
               set
               Briars
               and
               Thornes
               in
               battle
               against
               mee
               ?
            
             what
             man
             
             would
             be
             so
             mad
             ,
             to
             set
             Briars
             and
             Thornes
             to
             fight
             with
             devouring
             fire
             ?
             well
             ,
             if
             they
             will
             doe
             it
             ,
             if
             they
             make
             that
             choice
             ,
             
               I
               shall
               goe
               thorough
               them
               ,
               and
               burne
               them
               up
               ,
               but
            
             (
             saith
             hee
             )
             
               rather
               let
               him
               lay
               hold
               upon
               my
               strength
               ,
               that
               hee
               may
               make
               peace
               ,
               and
               hee
               shall
               make
               peace
               with
               me
               ,
               fury
               is
               not
               in
               me
               ;
            
             though
             thou
             hast
             hitherto
             harden'd
             thy
             
             selfe
             against
             him
             ,
             hee
             is
             yet
             to
             bee
             wonne
             ,
             mercy
             may
             yet
             be
             found
             ,
             lay
             hold
             upon
             his
             strength
             ,
             say
             unto
             him
             ,
             
               Lord
               ,
               here
               I
               lay
               downe
               my
               weapons
               ,
               I
               have
               been
               a
               wretch
               ,
               a
               rebell
               ,
               I
               have
               sinned
               ,
               I
               am
               guilty
               ,
            
             but
             I
             come
             with
             my
             halter
             about
             my
             neck
             ,
             hee
             will
             make
             peace
             ,
             hee
             will
             grant
             thee
             very
             honorable
             quarter
             ;
             
               Elihu
            
             sets
             forth
             this
             notably
             in
             
               Iob
            
             33.
             after
             God
             hath
             battered
             the
             strong
             holds
             of
             a
             sinner
             by
             preaching
             ,
             by
             visions
             ,
             by
             dreames
             ,
             by
             corrections
             and
             judgements
             to
             withdraw
             man
             from
             his
             sinfull
             purposes
             ,
             yet
             if
             when
             hee
             is
             ready
             to
             perish
             ,
             when
             his
             soule
             drawes
             nigh
             to
             destruction
             ,
             hee
             will
             but
             yeeld
             and
             call
             for
             an
             interpreter
             ,
             one
             of
             a
             thousand
             to
             shew
             him
             righteousnesse
             ,
             
               Then
               will
               God
               bee
               gratious
               to
               him
               and
               deliver
               him
               from
               going
               downe
               to
               the
               pit
               .
            
          
           
             To
             prevent
             this
             killing
             sinne
             ,
             if
             as
             yet
             thou
             bee
             not
             under
             
             the
             dominion
             of
             it
             :
             First
             ,
          
           
             Beware
             
               lest
               yee
               be
               harden'd
               through
               the
               deceitfulnesse
               of
               sinne
               ;
            
             marke
             yee
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             deceitfulnesse
             in
             sinne
             ,
             
             that
             will
             harden
             men
             before
             they
             are
             aware
             ;
             many
             a
             man
             
             thinkes
             thus
             ,
             
               shall
               I
               heare
               armes
               against
               God
               ?
            
             God
             forbid
             ,
             I
             had
             rather
             bee
             struck
             dead
             from
             heaven
             with
             a
             thunderbolt
             ,
             then
             ever
             harden
             my
             heart
             against
             God
             ;
             this
             is
             his
             thought
             ,
             but
             sinne
             cozens
             him
             into
             it
             ,
             hee
             is
             cheated
             into
             it
             ,
             as
             in
             our
             civill
             troubles
             ,
             many
             a
             man
             is
             wrapped
             into
             an
             engagement
             ,
             that
             if
             hee
             saw
             the
             bottome
             of
             it
             ,
             he
             would
             die
             before
             ever
             hee
             would
             yeeld
             to
             it
             ;
             but
             when
             hee
             is
             once
             in
             ,
             hee
             knowes
             not
             how
             to
             get
             out
             ;
             so
             is
             it
             here
             ,
             but
             beware
             that
             sinne
             doe
             not
             cozen
             and
             harden
             you
             through
             its
             deceitfulnesse
             ;
             though
             wee
             are
             all
             hard
             ,
             yet
             this
             killing
             hardnesse
             comes
             on
             by
             degrees
             ,
             and
             the
             first
             thing
             that
             lets
             it
             in
             ,
             is
             the
             pleasure
             that
             sinne
             brings
             to
             the
             soule
             ,
             the
             bewitching
             pleasure
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             then
             a
             mans
             thoughts
             are
             onely
             to
             give
             himselfe
             content
             ,
             but
             meanes
             
             no
             hurt
             against
             God
             ,
             little
             thinkes
             that
             hee
             begins
             to
             fight
             against
             God
             ,
             but
             the
             pleasure
             of
             his
             sinne
             hath
             bewitched
             him
             ,
             and
             then
             that
             pleasure
             brings
             him
             to
             repeat
             it
             againe
             and
             againe
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             come
             to
             a
             custome
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             to
             defend
             it
             ,
             and
             then
             in
             the
             end
             to
             come
             to
             a
             direct
             opposition
             of
             what
             ever
             would
             take
             him
             off
             from
             it
             ,
             thus
             men
             are
             intangled
             by
             the
             deceitfulnesse
             of
             it
             ;
             watch
             therefore
             against
             all
             the
             alluring
             baites
             of
             that
             sinfull
             flesh
             that
             dwells
             in
             thee
             :
             This
             in
             generall
             ;
             but
          
           
             More
             particularly
             there
             are
             three
             sinnes
             ,
             that
             you
             must
             take
             marvelous
             heed
             of
             ,
             if
             you
             would
             not
             be
             harden'd
             ;
             
             the
             one
             is
             ,
          
           
             The
             sinne
             of
             unbeleefe
             ,
             that
             which
             brought
             all
             the
             
             
               Israelites
            
             to
             their
             hardnesse
             in
             the
             Wildernesse
             ,
             you
             have
             it
             in
             the
             third
             of
             the
             
               Hebrewes
               ,
               If
               yee
               will
               heare
               my
               voyce
               harden
               not
               your
               hearts
               as
               your
               fathers
               did
               in
               the
               Wildernesse
               ,
            
             but
             how
             came
             they
             to
             be
             hardned
             ?
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             tells
             you
             the
             spring
             of
             it
             in
             the
             16.
             and
             18.
             
             Verses
             ,
             for
             some
             when
             they
             had
             heard
             the
             word
             provoked
             him
             ,
             even
             they
             that
             beleeved
             not
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             beleeve
             God
             ,
             and
             so
             they
             grew
             harden'd
             ;
             therefore
             the
             Apostle
             exhorts
             in
             the
             same
             place
             to
             take
             heed
             that
             there
             be
             not
             an
             evill
             heart
             of
             unbeleefe
             ;
             when
             the
             
               Israelites
            
             were
             in
             the
             Wildernesse
             ,
             God
             had
             made
             them
             many
             promises
             ,
             but
             they
             did
             not
             see
             them
             accomplished
             ,
             hee
             had
             made
             many
             threatnings
             and
             they
             did
             not
             alwayes
             presently
             light
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             because
             they
             saw
             not
             Gods
             word
             presently
             fulfilled
             ,
             therefore
             they
             beleeved
             not
             ,
             and
             because
             they
             did
             not
             beleeve
             and
             rest
             upon
             Gods
             word
             ,
             therefore
             their
             hearts
             grew
             hard
             ,
             senselesse
             ,
             carelesse
             and
             bold
             in
             sinne
             ,
             and
             then
             ,
          
           
             Pride
             and
             high
             thoughts
             of
             our selves
             ,
             are
             wonderfull
             hardning
             evills
             ;
             nothing
             upon
             earth
             makes
             a
             man
             so
             desperate
             
             in
             the
             wayes
             of
             sinne
             as
             self-conceitednesse
             ;
             and
             
             therefore
             in
             the
             Scripture
             very
             often
             ,
             the
             Bullocks
             stiffe
             neck
             ,
             and
             a
             proud
             heart
             signifie
             one
             and
             the
             same
             thing
             ,
             
               Lift
               not
               up
               your
               hornes
               on
               high
               ,
               speak
               not
               with
               a
               stiffe
               neck
               :
            
             
             you
             have
             a
             notable
             example
             in
             the
             43.
             of
             
               Ieremiah
            
             of
             men
             who
             obstinately
             would
             go
             into
             
               Egypt
            
             against
             the
             expresse
             word
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             44.
             
             Chapter
             they
             said
             they
             would
             do
             that
             which
             was
             good
             in
             their
             own
             eyes
             ;
             but
             who
             were
             they
             ?
             the
             Prophet
             tells
             us
             ,
             
               they
               were
               all
               the
               proud
               men
               :
            
             And
             thirdly
             ,
          
           
             Hypoctiticall
             and
             formall
             attending
             upon
             ordinances
             
             without
             attaining
             the
             inward
             power
             ,
             is
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             
             hardners
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             you
             see
             it
             in
             these
             of
             my
             Text
             ,
             what
             was
             it
             harden'd
             them
             all
             these
             threescore
             and
             ten
             yeeres
             ?
             nothing
             more
             then
             their
             monethly
             Fasts
             ,
             their
             frequent
             Fasts
             ,
             and
             their
             daily
             prayings
             to
             God
             .
             The
             stubborne
             ,
             hardned
             and
             impudent
             harlot
             you
             read
             of
             
               Prov.
            
             7.
             what
             was
             it
             made
             her
             so
             bold
             in
             her
             filthinesse
             that
             shee
             will
             take
             her
             fill
             of
             love
             till
             the
             morning
             ?
             why
             ,
             
             this
             secured
             her
             ,
             
               I
               have
               had
               my
               peace-offerings
               this
               day
               ,
               and
               paid
               my
               vowes
               ,
            
             I
             have
             had
             a
             day
             of
             Fast
             ,
             or
             a
             day
             of
             thanksgiving
             ,
             attended
             upon
             ordinances
             ;
             so
             when
             men
             doe
             performe
             ordinary
             holy
             duties
             ,
             and
             rest
             in
             the
             shell
             of
             them
             ,
             they
             lick
             themselves
             whole
             with
             them
             ;
             though
             I
             live
             in
             such
             a
             sinne
             ,
             yet
             I
             pray
             ,
             I
             reade
             so
             many
             Chapters
             every
             day
             ,
             I
             keepe
             the
             Fast
             as
             constantly
             as
             any
             man
             ,
             I
             goe
             to
             Church
             ,
             this
             hardens
             the
             heart
             in
             a
             way
             of
             sinne
             ;
             this
             is
             the
             first
             direction
             ,
             beware
             that
             you
             bee
             not
             couzened
             into
             hardnesse
             by
             the
             deceit
             of
             sinne
             ;
             secondly
             ,
             another
             meanes
             to
             prevent
             hardnesse
             ,
             is
             ,
          
           
             To
             beware
             of
             the
             abuse
             of
             Gods
             patience
             &
             bounty
             :
             The
             
             wretched
             heart
             of
             man
             being
             prone
             to
             be
             bold
             in
             sinne
             by
             
             nature
             ,
             is
             made
             more
             bold
             ,
             when
             it
             observes
             God
             lets
             men
             alone
             to
             take
             liberty
             to
             sin
             against
             him
             ;
             
               Solomon
            
             expresses
             
             this
             cleerly
             in
             the
             eighth
             of
             
               Ecclesiastes
               ,
            
             Vers
             .
             11.
             
             
               Because
            
             (
             saith
             hee
             )
             
               sentence
               against
               an
               evill
               one
               is
               not
               presently
               executed
               ,
            
             God
             spares
             him
             ,
             what
             then
             ?
             
               Therefore
               the
               heart
               of
               the
               sonnes
               of
               men
               is
               fully
               set
               in
               them
               to
               doe
               evill
               ;
            
             resolutely
             set
             to
             goe
             on
             in
             a
             way
             of
             sinne
             ,
             because
             they
             see
             that
             others
             scape
             well
             enough
             ,
             as
             the
             Souldier
             when
             hee
             first
             goes
             into
             the
             battle
             ,
             while
             he
             is
             a
             fresh
             water
             Souldier
             hee
             feares
             and
             trembles
             ,
             and
             dares
             not
             be
             where
             he
             heares
             the
             bullets
             whizze
             about
             ,
             but
             hee
             comes
             off
             safe
             ,
             and
             it
             may
             bee
             of
             1000.
             men
             not
             100.
             kill'd
             ,
             then
             hee
             growes
             bold
             the
             next
             time
             ,
             and
             in
             time
             dare
             goe
             upon
             the
             Canons
             mouth
             ;
             and
             so
             Mariners
             at
             Sea
             ,
             at
             first
             quake
             ,
             but
             when
             they
             come
             off
             storme
             after
             storme
             ,
             they
             thinke
             they
             shall
             come
             off
             still
             ;
             so
             the
             wretched
             heart
             of
             man
             ,
             observing
             Gods
             patience
             and
             indulgence
             towards
             sinfull
             men
             ,
             takes
             libertie
             to
             goe
             on
             and
             concludes
             with
             that
             wretched
             man
             ,
             
               Deut.
            
             29.
             who
             blesseth
             himselfe
             and
             saith
             ,
             
               I
               shall
               have
            
             
             
               peace
               though
               I
               walk
               after
               the
               lusts
               of
               my
               owne
               heart
               ,
               adding
               drunkennesse
               to
               thirst
               ,
            
             hee
             blesseth
             himselfe
             when
             God
             curseth
             him
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             Lords
             sake
             ,
             watch
             you
             against
             it
             ,
             for
             that
             is
             a
             wofull
             hardning
             ,
             when
             that
             that
             should
             bring
             a
             man
             to
             repentance
             ,
             hardens
             his
             heart
             ,
             and
             of
             such
             God
             protests
             hee
             will
             not
             spare
             them
             ,
             but
             the
             anger
             and
             jealousie
             of
             God
             shall
             smoak
             against
             him
             ,
             &
             all
             the
             curses
             written
             in
             the
             booke
             of
             God
             shall
             light
             upon
             him
             :
             And
             thirdly
             ,
          
           
             Beware
             of
             the
             examples
             of
             others
             ,
             the
             common
             multitude
             
             going
             on
             in
             any
             way
             of
             sinne
             ,
             especially
             when
             they
             
             that
             doe
             it
             are
             great
             men
             ,
             and
             it
             may
             bee
             some
             of
             them
             good
             men
             ,
             this
             imboldens
             men
             in
             their
             evill
             wayes
             ;
             it
             is
             a
             wonderfull
             meanes
             to
             make
             them
             harden'd
             in
             sin
             ,
             when
             they
             see
             the
             sin
             which
             they
             commit
             is
             common
             ;
             &
             we
             are
             prone
             to
             thinke
             there
             is
             no
             danger
             in
             that
             which
             many
             
             men
             ,
             great
             men
             ,
             good
             men
             practise
             ;
             the
             abominable
             sinne
             of
             
               Sodome
               ,
            
             the
             sinne
             for
             which
             God
             destroyed
             
               Sodome
               ,
            
             they
             say
             there
             is
             no
             man
             almost
             in
             the
             Easterne
             Countries
             makes
             any
             conscience
             of
             it
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             a
             common
             sinne
             ,
             yet
             they
             make
             conscience
             of
             murder
             ,
             theft
             ,
             drunkennesse
             ,
             &c.
             but
             because
             this
             is
             a
             common
             sinne
             they
             regard
             it
             not
             ;
             these
             things
             I
             commend
             unto
             you
             to
             prevent
             this
             sinne
             of
             hardning
             your
             hearts
             :
             But
             suppose
             the
             soule
             be
             under
             it
             ,
             what
             is
             then
             to
             be
             done
             ?
          
           
             If
             thou
             beest
             under
             the
             sinne
             of
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             ,
             I
             
             meane
             if
             hardnesse
             reigne
             in
             thee
             ,
             if
             thou
             bee
             come
             up
             to
             
             the
             heighth
             of
             it
             ,
             I
             have
             little
             hope
             to
             doe
             thee
             good
             ,
             yet
             many
             have
             very
             resolutely
             gone
             on
             ,
             and
             through
             Gods
             mercy
             have
             beene
             cured
             ;
             and
             there
             are
             two
             wayes
             to
             cure
             the
             stone
             in
             the
             heart
             as
             well
             as
             the
             stone
             in
             the
             bladder
             ;
             the
             one
             is
             ,
          
           
             To
             breake
             it
             ;
             the
             other
             is
             ,
          
           
             To
             dissolve
             it
             .
             I
             shall
             onely
             point
             at
             them
             ,
             they
             cannot
             bee
             sufficiently
             handled
             in
             a
             little
             peece
             of
             a
             Sermon
             .
             
          
           
             If
             thou
             would'st
             have
             the
             stone
             of
             thy
             heart
             broken
             ,
             then
             
             attend
             upon
             these
             three
             things
             ;
             the
             one
             is
             ,
          
           
             Study
             to
             bee
             convinced
             that
             this
             is
             thy
             condition
             ,
             
             search
             throughly
             and
             rest
             not
             untill
             thou
             say
             feelingly
             ,
             I
             ,
             here
             lies
             a
             stone
             indeed
             ,
             I
             am
             this
             harden'd
             wretch
             ,
             when
             the
             Leper
             was
             so
             farre
             convinced
             ,
             that
             he
             covers
             his
             lips
             ,
             and
             goes
             out
             and
             cries
             ,
             I
             am
             uncleane
             ,
             I
             am
             uncleane
             ,
             he
             was
             in
             the
             way
             to
             a
             cure
             ,
             so
             doe
             thou
             ,
             study
             to
             bee
             convinced
             ,
             Lord
             
               I
               am
               like
               an
               untamed
               heifer
               ,
               I
               am
               a
               hard
               hearted
               wretch
               ,
               my
               heart
               is
               set
               in
               me
               to
               mischiefe
               ;
            
             till
             the
             Lord
             convince
             thee
             of
             it
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             hope
             that
             any
             meanes
             will
             ever
             doe
             thee
             good
             :
             Secondly
             ,
          
           
             The
             ordinances
             of
             God
             ,
             especially
             the
             preaching
             of
             his
             
             
             word
             ,
             and
             in
             it
             the
             denunciations
             and
             threatnings
             of
             wrath
             and
             vengeance
             ,
             they
             are
             as
             a
             hammer
             to
             breake
             this
             Rock
             ;
             
               Is
               not
               my
               word
               a
               hammer
               ?
            
             (
             saith
             God
             )
             
               doe
               not
               I
            
             
             
               breake
               the
               rockes
               ?
            
             would'st
             thou
             have
             the
             stone
             in
             thy
             heart
             broken
             ?
             bring
             it
             under
             the
             bout-hammer
             of
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             sit
             thee
             under
             a
             plaine
             and
             faithfull
             Ministery
             ,
             and
             apply
             to
             ●hy
             soule
             the
             denunciations
             of
             wrath
             and
             judgement
             due
             to
             thy
             sinne
             ,
             and
             pray
             God
             to
             set
             it
             home
             to
             thy
             soule
             ;
             leave
             not
             till
             thy
             heart
             sink
             under
             the
             stroke
             of
             the
             Word
             ,
             as
             the
             Butcher
             followes
             the
             hard
             head
             of
             the
             Bullock
             with
             blow
             after
             blow
             untill
             it
             lie
             along
             upon
             the
             floore
             ;
             follow
             thy
             heart
             thus
             with
             blow
             upon
             blow
             ,
             read
             over
             thy
             wayes
             ,
             and
             thy
             doings
             that
             have
             not
             been
             good
             ,
             and
             say
             not
             this
             will
             bee
             a
             very
             hard
             taske
             ,
             thou
             hadst
             better
             doe
             this
             then
             perish
             ,
             better
             turne
             then
             burne
             ;
             and
             besides
             the
             Word
             ,
          
           
             Take
             the
             judgements
             or
             corrections
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             are
             upon
             thee
             to
             breake
             thee
             ;
             a
             good
             shower
             and
             a
             plough
             
             together
             helpes
             notably
             to
             breake
             the
             clods
             in
             the
             fields
             ;
             Blessed
             is
             the
             man
             whom
             God
             chastiseth
             ,
             and
             teacheth
             ;
             when
             God
             followes
             thee
             with
             corrections
             ,
             consider
             of
             them
             ,
             say
             thus
             ,
             God
             visits
             
               mee
               ,
            
             my
             
               family
               ,
            
             my
             
               wife
               ,
            
             my
             
               state
               ,
            
             my
             
               soule
               ,
            
             my
             
               children
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             I
             am
             never
             from
             under
             the
             rod
             ,
             what
             is
             the
             matter
             ?
             Lord
             what
             is
             it
             ?
             
               Shew
               mee
               why
               thou
               contendest
               with
               mee
               ;
               Surely
               ;
               for
               my
               iniquity
               I
               am
               smitten
               ,
               all
               this
               is
               come
               upon
               me
               for
               my
               rebellion
               ,
               O
               my
               soule
               I
               shall
               finde
               it
               hard
               striving
               against
               the
               Lord
               ,
               I
               doe
               but
               kick
               against
               prickes
               in
               the
               time
               of
               adversity
               :
            
             consider
             ,
             these
             are
             meanes
             to
             breake
             the
             stone
             ;
             but
          
           
             Above
             all
             I
             commend
             the
             sweet
             way
             of
             cure
             ,
             by
             the
             dissolving
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             onely
             by
             faith
             in
             the
             blood
             of
             
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             lay
             hold
             upon
             Christ
             by
             faith
             :
             I
             know
             not
             how
             true
             it
             is
             ,
             but
             some
             say
             ,
             the
             blood
             of
             a
             Goat
             will
             in
             
             time
             dissolve
             an
             adamant
             ,
             but
             certainly
             there
             is
             a
             slaine
             Goate
             ,
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             whose
             blood
             is
             able
             to
             dissolve
             the
             heart
             that
             is
             like
             an
             Adamant
             ;
             Christs
             blood
             will
             turne
             a
             heart
             of
             stone
             into
             a
             heart
             of
             flesh
             ;
             you
             see
             it
             in
             the
             Jewes
             ,
             those
             hard
             hearted
             wretches
             ,
             that
             when
             they
             were
             put
             in
             choice
             ,
             whether
             they
             would
             have
             Christ
             ,
             or
             
               Barabbas
               ,
            
             spared
             
               Barabbas
            
             and
             crucified
             Jesus
             ;
             yet
             these
             hard
             hearted
             sinners
             when
             they
             come
             to
             heare
             from
             
             
               Peter
               ,
            
             that
             they
             had
             crucified
             the
             Lord
             of
             life
             who
             yet
             was
             willing
             to
             save
             them
             ,
             they
             cry
             out
             ,
             Men
             and
             brethren
             ,
             what
             shall
             we
             doe
             ?
             crucified
             the
             Lord
             of
             life
             !
             Lord
             are
             we
             guilty
             of
             such
             a
             thing
             against
             a
             Saviour
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             12.
             of
             
               Zachariah
               ,
            
             which
             place
             intends
             the
             conversion
             of
             
             the
             whole
             nation
             ,
             
               They
               shall
               looke
               upon
               him
               ,
               whom
               they
               have
               pierced
               ,
               and
               shall
               weepe
               ,
               as
               one
               weepeth
               for
               the
               losse
               of
               an
               onely
               child
               ;
            
             if
             then
             thou
             would'st
             have
             thy
             obdurate
             heart
             ,
             thy
             harden'd
             heart
             ,
             if
             thou
             woul'dst
             have
             it
             in
             truth
             yeeld
             to
             God
             ,
             goe
             and
             sit
             thee
             with
             
               Mary
            
             neer
             Christs
             Crosse
             ,
             and
             heare
             him
             say
             behold
             thy
             Saviour
             ,
             as
             he
             spake
             to
             
               Mary
               ,
               behold
               thy
               Sonne
               ,
            
             and
             to
             
               Iohn
               ,
               behold
               thy
               Mother
               ;
            
             so
             sit
             thou
             and
             thinke
             that
             thou
             diddest
             heare
             Jesus
             Christ
             calling
             to
             thee
             ,
             
               Behold
               thy
               Saviour
               ,
            
             see
             the
             Sonne
             of
             God
             dying
             ,
             shedding
             his
             blood
             ,
             that
             thou
             maist
             not
             die
             ,
             and
             be
             damned
             ;
             though
             thy
             sinnes
             have
             nail'd
             mee
             here
             ,
             this
             blood
             that
             flowes
             from
             me
             shall
             wash
             thee
             ,
             and
             shall
             keepe
             thee
             that
             thou
             shalt
             not
             perish
             ,
             looke
             thus
             upon
             him
             ,
             this
             will
             doe
             the
             deed
             ,
             this
             will
             melt
             thy
             heart
             ,
             this
             will
             dissolve
             it
             ,
             so
             that
             thou
             canst
             not
             chuse
             but
             goe
             alone
             and
             say
             ,
             Ah
             unkind
             wretch
             ,
             that
             ever
             I
             shall
             beare
             armes
             against
             such
             a
             God!
             This
             is
             the
             way
             to
             dissolve
             the
             stone
             ,
             to
             melt
             thy
             heart
             ;
             I
             have
             one
             thing
             more
             ;
             when
             God
             hath
             cur'd
             it
             ,
          
           
             Beware
             that
             hardnesse
             grow
             not
             upon
             thee
             againe
             ;
             
             
             though
             thou
             drive
             it
             away
             once
             it
             will
             turn
             againe
             :
             Know
             
             all
             ye
             people
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             though
             a
             converted
             man
             cannot
             become
             a
             rock
             againe
             ,
             yet
             he
             may
             become
             very
             hard
             ,
             he
             may
             bee
             frozen
             as
             hard
             as
             ice
             ;
             though
             good
             ground
             will
             never
             bee
             a
             rock
             ,
             yet
             good
             ground
             may
             bee
             very
             hard
             
             for
             want
             of
             plowing
             ,
             and
             lose
             many
             a
             season
             ,
             and
             it
             must
             be
             torne
             ,
             and
             torne
             againe
             before
             ever
             it
             will
             bee
             fit
             for
             seed
             againe
             ,
             thou
             maist
             bee
             so
             farre
             harden'd
             ,
             as
             to
             have
             cause
             to
             cry
             out
             with
             the
             Church
             ,
             
               Lord
               ,
               why
               is
               my
               heart
               harden'd
               from
               thy
               feare
               ?
            
             therefore
             when
             God
             hath
             made
             thy
             heart
             tender
             ,
             and
             softned
             thee
             ,
             labour
             to
             keep
             it
             so
             ,
             watch
             over
             thy selfe
             ,
             that
             thou
             doe
             not
             depart
             from
             it
             ,
             and
             to
             helpe
             you
             ,
             remember
             these
             few
             briefe
             directions
             ;
          
           
             Observe
             thy
             heart
             very
             diligently
             when
             it
             growes
             lazie
             
             as
             the
             Church
             did
             ,
             who
             when
             her
             beloved
             came
             ,
             and
             
             would
             have
             come
             to
             her
             ,
             
               she
               had
               put
               off
               her
               coat
               ,
               and
               shee
               was
               loth
               to
               foule
               her
               feet
               ;
            
             when
             I
             say
             ,
             thou
             findest
             thy
             heart
             grow
             lazie
             ,
             thou
             beginnest
             to
             harden
             .
          
           
             When
             thou
             findest
             thy
             appetite
             gone
             ,
             that
             thou
             dost
             not
             relish
             the
             Ordinances
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             communion
             with
             
             
             him
             ,
             when
             thou
             canst
             turne
             thy
             back
             upon
             those
             fellowships
             ,
             and
             communions
             with
             God
             ,
             that
             heretofore
             have
             been
             more
             pretious
             to
             thee
             then
             thy
             life
             ;
             or
          
           
             When
             thou
             findest
             thy
             heart
             growne
             selfe-conceited
             ,
             that
             thou
             art
             some
             body
             in
             thy
             owne
             eyes
             .
             
          
           
             When
             thou
             growest
             pettish
             ,
             and
             wayward
             to
             them
             that
             
             admonish
             thee
             ,
             that
             thou
             growest
             cholerick
             ,
             and
             art
             impatient
             
             
             to
             be
             plainly
             dealt
             with
             ,
             then
             is
             thy
             heart
             hardned
             ,
             and
             looke
             to
             thy selfe
             betimes
             ,
             let
             it
             not
             grow
             upon
             thee
             ;
             doe
             as
             men
             will
             doe
             in
             other
             diseases
             ,
             
               I
               finde
               the
               stone
               growing
               upon
               me
               ,
               I
               shall
               have
               another
               terrible
               fit
               of
               it
               ,
               if
               I
               prevent
               it
               not
               ,
               I
               must
               take
               a
               little
               timely
               physick
               ,
            
             use
             the
             
             meanes
             before
             prescribed
             both
             to
             breake
             it
             and
             dissolve
             it
             ,
             yea
             before
             these
             things
             grow
             upon
             thee
             ,
             use
             these
             former
             prescriptions
             for
             preventing
             it
             ,
             and
             be
             very
             much
             in
             prayer
             to
             thy
             tender
             hearted
             Saviour
             ,
             to
             keepe
             thy
             heart
             tender
             ,
             he
             onely
             can
             doe
             it
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             doe
             it
             ,
             if
             thou
             seeke
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             rely
             strongly
             upon
             him
             to
             doe
             it
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             ,
             wherein
             he
             hath
             bound
             himself
             to
             take
             away
             the
             heart
             of
             stone
             ,
             and
             to
             give
             his
             people
             a
             heart
             of
             flesh
             ,
             use
             (
             I
             say
             again
             )
             these
             meanes
             carefully
             ,
             otherwise
             if
             thou
             harden
             thy
             heart
             against
             God
             ,
             God
             will
             harden
             his
             heart
             against
             thee
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             make
             thy
             heart
             ake
             ,
             and
             thy
             bones
             quake
             before
             thy
             peace
             shall
             be
             made
             ,
             the
             Lord
             give
             you
             to
             consider
             of
             these
             things
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             another
             Use
             of
             this
             Lesson
             to
             the
             whole
             kingdom
             how
             to
             prevent
             our
             threatned
             desolation
             :
             O
             how
             glad
             would
             we
             all
             be
             to
             find
             some
             expedient
             to
             save
             the
             kingdom
             !
             why
             ,
             certainly
             this
             would
             doe
             it
             ,
             could
             we
             think
             of
             a
             way
             how
             this
             Brasse
             and
             Iron
             ,
             this
             rock
             of
             
               England
            
             might
             relent
             before
             God
             ,
             and
             lay
             down
             the
             Bucklers
             ,
             that
             would
             save
             
               England
               ,
            
             and
             nothing
             else
             will
             doe
             it
             ;
             What
             might
             be
             of
             use
             to
             
               England
            
             over
             and
             above
             what
             is
             already
             spoken
             ,
             cannot
             now
             be
             delivered
             ,
             the
             time
             being
             more
             then
             spent
             ,
             nor
             can
             my
             voyce
             reach
             
               England
               ,
            
             but
             our
             prayers
             may
             reach
             Heaven
             where
             our
             tender
             Lord
             is
             ;
             let
             us
             therefore
             turne
             what
             might
             be
             spoken
             in
             a
             Sermon
             to
             
               England
            
             into
             a
             prayer
             for
             
               England
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A89585e-370
           
             The
             Text
             opened
             ,
             the
             occasion
             ,
             coherence
             and
             parts
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             2
             Kings
             25.
             1.
             
          
           
             2
             Kings
             25.
             3.
             
             Vers
             .
             8.
             
             Vers
             .
             25.
             
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             Ezekiel
             3.
             8.
             
          
           
             Doct.
             
          
           
             Hardening
             the
             heart
             ,
             a
             certain
             forerunner
             of
             destruction
             .
          
           
             Five
             distinctions
             about
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             ,
             premised
             forth
             :
             clearing
             of
             this
             Doctrine
             .
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             naturall
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             an
             acquired
             hardnesse
             .
          
           
             Ezek.
             11.
             19.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             graduall
             or
             partial
             hardness
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             a
             to
             as
             hardness
             .
          
           
             Mark
             6.
             52.
             
             Mark
             .
             8.
             17.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             5.
             3.
             Jer.
             6.
             28.
             
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             hardness
             felt
             and
             a
             hardness
             unfelt
             .
          
           
             Isa
             63.
             17.
             
          
           
             4.
             
          
           
             There
             is
             an
             unwilling
             hardnesse
             a
             hardness
             bemoaned
             for
             and
             striven
             against
             ;
             &
             there
             is
             a
             willing
             hardnes
             ,
             a
             hardness
             raigning
             and
             delighted
             in
             .
             Ier.
             31.
             18.
             
          
           
             Isai.
             63.
             
          
           
             5.
             
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             hardness
             which
             is
             mans
             work
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             a
             judiciary
             hardness
             which
             is
             Gods
             work
             .
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             Isai.
             6.
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             The
             Doctrine
             proved
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             29.
             1.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             28.
             14.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             2.
             5.
             
          
           
             Two
             things
             meet
             in
             this
             sin
             ,
             which
             evidently
             prove
             that
             ruine
             attends
             it
             .
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             made
             up
             of
             rebellion
             and
             not
             yeelding
             ▪
             
          
           
             Act
             5.
             39.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             44
             28.
             
          
           
             It
             frustrates
             all
             meanes
             of
             salvation
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             95.
             7
             ,
             8.
             
             Heb.
             3.
             8.
             
          
           
             John
             12.
             40.
             
             Acts
             19.
             9.
             
             Prov.
             2.
             19.
             
          
           
             How
             this
             destructive
             hardnesse
             may
             be
             found
             .
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             Such
             an
             hardned
             heart
             is
             frequently
             compared
             to
             an
             untamed
             Bullock
             .
             Deut.
             9.
             19.
             32.
             15.
             
             Jer.
             31.
             18.
             2
             Chron.
             36.
             13.
             
             Nehem.
             9.
             29.
             
             Psal.
             75.
             5.
             
             Jer.
             7.
             26.
             17.
             23.
             
             Exod.
             32.
             9.
             33.
             35.
             
             Which
             comparison
             affords
             two
             evidences
             .
             If
             it
             can
             possible
             it
             will
             not
             be
             yoked
             .
          
           
             2
             If
             by
             force
             the
             yoke
             bee
             put
             upon
             it
             ,
             it
             will
             fret
             and
             pine
             away
             but
             not
             worke
             .
          
           
             Ezek.
             24.
             23.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             A
             hard
             heart
             is
             an
             unsensible
             heart
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             23.
             34
             ,
             35.
             
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             A
             hard
             heart
             is
             an
             impenitent
             heart
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             2.
             5.
             
          
           
             4.
             
          
           
             A
             hard
             heart
             goes
             on
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             meanes
             to
             the
             contrary
             .
          
           
             Ier.
             2.
             24.
             
          
           
             5.
             
          
           
             A
             hard
             heart
             slights
             and
             scornes
             counsells
             or
             threatnings
             .
             Gen.
             19.
             14.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             7.
             4.
             
          
           
             Job
             41.
             24.
             27.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             29.
             19.
             
          
           
             6.
             
          
           
             A
             hard
             heart
             :
             opposeth
             and
             sets
             against
             them
             as
             enemies
             who
             would
             stop
             them
             in
             their
             wicked
             wayes
             ▪
             Exod.
             10.
             28.
             
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             25.
             16.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             7.
             4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             23.
             6.
             
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             36.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             
               Vse
            
             1.
             
             Terrour
             to
             all
             who
             harden
             themselves
             against
             God
             .
          
           
             Iob
             40.
             11.
             
          
           
             Numb.
             16.
             26.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             Lament
             the
             sad
             condition
             of
             England
             ,
             our
             obstinacy
             against
             God
             a
             sadder
             token
             of
             ruine
             then
             all
             other
             judgments
             which
             lie
             upon
             us
             .
          
           
             
               Vse
            
             2.
             
             Therefore
             a
             heart
             of
             flesh
             is
             an
             excellent
             grace
             ▪
             2
             Chron.
             34.
             27.
             
             Iob.
             23.
             16.
             
          
           
             Ezck.
             11.
             19.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             28.
             65.
             
             Levit.
             26.
             
          
           
             How
             such
             a
             heart
             may
             be
             known
             .
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             It
             's
             a
             heart
             complaining
             of
             its
             hardnes
             .
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             It
             's
             a
             heart
             wrought
             upon
             by
             arguments
             of
             love
             ,
             by
             Gospel
             arguments
             .
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             A
             soft
             heart
             is
             afraid
             to
             sinne
             .
          
           
             Iob.
             31.
             23.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             28.
             14.
             
          
           
             
               Vse
            
             3.
             
             Exhortation
             and
             direction
             against
             this
             great
             sinne
             .
          
           
             Motives
             to
             strive
             against
             it
             .
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             We
             are
             all
             hard
             hearted
             by
             nature
             .
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             While
             wee
             are
             under
             it
             our
             condition
             is
             miserable
             .
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             All
             Gods
             strokes
             tend
             to
             soften
             thee
             .
          
           
             4.
             
          
           
             Thou
             wilt
             bee
             ruined
             if
             thou
             stand
             out
             .
          
           
             5.
             
          
           
             If
             thou
             yeeld
             the
             quarrell
             is
             ended
             ,
             and
             thou
             wilt
             bee
             spared
             .
          
           
             Esay
             27.
             4.
             
          
           
             Meanes
             how
             to
             prevent
             this
             sinne
             of
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             .
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             Take
             heed
             of
             the
             deceitfulnesse
             of
             sinne
             .
             Heb.
             3
             12.
             
          
           
             More
             particularly
             beware
             
          
           
             1
             Of
             unbeleef
             .
             Psal.
             9.
             5.
             
             Heb.
             2.
             12.
             15.
             16.
             
          
           
             2
             Of
             pride
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             75.
             5.
             
             Ier.
             43.
             2.
             
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             Of
             hypocriticall
             and
             formall
             performances
             of
             Religious
             duties
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             7.
             11
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             Abuse
             of
             Gods
             patience
             of
             mercy
             .
             Eccless
             .
             8.
             11.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             29.
             19.
             
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             Examples
             of
             others
             .
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             How
             to
             cure
             this
             sinne
             of
             hardnesse
             of
             heart
             .
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             How
             to
             break
             it
             .
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             23.
             29.
             
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             How
             to
             dissolve
             it
             .
          
           
             Acts
             2.
             
          
           
             Zach.
             12
             10.
             
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             How
             to
             keep
             the
             softned
             heart
             from
             growing
             hard
             againe
             .
          
           
             Watch
             against
             hardning
             ,
             which
             steales
             upon
             us
             when
             
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             We
             grow
             lazy
             .
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             Our
             appetite
             fails
             .
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             Become
             selfe-conceited
             .
          
           
             4.
             
          
           
             Or
             unwilling
             to
             be
             admonished
             .