An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters…

Note from this, first, That divine truths are infused into us, not borne in us, or borne with us; every thing which is of Heaven, cometh unto us from Heaven; it is either stolen in secretly, or thundered in loudly: sometimes the Prophets and Ministers of Christ, speaking aloud, carry truth into the soul: sometimes God whispers it into the soul; one way or other, truth must be brought in, for it grows not in us: our hearts by nature are not only like white paper, having no inscription, not a letter of Gods will written in them, but they are like paper blotted or blurred, written all over with the corrupt principles, and positions of our own wills. God by his Spirit first crosses or wipes out those, and then writes down his own golden rules, of holy truth and heavenly wisdom. This he doth, first in conversion from sin to grace and holiness, and afterward in all the increases of grace, and growths of holiness, There is not a syllable of the law of God in any mans heart, till the finger of God writes it there; I will put my law in their mind, and write it in their hearts, which is an allusion unto the two Tables of the Law. They were first written by the finger of God, and then put into the Ark: So God first writes the Law in our hearts, and then puts it into our minds; he lays it up in the Ark of our understanding and memory.

Note from this, first, That divine truths are infused into us, not borne in us, or borne with us; every thing which is of Heaven, commeth unto us from Heaven; it is either stolne in secretly, or thundred in loudly: sometimes the Prophets and Ministers of Christ, speaking aloud, carry truth into the soule: sometimes God whispers it into the soule; one way or other, truth must be brought in, for it growes not in us: our hearts by nature are not onely like white paper, having no inscription, not a letter of Gods will written in them, but they are like paper blotted or blurred, written all over with the corrupt principles, and positions of our own wils. God by his Spirit first crosses or wipes out those, and then writes down his own golden rules, of holy truth and heavenly wisdome. This he doth, first in conversion from sinne to grace and holinesse, and afterward in all the increases of grace, and growths of holinesse, There is not a syllable of the law of God in any mans heart, till the finger of God writes it there; I will put my law in their minde, and write it in their hearts, which is an allusion unto the two Tables of the Law. They were first written by the finger of God, and then put into the Ark: So God first writes the Law in our hearts, and then puts it into our mindes; he layes it up in the Ark of our understanding and memory.