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A discourse of an unconverted man's enmity, against God Preached to a country congregation
A discourse of an unconverted man's enmity, against God Preached to a country congregation, by J.H. And published by one who wrote it from his mouth.A discourse of an unconverted man's enmity, against God Preached to a country congregation, by J.H. And publish'd by one who wrote it from his mouth.
London: printed by J. Heptinstall, 1700
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to wash the heart from wickedness, he adds, how long shall vain thoughts lodge within thee. And our Saviour tells us, Out of the heart, first, proceed evil thoughts, and then all the other wickednesses after mentioned, murders, adulteries, &c. Matth. 15. 19. And that enmity and alienation of mind that turns off the whole current of a man's thoughts from God, is the original evil, and, by consequence, lets them loose to every thing else that offends him, and ruins themselves. Yet when their very Hearts are such an Hell of wickedness ⟨p. 46⟩(as what is more hellish than enmity against God?) they are, notwithstanding, wont to say, they have good Hearts.
to wash the heart from wickedness, he adds, how long shall vain thoughts lodge within thee. And our Saviour tells us, Out of the heart, first, proceed evil thoughts, and then all the other wickednesses after mentioned, murthers, adulteries, &c. Matth. 15. 19. And that enmity and alienation of mind that turns off the whole current of a man's thoughts from God, is the original evil, and, by consequence, lets them loose to every thing else that offends him, and ruins themselves. Yet when their very Hearts are such an Hell of wickedness ⟨p. 46⟩(as what is more hellish than enmity against God?) they are, notwithstanding, wont to say, they have good Hearts.
2. Hence see the absolute necessity of Regeneration. A Doctrine, at which most men do wonder; which our Saviour intimates, when he says, Joh. 3. 7. Marvel not at it, viz. that I said, you must be born again. But who may not now apprehend a necessity of being regenerate? What will become of thee, if thou diest with such a disaffected mind Godward? Do but suppose your Soul going out of the Body in this temper! full of disaffection towards the ever-blessed God, before whose bright Glory, and flaming Majesty (to thee a consuming fire) thou must now appear: tho' most unwilling, and as full of horror, and amazing dread! How will thine heart then meditate terror! and say within thee, This is the God I could never love! whom I would never know! To whom I was always a willing stranger! whose admirable