The covenant of life opened, or, A treatise of the covenant of grace

Ans. 1 Propos. As Physically, so also Morally, the heart is the man,¹ the good heart, the good man, the evil heart, the evil man, and God weights men by the weight, not of the tongue, of the hands▪ of the outward man, but by the weight of the heart: Asa his heart was perfect, 2 Chron. 15.17. the heart of Jehoshaphat, 2 Chron. 17.3. was perfect. And Psal. 78.37. their heart was not right: the froward heart is the froward man, Pro. 3.32.² For there is a man speaking within a man, and a heart within a heart acting, as if it were a man made up of soul and body. Thou hast said in thy heart, I will ascend up to Heaven, so the King of Babylon, Isa. 14.13. So the heart acts Heaven or Hell within the man, Psal. 14.1. Luk. 12.19. they have a heart [Greek or Hebrew] busied in the College, studying and reading covetousness, 2 Pet. 2.14.

Ans. 1 Propos. As Physically, so also Morally, the heart is the man,¹ the good heart, the good man, the evill heart, the evill man, and God weights men by the weight, not of the tongue, of the hands▪ of the outward man, but by the weight of the heart: Asa his heart was perfect, 2 Chron. 15.17. the heart of Jehoshaphat,