Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachi the…Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachy the…

There is deceit in Weights, deceit in Friends; but the Heart hath an art of deceiving beyond all^†. In the best hearts there is some fallaciousness. David was upright in all things, save only in the matter of Uriah, 1 King 15.5. A Godly man Knowing there is a spice of this deceit in his Heart, ⟨p. 63⟩Fears himself. The flesh is a Bosom-Traitor. No man can believe what evil is in his Heart. 2 Kin. 8.12. Is thy Servant a Dog? Hazael could not believe his Heart had bin big of such Monsters. If one had come to Noah and said▪ thou wilt be drunk shortly; he would have said, Is thy Servant a Dog? No man knows what is in his breast, or what scandal he may fall into if God leaveth him. Christ warns his own Apostles to take heed of surfeiting and drunkenness, Luk. 21.34. A Godly man therefore fears his Heart with a Fear of Caution and jealousy. The Heart is not only stubborn, but subtle. Let us a little Trace this Impostor, and see if there be not cause to fear it. The heart shows it's deceitfulness about 1. Things Sinful. 2. Things Sacred.

There is deceit in Weights, deceit in Friends; but the Heart hath an art of deceiving beyond all^†. In the best hearts there is some fallaciousness. David was upright in all things, save only in the matter of Vriah, 1 King 15.5. A Godly man Knowing there is a spice of this deceit in his Heart, ⟨p. 63⟩Fears himself. The flesh is a Bosom-Traitor. No man can believe what evil is in his Heart. 2 Kin. 8.12. Is thy Servant a Dog? Hazael could not believe his Heart had bin big of such Monsters. If one had come to Noah and said▪ thou wilt be drunk shortly; he would have said, Is thy Servant a Dog? No man knows what is in his breast, or what scandal he may fall into if God leaveth him. Christ warns his own Apostles to take heed of surfeiting and drunkenness,