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1. The sin of thine heart and nature, it is the cause the womb that containeth,§1 ¹breedeth, bringeth forth, sucketh all the bitter, all the troop of sins that are in the life; and therefore giving life and being to all other, it is the greatest sin.

1. The sin of thine heart and nature, it is the cause the womb that containeth,§1 ¹breedeth, bringeth forth, sucketh all the bitter, all the troup of sins that are in the life; and therefore giving life and being to all other, it is the greatest sin.

1. 1Sins of the heart worse then sins of the life.

2. Sin is more abundantly in the heart §2then in the life. An actual sin is but a little breach made by the sea of sin in thine heart, where all sin, all poison is met and mingled together. Every actual sin is but a shred broken off from the great bottom of sin in the h•art: And hence Christ saith: Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh: and out ⟨p. 44⟩of the evil treasure of the heart we bring forth evil things. A man spending money, I mean sin in the life, is nothing to his treasure of sin in the heart.

2. Sin is more aboundantly in the heart §2then in the life. An actual sin is but a little breach made by the sea of sin in thine heart, where all sin, all poison is met and mingled together. Everie actual sin is but a shred broken off from the great bottom of sin in the hart: And hence Christ saith: Out of the aboundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh: and out