A Saint Indeed or the Great Work of a Christian in Keeping the Heart in the Several Conditions of Life
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Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life—Prov. iv. 23.
The heart of man is his worst part before it be regenerate, and the best afterwards: it is the seat of principles, and fountain of actions. The eye of God is, and the eye of a Christian ought to be, principally fixed upon it.
The greatest difficulty in conversion, is, to win the heart to God; and the greatest difficulty after conversion, is, to keep the heart with God. Here lies the very pinch and stress of religion; here is that which makes the way to life a narrow way, and the gate to heaven a strait gate. Direction and help in this great work, are the scope and sum of this text; wherein we have,
1. An exhortation, keep thy heart with all diligence.
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