Vol. 2

CHAPTER VII. 103Let us fear that raore, which, arising from ourselves,is lodged in our hearts, than that which entersfrom without into our bodies. How could the Jewspossibly know of what remedy and what physicianthey stood in need, since they did not well knoweither the disease of man, or the.source and causeof it, which is sin and the corruption of the heart?The Jew, full of the ceremonial and figurative law,is mindful only of the external impurities which itpoints out, and of the remedies it prescribes, and byhis superstitious exactness increases the number ofthem : the Christian, enlightened by faith, applieshimself to discover and know his own heart, his diseases,and his only physician, Jesus Christ." 20. And he said. That which cometh out ofthe man, that defileth the man.'*How much ought we to distrust our own heart,since that which it produces of itself is nothing butfalsehood and sin ! Whatever love of truth andrighteousness it has, must proceed from some othersource. Lord, it is thou who art this source, withoutwhich, nothing in me is pure and innocent.Pourforth on my heart thy celestial water, wash away itsimpurities, moisten its dryness, heal its wounds,soften its hardness, warm its coldness, bring it againinto thy ways, and vouchsafe to guide it therein." 2L For from within, out of the heart of men,proceed evil thoughts, adulteries,fornications, murders,22. Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit,lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23. All these evil things come from within,and defile the man."The heart of man is by the grace of Christ a