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sure of God depends. It is. of the greatest ©
importanee, thetefore, for each person to see
what kind of ‘heart he has got. If he loves
to do mischief; if he loves to say or do harsh
and unkind things; if he loves to wound the
feelings of others; if he loves to see another
suffer; if he wishes, in any way, to injure
andther in his mind, body, or estate, then ‘fie
has a bad heart; and God looks on that bad
heart as we look upon a malignant and
wicked countenance.

Before God, every heart has a character.
We cannot see into thé bosom, but God can.
All things are transparent to Him, and he
looketh on the heart as we do upon one an-
other’s faces: and to Him,*every heart is
as distinctly marked as men’s countenances
are to us. A wolf hasya severe, harsh, and
cruel expression m nis countenance. A bad
heart has as distinct an expression in the
sizght of God, as the wolf’s face to human
eyes. 7
© The second reason for having a good

heart is, that it not only wins the favour of

God, but of men. However we may fancy

_that mankind think only of outside appear-
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