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a SKETCH OF a SERMON
On the Disease and Cure 81 lilo Human
Hsart, BY Rev. III D. Rrinss.

Proverbs % I: 2e. #
What the physical heart is to our
physical being; the affections are to
the spiritual being, id either case it
is the center or seat Of the being.
Therefore, when God says in the
language Of our text, sson give me
thine heart" He simply means give
me thy affections. But the giving,
of ones affections or heart to God
implies much; for we find when we
come to do this that our affections
are estranged- from Him and are SO
woven and interviewer and entwined
around the things of time and sense,
that it'a like aplucking out our right
eye, or outing off our right hand;"
yea, we find that the things Of the
world have such q strong hold upon
us, that it's almost like taking our
life to break the connection. Indeed
the Apostle Paul compares it to orp-
cifixion, for he says, "But God forbid
that ! should glory, save in the GROSS
of our Ford Jesus Christ, by whom
the world lis orucifed unto me, and i
unto the world" Galatians 8: Ia.
God throughout His Word gives
us q terrible description of the m
converted heart. In Genesis 8:5,
we read: aAnd God saw that the
wickedness of man was great in the
earth, and that every Imagination of
the thoughts of his heart was only
evil continually" Again in Jere-
miah 1850, "The heart is deceitful
above all things, and desperately
wicked" st. Mark 7:21, Jesus
says, "For from within, out of the
heart of men, proceed evil thoughts,
adulteries, foundations, murders,
,thefts, covetousness, ,wiokedness, de-
ceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, BIAS
phemy, pride, foolishness." And we
might continue to give quotations
from the Word of God, in proof of
the badness of the unconverted
human heart, but enough has already
been given to prove that the heart
of every unsayed son or daughter of
Adam's race is radically wrong and
needs radical change. And God
comes to men with just suoh vile,
wicked hearts as the above texts
describe and says, "Son, give me
thi,te heart" AS though He had
said: you can't make it any better
anyhow, though you join the church,
and though you are baptized, GATE
ohised and confirmed in the church,
and though you do live as good, out
wardly as the Pharisees of old, yet
this will not make your heart any
better; give it to me, let me fix it up.
But what does a pure and holy
God wart of such a hearth Want
of itP Why He wants to make that
very heart His dwelling place. st.
John, IA: % . "Jesus answered and
said unto him, if man love me, he
will keep my words, and my Father
will love him, and we will come unto
him, and make our abode with him."
Again in II Corinthians, 6:16: CAS-
God hath said, I will dwell in them,
and walk in them, and I will be
their God, and they shall be my peo.
pie" Again in Revelation, $500:
"Behold, stand at the door, and
knock; if any man hear my voice,
and open the door, / will come into
him, and will sup with him, and he
with me-" But God cannot dwell in
an unholy place. Therefore he pro-
posea 70 first prepare the heart for
His indwelling. Accordingly He
tells us in Ezekiel, 36: %: GA new
heart also will l give you, and new
spirit will l put within you, and I
will take away the stony heart out
of your flesh, and I will give you an
heart Of flesh" Again, Matthew,
1873: Except ye be converted and
become as little children Tin inno-
cense and simplicity ye shall not
enter into the kingdom of heaven"
But what is it to be converted ?
Men differ in their opinions as to
what conversion means Some tell
us that it's only change Of the mind
or of opinions and ideas but while
it embraces all OF this, yet il must
needs go deeper than the mind or
intellectual faculties; neither can
one love God by an act of the will,
or by setting his mind'to do 80; for
the will or mind does not control the
affections, but the affections control
the mind and will; but the affections
being estranged from God, "the oar
nal mind being enmity against God,
and not subject to His law there
fore the necessity of a radical change
"A. II. III d a