5. God by affliction discovers unknown corruption in the hearts of his people, “He led thee through the wilderness these forty years to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart,” Deut. 8:2 that is, to make thee know what was in thy heart; what pride, what impatience, what unbelief, what idolatry, what distrust of God, what murmuring, what unthankfulness was in thy heart; and thou never tookest notice of it. I tell you christians, sin lieth very close and deep, and is not easily
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