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           THE
           Hearts-Index
           .
           OR
           Self-Knowledg
           :
           Together
           with
           
             
               I.
               The
               wonderful
               Change
               that
               the
               Word
               and
               Spirit
               ,
               do
               work
               upon
               the
               Heart
               ,
               when
               a
               Sinner
               is
               converted
               .
            
             
               II.
               The
               excellency
               of
               Grace
               above
               Nature
               .
            
             
               III.
               The
               Safety
               and
               Calm
               of
               such
               as
               have
               sued
               out
               their
               pardon
               in
               Christ.
               
            
          
        
         
           By
           R.
           YOUNGE
           of
           Roxwell
           in
           Essex
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   Imprimatur
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Ex
                       Aed
                       .
                       Sab.
                    
                     
                     
                       Aug.
                       8
                       ,
                       1663
                    
                     .
                  
                   
                     Geo.
                     Stradling
                     ,
                     
                       S.
                       T.
                       P.
                       Rev.
                       in
                       Christo
                       Patr.
                       Gilb.
                       Epist.
                       Lond.
                       à
                       Sac.
                       Domest
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Section
           I.
           
        
         
           PRobable
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           that
           medicine
           which
           hath
           cured
           one
           desperate
           Patient
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           communicated
           ,
           may
           work
           the
           same
           effect
           upon
           others
           ;
           the
           concealment
           whereof
           ,
           would
           argue
           in
           a
           Physitian
           ,
           either
           too
           
             much
             lucre
          
           ,
           or
           too
           
             little
             love
          
           .
           However
           ,
           the
           conscience
           of
           good
           intentions
           in
           themselves
           (
           let
           their
           success
           be
           what
           it
           will
           )
           is
           both
           a
           discharge
           and
           comfort
           to
           a
           free
           and
           willing
           mind
           .
        
         
         
           A
           
             fine
             wit
          
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Christian
             will
          
           ,
           is
           like
           the
           little
           Bee
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           off
           the
           meanest
           flower
           ,
           until
           she
           hath
           made
           somewhat
           of
           it
           :
           whereas
           an
           
             unsanctified
             heart
          
           ,
           will
           (
           
           spider-like
           )
           
             suck
             poyson
          
           from
           the
           choisest
           of
           flowers
           .
        
         
           Every
           line
           of
           
             God's
             word
          
           shall
           adde
           finew
           to
           the
           virtuous
           mind
           ;
           and
           withal
           heal
           that
           vice
           ,
           which
           would
           be
           springing
           in
           it
           .
           But
           with
           the
           carnally
           minded
           ,
           it
           is
           far
           otherwise
           .
           The
           same
           report
           ,
           wherewith
           the
           spirit
           of
           
             Rahab
             melteth
             ,
             hardens
          
           the
           
             King
             of
             Jericho
          
           ,
           Josh.
           2.
           
           
             Sergius
             Paulus
          
           was
           
             converted
             ,
             Elimas
             obdurated
          
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           Sermon
           ,
           Acts
           13.
           that
           one
           hard
           saying
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           John
           6.
           like
           a
           
             file
             sharpened
          
           eleven
           of
           his
           Apostles
           ;
           while
           it
           so
           blunted
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           that
           many
           of
           them
           
             murmured
             ,
             and
             from
             that
             time
             went
             back
             ,
             and
             walked
             no
             more
             with
             him
             ,
          
           verse
           66
           ,
           &c.
           
           Whence
           observe
           ,
           that
           as
           
             all
             bodies
          
           ,
           are
           not
           equally
           apt
           to
           be
           wrought
           upon
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           medicine
           ;
           so
           are
           not
           
             all
             souls
          
           by
           the
           
             same
             means
          
           of
           Grace
           .
           One
           remains
           obstinate
           and
           refractory
           ,
           whiles
           others
           are
           pliable
           .
        
         
           Sin
           and
           Satan
           ,
           have
           no
           Servants
           but
           the
           simple
           .
           As
           for
           instance
           :
           A
           
             wise
             man
          
           hearing
           in
           what
           a
           dangerous
           condition
           he
           is
           in
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           original
           and
           
             actual
             sins
          
           ,
           and
           how
           God
           is
           so
           incensed
           with
           wrath
           and
           indignation
           against
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           means
           utterly
           to
           destroy
           him
           ,
           if
           he
           go
           on
           in
           his
           impenitency
           ;
           
             foreseeth
             the
             evil
             of
             Hell
          
           ,
           and
           
             preventeth
             it
          
           ,
           by
           departing
           from
           his
           evil
           wayes
           :
           but
           
             fools
             go
             on
             and
             are
             careless
             ,
          
           Prov.
           22.3
           .
           and
           14.16
           .
           Stark
           fools
           indeed
           :
           For
           if
           their
           eyes
           were
           opened
           ,
           to
           see
           in
           what
           a
           condition
           ,
           they
           are
           content
           at
           present
           to
           continue
           in
           ;
           they
           should
           need
           no
           intreaty
           ,
           to
           turn
           their
           course
           another
           way
           .
           Luther
           says
           ,
           that
           if
           a
           man
           could
           perfectly
           see
           his
           own
           evils
           ,
           and
           the
           misery
           that
           attends
           them
           ,
           the
           fight
           thereof
           would
           be
           a
           perfect
           Hell
           unto
           him
           :
           and
           this
           indeed
           might
           prove
           to
           be
           his
           way
           to
           Heaven
           ;
           For
           then
           ,
           and
           not
           till
           then
           ,
           a
           man
           sees
           what
           need
           he
           hath
           of
           a
           Saviour
           ;
           and
           then
           he
           begins
           tightly
           to
           prize
           the
           
             joys
             of
             Heaven
          
           ,
           when
           he
           sees
           he
           hath
           escaped
           the
           
             Flames
             of
             Hell
          
           ,
           which
           those
           fools
           before
           spoken
           of
           ,
           never
           mean
           to
           do
           ,
           because
           they
           think
           themselves
           
             wise
             ,
             good
             ,
             happy
          
           ,
           and
           what
           not
           ?
           The
           case
           of
           all
           men
           by
           Nature
           .
           And
           until
           that
           vail
           or
           curtain
           which
           is
           
             drawn
             over
             their
             hearts
          
           ,
           be
           removed
           ,
           and
           taken
           away
           by
           unseigned
           repentance
           ,
           and
           turning
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           they
           remain
           
           stark
           blind
           to
           all
           saving
           truths
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           plainly
           sets
           down
           ,
           2
           Cor.
           3.14
           ,
           15
           ,
           16
           ,
           17
           ,
           18.
           
           See
           Rev.
           3.17
           .
           1
           Tim.
           6.4
           .
           And
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           for
           pride
           and
           Ignorance
           (
           springing
           hence
           )
           every
           man
           would
           make
           it
           his
           main
           business
           ,
           
             to
             work
             out
             his
             salvation
             with
             fear
             and
             trembling
             .
          
           But
           to
           proceed
           ,
           for
           this
           is
           but
           an
           excursion
           ,
           let
           in
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           a
           
             parenthesis
             ,
             and
             in
             zeal
          
           for
           their
           good
           ;
           that
           desire
           not
           their
           own
           .
           The
           Ninivites
           by
           hearkning
           to
           Jonah
           ,
           and
           those
           
             murtherers
             of
             the
             Lord
             of
             Life
             ,
          
           by
           listning
           to
           Peter
           ,
           were
           converted
           and
           saved
           ,
           Jonah
           3.4
           ,
           5.
           
           Acts
           2.37
           .
           Wax
           (
           we
           know
           )
           yeeldeth
           sooner
           to
           the
           seal
           ,
           than
           steel
           to
           the
           stamp
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           2.
           
           Of
           Hearers
           ,
           there
           are
           usually
           
             four
             sorts
          
           ,
           as
           our
           Saviour
           shews
           ,
           in
           the
           
             Parable
             of
             the
             seed
          
           ,
           Mat.
           13.3
           ,
           to
           24.
           
           As
           first
           ,
           
             An
             honest
             and
             good
             heart
          
           ,
           will
           not
           return
           from
           hearing
           the
           Word
           unbettered
           :
           yea
           ,
           he
           will
           so
           note
           what
           is
           spoken
           to
           his
           own
           sin
           ,
           that
           it
           shall
           
             increase
             his
             knowledg
          
           ,
           and
           
             lessen
             his
             vices
          
           .
           As
           who
           (
           by
           looking
           in
           a
           glass
           )
           shall
           spy
           spots
           in
           his
           face
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           forthwith
           wipe
           them
           out
           ?
           A
           
             wise
             man
          
           will
           not
           have
           one
           sin
           twice
           repeated
           unto
           him
           ;
           Yea
           ,
           he
           more
           rejoyceth
           ,
           
             in
             being
             overcome
          
           with
           a
           wise
           and
           gracious
           advice
           ,
           then
           he
           would
           have
           rejoyced
           
             in
             a
             revengeful
             victory
          
           .
           Of
           which
           we
           have
           a
           rare
           example
           ,
           1
           Sam.
           25.32
           ,
           33.
           
           A
           true
           argument
           of
           an
           ingenuous
           nature
           .
           Whereas
           those
           that
           will
           not
           hearken
           to
           ,
           nor
           obey
           the
           voice
           of
           Christ
           ,
           but
           rage
           and
           storm
           ;
           are
           more
           stubborn
           than
           the
           wind
           and
           sea
           ,
           Luke
           8.24
           ,
           25.
           enough
           to
           make
           them
           blush
           blood
           ,
           when
           told
           of
           it
           .
           But
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Another
           sort
           of
           Hearers
           ,
           are
           like
           
             Tully's
             strange
             soil
             ;
             much
             rain
          
           leaves
           them
           still
           as
           
             dry
             as
             dust
          
           .
           Or
           the
           Wolf
           in
           the
           Emblem
           ,
           which
           though
           it
           
             suckt
             the
             Goat
          
           ,
           kept
           notwithstanding
           his
           
             Woolfish
             nature
          
           still
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           untill
           the
           
             spirit
             of
             God
          
           meekens
           the
           soul
           ,
           say
           what
           you
           will
           ,
           it
           minds
           nothing
           ,
           or
           nothing
           to
           purpose
           .
           Whatever
           an
           impenitent
           sinner
           hears
           ,
           it
           presently
           passes
           away
           ,
           like
           the
           sound
           of
           a
           Bell
           that
           is
           rung
           .
           Let
           testimonies
           and
           examples
           never
           so
           much
           concern
           them
           ,
           it
           makes
           an
           impression
           but
           skin
           ,
           or
           
             ear
             deep
          
           :
           For
           as
           in
           an
           hour-glass
           or
           conduit
           ,
           that
           which
           in
           one
           hour
           
             runneth
             in
          
           the
           same
           in
           another
           hour
           
             runneth
             out
          
           again
           .
           Who
           may
           be
           resembled
           to
           the
           
             Smiths
             Iron
          
           ,
           put
           it
           into
           the
           fire
           it
           is
           much
           softned
           ,
           but
           put
           it
           into
           the
           water
           it
           is
           harder
           than
           before
           .
        
         
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           Another
           sort
           will
           very
           orderly
           hear
           the
           Word
           ,
           and
           delight
           in
           it
           ,
           until
           it
           comes
           home
           to
           their
           consciences
           ,
           touches
           their
           Copy
           hold
           (
           as
           John
           served
           Herod
           )
           but
           then
           they
           will
           turn
           their
           backs
           upon
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           Jews
           served
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           John
           6.66
           .
           the
           
             Athenians
             ,
             Paul
          
           ,
           Acts
           17.16
           ,
           to
           34.
           and
           
             Ahab
             ,
             Micaiah
          
           ,
           1
           Kings
           228.
           
           Now
           these
           that
           will
           not
           hear
           an
           
             untoothsome
             truth
          
           ,
           but
           turn
           their
           backs
           upon
           and
           fly
           from
           instruction
           .
           Joh.
           3.19
           ,
           20
           ,
           21.
           not
           onely
           declare
           themselves
           to
           be
           
             guilty
             persons
          
           (
           for
           
             he
             confesseth
             the
             fact
             ,
             who
             to
             judgment
             turneth
             his
             back
             :
          
           And
           't
           is
           onely
           the
           
             weak
             sighted
          
           ,
           that
           cannot
           abide
           the
           light
           )
           but
           it
           proves
           them
           to
           be
           
             out
             of
             all
             hope
             to
             become
             better
             .
          
           For
           that
           sin
           is
           
             past
             cure
          
           ,
           which
           turns
           from
           ,
           and
           
             refuseth
             the
             cure
          
           ,
           Deut.
           17.12
           .
           Prov
           29.1
           .
           1
           Sam.
           2.25
           .
           2
           Chron.
           25.16
           .
           turn
           to
           the
           places
           .
           And
           take
           this
           for
           a
           Rule
           ,
           if
           ever
           you
           see
           a
           
             drowning
             man
             refuse
             help
          
           ,
           conclude
           him
           a
           
             wilful
             murderer
          
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           3.
           
           Fourthly
           and
           lastly
           ,
           (
           for
           I
           pass
           by
           those
           blocks
           ;
           that
           can
           hear
           the
           Word
           powerfully
           delivered
           for
           twenty
           or
           thirty
           years
           together
           ,
           and
           mind
           no
           more
           the
           
             spirituality
             of
             the
             matter
          
           ,
           than
           the
           seats
           they
           
             fit
             on
          
           ,
           or
           the
           stones
           they
           
             tread
             on
          
           .
           )
           There
           are
           a
           generation
           of
           hearers
           ,
           who
           being
           told
           the
           naked
           truth
           ,
           plainly
           reproved
           for
           their
           sins
           ,
           shewn
           the
           judgments
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           due
           of
           what
           they
           deserve
           ,
           and
           are
           like
           to
           undergo
           ,
           if
           they
           go
           on
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           they
           may
           repent
           and
           believe
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           may
           be
           saved
           ,
           will
           (
           Ahab
           like
           )
           carp
           ,
           and
           fret
           ,
           &
           chafe
           ,
           and
           fume
           ,
           and
           swell
           ;
           and
           spurn
           ,
           against
           the
           very
           
             Word
             of
             God
          
           ,
           and
           be
           ready
           to
           burst
           again
           for
           being
           so
           sharp
           and
           searching
           ;
           and
           thereupon
           persecute
           the
           Messenger
           ,
           as
           Herodias
           did
           John
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Pharisees
             ,
             Christ.
          
           They
           love
           application
           as
           dearly
           ,
           as
           a
           Dog
           does
           a
           cudgel
           .
           So
           that
           like
           Adders
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           only
           deaf
           to
           the
           Charmer
           ,
           but
           like
           Slow-worms
           ,
           they
           hiss
           ,
           and
           then
           turn
           their
           tails
           to
           sting
           him
           .
        
         
           Gods
           holy
           precepts
           and
           
             prohibitions
             harden
          
           them
           ;
           as
           the
           Sun
           hardens
           clay
           ,
           and
           
             water
             hot
             iron
          
           .
           Or
           else
           they
           inrage
           them
           ,
           as
           a
           
             furious
             mastiff
             Dog
          
           ,
           is
           the
           
             madder
             for
             his
             chain
          
           .
           But
           when
           it
           comes
           to
           this
           ,
           that
           men
           spurn
           at
           the
           means
           ,
           and
           are
           
             hardned
             with
             the
             word
          
           ,
           as
           
             steel
             is
             hardned
             with
             strokes
          
           ;
           or
           as
           Bulls
           grow
           mad
           with
           baiting
           :
           the
           best
           way
           is
           to
           leave
           them
           to
           their
           Judg
           ,
           who
           hath
           
             messengers
             of
             wrath
          
           ,
           for
           them
           that
           despise
           the
           
             messengers
             
             of
             his
             love
          
           ,
           Psal.
           81.11
           ,
           12.
           
           See
           Luke
           10.10
           ,
           11.
           
           Prov.
           29
           &
           1.24
           ,
           25
           ,
           26
           ,
           to
           33.
           2
           
           Chron.
           25.16
           20.
           1
           
           Sam.
           2.25
           .
           And
           in
           reason
           ,
           herbs
           that
           are
           worse
           for
           
             watering
             ,
             trees
          
           that
           are
           less
           fruitful
           for
           
             digging
             ,
             dunging
             ,
             pruning
          
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           
             rooted
             out
          
           ,
           or
           
             hewed
             down
          
           And
           to
           admonish
           them
           is
           to
           no
           more
           purpose
           ,
           than
           if
           one
           should
           speak
           to
           
             lifeless
             stones
          
           ,
           or
           
             senseless
             plants
          
           ,
           or
           
             witless
             beasts
          
           :
           for
           they
           will
           
             never
             fear
          
           any
           thing
           ,
           till
           they
           be
           in
           Hell-fire
           .
           Wherefore
           God
           leaves
           them
           to
           be
           confuted
           with
           
             fire
             and
             brimstone
          
           ,
           since
           nothing
           else
           will
           do
           it
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           4.
           
           Thus
           you
           see
           what
           a
           wonderful
           difference
           there
           is
           in
           Hearers
           !
           Onely
           herein
           they
           agree
           ,
           all
           men
           (
           good
           and
           bad
           )
           
             love
             the
             light
             as
             it
             shines
          
           ;
           but
           the
           most
           of
           men
           
             hate
             it
             ,
             as
             it
             discovers
             and
             directs
             .
          
           But
           the
           difference
           is
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           admirable
           to
           think
           ,
           how
           some
           men
           would
           not
           be
           prevailed
           withall
           ,
           though
           an
           
             Angel
             should
             be
             sent
             unto
             them
             from
             the
             dead
             .
          
           And
           yet
           with
           what
           small
           means
           some
           others
           have
           been
           converted
           ,
           as
           were
           Justin
           the
           
             Philosopher
             ,
             Ciprian
          
           the
           Nicromancer
           ,
           Saint
           
             Austin
             ,
             Fulgentius
             ,
             Francisco
             Junius
             ,
             Malancton
             ,
             Adrianus
             ,
             Latimer
             ,
          
           and
           many
           others
           .
        
         
           One
           treating
           upon
           the
           
             Prodigal
             son
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Thief
             upon
             the
             Cross
          
           ,
           mentions
           
             two
             famous
             strumpets
          
           ,
           that
           were
           
             suddenly
             converted
          
           by
           this
           onely
           argument
           ,
           that
           
             God
             seeth
          
           all
           things
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           dark
           ,
           when
           the
           
             doors
             are
             shut
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Curtains
             drawn
          
           ;
           and
           Mountaigne
           tells
           of
           a
           Gallant
           ,
           that
           (
           sporting
           with
           a
           Curtezan
           in
           a
           house
           of
           sin
           )
           happened
           to
           ask
           her
           name
           ,
           which
           she
           said
           was
           Mary
           ;
           whereat
           he
           was
           so
           stricken
           with
           reverence
           and
           remorse
           ,
           that
           he
           instantly
           both
           cast
           off
           the
           Harlot
           ,
           and
           amended
           his
           whole
           future
           life
           .
           And
           indeed
           no
           means
           can
           be
           too
           weak
           where
           God
           intends
           success
           :
           yea
           ,
           a
           thought
           onely
           hath
           sometimes
           served
           the
           turn
           .
           Nor
           needs
           there
           any
           more
           to
           a
           clarified
           understanding
           ,
           than
           the
           bare
           thought
           of
           
             Gods
             Omnipresence
             ,
             Omnisciency
          
           ,
           or
           Omnipotency
           ;
           as
           being
           present
           every
           where
           ,
           knowing
           every
           thought
           and
           intent
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           and
           being
           almighty
           to
           
             punish
             or
             reward
             evil
             and
             good
          
        
         
           Sect.
           5
           And
           so
           much
           of
           the
           kinds
           of
           hearers
           Onely
           a
           Question
           or
           Scruple
           may
           hereupon
           arise
           .
           The
           Minister
           or
           Author
           out
           of
           compassion
           to
           their
           precious
           souls
           ,
           would
           shew
           them
           from
           
             Gods
             Word
          
           ,
           the
           very
           
             faces
             of
             their
             hearts
          
           ,
           and
           like
           Peter
           
           to
           Cornelius
           ,
           Acts
           11.
           tell
           them
           that
           ,
           whereby
           (
           with
           blessing
           from
           above
           )
           they
           might
           be
           saved
           ,
           vers
           .
           14.
           the
           which
           some
           do
           kindly
           entertain
           ,
           as
           Lot
           did
           those
           Angels
           that
           came
           to
           fetch
           him
           out
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           Gen.
           19.
           
           Others
           as
           churlishly
           reject
           ,
           and
           as
           villainously
           entreat
           and
           handle
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           Ammonites
           did
           
             Davids
             messengers
          
           ,
           2
           Sam.
           10.4
           .
           Wherein
           (
           may
           some
           say
           )
           lies
           the
           difference
           ?
        
         
           Answ.
           I
           could
           give
           you
           sundry
           Reasons
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           'le
           onely
           name
           a
           few
           ,
           being
           injoyned
           to
           contract
           all
           my
           matter
           into
           two
           sheets
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           Will
           makes
           the
           difference
           ,
           and
           who
           makes
           the
           
             difference
             of
             wills
          
           ,
           but
           he
           that
           made
           them
           ?
           He
           that
           creates
           the
           new
           heart
           ,
           leaves
           a
           stone
           in
           one
           bosom
           ,
           puts
           flesh
           into
           another
           ;
           and
           yet
           if
           God
           denies
           his
           grace
           ,
           it
           is
           onely
           when
           he
           sees
           it
           contemned
           :
           As
           God
           oftentimes
           is
           so
           provoked
           ,
           by
           their
           obstinate
           hardness
           and
           impenitency
           ,
           that
           he
           gives
           them
           over
           to
           Satan
           ,
           and
           up
           to
           the
           hardness
           of
           their
           own
           hearts
           ,
           to
           be
           led
           by
           their
           lusts
           ,
           and
           to
           walk
           in
           their
           own
           counsels
           ;
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           Psal.
           81.12
           .
           Rom.
           1.24
           ,
           26.
           
           So
           that
           not
           God
           ,
           but
           our selves
           ,
           are
           the
           authors
           of
           sin
           ,
           and
           of
           our
           own
           damnation
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           Hos.
           13.9
           .
           Of
           which
           ,
           more
           in
           its
           due
           place
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           holy
           
             Word
             of
             God
          
           ,
           which
           is
           Spirit
           and
           Life
           ,
           is
           so
           
             quick
             ,
             powerful
          
           and
           operative
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           have
           its
           effect
           :
           where
           it
           does
           not
           quicken
           ,
           it
           kils
           .
           None
           ever
           heard
           it
           ,
           but
           they
           were
           either
           better
           or
           worse
           by
           it
           .
           It
           is
           a
           
             holy
             fire
          
           ;
           those
           whom
           it
           doth
           not
           purifie
           and
           cleanse
           ,
           by
           melting
           into
           repentance
           ,
           it
           doth
           consume
           and
           destroy
           by
           burning
           ,
           into
           the
           ashes
           of
           prophaneness
           here
           ,
           of
           
             confusion
             hereafter
          
           .
           It
           is
           the
           
             power
             of
             God
             unto
             salvation
             ,
             to
             every
             one
             that
             believeth
             ,
          
           Rom.
           1.16
           .
           And
           
             a
             sweet
             savour
             of
             life
             unto
             life
             ,
             to
             them
             that
             are
             saved
             ,
          
           2
           Cor.
           2.16
           .
           But
           it
           becomes
           
             the
             savour
             of
             death
             unto
             death
             ,
          
           unto
           such
           as
           wrest
           and
           
             pervert
             the
             same
             to
             their
             own
             destruction
             ,
          
           2
           Pet.
           3.16
           .
           And
           no
           marvel
           ,
           for
           the
           
             same
             cause
          
           may
           have
           divers
           and
           
             contrary
             effects
          
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           
             sundry
             objects
          
           ,
           as
           might
           be
           exemplified
           in
           the
           Sun
           ,
           the
           wind
           ,
           the
           same
           breath
           out
           of
           one
           mouth
           ,
           the
           earth
           ;
           the
           stomack
           ,
           the
           rain
           ,
           &c.
           as
           might
           be
           largely
           shewn
           .
           In
           
             one
             garden
          
           ,
           growes
           an
           
             hundred
             kinds
             of
             herbs
          
           of
           several
           operations
           and
           qualities
           ;
           some
           nutritive
           ,
           others
           infective
           ;
           yet
           they
           all
           draw
           their
           juyce
           from
           one
           and
           the
           
             same
             Earth
          
           .
           Every
           Member
           receiveth
           
           nourishment
           from
           the
           stomack
           ;
           yea
           ,
           the
           
             same
             meat
          
           in
           the
           stomack
           ?
           but
           that
           which
           the
           Liver
           receives
           becomes
           blood
           ,
           that
           which
           the
           Gaul
           receiveth
           becomes
           cholar
           ,
           that
           which
           the
           Lungs
           receive
           becomes
           fleam
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           passeth
           into
           the
           paps
           becomes
           milk
           :
           So
           all
           receive
           the
           same
           good
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           every
           one
           does
           not
           make
           the
           same
           use
           of
           it
           .
           For
           as
           one
           hath
           his
           
             faith
             strengthened
             by
             it
          
           ,
           his
           
             patience
             increased
          
           ,
           his
           
             judgment
             rectified
          
           ,
           his
           
             will
             reformed
          
           ,
           his
           life
           and
           
             practice
             amended
          
           ,
           his
           love
           and
           
             zeal
             inflamed
          
           :
           so
           fares
           it
           with
           wicked
           men
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           contrary
           
             vices
             ,
             &c.
          
           
           Again
           ,
           the
           
             Word
             of
             God
          
           ,
           is
           like
           a
           fructifying
           dew
           or
           rain
           ,
           which
           falls
           not
           upon
           any
           ground
           in
           vain
           .
           If
           these
           
             Celestial
             showers
          
           ,
           fall
           into
           the
           Garden
           of
           a
           good
           heart
           ,
           they
           raise
           up
           herbs
           and
           flowers
           ;
           if
           in
           a
           
             field
             ,
             corn
          
           or
           grass
           ;
           whereas
           if
           they
           fall
           on
           clay
           ,
           they
           make
           but
           dirt
           ;
           yea
           ,
           the
           
             more
             rain
          
           ,
           the
           
             more
             dirt
          
           :
           If
           upon
           kennells
           ,
           or
           dunghils
           ,
           a
           stink
           .
           Or
           if
           they
           produce
           any
           fruit
           ,
           it
           is
           Weeds
           instead
           of
           herbs
           ;
           or
           perhaps
           briars
           and
           thorns
           ,
           to
           scratch
           and
           wound
           the
           Husbandman
           that
           dresses
           it
           .
           Thus
           I
           might
           go
           on
           ,
           and
           shew
           you
           how
           the
           
             Sacrament
             of
             the
             Lords
             Supper
          
           ,
           is
           recieved
           by
           one
           to
           salvation
           ,
           by
           another
           to
           his
           greater
           damnation
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           11.29
           .
           The
           
             cloudy
             pillar
          
           ,
           which
           gave
           light
           ,
           and
           was
           a
           defence
           to
           Israel
           ,
           became
           darkness
           and
           offence
           to
           the
           Egyptians
           ,
           Exod.
           14
           20.
           
           And
           the
           like
           of
           Manna
           ,
           Exod.
           16
           20.
           
           The
           Ark
           the
           
             Red
             Sea
          
           ,
           and
           sundry
           the
           like
           which
           I
           might
           weary
           you
           with
           .
           Yea
           ,
           Christ
           himself
           ,
           who
           is
           a
           
             Rock
             to
             save
          
           all
           that
           believe
           in
           him
           ,
           shivers
           his
           enemies
           in
           pieces
           ,
           Mat.
           21.44
           .
           And
           immortality
           ,
           the
           greatest
           blessedness
           of
           the
           Saints
           ,
           is
           the
           greatest
           misery
           to
           the
           damned
           .
           No
           wonder
           then
           ,
           if
           these
           Spiders
           ,
           those
           Bees
           ;
           the
           wicked
           and
           the
           godly
           ,
           suck
           ,
           the
           one
           honey
           ,
           the
           other
           poyson
           from
           the
           self
           fame
           flower
           of
           holy
           Writ
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           6
           Thirdly
           ,
           Another
           reason
           why
           they
           so
           swell
           against
           their
           reprehender
           ,
           is
           their
           guiltiness
           .
           And
           it
           is
           a
           sure
           sign
           the
           
             horse
             is
             gauled
          
           ,
           that
           stirs
           too
           much
           when
           he
           is
           touched
           .
           In
           the
           
             Law
             of
             jealousies
          
           ,
           if
           the
           
             suspected
             wife
          
           were
           guilty
           ,
           that
           drank
           of
           the
           bitter
           
             waters
             of
             tryal
          
           ,
           she
           would
           presently
           swell
           :
           if
           otherwise
           ,
           she
           was
           well
           enough
           ,
           Numb
           .
           5.27
           .
           Nor
           did
           you
           ever
           hear
           of
           any
           that
           were
           offended
           with
           wholsome
           truth
           for
           being
           untoothsom
           ,
           that
           disliked
           the
           Minister
           for
           being
           too
           sharp
           and
           searching
           ,
           but
           evil
           minds
           .
           But
           as
           
             good
             meats
          
           are
           unwelcome
           
           to
           
             sick
             persons
          
           :
           so
           is
           good
           counsel
           to
           obstinate
           and
           resolved
           sinners
           .
           
             Vnfound
             flesh
          
           loves
           to
           be
           stroaked
           ,
           the
           least
           roughness
           puts
           it
           into
           a
           
             rage
             .
             Bad
             wares
          
           would
           have
           
             dark
             shops
             ,
             Thieves
          
           will
           put
           out
           all
           the
           lights
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           dark
           they
           may
           more
           securely
           rifle
           the
           house
           ,
           John
           3.19.20
           ,
           21.
           
           So
           the
           conscience
           that
           is
           guilty
           of
           flagitious
           crimes
           ,
           could
           wish
           the
           Heavens
           blind
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           No
           wicked
           man
           can
           indure
           to
           hear
           the
           downright
           truth
           :
           For
           then
           they
           must
           also
           hear
           the
           sentence
           of
           their
           own
           condemnation
           .
           What
           the
           Minister
           delivers
           is
           the
           very
           
             Word
             by
             which
             they
             are
             judged
             and
             condemned
             ,
          
           therefore
           they
           loath
           as
           much
           to
           hear
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Prisoner
             at
             the
             Bar
          
           does
           abhor
           to
           hear
           
             his
             sentence
          
           from
           the
           
             just
             judg
          
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           if
           many
           (
           as
           we
           well
           know
           by
           experience
           )
           love
           not
           to
           hear
           the
           worst
           of
           their
           temporal
           causes
           and
           cases
           ,
           nor
           yet
           of
           their
           
             bodily
             distempers
          
           ,
           with
           which
           their
           lives
           or
           estates
           be
           endangered
           ;
           how
           much
           more
           will
           wicked
           men
           decline
           from
           seeing
           their
           
             hainous
             abominations
          
           ,
           and
           themselves
           
             guilty
             of
             Hell
             and
             eternal
             damnation
          
           ?
           though
           thereof
           ,
           there
           be
           an
           absolute
           necessity
           ,
           if
           ever
           they
           be
           saved
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           7.
           
           And
           so
           much
           of
           the
           Reasons
           .
           From
           all
           which
           we
           may
           learn
           not
           to
           impute
           the
           
             cause
             of
             wicked
             mens
             raging
          
           ,
           to
           any
           miscarriage
           in
           the
           messenger
           :
           for
           he
           may
           vindicate
           himself
           as
           Paul
           did
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           7.10
           .
           
             I
             have
             not
             spoken
             ,
             but
             the
             Lord.
          
           And
           therefore
           as
           the
           Lord
           said
           unto
           Saul
           ,
           Acts
           9.4
           .
           that
           he
           persecuted
           him
           :
           So
           they
           which
           
             reject
             any
             truth
          
           delivered
           out
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           do
           
             resist
             God
             himself
          
           ,
           and
           not
           his
           messenger
           .
           And
           this
           for
           certain
           were
           
             Christ
             himself
          
           their
           Minister
           ,
           they
           would
           much
           more
           oppose
           and
           persecute
           him
           ,
           as
           the
           Priests
           and
           Pharisees
           did
           ,
           when
           they
           heard
           him
           .
        
         
           Yea
           ,
           consider
           it
           rightly
           ,
           and
           you
           will
           grant
           ,
           that
           there
           cannot
           be
           a
           
             greater
             honour
          
           done
           to
           a
           poor
           minister
           ,
           than
           this
           .
           For
           ,
           what
           sayes
           one
           of
           the
           Fathers
           ?
           It
           may
           well
           be
           doubted
           that
           
             ministers
             open
          
           not
           the
           
             Word
             aright
          
           ,
           when
           
             wicked
             men
             kick
          
           not
           against
           it
           .
           Yea
           ,
           sayes
           Luther
           ,
           To
           
             preach
             the
             Gospel
             as
             we
             ought
             ,
          
           is
           to
           stir
           up
           all
           the
           
             furies
             of
             Hell
             against
             us
          
           .
           And
           what
           saith
           our
           Saviour
           himself
           to
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           in
           their
           
             pupil-age
             ?
             The
             World
             cannot
             hate
             you
             ,
             but
             me
             it
             hateth
             ;
             because
             I
             testifie
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             the
             works
             thereof
             are
             evil
             ,
          
           John
           7.7
           .
           And
           so
           touching
           Paul
           ,
           who
           had
           never
           
             become
             their
             enemy
          
           ,
           but
           for
           telling
           them
           the
           truth
           ,
           
           and
           dealing
           so
           plainly
           ,
           and
           so
           roundly
           with
           them
           .
           Nor
           can
           there
           be
           such
           an
           argument
           ,
           that
           a
           
             Minister
             studies
          
           more
           to
           profit
           ,
           than
           to
           please
           men
           with
           his
           wholsome
           counsel
           ;
           as
           when
           he
           will
           not
           let
           them
           sleep
           and
           snort
           in
           their
           sins
           ,
           but
           
             cry
             aloud
          
           against
           their
           abominations
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           We
           may
           learn
           from
           the
           premises
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           receive
           the
           Word
           with
           readiness
           ,
           and
           become
           
             new
             creatures
          
           by
           hearing
           the
           same
           :
           not
           to
           attribute
           ,
           or
           ascribe
           the
           praise
           thereof
           to
           the
           
             parties
             converted
          
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           means
           or
           to
           the
           instrument
           ;
           but
           to
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           Author
           ,
           and
           gives
           the
           blessing
           .
           For
           
             Paul
             may
             plant
             ,
             and
             Apollo
             may
             water
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             God
             onely
             that
             gives
             the
             increase
             .
          
           It
           is
           God
           alone
           that
           
             giveth
             words
             unto
             the
             wise
             ,
             and
             virtue
             unto
             their
             words
             ,
          
           1
           Cor.
           3.5
           ,
           6
           ,
           7.
           
           And
           he
           will
           give
           
             success
             to
             whom
             ,
             when
             ,
             and
             as
             he
             pleaseth
             .
          
           Even
           twelve
           mean
           Fishermen
           ,
           when
           he
           pleaseth
           ,
           shall
           
             without
             force
          
           ,
           or
           
             weapon
             ,
             armour
             ,
             bands
             of
             men
             ,
          
           or
           
             stroke
             stricken
             ,
             subdue
             the
             whole
             world
          
           to
           their
           
             King
             !
             Hillary
          
           found
           not
           seventeen
           believers
           ,
           and
           left
           not
           so
           many
           unbelievers
           in
           the
           
             whole
             City
          
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           in
           these
           dayes
           ,
           Ministers
           may
           
             tear
             their
             throats
             ,
             spend
             their
             lungs
             ,
          
           and
           
             force
             their
             sides
          
           ,
           in
           suing
           to
           '
           a
           
             deaf
             world
          
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           done
           all
           they
           can
           ,
           
             Who
             hath
             believed
             our
             report
             ?
             And
             to
             whom
             is
             the
             arm
             of
             the
             Lord
             revealed
          
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           how
           many
           painful
           Peters
           have
           complained
           to
           
             fish
             all
             night
          
           ,
           and
           
             catch
             nothing
             ?
             Many
             professors
          
           ,
           and
           
             few
             converts
          
           ,
           hath
           been
           the
           lot
           of
           the
           Gospel
           in
           these
           last
           times
           ,
           and
           since
           our
           means
           hath
           exceeded
           .
           
             Gods
             house
          
           (
           as
           the
           
             streets
             of
             Jericho
          
           )
           may
           be
           thronged
           ,
           and
           yet
           but
           one
           Zacheus
           gained
           to
           the
           faith
           .
           And
           why
           so
           ?
           but
           for
           this
           cause
           ;
           if
           some
           few
           like
           the
           Bee
           ,
           do
           gather
           from
           the
           Word
           ,
           whatsoever
           addeth
           to
           their
           knowledg
           and
           vertue
           :
           the
           greatest
           number
           ,
           use
           the
           same
           as
           some
           do
           
             artificial
             teeth
          
           ,
           more
           for
           shew
           ,
           than
           service
           ;
           more
           for
           
             ability
             of
             discourse
          
           than
           
             activity
             of
             practise
          
           ;
           to
           
             talk
             of
             it
          
           ,
           than
           to
           
             walk
             by
             it
          
           .
           Whence
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           
             God
             utters
          
           his
           
             saving
             truths
          
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           in
           Parables
           ;
           so
           hiding
           them
           from
           the
           
             wise
             and
             prudent
          
           (
           namely
           the
           proud
           ,
           that
           are
           wise
           in
           their
           own
           Eyes
           )
           and
           
             reveales
             them
             to
             babes
             and
             sucklings
             ,
          
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           humble
           and
           lowly
           )
           as
           Austin
           speaks
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           8.
           
           Which
           being
           so
           ,
           let
           not
           him
           that
           hath
           
             five
             Talents
          
           ,
           
           despise
           him
           that
           hath
           but
           two
           :
           Even
           those
           
             great
             lights
             of
             Heaven
          
           ,
           the
           Sun
           and
           Moon
           ,
           take
           not
           away
           the
           necessity
           of
           
             lamp
             light
          
           .
           To
           the
           making
           of
           the
           
             Tabernacle
             ,
             fine
             linnen
          
           ,
           and
           
             Goats
             hair
          
           ,
           had
           their
           use
           ;
           as
           well
           as
           
             gold
             ,
             silver
          
           ,
           and
           
             precious
             stones
          
           .
           And
           the
           same
           God
           that
           gave
           proportion
           to
           the
           Cedar
           ,
           gave
           also
           being
           to
           the
           Mushroom
           .
        
         
           Nor
           is
           the
           strength
           or
           
             weakness
             of
             means
          
           ,
           either
           spur
           or
           bridle
           to
           the
           
             determinate
             choises
             of
             God
          
           ;
           who
           not
           seldom
           does
           
             greatest
             acts
          
           ,
           by
           
             weakest
             agents
          
           .
           He
           chose
           
             Davids
             sling
          
           ,
           rather
           than
           
             Sauls
             sword
          
           ,
           to
           
             conquer
             Goliah
             Frogs
             Grashoppers
          
           ,
           &
           Lice
           ,
           rather
           than
           Bears
           and
           Lions
           ,
           to
           fight
           against
           Pharaoh
           .
           Yea
           ,
           he
           that
           with
           
             Rams
             horns
             overthrew
             the
             Walls
             of
             Jericho
             ,
          
           hath
           sometimes
           chosen
           vile
           and
           
             weak
             means
          
           ,
           to
           serve
           himself
           by
           ,
           in
           
             great
             matters
             .
             Peter
          
           hath
           a
           Cock
           to
           tell
           him
           of
           his
           cowardise
           .
           And
           Balaam
           an
           Ass
           ,
           to
           reprove
           his
           avarice
           .
           Yea
           ,
           that
           God
           ,
           who
           will
           bless
           where
           he
           pleaseth
           ;
           now
           and
           then
           gives
           the
           
             greater
             success
             to
             the
             weaker
             means
             .
             The
             men
             of
             Nineveh
             repented
             at
             the
             preaching
             of
             Jonas
          
           :
           yet
           not
           the
           Jews
           ,
           at
           the
           preaching
           of
           
             Christ
             ,
             who
             was
             greater
             then
             Jonas
             .
          
           The
           Apostles
           did
           greater
           signs
           in
           
             Christs
             Name
          
           ,
           than
           
             Christ
             himself
          
           ,
           Joh.
           14.12
           .
           It
           was
           a
           greater
           miracle
           ,
           that
           the
           shadow
           of
           St.
           Peter
           (
           
             as
             he
             walked
             in
             the
             street
          
           )
           should
           
             heal
             many
             sick
             persons
          
           ,
           Acts
           5.15
           ,
           16.
           than
           that
           the
           
             hem
             of
             Christs
             vesture
          
           should
           
             heale
             one
             single
             woman
             of
             her
             bloudy
             Issue
             ,
          
           Mat.
           9.21
           ,
           22.
           
           Who
           then
           can
           cavil
           ,
           or
           indeed
           wonder
           ,
           at
           the
           ensuing
           story
           the
           which
           I
           am
           now
           to
           relate
           ?
        
         
           Yea
           ,
           who
           that
           hath
           either
           heart
           or
           brain
           ,
           shall
           well
           consider
           this
           preceding
           matter
           ,
           and
           the
           
             difference
             of
             Hearers
          
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           forced
           to
           acknowledg
           that
           which
           follows
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           
             case
             of
             every
             one
          
           that
           shall
           hear
           it
           ,
           be
           they
           what
           they
           will
           ?
           I
           mean
           
             before
             their
             hearts
             are
             renewed
             with
             the
             power
             of
             Gods
             word
             ,
          
           which
           is
           
             the
             strong
             arm
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             the
             mighty
             power
             of
             God
             to
             salvation
             .
          
           Rom.
           1.16
           .
           
             And
             the
             sword
             of
             the
             spirit
             ,
          
           Eph.
           6.17
           .
           
             And
             like
             as
             a
             fire
             ,
             or
             an
             hammer
             that
             breaketh
             even
             the
             Rock
             in
             pieces
             ,
          
           Jer
           23.29
           ,
           30.
           
           And
           that
           irresistable
           Cannon-shot
           ,
           that
           is
           
             mighty
             to
             beat
             down
             all
             the
             strong
             holds
             of
             sin
             and
             Satan
             ,
          
           2
           Cor.
           10.4
           .
           
             Quick
             and
             powerful
             ,
             and
             sharper
             than
             any
             two
             edged
             sword
             ,
             and
             pierceth
             even
             to
             the
             dividing
             asunder
             of
             the
             soul
             and
             spirit
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             joynts
             and
             marrow
             ;
             and
             to
             the
             discerning
             of
             the
             very
             ,
             
             thoughts
             ,
             and
             most
             secret
             intents
             of
             the
             heart
             ,
          
           Heb.
           4
           12.
           
        
         
           Sect.
           9.
           
           And
           look
           to
           it
           ,
           for
           if
           thou
           dost
           not
           see
           and
           acknowledg
           the
           
             very
             secrets
             of
             thy
             heart
          
           to
           be
           clearly
           laid
           open
           to
           thy
           conscience
           ,
           in
           the
           one
           or
           other
           ,
           first
           or
           last
           of
           these
           ensuing
           Characters
           :
           I
           dare
           peremptorily
           conclude
           ,
           
             That
             Satan
             the
             God
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             hath
             blinded
             thy
             mind
             ,
             that
             the
             light
             of
             the
             glorious
             Gospel
             of
             Christ
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             image
             of
             God
             ,
             should
             not
             shine
             unto
             thee
             ,
          
           2
           Cor.
           4.3
           ,
           4.
           
           Eph.
           2.2
           .
           2
           Thes.
           2.9.10
           ,
           11.
           1
           
           Tim.
           4.2
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           is
           the
           misery
           !
           and
           a
           just
           plague
           upon
           our
           
             so
             much
             ignorance
             ,
             formality
          
           ,
           and
           prophaness
           ,
           under
           our
           
             so
             much
             means
             of
             Grace
          
           :
           there
           be
           very
           few
           men
           ,
           that
           make
           not
           the
           
             whole
             Bible
          
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Sermons
           they
           hear
           :
           yea
           the
           
             checks
             of
             their
             own
             Consciences
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             motions
             of
             Gods
             spirit
          
           utterly
           ineffectual
           ;
           for
           want
           of
           wit
           and
           grace
           ,
           to
           
             apply
             the
             same
             to
             themselves
          
           ,
           as
           they
           can
           unto
           others
           ;
           being
           better
           able
           to
           discern
           
             others
             meats
          
           ,
           than
           their
           
             own
             beams
          
           .
        
         
           If
           you
           question
           what
           Satan
           can
           do
           in
           this
           case
           ?
           Look
           upon
           what
           he
           hath
           done
           to
           others
           ,
           as
           wise
           ,
           and
           as
           good
           ,
           as
           the
           best
           of
           us
           .
           I
           le
           give
           you
           instances
           ,
           both
           of
           the
           godly
           and
           wicked
           ,
           and
           likewise
           Testimonies
           :
           I
           pray
           mind
           them
           seriously
           ,
           and
           turn
           to
           the
           places
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           exceeding
           considerable
           .
           In
           the
           first
           place
           take
           notice
           ,
           how
           he
           blinded
           and
           
             deluded
             Ahabs
             four
             hundred
             Prophets
          
           ,
           1
           Kings
           22.22
           .
           And
           Judas
           ,
           John
           13.2
           .
           And
           all
           Magistrates
           ,
           when
           they
           persecute
           the
           people
           of
           God
           ,
           Rev.
           2.10
           .
           And
           indeed
           all
           men
           in
           their
           natural
           estate
           ;
           whereof
           not
           a
           few
           ,
           
             think
             they
             do
             God
             good
             service
             ,
             in
             persecuting
             and
             killing
             the
             Prophets
          
           ;
           as
           our
           Saviour
           expresly
           tells
           us
           ,
           John
           16
           2.
           
           But
           see
           other
           particular
           instances
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           Ananias
           and
           Saphira
           ,
           Acts
           5.3
           .
           Then
           for
           the
           godly
           ,
           how
           he
           hath
           blinded
           and
           beguiled
           them
           ,
           as
           our
           first
           
             Parents
             ,
             Adam
          
           and
           
             Eve
             ;
             Eve
             by
             himself
          
           ,
           and
           Adam
           by
           making
           her
           his
           instrument
           ;
           and
           that
           
             in
             the
             state
             of
             innocency
          
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           
             wit
             at
             will
          
           ,
           Gen.
           3.
           
           And
           
             holy
             David
             ,
             a
             man
             after
             Gods
             own
             heart
             ,
          
           1
           Chron.
           21.1
           .
           Then
           Peter
           ,
           who
           so
           dearly
           loved
           Christ
           ,
           Mat.
           16.22
           ,
           23.
           
        
         
           And
           having
           this
           done
           ,
           argue
           thus
           with
           thy self
           ;
           If
           Satan
           so
           blinded
           and
           besotted
           these
           ;
           if
           he
           made
           such
           use
           of
           all
           these
           ,
           whereof
           some
           were
           the
           best
           and
           wisest
           of
           Gods
           children
           and
           servants
           ,
           who
           
             hate
             the
             very
             appearance
             of
             evil
             ,
          
           1
           Thes.
           5
           22.
           
           
           Jude
           23.
           
           Ephes.
           5.27
           .
           2
           Pet
           3.14
           .
           James
           1.27
           .
           
             Have
             the
             eye
             of
             faith
             ,
             and
             the
             spirits
             direction
             ,
             and
             know
             the
             mind
             of
             Christ
             above
             others
             ,
          
           1
           Cor.
           2.12
           ,
           to
           17.
           
           John
           10.14
           .
           How
           much
           more
           can
           he
           work
           the
           same
           upon
           his
           own
           children
           and
           servants
           ?
           that
           delight
           onely
           in
           wickedness
           ,
           and
           are
           
             ignorant
             of
             Satans
             wiles
          
           ,
           as
           not
           having
           the
           least
           knowledge
           or
           ability
           to
           
             discern
             spiritual
             things
          
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           2.14
           .
           2
           Cor.
           4
           4.
           
        
         
           But
           if
           you
           still
           question
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           ,
           turn
           to
           Joh.
           14.30
           .
           and
           12.31
           .
           Gen.
           3.15
           .
           John.
           8.44
           .
           2
           Tim
           2.20
           .
           Eph.
           2.2
           ,
           3.
           which
           are
           such
           clear
           testimonies
           ,
           that
           none
           (
           who
           shut
           not
           their
           eyes
           against
           the
           light
           )
           can
           gainsay
           ,
           Mat.
           13.15
           .
        
         
           Which
           being
           so
           ,
           in
           reading
           this
           ensuing
           Dialogue
           or
           
             Index
             of
             the
             heart
             ,
             Make
          
           the
           application
           to
           your selves
           and
           
             not
             to
             others
          
           ;
           as
           David
           did
           
             Nathans
             parable
          
           ,
           2
           Sam.
           12.1
           ,
           to
           8.
           
           And
           Ahab
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           1
           Kings
           20.39
           ,
           to
           43.
           which
           yet
           concerned
           no
           less
           then
           their
           own
           lives
           And
           so
           much
           the
           rather
           ,
           for
           that
           in
           all
           probability
           ,
           what
           this
           will
           not
           effect
           touching
           your
           amendment
           no
           ordinary
           means
           are
           like
           to
           doe
           .
           As
           what
           can
           be
           further
           expected
           ?
           No
           glass
           can
           more
           lively
           represent
           
             your
             faces
          
           ,
           than
           this
           Book
           does
           your
           hearts
           ,
           if
           you
           be
           yet
           in
           your
           
             natural
             condition
             ,
             unregenerate
          
           .
           Neither
           can
           you
           look
           that
           
             Christ
             Jesus
          
           himself
           should
           call
           to
           you
           severally
           by
           name
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           to
           Saul
           ;
           for
           now
           we
           have
           the
           Gospel
           written
           at
           large
           :
           Visions
           and
           Miracles
           cease
           .
           Or
           put
           case
           
             Christ
             himself
          
           should
           do
           so
           ,
           I
           question
           whether
           you
           would
           be
           any
           more
           warned
           ,
           or
           reclaimed
           by
           it
           ,
           than
           Hazael
           was
           ,
           when
           the
           Prophet
           told
           him
           ,
           what
           abominable
           wickedness
           he
           should
           shortly
           commit
           ,
           2
           Kings
           8.12
           ,
           13
           ,
           &c.
           
           Yea
           ,
           Abraham
           tells
           Dives
           the
           contrary
           ,
           Luke
           13
           31.
           
           And
           so
           I
           come
           to
           the
           Conference
           it self
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           10.
           
           A
           
             loose
             Libertine
          
           meeting
           with
           his
           friend
           that
           had
           lately
           been
           a
           
             formal
             Christian
          
           ,
           he
           greets
           him
           as
           followeth
           :
        
         
           Sir
           !
           Me
           thinks
           I
           have
           observed
           in
           you
           a
           strange
           alteration
           ,
           since
           our
           last
           meeting
           at
           Middleborough
           :
           not
           onely
           in
           your
           behaviour
           ,
           company
           ,
           and
           converse
           ?
           but
           even
           in
           your
           countenance
           :
           What
           is
           the
           matter
           if
           I
           may
           be
           so
           bold
           ?
        
         
           Convert
           .
           Truly
           Sir
           ,
           you
           are
           not
           at
           all
           mistaken
           ,
           nor
           am
           I
           unwilling
           to
           acquaint
           you
           with
           the
           cause
           ,
           if
           you
           can
           afford
           to
           hear
           it
           .
        
         
         
           Soon
           after
           my
           return
           into
           England
           ,
           I
           was
           carried
           by
           a
           friend
           to
           hear
           a
           Sermon
           ,
           where
           the
           Minister
           so
           represented
           the
           very
           
             thoughts
             ,
             secrets
          
           ,
           and
           deceitfulness
           of
           my
           heart
           unto
           my
           conscience
           ,
           that
           I
           could
           not
           but
           say
           of
           him
           ,
           as
           the
           Woman
           of
           Samaria
           once
           spake
           of
           
             our
             Saviour
             ;
             He
             hath
             told
             me
             all
             things
             that
             ever
             I
             did
             .
          
           Which
           made
           me
           conclude
           with
           that
           unbeliever
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           14.
           24
           ,
           25.
           
           
             That
             God
             was
             in
             him
             of
             a
             truth
          
           :
           nor
           could
           he
           ever
           have
           so
           done
           ,
           
             if
             he
             were
             not
             of
             God
             ,
          
           as
           the
           
             Young
             man
          
           in
           the
           Gospel
           reasoned
           with
           the
           Pharisees
           ,
           touching
           Jesus
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           
             opened
             his
             eyes
             that
             had
             been
             blind
             from
             his
             birth
             ,
          
           John
           9.32
           ,
           33.
           
           Whereupon
           I
           could
           have
           no
           peace
           nor
           rest
           ,
           until
           I
           had
           further
           communed
           with
           him
           about
           my
           estate
           ;
           for
           I
           found
           my self
           in
           a
           lost
           condition
           touching
           Eternity
           :
           It
           faring
           with
           me
           ,
           as
           it
           did
           with
           those
           Jews
           ,
           Acts
           2.
           when
           Peter
           by
           his
           searching
           Sermon
           had
           convinced
           them
           ,
           that
           
             Christ
             ,
             whom
             they
             had
             by
             wicked
             hands
             crucified
             and
             slain
             ,
             was
             the
             onely
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             Lord
             of
             glory
             ,
          
           verse
           36
           ,
           37.
           
           And
           having
           had
           the
           happiness
           to
           injoy
           the
           benefit
           of
           his
           sage
           advice
           ,
           as
           I
           stood
           in
           need
           thereof
           ,
           (
           God
           having
           given
           him
           
             the
             tongue
             of
             the
             learned
             to
             administer
             a
             word
             in
             season
             to
             them
             that
             are
             weary
             ,
          
           Isa.
           50.4
           .
           )
           I
           bless
           God
           his
           word
           and
           spirit
           hath
           wrought
           in
           me
           such
           a
           change
           and
           strange
           alteration
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           
             opened
             mine
             eyes
          
           that
           were
           blind
           before
           ,
           inclined
           my
           will
           to
           obedience
           ,
           which
           before
           was
           
             rebellious
             ,
             softned
          
           my
           
             heart
             ,
             sanctified
          
           ,
           and
           
             quite
             changed
          
           my
           affections
           :
           so
           that
           I
           now
           love
           that
           good
           which
           before
           I
           hated
           ,
           and
           hate
           that
           evil
           which
           before
           I
           loved
           ;
           and
           am
           delighted
           with
           those
           
             holy
             exercises
          
           ,
           which
           heretofore
           did
           most
           
             displease
             me
          
           ;
           and
           am
           displeased
           with
           those
           
             vain
             pleasures
          
           and
           
             filthy
             sins
          
           which
           in
           times
           past
           did
           most
           delight
           me
           .
           Which
           is
           such
           a
           mercy
           ,
           that
           no
           tongue
           is
           able
           to
           express
           !
           for
           till
           that
           hour
           ,
           I
           went
           on
           in
           the
           
             broad
             way
          
           ,
           and
           
             worlds
             road
             to
             destruction
          
           ,
           without
           any
           mistrust
           ,
           whereas
           now
           God
           hath
           been
           pleased
           to
           take
           me
           into
           his
           
             kingdom
             of
             grace
             here
          
           ,
           &
           will
           never
           leave
           me
           ,
           until
           he
           hath
           brought
           me
           to
           his
           
             kingdom
             of
             glory
             hereafter
          
           .
        
         
           
             Loose
             Libertine
          
           .
           What
           you
           speak
           makes
           me
           wonder
           :
           for
           I
           ever
           held
           you
           the
           compleatest
           man
           of
           my
           acquaintance
           ;
           just
           in
           all
           your
           
             dealings
             ,
             temperate
          
           and
           civil
           in
           your
           deportment
           ;
           yea
           ,
           I
           have
           never
           seen
           you
           exceed
           in
           the
           least
           ,
           nor
           heard
           you
           swear
           an
           oath
           ,
           except
           faith
           and
           truth
           ,
           and
           that
           very
           rarely
           .
           Besides
           you
           
           have
           been
           a
           good
           Protestant
           ,
           and
           gon
           to
           Church
           all
           your
           days
           .
        
         
           Convert
           .
           What
           you
           speak
           ,
           none
           that
           know
           me
           can
           contradict
           ;
           nor
           could
           they
           ever
           accuse
           me
           of
           any
           scandalous
           crime
           ,
           or
           unjust
           act
           .
           Yea
           ,
           I
           had
           the
           same
           thoughts
           of
           my self
           ;
           and
           should
           any
           one
           have
           told
           me
           formerly
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           such
           a
           
             great
             sinner
          
           ,
           such
           a
           
             devil
             incarnate
          
           as
           I
           was
           !
           I
           should
           have
           replied
           as
           Hazael
           did
           to
           the
           Prophet
           (
           telling
           him
           of
           the
           abominable
           wickedness
           he
           would
           ere
           long
           commit
           )
           
             What
             am
             I
             a
             dog
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           2
           Kings
           8.12
           ,
           13.
           
           And
           no
           wonder
           ,
           for
           as
           every
           man
           in
           his
           
             natural
             condition
          
           is
           
             stark
             blind
             to
             spirituall
             objects
          
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           2.14
           .
           so
           
             the
             heart
             of
             man
             is
             deceitful
             above
             all
             things
          
           :
           even
           so
           deceitful
           ,
           that
           none
           but
           God
           alone
           can
           know
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           Prophet
           shews
           ,
           Jer.
           17.10
           .
           But
           because
           this
           is
           a
           truth
           that
           transcends
           your
           belief
           ,
           and
           because
           it
           may
           be
           of
           singular
           use
           to
           you
           also
           ,
           to
           know
           the
           same
           :
           I
           will
           give
           you
           a
           short
           character
           of
           my
           former
           condition
           ;
           the
           which
           done
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           you
           will
           assent
           unto
           what
           I
           have
           hitherto
           said
           ,
           or
           shall
           further
           relate
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           11.
           
           First
           ,
           Touching
           my
           knowledge
           ,
           (
           I
           mean
           
             saving
             knowledg
          
           ,
           without
           which
           the
           
             soul
             cannot
             be
             good
          
           ,
           as
           wise
           Solomon
           witnesseth
           ,
           Prov.
           19.2
           .
           )
           it
           was
           such
           ,
           though
           I
           thought
           my self
           wiser
           than
           to
           make
           scruple
           of
           ,
           or
           perplex
           my self
           about
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           as
           do
           the
           religious
           :
           even
           as
           the
           King
           of
           Tyrus
           thought
           himself
           
             wiser
             than
             Daniel
          
           ,
           Ezek.
           28.3
           .
           that
           
             spiritual
             things
          
           were
           mostly
           represented
           to
           my
           understanding
           false
           ,
           and
           clean
           contrary
           to
           what
           they
           are
           indeed
           .
           Like
           
             corporal
             things
          
           in
           a
           
             looking
             glass
          
           ,
           wherein
           those
           that
           are
           on
           the
           
             right
             hand
          
           seem
           to
           be
           on
           the
           left
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           are
           on
           the
           
             left
             hand
          
           seem
           to
           be
           on
           the
           right
           .
           As
           it
           fared
           with
           St.
           Paul
           ;
           while
           he
           was
           in
           his
           natural
           condition
           ,
           Acts
           26.9
           .
           which
           made
           me
           think
           and
           call
           
             evil
             ,
             good
          
           ;
           and
           
             good
             ,
             evil
             ;
             bitter
             ,
             sweet
          
           ;
           and
           
             sweet
             ,
             bitter
          
           ;
           to
           
             justifie
             the
             wicked
          
           ,
           and
           
             condemn
             the
             just
          
           ,
           as
           the
           Prophet
           complains
           ,
           Isa.
           5.20
           ,
           23.
           
        
         
           As
           for
           instance
           ,
           I
           most
           sottishly
           thought
           ,
           that
           I
           both
           loved
           and
           
             served
             God
          
           as
           I
           ought
           ;
           yea
           ,
           I
           should
           have
           taken
           it
           in
           foul
           scorn
           ,
           if
           any
           one
           had
           questioned
           the
           same
           ;
           when
           indeed
           I
           was
           a
           
             traytor
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             took
             up
             arms
             against
             all
             that
             did
             worship
             him
             in
             spirit
             and
             in
             truth
             .
          
           I
           was
           so
           far
           from
           loving
           and
           
             serving
             him
          
           ,
           that
           I
           hated
           those
           that
           
             did
             it
          
           ;
           and
           that
           for
           their
           so
           doing
           .
           I
           could
           
           also
           hear
           him
           
             blasphemed
             ,
             reproached
          
           ,
           and
           dishonoured
           ,
           without
           being
           once
           stirred
           or
           moved
           at
           it
           .
           I
           loved
           him
           dearly
           ,
           but
           I
           could
           never
           afford
           to
           speak
           a
           word
           for
           him
           :
           And
           likewise
           his
           Children
           entirely
           ;
           but
           instead
           of
           justifying
           them
           ,
           or
           speaking
           in
           their
           defence
           when
           I
           heard
           them
           
             scoft
             ,
             scorned
          
           and
           abused
           by
           wicked
           and
           ungodly
           men
           ;
           all
           my
           delight
           was
           to
           jear
           at
           ,
           slight
           and
           slander
           them
           wherever
           I
           came
           .
           I
           more
           
             feared
             the
             Magistrate
          
           ,
           than
           I
           
             feared
             God
          
           ,
           and
           more
           regarded
           the
           
             blasts
             of
             mens
             breath
          
           ,
           then
           the
           
             fire
             ,
             of
             Gods
             wrath
          
           .
           I
           chose
           rather
           to
           
             disobey
             God
          
           ,
           than
           to
           
             displease
             great
             ones
          
           ;
           and
           feared
           more
           the
           
             worlds
             scorns
          
           ,
           than
           
             his
             anger
          
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           like
           of
           Christ
           that
           died
           for
           me
           ;
           a
           strong
           argument
           that
           I
           
             loved
             Christ
          
           ,
           when
           I
           hated
           all
           that
           resembled
           him
           in
           holiness
           .
           Yea
           ,
           I
           so
           
             hated
             holiness
          
           ,
           that
           I
           most
           bitterly
           
             hated
             men
             for
             being
             holy
          
           :
           insomuch
           that
           my
           blood
           would
           rise
           at
           the
           sight
           of
           a
           
             good
             man
          
           ,
           as
           some
           stomacks
           will
           rise
           at
           the
           sight
           of
           sweet-meats
           .
           I
           was
           a
           
             Christian
             in
             name
          
           ,
           but
           I
           could
           scoff
           at
           a
           
             Christian
             indeed
          
           .
           I
           could
           honour
           the
           
             dead
             Saints
          
           in
           a
           formal
           profession
           ,
           while
           I
           worried
           the
           
             living
             Saints
          
           in
           a
           cruel
           persecution
           .
           I
           condemned
           all
           for
           Roundheads
           ,
           that
           had
           more
           religion
           than
           a
           Heathen
           ,
           or
           knowledg
           of
           
             Heavenly
             things
          
           ,
           than
           a
           
             child
             in
             the
             womb
          
           hath
           of
           
             the
             things
             of
             this
             life
          
           ,
           or
           Conscience
           than
           an
           Atheist
           ,
           or
           care
           of
           his
           soul
           ,
           than
           a
           Beast
           .
           I
           had
           alwaies
           the
           
             basest
             thoughts
          
           of
           the
           
             best
             men
          
           :
           making
           
             ill
             constructions
          
           of
           whatsoever
           they
           did
           or
           spake
           ;
           as
           the
           Scribes
           and
           Pharisees
           dealt
           by
           our
           Saviour
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           12.
           
           As
           ,
           O
           what
           a
           
             poor
             slave
          
           did
           I
           hold
           the
           man
           of
           a
           
             tender
             conscience
          
           to
           be
           !
           Yea
           ,
           how
           did
           I
           applaud
           my self
           for
           being
           zealless
           and
           fearless
           ;
           together
           with
           my
           great
           discretion
           and
           moderation
           :
           when
           I
           saw
           this
           man
           vexed
           for
           his
           zeal
           ,
           that
           other
           hated
           for
           his
           knowledg
           ,
           a
           third
           persecuted
           for
           the
           profession
           of
           his
           Faith
           ,
           &c.
           
           For
           ,
           (
           being
           like
           
             Cain
             ,
             Ishmael
             ,
             Eliah
             ,
             Michel
             ,
             Pharaoh
          
           and
           Festus
           )
           I
           thought
           their
           
             Religion
             Puritanism
          
           ,
           their
           
             conscience
             of
             sin
             ,
             hypocrisie
          
           ;
           their
           
             profession
             ,
             dissimulation
          
           ;
           their
           
             prudence
             ,
             policy
          
           :
           their
           faith
           and
           
             confidence
             ,
             presumption
          
           ;
           their
           
             zeal
             of
             Gods
             glory
          
           ,
           to
           be
           pride
           and
           malice
           ,
           their
           
             obedience
             to
             Gods
             laws
             ,
             rebellion
             to
             Princes
          
           ;
           their
           execution
           of
           
             justice
             ,
             cruelty
          
           &c.
           
           If
           they
           were
           any
           thing
           devout
           ,
           or
           forward
           to
           admonish
           others
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           
             might
             pluck
             them
             out
             of
             the
             fire
          
           ;
           I
           conceived
           them
           
           to
           be
           
             beside
             themselves
          
           ,
           as
           
             our
             Saviour
          
           was
           thought
           to
           be
           by
           his
           Kinsfolk
           ,
           and
           St.
           Paul
           by
           Festus
           ,
           Mark
           3.21
           .
           John
           10.20
           .
           Acts
           26.24
           .
           1
           Cor.
           1.18
           .
           My
           religion
           was
           to
           oppose
           the
           
             power
             of
             religion
          
           ,
           and
           my
           
             knowledge
             of
             the
             truth
          
           ,
           to
           know
           how
           to
           
             argue
             against
             the
             truth
          
           .
           I
           never
           affected
           
             Christs
             Ambassadours
          
           ,
           that
           preached
           the
           
             glad
             tidings
             of
             salvation
          
           ,
           but
           had
           a
           spleen
           against
           them
           ;
           yea
           ,
           I
           hated
           a
           Minister
           for
           being
           a
           Minister
           ,
           especially
           if
           a
           godly
           and
           zealous
           one
           ,
           that
           spake
           home
           to
           my
           conscience
           ,
           and
           told
           me
           of
           my
           sins
           ;
           much
           more
           if
           he
           would
           not
           admit
           me
           to
           the
           
             Lords
             Table
          
           without
           trial
           and
           examination
           ;
           yea
           ,
           then
           like
           Ahab
           to
           Eliah
           ,
           I
           became
           his
           enemy
           ,
           and
           
             hated
             him
          
           ever
           after
           ;
           would
           
             impeach
             his
             credit
          
           ,
           and
           
             detain
             from
             him
             his
             dues
          
           .
           And
           are
           not
           all
           these
           strong
           evidences
           ,
           that
           I
           loved
           and
           
             served
             God
          
           ,
           and
           
             my
             Redeemer
          
           as
           I
           ought
           ?
           But
           to
           make
           it
           more
           manifest
           what
           a
           rare
           Christian
           I
           was
           ,
        
         
           I
           thought
           my self
           a
           Believer
           ;
           yea
           ,
           I
           could
           boast
           of
           a
           
             strong
             Faith
          
           ,
           when
           yet
           I
           fell
           short
           of
           the
           very
           Devils
           in
           believing
           :
           for
           they
           believe
           the
           threats
           and
           judgments
           contained
           in
           the
           Word
           ,
           and
           tremble
           thereat
           James
           2.19
           .
           Whereas
           I
           thought
           them
           but
           Scare-crows
           to
           fright
           the
           simple
           withal
           :
           yea
           ,
           I
           held
           Hell
           it self
           but
           a
           fancy
           ,
           not
           worth
           the
           fearing
           .
        
         
           Because
           I
           was
           not
           
             notoriously
             wicked
          
           ,
           but
           had
           a
           
             form
             of
             godliness
          
           ,
           was
           civil
           ,
           &c
           I
           was
           able
           to
           delude
           my
           own
           soul
           ,
           and
           put
           off
           all
           reproofs
           and
           threatnings
           ,
           by
           comparing
           my self
           with
           those
           ,
           that
           I
           presumed
           were
           worse
           than
           my self
           ;
           as
           
             Drunkards
             ,
             Adulterers
             ,
             Blasphemers
             ,
             Oppressors
             ,
             shedders
             of
             blood
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           counting
           none
           wicked
           but
           such
           .
           Yea
           ,
           looking
           upon
           these
           ,
           I
           admired
           my
           
             own
             holiness
          
           ,
           and
           thought
           my
           
             moral
             honesty
          
           would
           be
           sufficient
           to
           save
           me
           .
           Nor
           did
           I
           know
           wherein
           I
           had
           offended
           .
        
         
           And
           whereas
           the
           Law
           is
           spiritual
           ,
           and
           binds
           the
           heart
           from
           affecting
           ,
           no
           less
           than
           the
           hand
           from
           acting
           :
           I
           was
           so
           blind
           and
           ignorant
           ,
           that
           I
           thought
           the
           Commandment
           was
           not
           broken
           ,
           if
           the
           outward
           gross
           sin
           be
           forborn
           .
           Whence
           these
           were
           my
           thoughts
           ,
           I
           never
           brake
           the
           
             first
             Commandment
          
           of
           having
           
             many
             gods
          
           ;
           for
           I
           was
           no
           Papist
           ,
           nor
           Idolater
           :
           nor
           the
           second
           ,
           for
           I
           worshipped
           God
           aright
           .
           Nor
           the
           third
           ,
           for
           I
           had
           been
           no
           common
           swearer
           ,
           only
           a
           few
           petty
           oaths
           .
           Nor
           the
           fourth
           ,
           for
           I
           had
           every
           Sabbath
           
           gone
           duly
           to
           Church
           .
           Nor
           the
           fifth
           ,
           for
           I
           ever
           honoured
           my
           parents
           ,
           &
           have
           been
           
             a
             loyal
             subject
          
           .
           Nor
           the
           
             sixth
             ,
             seventh
             ,
             eighth
             ,
             ninth
             ,
          
           or
           tenth
           ;
           for
           I
           never
           committed
           murder
           or
           adultery
           ,
           never
           stole
           ought
           ,
           never
           
             bare
             false
             witness
          
           ;
           nor
           could
           I
           call
           to
           mind
           that
           I
           had
           at
           any
           time
           coveted
           my
           
             neighbours
             wife
             ,
             servant
             ,
             estate
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           nothing
           more
           common
           with
           me
           ,
           than
           to
           brag
           of
           a
           good
           heart
           and
           meaning
           ,
           of
           the
           strength
           of
           my
           faith
           and
           hope
           ,
           of
           my
           just
           and
           
             upright
             dealing
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           because
           I
           abstained
           from
           notorious
           sins
           ,
           I
           thought
           my self
           an
           excellent
           Christian
           ,
           if
           God
           was
           not
           beholding
           to
           me
           for
           not
           wounding
           his
           Name
           with
           Oaths
           ;
           for
           not
           drinking
           &
           playing
           out
           his
           sabbaths
           ,
           for
           not
           railing
           on
           his
           ministers
           ,
           for
           not
           oppressing
           &
           persecuting
           his
           poor
           members
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Sect.
           13.
           
           And
           yet
           had
           it
           been
           so
           ,
           as
           I
           imagined
           :
           Admit
           I
           had
           never
           offended
           in
           the
           least
           all
           my
           life
           ,
           either
           in
           thought
           ,
           word
           ,
           or
           deed
           ;
           yet
           this
           were
           but
           one
           half
           of
           what
           I
           owe
           to
           God
           ,
           this
           were
           but
           to
           observe
           the
           
             negative
             part
          
           of
           his
           law
           ,
           still
           the
           
             affirmative
             part
          
           thereof
           I
           had
           been
           so
           far
           from
           performing
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           not
           so
           much
           as
           thought
           of
           it
           .
           And
           to
           be
           just
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           graciously
           accepted
           of
           him
           ;
           these
           two
           things
           are
           required
           :
           the
           
             satisfactory
             part
             to
             escape
             hell
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             meritorious
             part
             to
             get
             heaven
          
           .
           And
           the
           true
           method
           of
           grace
           is
           ,
           
             Cease
             to
             do
             evil
             ,
             learn
             to
             do
             well
             ,
          
           Isa.
           1.16
           ,
           17.
           
           The
           
             Fig
             tree
          
           was
           cursed
           ,
           not
           for
           bearing
           
             evil
             fruit
          
           ,
           but
           because
           it
           bare
           
             no
             good
          
           .
           The
           
             evil
             servant
          
           was
           
             not
             bound
             hand
             and
             foot
             ,
             and
             cast
             into
             prison
             ,
          
           for
           
             wasting
             his
             masters
             goods
          
           ;
           but
           for
           
             not
             gaining
          
           with
           them
           .
           And
           those
           reprobates
           at
           the
           last
           day
           shall
           be
           bid
           
             depart
             into
             everlasting
             fire
          
           ;
           not
           for
           wronging
           or
           robbing
           of
           any
           ,
           but
           for
           
             not
             giving
          
           ,
           for
           
             not
             comforting
             Christs
             poor
             members
          
           ,
           Mat.
           25.
           
           So
           that
           my
           case
           was
           most
           desperate
           !
           For
           though
           with
           that
           Pharisee
           ,
           Luk.
           18.11
           .
           I
           was
           apt
           to
           thank
           God
           and
           brag
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           
             just
             ,
             and
             paid
             every
             man
             his
             due
             ,
          
           yet
           I
           never
           thought
           of
           being
           holy
           ,
           and
           of
           
             paying
             God
             his
             dues
          
           ;
           as
           his
           due
           of
           believing
           ,
           or
           repenting
           ,
           of
           
             new
             obedience
          
           ;
           his
           due
           of
           
             praying
             ,
             hearing
             ,
             conferring
             ,
             meditating
          
           on
           his
           word
           and
           
             works
             ,
             sanctifying
             his
             sabbaths
          
           ,
           and
           instructing
           my
           children
           &
           servants
           ,
           teaching
           them
           to
           fear
           the
           Lord.
           His
           due
           of
           
             love
             ,
             fear
             ,
             thankfulness
             ,
             zeal
          
           for
           his
           
             glory
             ,
             charity
          
           and
           mercy
           to
           
             Christs
             poor
             Members
          
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           I
           should
           have
           serv'd
           God
           in
           spirit
           ,
           &
           according
           to
           
             Christs
             Gospel
          
           :
           as
           all
           that
           are
           
             wise
             hearted
          
           indeavour
           go
           live
           ,
           &
           believe
           ,
           &
           hear
           ,
           
           and
           invocate
           ,
           and
           hope
           ,
           and
           fear
           ,
           and
           love
           ,
           and
           
             worship
             God
          
           in
           such
           manner
           as
           his
           word
           prescribes
           .
           I
           should
           have
           been
           
             effectually
             called
          
           ,
           and
           become
           a
           
             new
             creature
          
           by
           regeneration
           ,
           being
           begotten
           and
           
             born
             anew
          
           by
           the
           
             immortal
             seed
             of
             the
             word
          
           .
           I
           should
           have
           found
           an
           apparent
           change
           wrought
           in
           my
           
             judgment
             ,
             affections
          
           ,
           and
           actions
           ,
           to
           what
           they
           were
           formerly
           .
           The
           
             Old
             man
          
           should
           have
           changed
           with
           the
           
             New-man
             ,
             Worldly
             wisdom
          
           with
           
             Heavenly
             wisdom
             ,
             carnal
             love
          
           with
           
             spiritual
             love
             ,
             servile
             fear
          
           for
           Christian
           and
           
             Filial
             fear
             ,
             idle
             thoughts
          
           for
           
             holy
             thoughts
             ,
             vain
             words
          
           for
           holy
           and
           
             wholsom
             words
             ,
             fleshly
             works
          
           for
           
             works
             of
             righteousness
          
           :
           even
           hating
           what
           I
           formerly
           loved
           ,
           and
           loving
           what
           I
           formerly
           hated
           .
        
         
           But
           alas
           !
           I
           have
           heard
           the
           Gospel
           day
           after
           day
           ,
           and
           year
           after
           year
           :
           which
           is
           
             the
             strong
             arm
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             mighty
             power
             of
             God
             to
             salvation
             .
          
           That
           is
           
             quick
             ,
             and
             powerful
             ,
             and
             sharper
             than
             any
             two
             Edged
             sword
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           stood
           it
           out
           and
           resisted
           ,
           instead
           of
           submitting
           to
           
             Christs
             call
          
           ;
           even
           
             refusing
             the
             free
             offer
             of
             Grace
             and
             Salvation
             .
          
           I
           have
           heard
           the
           Word
           faithfully
           and
           powerfully
           preached
           for
           
             forty
             years
          
           ,
           yet
           remained
           in
           my
           natural
           condition
           unregenerate
           ,
           without
           which
           new
           birth
           there
           is
           no
           being
           saved
           ,
           as
           our
           Saviour
           affirms
           ,
           John
           3.5
           I
           had
           not
           trodden
           one
           step
           in
           the
           way
           to
           conversion
           ;
           for
           the
           
             first
             part
             of
             conversion
             is
             to
             love
             them
             that
             love
             God
             ,
          
           1
           John
           3.10
           ,
           11
           ,
           14.
           
           I
           should
           daily
           have
           
             grown
             in
             grace
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             knowledg
             of
             our
             Lord
             and
             Saviour
             Jesus
             Christ
             :
          
           but
           I
           was
           so
           far
           from
           growing
           in
           grace
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           not
           one
           spark
           of
           grace
           or
           
             holiness
             ,
             without
             which
             no
             man
             shall
             see
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           Heb.
           12.14
           .
           I
           was
           all
           for
           observing
           the
           
             second
             Table
          
           ,
           without
           respect
           to
           the
           first
           ;
           or
           all
           for
           
             outward
             conformity
          
           ,
           not
           at
           all
           for
           spiritual
           and
           
             inward
             holiness
             of
             the
             heart
          
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           14.
           
           Either
           what
           I
           did
           was
           not
           morally
           
             good
             for
             the
             matter
          
           ,
           or
           not
           
             well
             done
             for
             the
             manner
          
           ;
           nor
           to
           any
           
             right
             ends
          
           :
           as
           out
           of
           duty
           and
           
             thankfulness
             to
             God
             and
             my
             Redeemer
             ,
          
           and
           out
           of
           love
           to
           my
           
             fellow
             members
          
           .
           Without
           which
           ,
           the
           most
           glorious
           performances
           ,
           and
           the
           rarest
           vertues
           ,
           are
           but
           
             shining
             sins
          
           ,
           or
           
             beautiful
             abominations
             .
             Gods
             glory
          
           was
           not
           my
           principal
           end
           ,
           nor
           to
           be
           
             saved
             my
             greatest
             care
          
           .
        
         
           I
           was
           a
           
             good
             civil
             ,
             moral
             honest
             hypocrite
             ,
          
           or
           infidel
           ;
           but
           none
           
           of
           these
           
             graces
             grew
             in
             the
             garden
             of
             my
             heart
             .
          
           I
           did
           not
           
             shine
             out
             as
             a
             light
          
           ,
           by
           a
           
             holy
             conversation
             to
             glorifie
             God
          
           ,
           and
           
             win
             others
          
           .
           Now
           onely
           to
           
             refrain
             evil
          
           ,
           except
           a
           man
           
             hates
             it
             also
          
           ,
           and
           does
           the
           contrary
           good
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           evil
           still
           :
           because
           honesty
           without
           piety
           ,
           is
           but
           a
           body
           without
           a
           soul.
           
        
         
           All
           my
           Religion
           was
           either
           superstition
           or
           formality
           ,
           or
           hypocrisie
           ,
           I
           had
           a
           
             form
             of
             Godliness
             ,
             but
             denied
             the
             power
             thereof
             :
             I
             often
             drew
             near
             unto
             God
             with
             my
             mouth
             ,
             and
             honoured
             him
             with
             my
             lips
             ,
             but
             my
             heart
             was
             far
             from
             him
             ,
          
           Isa.
           25.13
           .
           Mark
           7.2
           ,
           to
           14.
           
           Mat.
           15.7
           ,
           to
           10.
           
           All
           which
           considered
           ,
           viz
           the
           means
           which
           God
           had
           afforded
           me
           ,
           and
           the
           little
           use
           I
           had
           made
           thereof
           ,
           left
           me
           in
           a
           far
           worse
           condition
           ,
           then
           the
           very
           Heathen
           that
           never
           heard
           of
           Christ.
           So
           that
           it
           was
           Gods
           unspeakable
           mercy
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           not
           at
           this
           present
           
             frying
             in
             Hell
             flames
             ,
             never
             to
             be
             freed
             .
          
        
         
           God
           hath
           sent
           unto
           us
           all
           
             his
             servants
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             rising
             up
             early
             ,
             and
             they
             have
             been
             instant
             in
             preaching
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             both
             in
             season
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             season
             :
          
           but
           my
           carnal
           heart
           hath
           ever
           been
           
             flint
             unto
             God
             ,
             wax
             unto
             Satan
             :
             You
             shall
             die
          
           if
           you
           continue
           in
           the
           practise
           of
           sin
           ,
           I
           heard
           :
           but
           
             you
             shall
             not
             die
          
           ,
           (
           as
           saith
           the
           Devil
           )
           
             I
             believed
          
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           15.
           
           Besides
           all
           this
           ,
           Suppose
           I
           had
           none
           of
           these
           to
           answer
           for
           ;
           neither
           
             sins
             of
             Commission
          
           ,
           nor
           
             sins
             of
             Omission
          
           :
           yet
           
             Original
             sin
          
           were
           enough
           to
           damn
           me
           ,
           no
           need
           of
           any
           more
           ;
           and
           yet
           my
           
             actual
             transgressions
          
           have
           been
           such
           ,
           and
           
             so
             many
          
           ,
           and
           my
           ingratitude
           therein
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           have
           sunk
           me
           down
           with
           shame
           ,
           and
           left
           me
           hopeless
           of
           ever
           obtaining
           pardon
           for
           them
           .
           As
           see
           but
           some
           small
           
             part
             of
             my
             monstrous
          
           and
           
             devilish
             ingratitude
             to
             so
             good
             a
             God
             ,
             so
             loving
             and
             merciful
             a
             Saviour
             and
             Redeemer
             ,
          
           that
           hath
           done
           ,
           and
           suffered
           so
           much
           for
           me
           ,
           even
           more
           than
           can
           either
           be
           expressed
           or
           conceived
           ,
           by
           any
           heart
           ,
           were
           it
           as
           deep
           as
           the
           Sea
           !
        
         
           Touching
           what
           God
           and
           Christ
           hath
           done
           for
           me
           ;
           in
           the
           first
           place
           he
           gave
           me
           my
           self
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           creatures
           to
           serve
           for
           my
           use
           ;
           yea
           he
           
             created
             me
             after
             his
             own
             image
             in
             righteousness
             and
             holiness
             ,
          
           and
           in
           perfect
           
             knowledg
             of
             the
             truth
          
           ,
           with
           a
           power
           to
           stand
           ,
           and
           for
           ever
           to
           continue
           in
           a
           most
           blessed
           and
           happy
           condition
           .
           But
           this
           was
           nothing
           in
           comparison
           ;
           for
           when
           I
           
           was
           in
           a
           sad-condition
           ;
           when
           I
           had
           forfeited
           all
           this
           ,
           and
           my self
           ;
           when
           by
           sin
           I
           had
           turned
           that
           
             image
             of
             God
          
           into
           the
           image
           of
           Satan
           ,
           and
           wilfully
           plunged
           my
           soul
           and
           body
           into
           Eternal
           torments
           :
           when
           I
           was
           become
           his
           enemy
           ,
           mortally
           hating
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           my
           utmost
           
             fighting
             against
             him
          
           ,
           and
           taking
           part
           with
           his
           onely
           enemies
           Sin
           and
           Satan
           ,
           not
           having
           the
           least
           thought
           or
           desire
           of
           reconcilement
           ,
           but
           a
           perverse
           and
           obstinate
           will
           to
           resist
           all
           means
           tending
           thereunto
           :
           he
           did
           redeem
           me
           ,
           not
           onely
           without
           asking
           ,
           but
           even
           against
           my
           will
           ;
           so
           making
           of
           me
           his
           cursed
           enemy
           ,
           a
           servant
           ;
           of
           a
           servant
           ,
           a
           son
           ;
           of
           a
           son
           ,
           an
           heir
           ,
           and
           
             coheir
             with
             Christ
          
           ,
           Gal.
           4.7
           .
           But
           how
           have
           I
           required
           this
           so
           great
           ,
           so
           superlative
           a
           mercy
           ?
           All
           my
           recompence
           of
           
             Gods
             love
          
           unto
           me
           ,
           hath
           been
           to
           do
           that
           which
           he
           hates
           ,
           and
           to
           hate
           those
           whom
           he
           loves
           .
        
         
           Christ
           the
           fountain
           of
           all
           good
           ,
           is
           my
           Lord
           by
           a
           
             manifold
             right
          
           ,
           and
           I
           his
           
             servant
             by
             all
             manner
             of
             obligations
             .
          
           First
           ,
           he
           is
           my
           Lord
           by
           the
           right
           of
           creation
           ,
           as
           being
           his
           workmanship
           made
           by
           him
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           by
           the
           right
           of
           Redemption
           ,
           being
           his
           purchase
           bought
           by
           him
           .
           Thirdly
           of
           preservation
           being
           kept
           ,
           upheld
           ,
           and
           maintained
           by
           him
           .
           Fourthly
           ,
           his
           by
           Vocation
           ,
           even
           of
           his
           Family
           ,
           having
           admitted
           me
           a
           
             member
             of
             his
             visible
             Church
          
           .
           Fifthly
           ,
           his
           also
           (
           had
           it
           not
           been
           my
           own
           fault
           )
           by
           sanctification
           ,
           whereby
           to
           possess
           me
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           me
           of
           his
           Court
           by
           glorification
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           crown
           me
           ,
           so
           that
           I
           was
           every
           way
           his
           God
           had
           raised
           me
           from
           a
           
             beggar
             to
             a
             great
             estate
          
           :
           But
           how
           did
           I
           requite
           him
           ?
           I
           would
           not
           ,
           if
           possible
           ,
           suffer
           a
           godly
           and
           
             conscientious
             minister
          
           to
           be
           chosen
           ,
           or
           to
           abide
           where
           I
           had
           to
           do
           ,
           but
           to
           bring
           in
           one
           that
           would
           
             flatter
             sin
          
           ,
           and
           
             flout
             holiness
             ,
             discourage
             the
             godly
             ,
          
           and
           
             incourage
             the
             wicked
          
           .
           I
           used
           both
           
             my
             own
          
           and
           all
           
             my
             friends
          
           utmost
           ability
           .
           Much
           more
           might
           be
           mentioned
           ,
           but
           I
           fear
           to
           be
           tedious
           .
        
         
           Now
           argue
           with
           
             all
             the
             world
          
           ,
           and
           they
           will
           conclude
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           
             no
             vice
             like
             ingratitude
          
           !
           But
           I
           have
           been
           more
           ungrateful
           to
           God
           ,
           than
           can
           be
           exprest
           by
           the
           
             best
             Oratour
             alive
          
           .
           It
           was
           horrid
           ingratitude
           in
           the
           Jews
           ,
           to
           scourge
           and
           crucifie
           Christ
           ,
           who
           did
           them
           good
           every
           way
           ;
           for
           he
           
             healed
             their
             diseases
             fed
             their
             bodies
             ,
             enlightned
             their
             minds
             ,
             of
             God
             became
             man
             ,
          
           and
           lived
           miserably
           amongst
           them
           many
           years
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           save
           their
           
           souls
           :
           but
           they
           fell
           short
           of
           my
           ingratitude
           to
           God
           ,
           in
           that
           most
           of
           them
           were
           not
           in
           the
           least
           convinced
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           the
           
             Messias
             sent
          
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           promised
           from
           the
           beginning
           .
           But
           I
           have
           not
           onely
           denied
           this
           Lord
           that
           bought
           me
           ,
           but
           I
           hated
           him
           ;
           yea
           ,
           most
           spitefully
           and
           maliciously
           fought
           on
           Satans
           and
           Sins
           side
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           persecuted
           his
           children
           ,
           and
           the
           truth
           with
           all
           my
           might
           :
           and
           all
           this
           against
           knowledg
           and
           conscience
           ,
           after
           some
           measure
           of
           illumination
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           affirmed
           of
           the
           Jews
           .
           Yet
           miserable
           wretch
           that
           I
           was
           ,
           if
           I
           could
           have
           given
           him
           my
           body
           and
           soul
           ,
           they
           should
           have
           been
           saved
           by
           it
           ,
           but
           he
           were
           never
           the
           better
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           16.
           
           Lastly
           ,
           to
           tell
           you
           that
           which
           is
           more
           strange
           !
           Notwithstanding
           all
           this
           that
           hath
           been
           mention'd
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           :
           Yet
           I
           thought
           my self
           a
           
             good
             Christian
             forsooth
          
           ;
           yea
           ,
           with
           that
           
             young
             man
          
           in
           the
           Gospel
           .
           I
           thought
           
             I
             had
             kept
             all
             the
             commandments
             .
          
           Nor
           was
           I
           a
           whit
           troubled
           for
           sin
           ,
           either
           original
           or
           actual
           ,
           but
           my
           conscience
           was
           at
           quiet
           ,
           and
           I
           was
           at
           peace
           ;
           neither
           did
           any
           sin
           trouble
           me
           .
           Yea
           ,
           I
           would
           applaud
           my self
           with
           that
           Pharisee
           ,
           Luke
           18.9
           ,
           to
           15.
           and
           say
           ,
           
             I
             was
             not
             like
             other
             men
          
           :
           not
           once
           doubting
           of
           my
           salvation
           .
           I
           ever
           refused
           
             to
             do
             what
             my
             Maker
             commanded
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           
             confidently
             hoped
             to
             escape
             what
             he
             threatned
             .
          
           Nor
           did
           I
           doubt
           of
           having
           
             Christ
             my
             Redeemer
          
           and
           
             Advocate
             in
             the
             next
             life
          
           ,
           when
           I
           had
           been
           a
           
             bitter
             enemy
             to
             him
             and
             his
             members
             in
             this
             life
             .
          
           Here
           was
           blindness
           with
           a
           witness
           ;
           as
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           believed
           how
           blind
           &
           blockish
           men
           are
           ,
           that
           have
           onely
           the
           flesh
           for
           their
           guide
           ;
           especially
           if
           they
           have
           
             hardned
             their
             hearts
          
           ,
           and
           feared
           their
           consciences
           with
           a
           
             customary
             sinning
          
           .
           As
           I
           could
           give
           you
           for
           instance
           ,
           a
           large
           catalogue
           of
           rare
           Examples
           how
           sin
           hath
           
             besotted
             men
          
           ,
           and
           what
           
             stark
             fools
             carnal
             men
             are
             in
             spiritual
             things
             ,
          
           be
           they
           never
           so
           wise
           for
           mundane
           knowledg
           .
           But
           least
           it
           should
           be
           taken
           for
           a
           digression
           or
           excursion
           ,
           you
           shall
           have
           a
           list
           of
           them
           by
           themselves
           ,
           the
           which
           I
           will
           add
           as
           an
           Appendix
           to
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           or
           Dialogue
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           I
           have
           given
           you
           a
           brief
           of
           my
           manifold
           provocations
           ,
           and
           great
           ingratitude
           ,
           to
           my
           Maker
           and
           Redeemer
           (
           for
           otherwise
           I
           might
           be
           endless
           in
           the
           prosecution
           thereof
           .
           )
           It
           remains
           that
           I
           should
           in
           like
           manner
           lay
           open
           my
           
             Original
             Defilement
          
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           Fountain
           whence
           all
           the
           
           former
           (
           whether
           sins
           of
           commission
           ,
           or
           sins
           of
           omission
           )
           do
           flow
           .
           But
           touching
           it
           ,
           be
           pleased
           to
           peruse
           that
           small
           Tract
           ,
           intituled
           ,
           
             A
             short
             and
             sure
             way
             to
             Grace
             and
             Salvation
          
           :
           Or
           ,
           
             Three
             Fundamental
             Principles
             of
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
          
           by
           
             R.
             Y
          
           from
           p.
           4
           to
           p.
           10.
           
        
         
           Sect.
           17.
           
           
             Loose
             Libertine
          
           .
           if
           this
           hath
           been
           your
           case
           ,
           no
           wonder
           it
           hath
           startled
           you
           ;
           for
           to
           deal
           plainly
           with
           you
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           done
           with
           me
           ;
           what
           I
           have
           heard
           from
           you
           ,
           makes
           me
           tremble
           .
           For
           if
           such
           
             honest
             moral
             men
          
           ,
           that
           live
           so
           unreproveably
           as
           you
           have
           done
           ,
           go
           not
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           what
           will
           become
           of
           me
           ,
           that
           have
           been
           so
           
             openly
             prophane
          
           ,
           and
           
             notoriously
             wicked
          
           all
           my
           time
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           it
           contented
           me
           not
           to
           doe
           wickedly
           my self
           ,
           and
           to
           damn
           my
           own
           soul
           ,
           but
           I
           have
           been
           the
           occasion
           of
           drawing
           hundreds
           to
           hell
           with
           me
           ,
           by
           seducing
           some
           ,
           and
           giving
           ill
           example
           to
           others
           ,
           (
           the
           
             infection
             of
             sin
          
           ,
           being
           much
           
             worse
             than
             the
             act
          
           .
           )
           As
           how
           many
           have
           I
           drawn
           to
           be
           drunkards
           ,
           and
           swearers
           ,
           and
           whoremongers
           ,
           and
           
             prophane
             persons
          
           ;
           Insomuch
           ,
           that
           the
           blood
           of
           so
           many
           souls
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           drawn
           away
           ,
           will
           be
           required
           at
           my
           hands
           .
           Yea
           ,
           my
           life
           hath
           been
           so
           debauch'd
           and
           licentious
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           brought
           a
           
             scandal
             upon
             the
             Gospel
          
           and
           made
           it
           odious
           to
           the
           very
           Turks
           and
           Infidels
           ,
           Rom.
           2.24
           .
        
         
           Convert
           .
           Alas
           I
           what
           I
           did
           that
           was
           morally
           good
           ,
           or
           what
           
             evil
             I
             refrained
          
           ,
           was
           more
           for
           self-ends
           ,
           or
           for
           
             fear
             of
             mens
             Laws
          
           ,
           than
           for
           
             love
             of
             Christs
             Gospel
          
           .
           True
           ,
           I
           went
           under
           the
           notion
           of
           an
           
             honest
             man
          
           ,
           and
           a
           
             good
             Christian
          
           :
           I
           was
           baptized
           into
           the
           Faith
           ,
           and
           made
           a
           
             member
             of
             Christs
             visible
             Church
          
           ;
           but
           I
           was
           so
           far
           from
           endeavouring
           to
           perform
           what
           I
           then
           promised
           ,
           that
           in
           effect
           I
           even
           renounced
           both
           Christ
           ,
           and
           my
           Baptism
           ,
           in
           persecuting
           him
           ,
           &
           all
           that
           sincerely
           professed
           his
           Name
           ,
           thinking
           I
           did
           
             God
             good
             service
          
           therein
           ,
           John
           16.2
           .
           Gal.
           1.13
           ,
           14.
           
           Phil.
           3.6
           .
           Nor
           was
           it
           for
           want
           of
           ignorance
           ,
           that
           you
           thought
           so
           of
           me
           :
           for
           by
           nature
           (
           be
           we
           never
           so
           mild
           and
           gentle
           )
           we
           are
           all
           the
           
             seed
             of
             the
             serpent
          
           ,
           Gen.
           3.15
           .
           and
           
             children
             of
             the
             Devil
          
           ,
           John
           8.44
           .
           Yea
           ,
           the
           very
           best
           
             moral
             man
          
           ,
           is
           but
           a
           
             tame
             Devil
          
           ,
           as
           Athanasius
           well
           notes
           .
           But
           it
           is
           a
           true
           Proverb
           ,
           
             The
             blind
             eat
             many
             a
             Fly
             ,
          
           and
           
             all
             Colours
             are
             alike
             to
             him
             that
             is
             in
             the
             dark
             .
          
        
         
           
             Loose
             Libertine
          
           .
           So
           much
           the
           worse
           is
           my
           condition
           ;
           for
           my
           conscience
           tells
           me
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           a
           word
           you
           have
           spoken
           of
           your self
           ,
           but
           I
           can
           justly
           apply
           the
           same
           unto
           my
           own
           soul
           ,
           &
           a
           
           great
           deal
           more
           :
           for
           whereas
           you
           have
           been
           a
           
             moral
             honest
             man
          
           ,
           so
           that
           none
           except
           your self
           ,
           could
           tax
           you
           for
           breaking
           either
           
             Gods
             Law
          
           ,
           or
           mans
           :
           I
           have
           been
           so
           wicked
           and
           prophane
           ,
           that
           I
           could
           most
           presumptuously
           ,
           and
           of
           set
           purpose
           ,
           take
           a
           
             pride
             in
             my
             wickedness
             ,
             commit
             it
             with
             greediness
             ,
             speak
             of
             it
             ,
             defend
             it
             ,
             joy
             in
             it
             ,
             boast
             of
             it
             ,
             tempt
             ,
             and
             inforce
             to
             it
          
           ;
           yea
           ,
           
             mock
             them
             that
             disliked
             it
          
           .
           As
           if
           I
           would
           send
           challenges
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           make
           love
           to
           destruction
           ,
           and
           yet
           did
           applaud
           my self
           ,
           and
           prefer
           my
           own
           condition
           before
           other
           mens
           :
           saying
           ,
           I
           was
           no
           dissembler
           ;
           yea
           ,
           I
           hated
           the
           hypocrisie
           of
           Professors
           :
           I
           do
           not
           justifie
           my self
           ,
           and
           despise
           others
           ,
           like
           the
           Puritans
           :
           I
           am
           not
           factious
           ,
           schismatical
           ,
           singular
           ,
           censorious
           ,
           &c.
           
           I
           am
           not
           rebellious
           ,
           nor
           contentious
           ,
           like
           the
           Brownists
           and
           Anabaptists
           .
           I
           am
           a
           
             good
             fellow
          
           ,
           and
           
             love
             an
             honest
             man
             with
             my
             heart
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           as
           touching
           a
           
             good
             conscience
          
           ,
           I
           was
           never
           
             troubled
             in
             mind
          
           ,
           as
           many
           scrupulous
           fools
           are
           .
           I
           have
           a
           
             good
             heart
          
           ,
           and
           
             mean
             as
             well
          
           as
           the
           precisest
           .
           But
           now
           I
           see
           the
           Devil
           and
           my
           own
           
             deceitful
             heart
          
           deluded
           me
           so
           ,
           that
           my
           
             whole
             life
          
           hitherto
           ,
           hath
           been
           but
           a
           dream
           ,
           and
           that
           like
           a
           
             blind
             man
             ,
             I
             was
             running
             headlong
             to
             Hell
             ,
          
           when
           yet
           I
           thought
           my self
           
             in
             the
             way
             to
             Heaven
          
           .
           Just
           as
           if
           a
           Beggar
           should
           dream
           that
           he
           were
           a
           King
           ;
           or
           as
           if
           a
           Traytor
           should
           dream
           of
           his
           being
           Crowned
           ,
           when
           indeed
           he
           was
           to
           be
           beheaded
           ;
           the
           case
           of
           Laodicea
           ,
           Rev.
           3.17
           .
           the
           
             young
             man
          
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           Luke
           18.20
           ,
           21.
           and
           that
           Pharisee
           ,
           spoken
           of
           ,
           Luke
           18.11
           ,
           12.
           
        
         
           Sect.
           18.
           
           Convert
           .
           It
           was
           not
           your
           case
           alone
           ,
           but
           so
           it
           fares
           with
           the
           worst
           of
           sinners
           :
           Onely
           it
           much
           rejoyces
           me
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           pleased
           God
           to
           open
           your
           eyes
           ,
           to
           see
           all
           this
           in
           your self
           .
           For
           
             flesh
             and
             blood
             hath
             not
             revealed
             it
             unto
             you
             .
          
           Yea
           ,
           we
           are
           
             naturally
             so
             blind
             ,
             and
             deaf
             ,
             and
             dead
             in
             sin
             ,
             and
             in
             soul
             ,
          
           that
           we
           can
           no
           more
           discern
           our
           
             spiritual
             filthiness
          
           ,
           nor
           
             feel
             sin
          
           to
           be
           a
           burden
           ,
           than
           a
           blind
           Ethiopian
           can
           
             see
             his
             own
             blackness
          
           ,
           or
           then
           a
           
             dead
             man
             can
             feel
             the
             weight
             of
             a
             burden
             ,
          
           when
           it
           is
           laid
           upon
           him
           ,
           Acts
           28.27
           .
           Isa.
           6
           9
           ,
           10.
           
        
         
           And
           this
           common
           experience
           shews
           ;
           for
           if
           you
           observe
           it
           ,
           who
           more
           
             jocund
             ,
             confident
          
           ,
           and
           secure
           ,
           than
           the
           worst
           of
           sinners
           ?
           They
           can
           strut
           it
           under
           an
           unsupportable
           mass
           of
           
             Oaths
             ,
             Blasphemies
             ,
             Thefts
             ,
             Murders
             ,
             Adulteries
             ,
             Drunkenness
             ,
          
           and
           other
           
           the
           like
           sins
           ;
           yea
           ,
           can
           easily
           swallow
           these
           spiders
           with
           Mithridates
           ,
           and
           digest
           them
           too
           :
           when
           one
           that
           is
           regenerate
           shrinks
           under
           the
           burden
           of
           
             wandring
             thoughts
          
           ,
           and
           
             want
             of
             proficiency
          
           .
           But
           why
           is
           it
           ?
           They
           are
           
             dead
             in
             sin
          
           ,
           Ephes.
           2.1
           .
           Revel
           .
           3.1
           .
           Now
           lay
           a
           mountain
           upon
           a
           
             dead
             man
          
           ,
           he
           feels
           not
           once
           the
           weight
           .
        
         
           To
           a
           Christian
           that
           hath
           the
           
             life
             of
             grace
          
           ,
           the
           
             least
             sin
          
           lies
           heavy
           upon
           the
           conscience
           !
           but
           to
           him
           that
           is
           dead
           ,
           let
           his
           sins
           be
           as
           heavy
           as
           a
           
             mountain
             of
             lead
          
           ,
           he
           feels
           in
           them
           no
           weight
           at
           all
           .
        
         
           Again
           they
           are
           insensible
           of
           their
           sin
           and
           danger
           ,
           because
           ignorant
           ;
           for
           ,
           for
           
             what
             the
             eye
             seeth
             not
             ,
             the
             heart
             rueth
             not
             .
          
           Security
           makes
           worldlings
           merry
           ,
           and
           therefore
           are
           they
           secure
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           ignorant
           .
           A
           dunce
           ,
           we
           know
           ,
           seldom
           makes
           doubts
           :
           Yea
           ,
           a
           fool
           ,
           says
           
             Solomon
             ,
             boasteth
             and
             is
             confident
             ,
          
           Prov.
           14.16
           .
           neither
           do
           
             blind
             men
             ever
             blush
          
           .
           And
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           for
           pride
           and
           ignorance
           ,
           a
           world
           of
           men
           would
           be
           ashamed
           to
           have
           their
           faces
           seen
           abroad
           .
           For
           take
           away
           from
           mens
           minds
           
             vain
             opinions
             ,
             flattering
             hopes
             ,
             false
             valuations
             ,
             imaginations
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           you
           will
           leave
           the
           minds
           of
           most
           men
           and
           women
           ,
           but
           poor
           
             shrunken
             things
             ,
             full
             of
             melancholy
             ,
             indisposition
             ,
          
           and
           unpleasing
           to
           themselves
           .
           Ignorance
           is
           a
           
             vail
             or
             curtain
             to
             hide
             away
          
           their
           sins
           ,
           wherupon
           they
           are
           never
           troubled
           in
           conscience
           ,
           nor
           macerated
           with
           cares
           about
           eternity
           ;
           but
           think
           that
           all
           will
           be
           well
           .
        
         
           The
           Devil
           and
           the
           Flesh
           prophesie
           prosperity
           to
           sin
           ;
           yea
           ,
           life
           and
           salvation
           ,
           as
           the
           Pope
           promised
           the
           
             Powder
             Traytors
          
           :
           but
           Death
           and
           Damnation
           (
           which
           
             Gods
             Spirit
          
           threatens
           )
           will
           prove
           the
           crop
           they
           will
           reap
           .
           For
           
             God
             is
             true
          
           ,
           the
           Devil
           and
           all
           Flesh
           are
           liars
           .
        
         
           When
           we
           become
           regenerate
           ,
           and
           forsake
           sin
           ;
           then
           the
           devil
           strongly
           and
           strangely
           assaults
           us
           ▪
           as
           he
           did
           Christ
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           newly
           baptized
           ;
           and
           Pharaoh
           the
           children
           of
           Israel
           ,
           when
           they
           would
           forsake
           Egypt
           ;
           and
           Herod
           the
           children
           ,
           when
           Christ
           was
           come
           to
           deliver
           his
           people
           .
           Whence
           commonly
           it
           comes
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           those
           
             think
             best
             of
             themselves
             ,
             that
             have
             least
             cause
          
           ;
           yea
           ,
           the
           true
           Christian
           ,
           is
           as
           fearful
           
             to
             entertain
          
           a
           good
           opinion
           of
           himself
           ,
           as
           the
           false
           is
           unwilling
           to
           be
           driven
           from
           it
           .
           They
           that
           have
           
             store
             of
             grace
          
           mourn
           for
           the
           want
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           they
           that
           indeed
           
             want
             it
             ,
             chant
             their
             abundance
             .
          
           None
           so
           apt
           to
           doubt
           
           their
           Adoption
           ,
           as
           they
           that
           may
           be
           assured
           of
           it
           :
           nor
           none
           more
           usually
           fear
           then
           they
           that
           have
           the
           greatest
           
             cause
             to
             hope
          
           .
           We
           feel
           corruption
           ,
           not
           by
           corruption
           ,
           but
           by
           Grace
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           more
           we
           feel
           our
           inward
           corruption
           ,
           the
           
             more
             Grace
          
           we
           have
           .
        
         
           Contraries
           ,
           the
           nearer
           they
           are
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           the
           sharper
           is
           the
           conflict
           betwixt
           them
           .
           Now
           of
           all
           enemies
           ,
           the
           Spirit
           and
           the
           Flesh
           are
           nearest
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           being
           both
           in
           the
           Soul
           of
           a
           regenerate
           man
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           faculties
           of
           the
           soul
           ,
           and
           in
           every
           action
           that
           springeth
           from
           those
           faculties
           .
           The
           more
           Grace
           ,
           the
           more
           Spiritual
           life
           ;
           and
           the
           more
           Spiritual
           life
           ,
           the
           more
           antipathy
           to
           the
           contrary
           ;
           whence
           none
           are
           so
           sensible
           of
           corruption
           ,
           as
           those
           that
           have
           the
           most
           
             Living
             Souls
          
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           19.
           
           Now
           for
           Remedy
           of
           the
           contrary
           ,
           there
           cannot
           be
           a
           better
           lesson
           for
           carnal
           men
           to
           learn
           ,
           than
           this
           ,
           All
           the
           
             promises
             of
             God
          
           are
           conditional
           ,
           to
           take
           place
           ,
           if
           we
           repent
           ;
           as
           all
           the
           
             threatnings
             of
             God
          
           are
           conditional
           ,
           to
           take
           place
           ,
           if
           we
           
             repent
             not
          
           .
           But
           wicked
           men
           ,
           as
           they
           
             believe
             without
             repenting
          
           ;
           their
           Faith
           being
           meer
           presumption
           :
           so
           they
           
             repent
             without
             believing
          
           ,
           their
           repentance
           being
           indeed
           Desperation
           :
           and
           this
           observe
           ,
           we
           are
           
             cast
             down
          
           in
           the
           disappointment
           of
           our
           hopes
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           measure
           ,
           as
           we
           were
           too
           much
           lifted
           up
           in
           expectation
           of
           good
           from
           them
           .
           Whence
           these
           peremptory
           presumers
           ,
           if
           ever
           they
           repent
           ,
           it
           is
           commonly
           as
           
             Francis
             Spira
          
           ,
           an
           Advocate
           of
           Padua
           ,
           did
           :
           and
           never
           did
           any
           man
           plead
           so
           well
           for
           himself
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           
             against
             himself
          
           .
        
         
           One
           Star
           is
           much
           bigger
           than
           the
           Earth
           ,
           yet
           it
           seems
           many
           degrees
           less
           .
           It
           is
           the
           nature
           of
           fear
           to
           make
           
             dangers
             greater
             ,
             helps
             less
          
           than
           they
           are
           Christ
           hath
           promised
           peace
           and
           rest
           unto
           their
           souls
           that
           labour
           ,
           and
           
             are
             heavy
             laden
          
           ,
           and
           to
           those
           that
           
             walk
             according
             to
             rule
          
           ,
           Mat.
           11.29
           .
           Gal.
           6.16
           .
           even
           
             peace
             celestial
          
           in
           the
           
             state
             of
             grace
          
           ,
           and
           
             peace
             eternal
             in
             the
             state
             of
             glory
             .
          
           Such
           therefore
           as
           never
           were
           distressed
           in
           conscience
           ,
           or
           live
           loosly
           ,
           never
           had
           true
           
             peace
             .
             Peace
          
           is
           the
           
             Daughter
             of
             Righteousness
          
           ,
           Rom.
           5.1
           .
           
             Being
             justified
             by
             faith
             ,
             we
             have
             peace
             with
             God.
          
           But
           he
           who
           makes
           a
           Bridge
           of
           his
           own
           shadow
           ,
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           fall
           into
           the
           Water
           .
        
         
         
           Those
           blocks
           ,
           that
           never
           in
           their
           life
           were
           moved
           with
           
             Gods
             threatnings
          
           ,
           never
           in
           any
           streight
           of
           conscience
           ,
           never
           groaned
           under
           the
           burden
           of
           
             Gods
             anger
          
           :
           they
           have
           not
           so
           much
           as
           entred
           into
           the
           
             porch
             of
             this
             house
          
           ,
           or
           lift
           a
           foot
           over
           the
           threshold
           of
           this
           
             school
             of
             repentance
          
           ,
           Oh!
           that
           we
           could
           but
           so
           much
           fear
           the
           eternal
           pains
           ,
           as
           we
           do
           the
           temporary
           :
           and
           be
           but
           so
           careful
           to
           save
           our
           souls
           from
           torment
           ,
           as
           our
           bodies
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           the
           case
           of
           these
           men
           is
           so
           much
           the
           worse
           ,
           by
           how
           much
           their
           fear
           is
           the
           less
           .
           It
           faring
           with
           the
           soul
           ,
           as
           with
           the
           body
           ,
           Those
           diseases
           ,
           which
           do
           take
           away
           all
           sense
           of
           pain
           ,
           are
           of
           all
           others
           
             most
             desperate
          
           .
           As
           the
           
             dead
             palsie
          
           ,
           the
           
             falling
             sickness
          
           ,
           the
           
             sleepy
             lethargy
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           the
           patient
           is
           most
           
             dangerously
             sick
          
           when
           he
           hath
           
             no
             feeling
          
           thereof
           .
           In
           like
           manner
           ,
           whilest
           they
           suppose
           themselves
           to
           be
           free
           from
           judgment
           ,
           they
           are
           already
           smitten
           with
           the
           
             heaviest
             of
             Gods
             judgments
          
           ,
           a
           heart
           that
           cannot
           repent
           ,
           Rom.
           2.5
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           Lethargy
           ,
           it
           is
           needful
           the
           Patient
           should
           be
           cast
           into
           a
           
             burning
             Feaver
          
           ,
           because
           the
           senses
           are
           benummed
           ,
           and
           this
           will
           
             waken
             them
          
           ,
           and
           
             dry
             up
          
           the
           
             besotting
             humours
          
           .
           So
           in
           our
           dead
           security
           ,
           before
           our
           conversion
           ,
           God
           is
           fain
           to
           let
           the
           Law
           ,
           Sin
           ,
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           Satan
           loose
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           kindle
           the
           very
           fire
           of
           Hell
           in
           our
           souls
           ,
           that
           so
           we
           might
           be
           roused
           out
           of
           our
           security
           :
           but
           thousands
           of
           these
           blocks
           both
           live
           and
           depart
           with
           as
           great
           hopes
           ,
           as
           men
           go
           to
           a
           Lottery
           ,
           even
           dreaming
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           until
           they
           awake
           in
           Hell.
           For
           they
           too
           often
           die
           without
           any
           remorse
           of
           conscience
           ,
           like
           blocks
           ;
           or
           as
           an
           
             Ox
             dies
             in
             a
             ditch
          
           .
           Yea
           ,
           thousands
           that
           live
           like
           
             Laban
             ,
             die
          
           like
           Nabal
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           but
           the
           same
           word
           inverted
           )
           whilest
           others
           ,
           the
           dear
           children
           of
           God
           ,
           die
           in
           distress
           of
           Conscience
           .
           For
           it
           is
           not
           every
           good
           mans
           hap
           to
           die
           like
           
             Antonius
             Pius
          
           ,
           whose
           death
           was
           after
           the
           fashion
           and
           semblance
           of
           a
           kindly
           and
           
             pleasant
             sleep
          
           .
           However
           St.
           Austins
           rule
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           hold
           ,
           He
           cannot
           
             die
             ill
          
           ,
           that
           hath
           
             lived
             well
          
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           He
           that
           
             lives
             conscionably
             ,
             dies
             comfortably
          
           ,
           and
           departeth
           rich
           .
           And
           so
           you
           see
           how
           it
           fares
           with
           the
           wickedest
           and
           worst
           of
           men
           .
           Wherefore
           if
           you
           are
           truly
           sensible
           of
           your
           wretchedness
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           good
           sign
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           in
           some
           forwardness
           to
           be
           recovered
           :
           and
           really
           to
           become
           so
           good
           ,
           as
           formerly
           you
           but
           dreamed
           ,
           or
           imagined
           your
           
           self
           to
           be
           .
           And
           indeed
           the
           very
           
             first
             step
             to
             grace
          
           ,
           is
           to
           
             feel
             the
             want
             of
             grace
          
           ,
           and
           the
           next
           way
           to
           
             receive
             mercy
          
           ,
           is
           to
           see
           your
           
             self
             miserable
          
           .
           Therefore
           our
           constant
           and
           most
           diligent
           search
           should
           be
           to
           find
           out
           the
           naughtiness
           of
           our
           own
           hearts
           ;
           and
           to
           get
           strength
           from
           God
           against
           our
           prevailing
           corruptions
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           20.
           
           
             Loose
             Libertine
          
           .
           But
           is
           there
           any
           hope
           for
           one
           so
           wicked
           as
           I
           ?
           who
           have
           
             turned
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             into
             wantonness
             ,
          
           applying
           
             Christs
             passion
          
           as
           a
           warrant
           for
           my
           licentiousness
           ,
           not
           as
           a
           remedy
           ,
           and
           taking
           
             his
             death
          
           as
           a
           license
           to
           sin
           ,
           his
           Cross
           as
           a
           
             Letters
             patent
          
           to
           do
           mischief
           .
           As
           if
           a
           man
           should
           
             head
             his
             drum
             of
             rebellion
             with
             his
             pardon
             .
          
           For
           I
           have
           most
           spightfully
           ,
           and
           malitiously
           taken
           up
           Arms
           against
           my
           Maker
           ,
           and
           fought
           against
           my
           Redeemer
           all
           my
           dayes
           .
        
         
           Convert
           .
           Do
           but
           unfeignedly
           
             repent
             you
             of
             your
             sins
          
           ,
           and
           
             forsake
             your
             former
             evill
             wayes
             ,
             and
             lay
             hold
             upon
             Christ
             by
             a
             true
             and
             lively
             faith
          
           ;
           my
           soul
           for
           yours
           ,
           God
           is
           very
           ready
           to
           forgive
           them
           ,
           be
           they
           never
           
             so
             many
          
           ,
           and
           innumerable
           for
           multitude
           ;
           never
           so
           hainous
           for
           quality
           and
           magnitude
           .
           Yea
           ,
           I
           can
           shew
           you
           your
           Pardon
           from
           the
           great
           King
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           for
           all
           that
           is
           past
           ,
           the
           which
           you
           may
           read
           at
           large
           ,
           Isa
           ,
           55.7
           .
           Ezek.
           18.21
           ,
           to
           29.
           and
           33.11
           .
           Joel
           2.12
           ,
           13
           ,
           14.
           
           Yea
           ,
           read
           1
           Cor.
           6.10
           ,
           11.
           together
           with
           the
           story
           of
           
             Manasses
             ,
             Mary
             Magdalen
          
           ,
           the
           Thief
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Prodigal
             Son
          
           ;
           and
           you
           shall
           see
           presidents
           thereof
           .
           Yea
           ,
           the
           very
           murderers
           of
           the
           
             Son
             of
             God
          
           ,
           upon
           their
           serious
           and
           unfeigned
           repentance
           ,
           and
           stedfast
           believing
           in
           him
           ,
           received
           pardon
           and
           salvation
           .
           And
           indeed
           despair
           is
           a
           sin
           which
           never
           knew
           Jesus
           .
           True
           every
           sin
           deserves
           damnation
           ;
           but
           no
           sin
           shall
           condemn
           ,
           but
           the
           lying
           and
           continuing
           in
           it
           .
           True
           repentance
           is
           ever
           blest
           with
           forgiveness
           .
           And
           know
           this
           that
           
             Gods
             mercy
          
           is
           greater
           than
           
             thy
             sin
          
           ,
           whatever
           it
           be
           :
           you
           cannot
           be
           so
           
             infinite
             in
             sinning
          
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           
             infinite
             in
             pardoning
          
           ,
           if
           you
           repent
           ;
           yea
           ,
           sins
           upon
           repentance
           are
           so
           remitted
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           never
           been
           
             committed
             .
             I
             will
             put
             away
             thy
             transgressions
             as
             a
             cloud
             ,
             and
             thy
             sins
             as
             a
             mist
             ,
             Isa.
          
           44.22
           .
           And
           what
           by
           corruption
           hath
           been
           done
           ,
           by
           repentance
           is
           undone
           .
           As
           the
           former
           examples
           witness
           .
           
             Come
             and
             let
             us
             Reason
             together
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             though
             your
             sins
             be
             as
             scarlet
             they
             shall
             be
             as
             white
             as
             snow
             ,
          
           Isa.
           1.18
           .
           Yea
           ,
           whiter
           than
           snow
           .
           For
           the
           
           Prophet
           David
           ,
           laying
           open
           his
           
             blood
             guiltiness
          
           ,
           and
           his
           
             original
             impurity
          
           ,
           useth
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Purge
             me
             with
             Hysop
             ,
             and
             I
             shall
             be
             clean
             ;
             wash
             me
             ,
             and
             I
             shall
             be
             whiter
             than
             snow
             ,
          
           Psal.
           51.7
           .
           And
           in
           reason
           ,
           did
           Christ
           come
           to
           call
           sinners
           to
           repentance
           ?
           and
           shall
           he
           not
           shew
           mercy
           to
           the
           penitent
           ?
           Or
           ,
           who
           would
           not
           cast
           his
           burden
           upon
           him
           ,
           that
           desires
           to
           give
           
             ease
             ?
             As
             I
             live
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             I
             would
             not
             the
             death
             of
             a
             sinner
             ,
          
           Ezek.
           18.32
           .
           and
           33.11
           .
        
         
           Onely
           ,
           apply
           not
           this
           salve
           ,
           before
           the
           ulcer
           be
           searched
           to
           the
           bottome
           :
           Lay
           not
           hold
           upon
           mercy
           ,
           until
           thou
           be'st
           throughly
           humbled
           .
           The
           onely
           way
           to
           become
           good
           ,
           is
           ,
           first
           to
           believe
           that
           you
           are
           evil
           ,
           and
           by
           accusing
           our selves
           ,
           we
           prevent
           Satan
           ;
           by
           judging
           our selves
           ,
           we
           prevent
           God.
           
        
         
           Are
           we
           as
           sick
           of
           sorrow
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           of
           sin
           ?
           Then
           may
           we
           hopefully
           go
           to
           the
           
             Physitian
             of
             our
             Souls
          
           ,
           who
           came
           into
           the
           World
           onely
           to
           
             cure
             the
             sick
          
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           light
           to
           them
           onely
           ,
           
             who
             sit
             in
             darkness
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             shadow
             of
             Death
             .
             God
          
           does
           not
           pour
           the
           
             Oyl
             of
             Grace
          
           ,
           but
           into
           a
           
             broken
             and
             contrite
             Heart
          
           .
        
         
           Wouldest
           thou
           get
           out
           of
           the
           miserable
           estate
           of
           Nature
           ,
           into
           the
           blessed
           estate
           of
           Grace
           ?
           and
           of
           
             Satans
             bond-slave
          
           ,
           become
           the
           
             Child
             of
             God
          
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Member
             of
             Christ
          
           ?
           Wouldest
           thou
           truly
           know
           thine
           own
           Heart
           ?
           and
           be
           very
           sensible
           how
           evil
           and
           wicked
           it
           is
           ?
           that
           so
           thou
           mayest
           have
           a
           more
           humble
           conceit
           of
           thy self
           ?
           Lay
           to
           heart
           these
           three
           particulars
           :
           1.
           
           The
           
             corruption
             of
             our
             nature
          
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           
             original
             sin
          
           .
           2.
           
           Our
           manifold
           
             breach
             of
             Gods
             Righteous
             Law
             ,
             by
             actual
             sin
             .
          
           3.
           
           The
           guilt
           and
           punishment
           due
           to
           us
           for
           them
           both
           .
           This
           being
           done
           ,
           thou
           wilt
           see
           and
           finde
           thy
           necessity
           of
           a
           Redeemer
           .
           And
           it
           is
           Thirst
           onely
           that
           makes
           us
           relish
           our
           
             Drink
             ,
             Hunger
          
           our
           meat
           :
           The
           
             full
             Stomack
             of
             a
             Pharisee
          
           ,
           surcharged
           with
           the
           superfluitics
           of
           his
           own
           Merits
           ,
           
             will
             loath
             the
             Honey-comb
             of
          
           Christs
           Righteousness
           .
           This
           was
           it
           which
           made
           the
           
             Young
             Prodigal
          
           to
           relish
           even
           servants
           fare
           ,
           though
           before
           wanton
           ,
           when
           full
           fed
           at
           home
           .
           No
           more
           relish
           feels
           the
           
             Pharisaical
             heart
          
           in
           
             Christs
             blood
          
           ,
           than
           in
           a
           chip
           :
           But
           O
           how
           acceptable
           is
           the
           
             Fountain
             of
             living
             Waters
          
           ,
           to
           the
           
             chased
             Heart
             panting
             and
             braying
          
           ?
           The
           
             blood
             of
             Christ
          
           ,
           to
           the
           weary
           and
           tired
           soul
           ;
           to
           the
           thirsty
           Conscience
           scorched
           with
           the
           sense
           of
           Gods
           wrath
           :
           He
           that
           presents
           him
           with
           it
           ,
           how
           welcome
           is
           he
           ?
           even
           as
           a
           special
           choice
           man
           ,
           one
           of
           a
           thousand
           .
           And
           the
           deeper
           the
           sense
           of
           Misery
           is
           ,
           the
           sweeter
           the
           sense
           of
           Mercy
           is
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           21.
           
           Then
           if
           you
           would
           be
           satisfied
           for
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           whether
           your
           Repentance
           and
           Conversion
           be
           true
           and
           sound
           ,
           these
           particulars
           will
           infallibly
           inform
           you
           .
           If
           you
           shall
           persevere
           (
           when
           this
           trouble
           for
           sin
           is
           over
           )
           in
           doing
           that
           which
           now
           you
           purpose
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           infallible
           signe
           your
           Repentance
           is
           found
           ,
           otherwise
           not
           .
           If
           thou
           doest
           call
           to
           minde
           the
           Vow
           which
           thou
           madest
           in
           Baptism
           ,
           and
           doest
           thy
           endeavour
           to
           perform
           that
           which
           then
           thou
           didst
           promise
           .
           If
           thou
           doest
           square
           thy
           life
           according
           to
           the
           
             Rule
             of
             Gods
          
           Word
           ,
           and
           not
           after
           the
           Rudiments
           of
           the
           World.
           If
           thou
           art
           willing
           to
           forsake
           
             all
             sin
          
           ,
           without
           reserving
           one
           ,
           (
           for
           otherwise
           that
           
             one
             sin
          
           ,
           may
           prove
           the
           bane
           of
           all
           thy
           Graces
           ,
           even
           as
           Gideon
           had
           
             seventy
             
             sons
          
           ,
           and
           but
           one
           Bastard
           ,
           and
           yet
           that
           Bastard
           destroyed
           all
           the
           rest
           that
           were
           legitimate
           ,
           Judg.
           9.5
           .
           )
           Sin
           is
           like
           the
           Ivy
           in
           the
           Wall
           ,
           cut
           off
           
             bough
             ,
             branch
             ,
             body
             ,
             stump
             ,
          
           yet
           some
           Sprigs
           or
           other
           will
           sprout
           out
           again
           :
           Till
           the
           Root
           be
           pluckt
           up
           ,
           or
           the
           Wall
           be
           pulled
           down
           and
           ruined
           ,
           it
           will
           never
           utterly
           die
           .
        
         
           Regeneration
           or
           New-birth
           ,
           is
           a
           
             creation
             of
             new
             qualities
          
           in
           the
           soul
           ;
           as
           being
           by
           nature
           onely
           evil
           disposed
           .
           Gods
           children
           are
           known
           by
           this
           mark
           ,
           
             They
             walk
             not
             after
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             but
             after
             the
             Spirit
             ,
          
           Rom.
           8.1
           .
           If
           Christ
           have
           called
           you
           to
           his
           service
           ,
           your
           life
           will
           appear
           more
           spiritual
           and
           excellent
           than
           others
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           your
           fails
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           sign
           that
           sin
           hath
           not
           gained
           your
           consent
           ,
           but
           committed
           a
           Rape
           upon
           your
           Soul
           ,
           when
           you
           cry
           out
           to
           God.
           If
           the
           
             ravished
             Virgin
          
           under
           the
           Law
           
             cryed
             out
          
           ,
           she
           was
           pronounced
           guiltless
           .
           A
           sheep
           may
           fall
           into
           the
           mire
           ,
           but
           a
           
             swine
             delights
          
           to
           wallow
           in
           the
           mire
           .
           Great
           difference
           between
           a
           woman
           that
           is
           forced
           ,
           though
           she
           cries
           out
           and
           strives
           ,
           and
           an
           alluring
           Adultress
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           the
           thoughts
           of
           the
           godly
           ,
           are
           godly
           ,
           of
           the
           
             wicked
             ,
             worldly
          
           ;
           and
           by
           these
           ,
           good
           and
           evil
           men
           are
           best
           ,
           and
           truliest
           differenced
           one
           from
           another
           .
           Would
           we
           know
           our
           own
           hearts
           ,
           and
           whether
           they
           be
           changed
           by
           a
           new
           birth
           :
           Examine
           we
           our
           
             thoughts
             ,
             words
             ,
             actions
             ,
             passions
             ,
          
           especially
           our
           thoughts
           will
           inform
           us
           ,
           for
           these
           cannot
           be
           subject
           to
           hypocrisie
           ,
           as
           words
           and
           deeds
           are
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           22.
           
           Then
           by
           way
           of
           Caution
           ,
           know
           ,
           That
           a
           Childe
           may
           as
           soon
           
             create
             it self
          
           ,
           as
           a
           man
           in
           the
           
             state
             of
             nature
             ,
             regenerate
             himself
             .
          
           We
           cannot
           act
           in
           the
           least
           ,
           unless
           God
           bestows
           upon
           us
           daily
           
             privative
             grace
          
           to
           defend
           us
           from
           evil
           ,
           and
           daily
           
             positive
             grace
             ,
             enabling
             us
          
           to
           do
           good
           .
           And
           those
           that
           are
           of
           Christs
           teaching
           ,
           know
           both
           from
           the
           Word
           ,
           and
           by
           Experience
           ,
           that
           of
           themselves
           they
           are
           not
           onely
           weak
           ,
           but
           even
           dead
           to
           what
           is
           
             good
             ,
             moving
          
           no
           more
           than
           they
           are
           moved
           ;
           that
           their
           
             best
             works
             are
             faulty
          
           ,
           all
           their
           
             sins
             deadly
          
           ,
           all
           their
           
             Natures
             corrupted
             originally
             .
             You
             hath
             he
             quickned
             ,
             that
             were
             dead
             in
             trespasses
             and
             sins
             ,
          
           Eph.
           2.1
           .
           Yea
           ,
           we
           are
           altogether
           so
           
             dead
             in
             sin
          
           ,
           that
           we
           cannot
           stir
           the
           least
           joynt
           ,
           no
           not
           so
           much
           as
           feel
           our
           
             own
             deadness
          
           ,
           nor
           
             desire
             life
          
           ,
           except
           God
           be
           pleased
           to
           raise
           and
           restore
           our
           souls
           ,
           from
           the
           
             death
             of
             sin
          
           ,
           and
           
             grave
             of
             long
             custom
          
           ,
           to
           the
           
             life
             of
             grace
          
           .
           Apt
           we
           are
           to
           all
           evil
           ,
           but
           reprobate
           and
           indisposed
           to
           all
           Grace
           and
           Goodness
           ;
           yea
           ,
           to
           all
           the
           means
           thereof
           .
           
             
               My
               Powers
               are
               all
               corrupt
               ,
               corrupt
               my
               will
               :
            
             
               Marble
               to
               good
               ,
               but
               Wax
               to
               what
               is
               ill
               .
            
          
           Insomuch
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           
             not
             sufficient
          
           of
           our selves
           
             to
             think
          
           ,
           much
           less
           
             to
             speak
          
           ,
           least
           of
           all
           
             to
             do
          
           that
           which
           is
           good
           ,
           2
           Cor.
           3.5
           .
           John
           15.4
           ,
           5.
           
           If
           we
           have
           power
           to
           chuse
           or
           refuse
           the
           object
           ,
           to
           do
           these
           well
           we
           have
           no
           power
           .
           We
           have
           ability
           ,
           we
           have
           will
           enough
           ,
           
             to
             undo
             our selves
             ,
             scope
          
           enough
           Hell-ward
           ;
           but
           neither
           motion
           ,
           nor
           
             will
             to
             do
             good
          
           ,
           that
           must
           be
           put
           into
           us
           by
           him
           that
           gives
           both
           
             power
             and
             will
          
           ,
           and
           
             power
             to
             will.
          
           
        
         
         
           Finally
           ,
           Each
           sanctified
           heart
           feels
           this
           ,
           but
           no
           words
           are
           able
           sufficiently
           to
           express
           ,
           what
           impotent
           wretches
           we
           are
           ,
           when
           we
           are
           not
           sustained
           .
           So
           that
           we
           have
           
             no
             merit
          
           ,
           but
           the
           
             mercy
             of
             God
          
           to
           save
           us
           :
           nothing
           but
           
             the
             blood
             of
             Christ
          
           ,
           and
           his
           mediation
           
             to
             cleanse
             and
             Redeem
             us
          
           :
           nothing
           but
           
             his
             obedience
             to
             inrich
             us
          
           .
           As
           for
           our
           
             good
             works
          
           ,
           we
           are
           altogether
           beholding
           to
           God
           for
           them
           ,
           not
           God
           to
           us
           ,
           nor
           we
           to
           our selves
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           only
           
             his
             works
             in
             us
          
           .
        
         
           Whatsoever
           thou
           art
           ,
           thou
           owest
           to
           him
           that
           
             made
             thee
          
           :
           whatever
           thou
           hast
           ,
           thou
           owest
           to
           him
           that
           
             Redeemed
             thee
          
           .
           Therefore
           if
           we
           do
           any
           thing
           amiss
           ,
           let
           us
           
             accuse
             our selves
          
           :
           if
           any
           thing
           well
           ,
           let
           us
           give
           all
           
             the
             praise
             to
             God.
          
           And
           indeed
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           test
           of
           a
           true
           or
           
             false
             Religion
          
           :
           that
           which
           teacheth
           us
           to
           
             exalt
             God
          
           most
           ,
           and
           most
           to
           
             depress
             our selves
          
           is
           the
           true
           :
           that
           which
           doth
           most
           
             prank
             up
          
           our selves
           ,
           and
           detract
           from
           God
           ,
           is
           the
           false
           ,
           as
           Bonaventure
           well
           notes
           .
        
         
           Sect.
           23.
           
           Now
           to
           wind
           up
           with
           a
           Word
           of
           Exhortation
           ;
           If
           thou
           beest
           convinced
           ,
           and
           resolvest
           upon
           a
           new
           course
           ;
           let
           thy
           resolution
           be
           peremptory
           and
           constant
           ,
           and
           take
           heed
           you
           harden
           not
           again
           ,
           as
           Pharaoh
           ,
           the
           Philistines
           ,
           the
           
             Young
             man
          
           in
           the
           
             Gospel
             ,
             Pilate
          
           and
           Judas
           did
           :
           resemble
           not
           the
           Iron
           ,
           which
           is
           no
           longer
           soft
           ,
           than
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Fire
           ;
           for
           
             that
             good
          
           (
           saith
           Gregory
           )
           will
           do
           us
           
             no
             good
          
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           
             made
             good
             by
             perseverance
          
           .
           If
           with
           these
           premonitions
           ,
           the
           Spirit
           hath
           vouchsafed
           to
           stir
           up
           in
           thine
           heart
           any
           good
           motions
           ,
           and
           holy
           purposes
           to
           obey
           God
           ,
           in
           letting
           thy
           sins
           go
           ;
           
             Quench
             not
          
           ,
           grieve
           not
           the
           spirit
           ,
           1
           Thes.
           5.19
           .
           Return
           not
           with
           the
           Dog
           to
           thy
           vomit
           ,
           least
           thy
           
             latter
             end
          
           prove
           
             seven-fold
             worse
             than
             thy
             beginning
          
           ,
           Mat.
           12.43
           ,
           45.
           
           Oh
           it
           is
           a
           fearful
           thing
           to
           receive
           tho
           grace
           of
           God
           in
           vain
           !
           and
           a
           
             desperate
             thing
          
           ,
           being
           warned
           of
           a
           Rock
           ,
           wilfully
           to
           cast
           our selves
           upon
           it
           .
           Neither
           let
           Satan
           perswade
           you
           to
           defer
           your
           repentance
           ;
           no
           not
           an
           hour
           ,
           lest
           your
           Resolution
           proves
           as
           a
           
             false
             conception
          
           ,
           which
           never
           comes
           to
           bearing
           .
           Besides
           ,
           death
           may
           be
           sudden
           :
           even
           the
           least
           of
           a
           thousand
           things
           can
           kill
           you
           ,
           and
           give
           you
           no
           leisure
           to
           be
           sick
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           If
           thou
           wilt
           be
           safe
           from
           
             evil
             works
          
           ,
           avoid
           the
           occasions
           ;
           have
           no
           fellowship
           with
           the
           workers
           of
           iniquity
           :
           neither
           fear
           their
           scoffes
           ;
           for
           this
           be
           sure
           of
           ,
           If
           your
           person
           and
           wayes
           
             please
             God
          
           ,
           the
           world
           will
           be
           displeased
           with
           both
           :
           If
           God
           be
           your
           
             friend
             ,
             men
          
           will
           be
           your
           enemies
           :
           if
           they
           exercise
           their
           malice
           ,
           it
           is
           where
           he
           shews
           mercy
           .
           But
           take
           heed
           of
           losing
           Gods
           favour
           to
           keep
           theirs
           .
        
         
           Beda
           tells
           of
           a
           
             Great
             man
          
           ,
           that
           was
           admonished
           by
           his
           friends
           in
           his
           sickness
           to
           repent
           :
           who
           answered
           ,
           He
           would
           not
           yet
           ;
           for
           that
           if
           he
           should
           recover
           ,
           his
           friends
           and
           companions
           would
           laugh
           at
           him
           :
           but
           growing
           sicker
           and
           sicker
           ,
           they
           again
           prest
           him
           ;
           but
           then
           his
           answer
           was
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           now
           too
           late
           ;
           for
           I
           am
           judged
           and
           condemned
           already
           .
        
         
           A
           man
           cannot
           be
           a
           
             Nathanael
             ,
             in
             whose
             heart
             there
             is
             no
             guile
             ,
          
           but
           the
           World
           counts
           him
           a
           fool
           .
           But
           Christ
           sayes
           ,
           
             Verily
             except
             ye
             be
             converted
             ,
             and
             become
             as
             little
             Children
             ,
             ye
             shall
             not
             enter
             into
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Heaven
             ,
          
           Matth.
           18.3
           .
        
         
         
           Again
           ,
           Satan
           and
           your
           deceitful
           heart
           will
           suggest
           unto
           you
           ,
           that
           a
           
             Religious
             life
          
           ,
           is
           a
           dampish
           and
           
             melancholy
             life
          
           :
           but
           holy
           David
           will
           tell
           you
           ,
           
             That
             light
             is
             sown
             to
             the
             Righteous
             ,
             and
             joy
             to
             the
             upright
             ,
          
           Psal.
           97.11
           .
           Isa.
           65.14
           .
           And
           experience
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           Earthly
           and
           
             Bodily
             joyes
          
           ,
           are
           but
           the
           body
           ,
           or
           rather
           the
           dregs
           of
           that
           joy
           ,
           which
           Gods
           people
           feel
           and
           are
           ravished
           with
           .
           As
           Oh
           the
           calm
           ,
           and
           quietness
           of
           a
           good
           Conscience
           !
           the
           assurance
           of
           the
           pardon
           of
           sin
           ,
           and
           joy
           in
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           the
           honesty
           of
           a
           virtuous
           and
           holy
           life
           ,
           how
           sweet
           they
           are
           !
           Yea
           ,
           even
           Plato
           ,
           an
           Heathen
           could
           say
           ,
           That
           if
           Wisdome
           and
           Virtue
           could
           but
           represent
           it self
           to
           the
           Eyes
           ,
           it
           would
           set
           the
           heart
           on
           fire
           with
           the
           love
           of
           it
           .
           And
           the
           like
           of
           a
           sinners
           sadness
           ,
           as
           hear
           what
           Seneca
           sayes
           ;
           If
           there
           were
           no
           
             God
             to
             punish
             him
             ,
             no
             Devil
             to
             torment
             him
             ,
             no
             Hell
             to
             burn
             him
             ,
             no
             man
             to
             see
             him
          
           ;
           yet
           would
           he
           not
           sin
           ,
           for
           the
           ugliness
           and
           filthiness
           of
           sin
           ,
           and
           the
           guilt
           and
           sadness
           of
           his
           Conscience
           .
           But
           Experience
           is
           the
           best
           informer
           :
           wherefore
           take
           the
           counsel
           of
           holy
           David
           ,
           Psalm
           34.8
           .
           
             O
             taste
             and
             see
             !
             that
             the
             Lord
             is
             good
             ,
             blessed
             is
             the
             man
             that
             trusteth
             in
             him
             .
          
           To
           which
           accordeth
           that
           of
           holy
           
             Bernard
             ,
             Good
          
           art
           thou
           ,
           
             O
             Lord
          
           ,
           to
           the
           soul
           that
           
             seeks
             thee
          
           ;
           what
           art
           thou
           then
           ,
           to
           the
           soul
           that
           
             findes
             thee
          
           ?
           As
           I
           may
           appeal
           to
           any
           mans
           Conscience
           ,
           that
           hath
           been
           softned
           with
           the
           Unction
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           truly
           tasted
           of
           the
           powers
           of
           the
           World
           to
           come
           ,
           to
           him
           that
           hath
           the
           
             love
             of
             God
             shed
             abroad
             in
             his
             heart
             by
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           ;
           whether
           his
           whole
           life
           be
           not
           a
           perpetual
           Hallelujah
           in
           comparison
           of
           his
           natural
           condition
           :
           Whence
           they
           are
           able
           to
           slight
           all
           such
           objections
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           .
           You
           tell
           me
           that
           scrupling
           of
           small
           matters
           ,
           is
           but
           stumbling
           at
           straws
           ,
           that
           they
           be
           but
           trifles
           :
           when
           I
           know
           your
           tongue
           can
           tell
           nothing
           but
           truth
           ,
           I
           will
           believe
           you
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           Beg
           of
           God
           that
           he
           will
           give
           you
           a
           
             new
             heart
          
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           heart
           is
           changed
           ,
           all
           the
           members
           will
           follow
           after
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           creatures
           after
           the
           Sun
           when
           it
           ariseth
           .
           But
           without
           a
           work
           upon
           the
           heart
           ,
           wrought
           by
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           it
           will
           follow
           its
           own
           inclination
           to
           that
           which
           it
           affecteth
           ,
           whatsoever
           the
           judgment
           shall
           say
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
           That
           must
           be
           first
           reformed
           ,
           which
           was
           first
           deformed
           .
           It
           is
           idle
           ,
           and
           to
           no
           purpose
           to
           purge
           the
           chaanel
           ,
           when
           the
           fountain
           is
           corrupt
           .
           Whence
           the
           Apostle
           orderly
           bids
           us
           ,
           first
           ,
           
             Be
             renewed
             in
             the
             Spirit
             of
             our
             mindes
          
           ;
           and
           then
           ,
           
             Let
             him
             that
             stole
             ,
             steal
             no
             more
             ,
          
           Ephes.
           4.23
           ,
           24.
           
           Yea
           ,
           it
           is
           Gods
           own
           counsel
           to
           the
           men
           of
           Jerusalem
           ,
           Jer.
           4.
           
           
             Wash
             thy
             heart
             from
             wickedness
             :
             that
             thou
             mayest
             be
             saved
             ,
          
           verse
           14.
           
           It
           is
           most
           ridiculous
           to
           apply
           Remedies
           to
           the
           outward
           parts
           ,
           when
           the
           distemper
           lies
           in
           the
           stomack
           .
           To
           what
           purpose
           is
           it
           to
           
             crop
             off
          
           the
           top
           of
           weeds
           ,
           or
           
             top
             off
             the
             boughes
          
           of
           the
           Tree
           ,
           when
           the
           Root
           and
           Stalk
           remain
           in
           the
           Earth
           ?
           As
           cut
           off
           the
           sprig
           of
           a
           Tree
           ,
           it
           growes
           still
           ;
           a
           Bough
           ,
           an
           Arm
           ,
           still
           it
           growes
           ;
           lop
           off
           the
           top
           ;
           yea
           ,
           saw
           it
           in
           the
           midst
           ,
           yet
           it
           will
           grow
           again
           ;
           stock
           it
           up
           by
           the
           roots
           ,
           then
           (
           and
           not
           till
           then
           )
           it
           will
           grow
           no
           more
           :
           Whence
           it
           is
           that
           God
           saith
           ,
           
             Give
             me
             thine
             heart
          
           ,
           Prov.
           23.26
           .
           
             Great
             Cities
          
           once
           expunged
           ,
           the
           dorps
           and
           villages
           will
           soon
           come
           in
           of
           themselves
           :
           the
           heart
           is
           the
           treasury
           and
           storehouse
           of
           wickedness
           ,
           Mat.
           12.34
           .
           
           such
           as
           the
           heart
           is
           ,
           such
           are
           the
           actions
           of
           the
           body
           which
           proceed
           from
           it
           ,
           Mat.
           12.35
           .
           Therefore
           as
           Christ
           saith
           ,
           
             Make
             clean
             within
             ,
             and
             all
             will
             be
             clean
             ,
          
           otherwise
           not
           ,
           Mat.
           23.26
           .
           therefore
           Davids
           prayer
           is
           ,
           
             Create
             in
             me
             a
             new
             heart
             ,
             O
             Lord
             and
             renew
             a
             right
             spirit
             within
             me
             ,
          
           Ps.
           51.10
           .
           Do
           thou
           the
           like
           ,
           importune
           him
           for
           grace
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           firmly
           resolve
           ,
           speedily
           begin
           ,
           and
           continually
           persevere
           ,
           in
           doing
           and
           suffering
           his
           holy
           will
           :
           desire
           him
           to
           inform
           and
           reform
           you
           so
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           neither
           mis-believe
           ,
           nor
           mis-live
           ,
           to
           change
           and
           purifie
           your
           
             nature
             ,
             subdue
          
           your
           
             reason
             ,
             rectifie
          
           your
           
             judgment
             ,
             reform
          
           and
           strengthen
           your
           
             will
             ,
             renew
          
           your
           affections
           ,
           and
           beat
           down
           in
           you
           whatsoever
           stands
           in
           opposition
           to
           the
           
             Scepter
             of
             Jesus
             Christ.
          
           
        
         
           Sixthly
           and
           lastly
           ,
           If
           you
           receive
           any
           power
           against
           your
           former
           corruptions
           ,
           forget
           not
           to
           be
           thankeful
           ,
           yea
           ,
           study
           all
           possible
           thankfulness
           ;
           for
           that
           you
           and
           I
           are
           not
           at
           this
           present
           
             frying
             in
             Hell
             flames
          
           ,
           never
           to
           be
           freed
           ;
           that
           we
           have
           the
           offer
           of
           
             Grace
             here
          
           ,
           and
           
             Glory
             hereafter
          
           ,
           it
           is
           his
           unspeakable
           goodness
           .
           And
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           pleasing
           to
           God
           ,
           nor
           
             profitatable
             to
             us
          
           ,
           both
           for
           the
           
             procuring
             of
             the
             good
             we
             want
             ,
          
           or
           
             continuing
             the
             good
             we
             have
          
           ,
           than
           thankfulness
           .
           He
           will
           sow
           there
           (
           and
           there
           onely
           )
           
             plenty
             of
             his
             blessings
          
           ,
           where
           he
           is
           sure
           to
           reap
           
             plenty
             of
             thanks
          
           and
           service
           .
           But
           who
           will
           sow
           those
           barren
           sands
           ,
           where
           they
           are
           sure
           not
           onely
           to
           be
           without
           all
           hope
           of
           a
           good
           harvest
           ,
           but
           are
           sure
           to
           lose
           both
           their
           seed
           and
           
             labour
             ?
             Consider
             what
             hath
             been
             said
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             give
             you
             understanding
             in
             all
             things
             .
          
        
         
           And
           so
           much
           for
           the
           
             Second
             Part.
             An
             Appendix
          
           follows
           wherein
           you
           may
           have
           instances
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           how
           
             sin
             besots
             Men.
          
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             Hayes
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           Mrs.
           Crips
           in
           Popes-head-Alley
           ,
           with
           nine
           and
           Thirty
           other
           Pieces
           composed
           by
           the
           same
           Authour
           .
           1663.
           
        
      
    
  

