194 Perfe5i Love gives Boldnefs SE x nz. be confus'd, and even miffed in judging of VIII. its own operations. A man under an indif- position of his thinking powers may imagine he fees or perceives what really he does not perceive ; but this does not destroy the cer- tainty of fenfe and confcioufnefs, in which we mull neceffarily reft, being able to prc- ceed no farther; and the error is corrected only by reviewing the matter in a calmer and more compos'd Bate. In like manner, though the heart, through inattention and prejudices, may judge amifs concerning its own moral Rate, which is a more complete fubjedt of refiecion and Pelf confcious knowledge than the mere exer- cife of our natural powers, yet in general is this evidence to a well difpofed upright heart, calmly and deliberately examining it- felf, clear enough, and built upon a firm and stable foundation, fufficient to all the purpofes of the felf - enjoyment which arifes from integrity, and of affuring itself before God, and having confidence of his felicita- ting favour. I take this felf - knowledge of our perfe Lion in love, which is here Paid to be the ground of boldnefs in the day of judg- ment, to be in of ed the fame with what St. Paul, 2 Tim. i. t a. expreffes by his knowing
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