Confidence towards God, explained. 325 are diligent to know their duty, and heartily S E R M. inclined to pradife it, though they have XIII. (till tome involuntary errors, and are charge - "--v--1 able with fins of infirmity. Can we fuffer ourfelves to believe that the good God, who hath written the work of his law on the hearts of ali men, and given them con - fciences to bear witnefs to it, in purfuance of which, he exercifeth a confiant care over them, by his goodnefs inviting finners to repentence, and obferving the difpofitions and behaviour of every one; can we fuffer ourfelves to believe that he doth not diflin- guifh between them who defire to fear him, and in the general tenor of their lives, Thew a prevailing regard to virtue, though with fome imperfe lions, and the incorrigible of- fenders, who are contentious and obey not the the truth made known to them, but take pleafure in unrighteoufnefs ? And that he doth not approve the former, and difap- prove the other ? To imagine that this mer- ciful indulgence to the infirmities of the f ncere, which they bewail, are daily firiving againfi, and endeavouring to amend, is a fpecial grace of the gofpel to them who are under that difpenfation from which others equally fincere are excluded, is to make the gofpel an infirument of partiality, Y 3 any
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