·~ ' . ~28 - ,The Natu1·e of Converfion. view of his fins, the fight of a Chrift crucified, that ·would fcarce ftir him ·before, now how much do .they affeet his heart! , .His hatred boils, his anger burns againft fin, P[al. _l 1.9. 1 o-4: Hehath nopatiencewith hi1nfelf ~ hecalls himfelf foel, and beaft, .and thinks any nan1e too -go~d for hirnfelf, when his indignation is fiirred up agatnfi fin, Pfal. 73· 22. Prov. 30 2. He could once f will in it, with toomuch pleafure ; now he Ioaths the thought of returning to it, as much as of lick: ing up the filthieft vornit. Co1nmune then with l hint' own heart, and attend the common and general current of thineaffechons, .whether it be towards God in Chrifr , above all O· ther concernments Indeed, fudden and firongcom· motions of the aff.:tlions, and t'enfitive part~ are oft-times found in hypocrites, efpeciallywhere the. natural conflitution leads thereunto; and contrari– wife, the faFlCtified themfelvcs aren1anytimes with– out fenfible fhrrings of the affeB:ions, ~; here the temp:r is n1ore flow, dry and dull. The great en– qu:ry is, whether d:e judgment and will be fiand– ingly determined for God, above all other good, real or apparent; and if the affeCtions do fincerely follow their choice and conduC1:, though it be not fofirongly an4 fenfibly as is to be defired, there is no doubt but ·the change is faving. .· 2 •. Throughout the members. Thofe that ·we're be– fore the inftruments of fin, are now become·the holy utenfils of Chrift's living temple, . Kom. 6. r6. 1 Cor 3· 16. He that before made, as it were, a baud or a barrel of his body, now poifdfeth his veffel in fan&ification and honour, in temperance, chaftit~ , ~nd fobriety, and dedicated to the 'Lord, t -The[. 4· 4• Gal r. 21, 23· I Cor. 6. J 9' lOo The eye that wasoncea wandr.ingeye, awanton eye, a lla~&hty, a covetous eye, is .now employed, as
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