-.3·o The N~ture of Conver(ion. fotth thef~·eet EreathofPrayer,andholy Difcourfe, and the mans fpeaks inanotherTongue,in the Lan– guage ofCanaanJ and is never fo well, as when talk· ing ofGod) and Chrift, and thematters of another World. His mouth bringeth forth Wifdom, his Tongue is become the filvcr Trumpet ofhis M2kers Praife, his glory, and the befi: n1ember that he hath. Now here you fl1all have the 1-Iypocrite halting. He fpeaks it n1ay be likean Angel, hut he hath a ..._ covetouseye., or the gain of unrightcoufne~ in his · hand. Or the harid is white, but his heart is full ofrottennefs, J.£at. 2 3. 2 7. full of unn1ortifiedcares, a very Oven ofLuft, a Shope ofPride, the Seat of Malice. It n1aybe with Nebuchadnezz.ar's Tmage, he nath a Golden Head, a great deal ofKnowledg~ : but hehathFeet of Clay, his Affections are WorldJy,he minds earthly things, and his way and walk are fenfual, and carnal, you nfay trace him in his fecret haunts, and hisfootfteps will be found in fon1e by– pathsof fin. The work is not thorowout with hirn. 3. Thorowout the Motions, or the Life, and Praflice. The~ewMan takes anew courfe, Ep~. z. 2, 3· His Converfationis in Heaven, Phi!. 3· 20. No fooner dothChrift callbyeftecrual grace,but he ftraigh.tway becomes afollower of him, Mat. 4· 2o. When God hath given the ·new heart and writ his Iaw in his . mind, he forthwith walks in his Statutes) and keeps his Judgments, Ezek. 36. z6, 27. Though fin znaydwell (God knows a wearifome and unwelcome guefi) in him, yet it hath nomore _ Do1ninion over him, Rom. 6. 7, J 4·· He bath his fruit unto holinefs, Rom. 6. 22. and though he makes many a blot, yet theLaw and Life of Jefus is that be eyes, as his copy, P[al. I r 9· 3o. Heb. 1 2. 2. and. hath an unfeigned refpetl: to all God's Con1nland– ments, P[al. I 19. 6. l-Ie makes Confcience even of Jittle fins and little duties, Pfal•.r r 9· 1 r 3. His ~~ry · infirm1t1es
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