it in his waking: to fuch an one fho~ld men and Angels preach, yet fo flr is he be. witched with fin, that he hath no mmdof goodneffe, or tf ever he do any good ac1: (\ohich is a rare thing with htm) it tS_not ?ut of confcience to. do good, but for fomc finill:er end or refpeC"t. It ts otherwtfe Wtth the regenerate, hts confl'ience incites him to Kood, and he dothgoodout ofconflience; he ll:ands not upon termes of pleafure or profit, but his confi"ience bemg gutded by the rule and fquare of Gods holy truth, .he fubmits to it meerly out of hts obedtcnce to Ged : hence tt ts, that come what will ''fa!. St. 12, come weal or wo, hiscye is fixt on God; and if man oppofe where God-commands he is quickly refolved out ofthat in .ifaiah p. 12. I, I even am he chat comfortechyou : who art thou, that thouJhouldeft be afraid ofa man that jhall die, t~rtd of che fon of ma; that foal! be made as grajfc .' andfvrgecceft che Lord thy Mak!r, that hathftrecched forth the heavens, and laid the focmdattom ofthe earth -' Or ifwe confider the fecond office 0 ( confcience (in drawing the foul fromwiJ) the unregenerate either hears not, or heeds not his reclaiming confi:ience: ifit fpeak, he fir/l: goes about to lull it at1eep again; or if it cry out, andwillnot peace, then(in fpighfofgoodneffe) herunsoutof one Go into another, and ufually from prefumption to defpair. On the other fide, the regenerate bath a confcienH that drawes him from,and keeps him out of evil: 'tis known efpecially by thefe two properties, Remorfe andTendernejfe: renJO>fe hath an eye on all fins pall:, and cendernejfehath an eye on all finnes to come : by remorfe is bred forrow for fin, and loathing of finne: no fooner be confiders how by his manifold fins he hath offended God, c~ucified Chrifl, grieved the holy Spirit, but his heart bleeds and breaks that he hath done fo wickedly againll: fo gracious a God: this forrow for fin brings with it a loath– ing offin ; he cannot but hate it, that hath caufed his heart break ; yea he hates it, and ha tes the very thought of it; every look-back is a new addition of deteftation, and every meditation makes the wound ofhis remorfe to bleed again and again: by cender– nejfe of confcience is bred a care and watchfulneffe to avoid fin to come; for no fooner is fin prefented to his confi:ience, qut he ll:artles at its fight, and thinks on its vanity, and meditates on that flri{t and general account he mull: one day make for it; whiclr I, thoughts and fin put together in the balance, he dares not do wickedly for a world of gain : and you may obferve i.r, this tendernejfe (or eafineff: to bleed at the apprehenfion of fin) is-proper and pccuhar to that confc.cnce alone that IS enltghtened,and fancrified, and purged by Chrill'. Fifthly, theajfeCiiommull: be renewed, and that is done by fetting them upon right objeCts. I fhall in/l:ance in fome of them, as love, hatred, hope, fear, joy, for-,ow. Love I place firft, which in the unregenerate man is fa/l:ened inordinately upon the cre•– ture; andasonefinbegetsanother, foon whatfoever objeCt it fall, itgetsfome fin: thus the love of honour breeds ambition, love of 1iches breeds covetoufneffe, love of beauty breeds lull:, love ofpleafure breeds fenfuality: whatfoever he loves (the ob– jeCt being earthly) it brings with it fome Gnne, and thereby (the wor/l: ofall) he wick– edly prefers earth before heaven, a dunghill before Paradife, a few bitter-fweet plea– fures for an inch of time, before unmixed and immeafurable joyes world without 'Aaz6o~S. end: But the regenerate man fettles his love upon other objeCts; as he that is carnal, -~~;:;:,~<~·::•· minds things carnal, fo h~ that is fpiritual, loves things fpiritual; no fooner is he turn– no w.ckcd ed (by a found and untverfal ch1nge of the whole man) from dark_nej[e to light, aiJJ. '"an amooga from the power ofSatan unco God, but he prefently begins to fettle with fome fweet con– m,burhehach tentment, upon the flowers of Paradife, heavenly glimpfes, faving graces, and his fomefl love 10 infinite love runs higher and higher, till it imbrace him that dwells in the highe/l:, *God ~~-'1'ell";,'::~:~ Almighty ; and how fweet is that love that calls it felf wholly into the bofome of his Iy here is the Maker? how bleffed is that man, that yearns, and melts, and cleaves, and /l:icks unto ncfoucdndfe his gracious God above all? why, this is right love, and for this is the Church com· whtchnnd~s mended, Cant. 1, 4· Therighteouslovethee, or as others tranOate, amat in reC/im– ~~~~:h::i~- e dimbus,Jhe loves theerighteoujly; ~er love is fet above all upon the right objeCt, God: kriour blefnot that the regenerate loves nothmg elfe, for he *loves the Law, the Minifters, and liogs better all the ordimnces ofGod appointed for his good ; but whatfoever he loves it refleCts th<n Inm; and upon God, he loves all for God, and God fOr himfelf. ~~:i,'~;',:!'"a~~; The fecond affection is hatred, which in the unregenerate is fo inordinate, that .he i~ "'' reft. an hater of God, Rom, r. 30. not that hehates God in himfelf(for God is univerfolly Cant. t 4· good, and cannot be hated) but in fome particular refpecr, 'becaufe he reftrains him P~i 'r,'9'·65 ' from his pleafure, or punifheth him for his fin, or croffeth his lewd appetites by his ho• ~o~~ ·,~-3~~- Iy commands. A11~ as he Plj!n q~d, fo likewife his broth1r, 1 John. 2. r r. Hence.~'John 2, u. · · - anfe
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