Spiritual Peace and Comfort. io; Citable then fcronger Chriftiansare, and therefore when crofs Aiings are fo frequent, he cannot difcern the fmallctt prevailing Habit. If ( when you are weighing Gold ) The fcales be turned but with one graaaevery little jogg\vr wind, or unfleadfaft hold- ing w.11 actually lift up. the heavier end ; and its preponderation is with great wavering and mobility'. 8. Yet further , Confider, thofe that have leaft Grace have moil fin, habitual and actual and they are fo frequent in tranfgrefsing, that their failings are 1141 in their eye, and thereby the prevalency of Chriíis intereft is made more doubtfull and obfcure For when he asketh his own confcience, Do I Will or ii;ve moll the world and nilfleihly delights, or Choy; and his wai °s ? pre fently conftience remembreth him get fuch a time, and such a time thou didtt choofe thy fiefhly pleafures, profits or credit, and refute obedi- ence t and it is fo oft, and fo foully, that the foul is utterly at a lofs, and cannot difcern the Habitual preva'ent bent and Refolution of the Will. g. lc.. fides, Confcience: is a judge in mans foul, and will heaccufng and condemning men fo far as they are guilty : now they that make work fir the muff fre- quent and terrible Accufations of Confcience that will -Rand with trueGrace, areunlikely to have AI furance. For Affurance quiets the foul, and ea.fèth it : and a galled Confcience works the contrary way. They that keep open the wound, and daily fret off the skin.,:íére, and re (till grating on thegalled part, are unlikely to have Afiurance. io. Again, Thei weake[t Chri[lians being leaft induty &molt in fines ning(ofany inwhom fin reigneth not) they arecon® kquentlymolt in provoking& difpeafing God. And 4 they
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