r, 214 Directions for(getting an4 keeping God toanuntifual jealoufie. ft1iere be, it is ei- t,her the increaL of forne carnal intereit in your heart,- or elfe the wilful or negligent falling into force adua I fin,ofcomma-lion or °million. In the making of this featIch you have heed ?o be exceeding caiite- lous ; for if I have any acqua.intance with the myfte- rie of this birfiriefs, your .peace or trouble, comfort ordifcomfbrt will mainly depend on this. ,And your care muff lie in this point ;. thaiiyou diligently avoid thefe two 'extrearns- that you do not deal negligently and unfaithfullywith your own foul, as either unwilling to know the truth,or unwilling to be at that labour which, you muff needs be at before you canknow it. Secondly, that you do not either condemn your felf When your confcienee cloth acquit you or vex your foul with needlefs fcruples, or make unavoidable or .ordinary, infirmities to feem -.filch wilful hainous fini, as fhould quite break your fetled peace.. O how narrow is the path between thefe two rniflaken roads? and how hard a thing,and how rare is it to finde it and to keep in it ? For your felfand all tender confcienc'd Chriflians that are heartily willing to be Ruled by Çhrif, I would per- fwade you equally to beware ofboth thefe : becaufe fame fouls are as inclinable to the later extream as to the former (during their troubles.) But for the mat Chrifliansin theworld ,I would have them firil and principaily-avoid the former, and that with far greater diligence then the later. For i. Naturally all ine.ns.hearts are farproner to deal too remifly,yea unfaithfully with themfelves in fearching after their fins, then too krupulouny and tenderly. The belt men. have fo.much pride and carnal fell-love, that it will
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