218 VireE1iansforgetting andkeeping means are either not know or not ufed, for the cure, it is no wonder ; and fornetimes it will be long, if the righteft means be ufed. But for thofe that have been long in theProfeífon ofholinefs, and yet lye, or fall again, and troubles of foul (except thofe before excepted) rwould have themmake a diligent fearch, whether Goddo not obferve either fome Refhly intereft incroach upon hisrightor forne ae}ual fin to be cherifhed in their hearts or converfations. And here let me tell you, when you are making this fearch, what particulars they be which I would have you to be moil jealous of. r. The former fort which I call contrary carnal interefi incroacching on Chrifiis RigIt,are they that you muff look after with far more diligence then your actual fins t.Becaufe they are the far greateft and molt dangerous of all fins, and the root-ofall the reft : for as God is the End and chief Good of every Saint, fo thefe fins do ftand upagainst him as our End & ChiefGood ; and caray away the foul by that A1/4.`:t which we call limply lulling, or complacency, and fo thefe interefts are mens Idols,and refill Gods very Soveraignty,and perfect Goodnefs, that is, They are againft God himfelf as out God. Whereas thofe which I now call Aâual fins, as diftin& from thefe, are ,bt the violation of particular Precepts, and againft Gods meansand Laws directly, and but remotely or in- directly againft his Godhead : and they have but that act ofour Will which we call Ele5lion, Confent, or Vfc,` which is proper to Means, and not to the End, z. Becaufe as thefe fins are the mot damnible, fo they lye deepeft at the heart, andare not fo ealily discovered. It is ordinary with many to
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