294 General/direaions for a TO the Md. Phil.4.6. I Tim,6.9,to. lar4.5. I, 2,3. FrOV.23 5. a TeLy.7. V I. Laftly, concerning a right and comfortable mana gingof our fpirituall ellate, apoint of deepeft confideration, and higheft confcquenco, take noticeof two extremes, two dangerous Rocker, uponwhich the foule may run, and fplit it felfe fpiritually. r . The one is a proud :over-prizing of our owne graces, with a conceited over-weening felfe-admiration. iris duo -occi, 2. The a other, a dejected, cliftruftfull, undervaluing of dung anialas9 a" Gods mercies, theprornifes of life, and thole graces which 4cfperatio , auc , perverfa fpes. weponene truth and holy defire ; though not in that de- auxuft.inbano grce we defire. Seh59. I. Before I can feafonably and preparedly fall upon the firft; to inftruft,punaually, andarme the Chriftian againft it, withwhom I principally deale in this whole difcourie : give me leave todifcover a myftery of fpirituall Selfe deceit; by whichSatan fitsprefumptuonfly in the darkned mindes, and deluded imaginations of thole, whom with his cunning and malicehehoodwinkes, and hardens to their endleffe coda- fion. , Many thoufands even under the meanes, and in this glo riousmiddayofthe Gofpel,aregroundleg -, lyconceited,that theyare right, whenas in truth' and triall,' they are rotten at the heartroote; that they are lure of Heaven, when they are as yet molt Certainely of the familyof Hell. .Neither is this any ftrange thing : lbdeluded were thefook.AVirgin!, Mat. 25. 11.1 *.and fo areall fuckoutfide Chriftians s Thili,Ltsk, 1312 .27.E and fo are all, who fland onely, on the worke wrought, bare taskeof religious duties, without thepow- er of inwardholineffe a Thepiingman in the Gofpel, Megt, 79.2o:with-that generation, 'Promod 2. And fo areall fuch civil! Iuftitiaries : theproudThar/fe,Luk,i 8.i I,I3.who was foconfident, that hegave God thankes for his bleffed tion ; ;whenhe wagbut yet a curled tin jtiftified Wretch, and- foare all of, his. foimall fliaine Thofe;.1068.39. whoheld thilnfehtes tobe vibightims ChiidfC11 3 whereas. Chrifti tell tnet
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