comfortablewalking with God. a 341 in the fanCtified foule, I have difcovered in my Dslipsrfe of trxehappinefe; page 25 . and there madetender of thinecor- rofives and counterpoyfons againft it. To which at this time Iadde thefe When thou beginneft with an over-weening conceit to admire thy felfe immoderatelyand above that which is meet, caft thine eye. z a Vpon the purity and piercing of Gods all-feeing Eye, ten thoufand timesbrighter then the Sunne, and purer then purity it felfe ; which fees finne tobee infinitely more finfull and loatbforne then thou canft poffible : whereby His holy Tuftice is incenfed with infinite indignation, and unquench- able feverityagainft it. Witneffe the turning into Devils, ir- recoverable deftruCtion,and everlaftingdownefall of fo ma- ny glorious creatures, the top and mailer piece, as it were ' of all Gods handy worke, ihiningonce fo fairely in thehigheft heaven, and neereft unto his Emperiall Throne The curie which fell upon eAdamandall his pofterity, for eating the forbidden fruit : The confufions which came upon the firft worldby the flood : Theburning of Sodome with fire and britnflone from heaven : The fearefull rejeCtionof his owne ancient people: The horrours of a guilty enraged conf once, which is a hell upon earth , and damnation abo ground : The everlafting fire which h prepared for repro- bate men and angels, &c. Neither doth this brighteft Eye onely fee all thy finnes in their native foulenelfe, but alto in their trueft number. Thou perhaps, for want of more fpi- rituall eye-falve, beholdeft them but as itarres in a gloomy evening : but affure thy felfe He fees them, as mates in the Sunne, and as Starres in the cleareft winters midnight. Me- thinkes, this mortifying meditation fhould rather make thee grow into further deteftation of finne, then admirationof thy felfe. ' 2. Vpon the incomprehenfible perfeCtions and abfolute pureneffe of Gods moll holy nature ; the fplendour where-, of dothdazlc the dearth eyes of the brighteft SLraphims ; IAi 6.2. doth drowne as it were, all Angelical' glory as the Sunnes , I 2 Z 2 pretence
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