127 : (t/fe~inriching- exami~ation. __ __;,...,.. inmalice~ in'worldlinefle~ aworld ofwkk-edndfe, . without any great horror or f.:ruple, firh they are but vanifhing and inviilble thoughts : But where the working.·and purging grace c:>f faving f.tith bath·fei.zed upon, and k!afoned:the hearc, rnere a zealous and watchfull care is had, there confctence is ever made of the devifes and de fires of the .·. ' .heart. Though no eye of man, nohand of hom:ane ;uHice~ no inflrument of death can dHcover, .ceri- · fi1re, or reach unto the fecret& finfull motions and imaginations ofthe hearr, yet fith they are ·ge::>od open to rheall-feeingeye ofGod,-moft hatefull in , , · his fight,Jiable eo his high difpleafure_, ._ gdeve·his : .l fpirir,-andweaken the power.ofgracc;- everytruly · · fan~ed inan, dorh fer himielf~ wirh tj>edaUcare, and all good confcience, to bridle and bring them under~ to repreffe aHwicked fiirrings of the heart, · andm.ainlytooppofe againfr all Iufifull,proud, co– vetous.) ambitious, malicious, or what other irre• · . gular or .exorbitant thGrughts foeve-r,· the tormall . pr9felfour' .the hal~e Chrifl:ian, is ever more t~~bled and gnevedwtth an open finnethat doth dtt: grace andThame- him in: thc.world, than.w.ithpior- · tingm~1chwickedneffe, and a&ing many poliuti– onsJ iti his ~cret and1tivifible-thoughts. ·But the found Chrifiian.is fometimesmore.vexed, forha– vinggtvenway to fomewickedconceit~ andvvan* drin~ imaginations ofhis heart, then f6r outward ; frailties and infirmities. For it grieves .him 'tothe:~ ·· · heart, that_ fith Go~ bath ranked Mm amorigfr:' the :number of true Chrifrians, and that .hee·iS: . fo .accounteq by .th_e.beft :Inen~ · yet ·notwithil'an.:. ' . . dfu~ ··
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