, --~----=---------~------------------ 'Fhe Saints ding he fhoufd be4 fo farre 4~t1rld with' that hare.. full finneof hypocrific,_, as .to'the eyeofmen:~ to beunreprovable, and yet to gri~ve fo good afpi– ritJ and offend fo gracious a GoJ, by tbe finfull wandrings and ravings of his thoughts, which though noman fee; yet the iearcher ofall hearts, and the undefiled purity ofAlmightyGod~ doth right heartily hate and abhorre. Let us then trie the truthof~ur faith, by thechangeand holinetfe of our hearts. Ifour inward affeCtions, and inmofr thoughtsbe purified, then it isacertaine figne the .power offavingfaith hath beene there. The Jejireof therighteo111iltJneiJt,ood) faithsatomoH, Prov.r r.2~. By nacure the imagiflationr oj man.1 hrart aretJfle~ tfJilt ctHJtiiJHai!J, Get~. 6. 5. Yet after' ·the heart beP\Jified by faith,his defiresareonely good. But becaufeno man is foabfolutelygoodand fancHfied in thisJ.ife> · wemufi underfrand it thus. The maine fireames of his defire!l, the courfe and current of hisheart ·is togodlindfeand goodneffe, though fometimes his corrupt n'ature, and ' Satans boyfr.erous temp· .rations J doe unawares and violently carry his thoughts anotherway. His inw:ud and fecret p1ors and projects, are ·commonly fpent for the fetting forward grace, and Gods glorie. But if fo be, that out of the reliques and roots of in·hred corrupti~ on, which is neverutterlyaboHfhed until1 death~ there paffe bjmfometimes~ndfprout up~ :ta£b and ·unrulyw:ifhesand deures, -after ,he comes·tO.him.. felfe, ·and takes notice-of•thcm3he ,fends out mao .DY"Other .zealotts ancll fervent after them~ for hu· miliation an~ 'pardon, and pwrgin.g -of.his :heart•. - Whereas
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