\ ]See Prov.r T.:tJ. )Jer.4.14. Afeco:;1d diffe. ·rencebetwixt . ravingand teiU· •porary fd,h. ' ' . ·~ I ................. oucwardJd o , marL;n,and wouldgladly be thought : to be in the right way, yet fomewhat or other is · ever behinde, which either for pleafure, or profit, or eftimations fa:ke he will no't part with ;. there is fame pleafing bofome finneor othetJ which if it were poffible, hee would even carry with ·h'im to Heaven. _ · 2. Secondly, A faving fairhdoth everfancHfie the in.mofr, andmofr lurking affections, rhefecret- · purpofes, defires and iinaginai:ions of the heart._ It at firll: flirres up, and ever afrer tnaintain~s that 'fore and ·invifibk fight betwixt the flefh andthe fpirir, betwixt the fanGtified partof the fotrl.e; and · · the unregenerate. I r begets acare and confcience in the true Chri£tian of keeping the Jafi Com– mandement, which is the furefr rouch-.fione ·ro try the truth, and foundnefle of our cdnve.dion;· whetheric be copper and counterfeit, or ·currant and fubframiall ; for it tries the reines, cenfures and br~d1es idle, wandring, ·and ·iinpertirient thougrrrs, the eviH motions, Iufts and [Hrringsof the heartJ whatfoever they are. Hence ·it is rhat the ·fanctified man bath ever aneye to h1s heart, . · and is verymuch troubled about his thoughts. For he labours that his feoet conceirs and"inwardde– fires be as well approved before God) as hisout– ward converfationand carriage beforemen: He is as loth anq fearfuli ro ·offerid God, and grieve his g()od fpidr, in'hisheart, whiCh no mortalleyecan .. lee, asin his wordandaCtions, whichareopenaqd' lbhle to the ·cenfure and intrrpretation of the · wodd. It go ~s as much againfi hisheart to commir· " -.:..;.::'·· ...... ...... . . .,. .......... ....... .. . . prw.~ .
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