I ., < •. Athird diffe· rence betwixt faving and , temporary raith. · rrheSaints r ;.. ~ thought of treaion> arheifme, murder, adultery, blafphemieJufury.,oppreffion,andfuchIike~ but'ordinarily without ~any great remorfe or checke h e(uffershisheart to runne riotint6a worldofidl~ : wandrings, efpecially ro fpenumanyfrefb fucceffi- : ons ofmi:lionsofthoughts,withunweariedpnrfuit of pleafing erronr, in the endleffe Maze ofearth– Iy... mindedneffc;Iufl:falnetfe; ambition; and allpaf– fages for the.advancementofhinemporall happi– neif~, andattainmentofearthlypleafures. li1·aW0rd, ~rm::tnfartcrifiedbyfaving faith;hath asweUan erye.tQ fee the thoughts:of his heart~ as the outwardndfe cf Bis carriage ; bee makes his acruall !innes his outward frailtiesand.infirm1ties, as 9loud-houmds·:to:ttaceout hisoriginall ·corrup· . don, and ·fhe 'hiddea root of his rebellions, ·ana there he Hrikes, ;and wounds, and.mortifies. But where the faith is bnt temporary' there car~ may be had--of ~ords~nd afrion~, but the.heart is not nmch rnetilea,wich~ lt ·ma:y'l perbaps1 be curious·in pruning and lopping the outward luxuriant bowes and branches of!inne, whichareaneye-fore tothe ·world:> and Scorpions to t-he .confcience ; but it . Wilnts pdwer t.odiggeunto rheroofwhiCh lurks in rhe heart . and will, to ,take notice -ofinvifible · ·thoughts, wh1th neither breed difgrace -among men, nor as yet ilingwith fenfible remorff. 3· Thirdly, there isone:fpeciallniarke·of diffe– .renc.ebetweenedav·ing and temporary'faith, poin– ted at by theTpirit of:God inthe parable ofrhe Sower, and the diversgrounds, Matth.IJ.Mttr~4· .LJJk.:,8. andmay be thus thenceg~hered. · The
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