I22 I. t."1 Difcourfe of true hdpmeffi. are liable to thelawes ofmen, open, andobuious to the eye and judgement ofall; and, therefore feareofpunilhment,re- proach,andbafe reputation ; fhame,and fpeechofthe world ; hope of reward and riling; defireof maintaining a good o- pinion for honefty and religion ; ofholding force gainefull coherencewithGods children; are of great power to re- f}raine them, and tokeepe them within good compafl and moderation. So that amans words and aarions maybe faire, ingenuous, and honourable ; whofe thoughts are bafe, pro- phane and abhominable. But thoughts are the free, immedi- ate and invifible productions ofthe heart, never taken with- in the walke ofhumane juftice ; by their naturali fecrecy ex- empted frommans molt priviefearch, and all executionsof State. Their aberrations are onely cenfurable by the fearcher ofall hearts; no eye priesinto thefe fecrets, but that which is ten thoufand times brighter then the Swine : And there- fore millions ofthoughts, many thoafand formes ofima7ina- tion fpring continually out of the hearts of' men; which without feareo: maske, withoutrefiraint or refrvation, doe undiflèmblingly refemble and reprefènt the true fiate and difpofition of theheart: So that from themwe may be ever fore to take infalliblenotice, whether theheart as yet onely worke naturally, in framing them in its owne finfull mould, and feeding themwith confentand delight; or elfe be taught and guided by a fupernaturall power,tocompofe them accor- ding to the light ofGods Word, and holy motions ofhis fàr. c`tifying Spirit. Let us thenconfider, what,deepe root: theWord ofGod loth take, andwhat fpeciall foveraignty it doth exercife in the thoughtsof a fan; iked min whereby he is cleerely dif- ferenced from all ftates ofunregeneration ; even that of for- mall by ocrifìe, which [ place in a degree above civil hone- fty, and in the higheft perfection attainable by an unregene- rateman. We will then for our pre nt purpofe conceive thefe differences betwixt the child ofGod, and the formall hypocrite in this point of' thoughts. Firfl.,inrefpect oftheir nature,forms,&manner ofworking, Streames
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