Generall direéionsfer a on they are fafc enough for falvation; though alas ! theybe meere strangers,nay, toomany times oppofices to thepower and pra&ife thereof. ro, The benefit ofa better nature, anda conflitution not foprecipitant andprone to force corruptions. For inftance: A man hereby may fee others lye remorfleflyin the molt a- bominable beafily finne of drunkennefl'e; when his heart ri- feth againftfuch fwinifh filch : others tranfported with furi- ous and fierypallions, when as his milder temper knowes no fuch rage : others hunting after high monies, with the haz. zardoftheir foules, and certaine fhipwracke of a good con- fcience; when as his folitarydifpolition affe&s retiredneffe and home. Thus whenit is many times the infirmity, impo- tencie,ordeformitieofnature,or at bef},but the natnrall mo- deration of a better complexion, that difinclines and dif- ableshim from the a&ing offome groffer evills ; hee .fondly conceives that is is the power and foveraignetie of grace, which makes thedifference betwixthimfelfe and other Eons of Belial, whoby natures impetuoufneffe, are more prone and provoked thereunto, z t. The heartleffe effe&s of flavifh.feare, which Come- times will curbe forne kinde of men, from committing force notorious finnes, and fpurre them forward to the outward performance of force holy duties; yet they, not marking the motives, manner, orend ;nor taking to heart at all, thegroffe exorbitancyof any of them, but onely eying the worke wrought ; may cauflefly be too well conceited of them- felves, and fo cozen their owne foules. But let no true- hearted Nathaneel here miflake : I know force ofGods dea- reft Children whomake confcience ofall finne, and topleafe God in all things, yet in darkeneffe of their melancholy, or beateoftemptation, may feare all is naught with them ; be- caufe they feare they doe all for flavilh feare. But their fearer, jealoufies, hearty complaints, and holy deliresto the con- trary, may.miniaer comfort enough, if they willbecounfel- led, untill they come out of temptation. 12. Even the bleffed Word ofGod, mifunderitood, and wretchedly
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