comfortable walking with God. 3'I fuch as that, Math. I2. 43. 2 Pet:2.20.22. when aman dif- continues,and furceaf s 4om the outward pra&ife; perhaps ofall groffe finn s for a time : out:ofterrour; fuddaine fright from force Sonne ofthunder; or upon trial!, whether byhis owne flrength, he be able to endure, and digeft a divorce from his darling pleafure ; and the holy wayes of thofe who walke towards heaven, without tomuch difcontent- ment ; ( for without too fore acrufh to his carnali heart, he could becontent to looke after a crowne of life, and I wire himnot.) Or for force other by-end. But becaufe his heart was not honeff and good, neither did the Word take an humble roote in it, nor himfelfe refolve upona fincere, gene- rallandconf}ant felfe-deniall at firft, he falls againe upon his formali vomit, and againe wallowes in the tyreof his fenfuall pleafures, withmore rage and refolution than before. 5. Nor partial], where theremay be an outward reforma- tion in the moltthings ; but yet there is íi11 retained a fecret refolvedrefervation ofan impenitent, intire enjoyment of all he delights, and full fweetnefl'e of the bofome fanne : which is utterly incompatible, and cannot poffibly confih with a truely religious and regenerate flare. I fay,my change (Ionely, and infinitely magnifie, admire and adore the free grace and love ofmy molt holy, and ever blef!'ed God for it)was not onely morali, formal!, mental!, temporary; or partiall,in the fenfe I have Paid: but univerfall,bothin refpeft ofthe fubjet and obje£t,as they fay; without allrefervati- ons, exceptions, fenfuall dillin&ions, Pharifaicall impofiure, partialities, hypocrifies, felfe-delufions.Formyteachers have told mee by the touch-hone of his pure and holy truth : That every true change is of the whole man, from the whole fervice of Satan, to the living God, in fincere oho dience tohis whole Law, in thewhole courfe of our lives. That it is difcernable, and differenced from all partial!, in- fufficient, hollow, halfe-converfions: By a. Integritie of change : Imeane, in all parts and powersof fpirit,foule and body; in the underflanding, judgement, memory, contd. ence : in the will, affeions, delires, thoughts: in theeyesy X 3 eared
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=