choice Bed of Spices., againit the moll inward fecret fins, againft thofe very fins that lye not within the reach of reafon, or the Sword of the Magifirate, or the piercing eye of the mcft knowing or ob- fervmg man in the World, but are only obvious town °inn i- fcient eye. But now carnal men, as they make little of outward fins, fo they make nothing of heart -fins; of fpiritual fins. If they are not drunkards, nor fwearers, nor extortio ners, nor whoremafters, nor curfers, nor cheaters, nor op- preffors, nor Iya.rs, nor perfecutors ; if they are good nega- tive ChriRians, then they think thernfelves very good Saints, and in a very fair way for heaven, and that-rio man can fay Black is their eye ; when their hearts are as full of evil thoughts) and fecret lulls, as Ignorance, Atheifm, unbelief, pride, envy, difcontent, anger, formality, hypocrify, indif- ferency, lukewarmnefs, deadnefs and hardnefs,"&c. as the Sun is full of light, or as Hell is full of darknefs. Reftrain- ing grace, common grace, only:makes head againfi grofs enormities , againft palpable vanities, as you may fee in the Scribes andPharifes ; but laving grace makes head againft- heart-fins, againfapiritual fins, Common grace is all for wafhing the outfide, but Saving -grace is 'for wafhing the in- fide as well as the outfide. Conarno.n grace is only for wafh- ing the feet and the head, but Saving grace is for waffling both feet, head, and heart. Look as in a dark night we can only fee thole Rats that are of the greateft magnitude ; fo by the flar-light of natural Confcience, the, natural man can on- ly fee thofe fins that are more great and grofs. Natural con- victions can reach no further than natural light, but fpiritual convictions reach to the moll inward, fecret, fpiritual, and undifcernable fins; Certainly that is a fincere hearr,a heart more -worth than gold, that (mites a man for inward fins as well as for outward fins ; for fins done in a corner, as well as for fins acted Upon the houfe top ,; for fpiritual fins as well as for fleshly fins ; for fins againft the Soul, as well as for fins againfl the body ; for fins committed in. a Clofet, as well as for fins committed on the molt publick Stage. Cer- tainty that troub!e and grief that fp,rings from heart-fins, from fpiritual, fins, from fecret fins, bears a more imme- diate I0I Matt.19,16 47. Matth. 21. John '3. 9) Io.
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