S a c r. I I I. Falfc Signs of Gràíi. t 97 truepeace , and thus woful felf.flatterywas their rain. Gód Peeinghush a prone- rseffe co deceive our (elves, makesexpreffe provilion againftic : If a man when he heareth all thecurfes ofthe taw,flail yec blelfe himfelf inhis heart,'and fay, None, of ebefe evils (hall come uponme, God will exprcfl), fet againft fuch a man. Oa is is terriblewhen God curfeth thee, theLaw curfcth.chee, the hrinifiersof God de. Clare his curies againfi thee, yet thou to tslefs thy !elf, and to fay, Gaalevetb thee, andwill dogood to thee : Oh rakeheedof there turfed (htfrings:.this .uncempered minter willnot hold out, though thou daub itop never to craftily : do not evade and fay, There judgementsofGod, Ode threatniogs do not belong to me ; for I. loveGod, I have a good heart, I do that which is ju(t and good CO all; for all chis flippery Ice will thaw when the fun arifeth. Fifthly, wherethis quietnefi ia, túerc u mach6aaffing and glorying iv this , that they haveageodheart, andfo rely mach s pon that, it is a wonder to hearmen that He is much in live in a confiant neglcft ofholy ducies,yeafometimes wallow in the filthand mire, gloryingofhis of laoch(oni fins,yec how theywill boa(t inchis,Táey havea.goadheart, and thatas good hears. good as anyof the ftrideft profeffors have : What wilde Logick is this? Howcan there be a good heart, iftherebe nota good life ? Howcan therebe a good tree;; if therebe not good fait ? Is that a good fire that burneth not, that warmethnot ? Is that goodmeatthat nourithethnot? Oh, why do not fach confider that excel. lent Aphorifm ofthe wife man, He that traffethin hù ownheart, is a fool? On take heedthat all thy boaftingsof My heart beinggood, whatfoever thy failings be, are not meere folly. Iris folly to [ruff in a mans Heart, becaufe it is fo deceitful : He thinketh he Bothrepent, when he Both not : he thinketh he loveth God, when he doth not.Doft thou thereforeappeal to thy heart,and call thy heart towìtnefs for thygodlineffe ? Oh, that is thevery cheat and coufener inthe world : Ic is deceit- ful in all things faith the Prophet, who canknow it?Do not thou reti on that whicit isnaturally full of lies, andhypocrifies: It is true, when the heart is enlightened byGods (pith, as in the godly, then it is made a true heart , and a faithful hearc thoughnotperfealy : and fo thofe graces inus, which ofthemfelves wouldnever evidence chemrelves,by GodsSpirit becomevrfrble ; evenas fome relate ofa pre,. cious (tone, which will not cart any glorious Mire unlcffc the fun.beams thine up. on it. Sixthly, This carnalprefonptionandboldneffèmay hold in themid,$ of Codreake (,( mitietand wrath, yea at theflraaksofdeathit(elf. The people of Iliad, though Thisfsifecon- tmittenbyGod for their abominations whichwere evident, yet faith the Prophet hdene, may 'Weak, wouldcome and lean uponGod: they were either adually under Gods continue inca- judgements, or under the terrible denunciationof themby the Prophet yet they lamryand Y P Y Y death ïr Celf. would lean uponGod, as ifhe were their God, and that fuch (enure confidence may hold to death, appeareth by the foolifh Virgins, who found no lack of oyl till it was too late : And we fee chore condemned perfons at the day of judgement, pleading for themfelves,with a wonder why they ihouldbe condemned, for they negleffed no duty required of them : Whenfate we theefck, endvisited thee not ? So that it is noCure fign, [houghs man evenat deathsdoor abateth not his confi dence inGod forall chat. ThePlaimifi faith, theyhave nofetch bonds in their death, or pain and fearas fometimes other men mayhave : a godly man may dye doubt- ing, and a wicked man preluming : It is not then the Laying, and the profefling they have a great dealofpeace in God,but thegrounds why, and themotives, they muff befearched into. Therefore though we blame Papillafor teaching to doubt, and making a doubt a duty, yet weprerfe for an holy (earth, and a godly fear and trembling in the tryingofour hearts, left we bedeceived. ao In And next placelet usconfider,why fuchbold confidence is nottobe relyed úp: fi b uckñon Firti, Becarifeit comes notPram a oweandgenniase.groand, which ié the f'irit aÎ d- Lobe relied up- doption, the comforter,thefoal, who onelyquieretbthe heart in a gracious foreway, r, but itcouietfifro`m ca`rnalfelf-love, arid lelf flattery c we are in love with out A a felves.
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