398 The Godlyare Wafhedand Sanbáifled. S e c r. V III maybelight, but no oyl ; and therefore though it beour laying ordinarily ; Such an one is anable Chriflian ; VVhy fo ? becaufe ofgift in Prier, abilicie to fpeak indivine things ; yet that is not fo. He is an ableChrifiian, who isfirong in the works of San&ification,who is able in believing,in heavenly mindedneffe,in humi- lity, in uprightneffe and fincerityofheart. If ever the Profefforsof Exglaudnee- ded any truth, they ought togive diligent heed to this : For how is that which is indeed true godlineflenegle led, andcurious Difputea,andneedlcffe Controverfies exalted in the room thereof l 2. Secondly, Thefe doe not fan lifie; becaufe a man that bath thefe gifts of the HolyGhoft, is filll carnal and unfavoury, improving themwholly to carnal! and corrupt ends. It's commonly objeaed by Arminian,, and others, when we fay, That an unregenerate man is wholly flefh, and altogether corrupt : and yet may have many gifts ofGods Spirit : how then canthey be wholly corrupt? Are thole gil s of Godevill ? andits anfwered, The men arealtogether corrupt and carnal!, though fomegood giftsof God be in them ; for they improve all thefe to a finfull end, 'rot fell-advantage one way or ocher ; even as theydoe the external Gifts of God, Riches , Honour and Glory : fo that as by thefe they,are not made holy, but their coriOptions aremore drawn out by them : So it is here, they are not made holy by chafe Gifts and inlargements, but rather internait and foul corruption is more flrengthened thereby, But I have fpóken at large, that thecom- mon gifts of Gods Spirit are no evidencesof grace. IL' A fecond doubt therefore may be, what a true godly man, who is indeed What a truely fan&fled,. fbould doe, when he finales no evidences of his fan hfication. All fanftified man the Sermons he heareth preached about it , put him into fear and tremblings Mould doe of heart: foralas 1 he-goeth home, and looketh in his.toul, compareth himfelfand when he lindes the fymptomes and properties of fanetificacion together, andO the difproporti- epees of onhe rtfentl difcovers 1 niomuch chat he hash little o in himfelf,and noneknow- fanRification. P y j y ethbut his own foul, what fad temptations, and heavy anxieties of fpiric he lyeth under. Aviv. r. To Anfwer this : Firi, it cannot bedenyed, but that -even a fan&ified perfon maybe in great darkneffe, andheavy blackneffe of foul, that he cannot but judge himfelf for the prefent to be a Reprobate and a Callaway; to be an hypocrite, and all that he had done, in`hypocrifie. David fometimes cafteth forth defpairing words in hisWilms about his condition, as ifhe had no hopes of God : Hamm the Pfalmifl complains of the terrorsof God, that made him even difiraéled there by, Pjalme 88. 15. This isno new thing, for a child of light to lye and walk in darknefie ; for a child that is heir to a great inheritance , to be in thedark dole womb, knowingnothingof it. God bath wife ends in this, both in referenceco the perfons themfelves, that arc thus exercifed, to humble them, and to keep them 1ów ; as alto to teach wicked men, that if Godly menbe thus fcarcely faved, where [hill the wickedappear ? Although wickedmen for the moll part fuck poifon hence; andGod maketh thisan heavy fiumbling-block to them; that 01440- dude the contrary, as if is weregodlinefle, and the too much following'ohSer mons, and the means ofGrace, made them fo. But oh miferable deluded fouls, to fall at loch Bones, andtoharden themfelves inwickedneffe by that, which ihould indeed humble them. But todire& the tempted foul in thismatter : Firl he mull give up himfelf tothe inliru &ion and information of others, who are godly and wife; for he being in a temptation is not fit tco judge, nor can he paffe righteous judgement. A man in the dark cannot fee his face in the graffe, nor inmuddyed and turbulent water. Thou artfick , and we feePhyficians themfelves, though ne- ver fo wife, will yet hardly venture to be thier own Phyficians indangerous d dea- fcs, but require the affafianceof others; Chriflhimfelfhad an Angel to help him; The fame word aaw uik., in theScripture is both toexhort and comfort, becaufe comfort is not received in a gracious heart, but by frequent and daily exhortati- ons. Doe not then regard thy own thoughts, and thy own determinations. Its laid
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