460 of Converfiena or turningunto God.' SE c r.I7. the Bag, that was a continual blaft to blowup the fire of lulls ; fo ifambitious men get to thepinacle of honour ; iF covetous men toplaces of profit and gain, here the Serpent in their breath gets the warm beams of the Sun,there is a daily incentive to add many Cubits to the tlacure of their foils ; and itsa very ill and malignant conftellation, whenamans outward [condition,and his peculiar finne Meet together, he hadgreat need topray tobe delivered from the mouth of fuch Lions. II. Secondly, !nthe next place, that may be called watts particular way of finniug Whichyetwet'annstcallbiebeieved fin. For it may be a great grief and torment tohim, it may bea Tyrant ufurping power over him, not the delight of his foul. Some fay Davidwas very prone to the fin of lying ; its plain , that being in many flreightsby Saul, heufed many unlawful) f aUes: Now this was an heavy burden to him, Deliver me from the way of Ding, Pfalme r 19 19 He doth earndfly pray ,;aloft this Sinne : And fo in another place, 'Nabs 3 t, i o, He fpeaksof being kept from mine iniquity : fo the godly may be more prone to fall into one fin then another ; fome into inordinate paIlion, tome to cow- ardly fear, tome to 'diffidence in the promites; yet thcfe are not their beloved finnes, but their hated enemies, they mournandcomplain with Paul, That this Lawof (inne within them leadeth them Captives; They cry out, and fay, Their fouls fuffer violencewithin them : No finne, but Chrifl, is the beloved of their fouls; he is the cbíefet'e of ten thoufaods ; yet Come corruption or other beateth themoften down; they aremore overtaken in fuch a corruption then in any; Therefore they fay, This is my iniquity, this is the Saul that is always purfuing of me. Its neceffary thegodly Ocould underfland thisdifference between a hone beloved, and a fin violently tyrannizingover them : for this is moft certain, who foever giveth uphimfelf willingly toOnekind of fin, he isyet in the Rateof nature ànd wrath, he is not turned untoGod. refift III, Thirdly, As mast' of godspeople have found their bearttwea a to t owe binge of fist : fo thegodly have forthe moll part lonegrace or sober Wherein they doe mofl,exceß. They have their way of grace, wherein they are molt admi- rable e Thus (-Motet is marked for his meekneffe, David for frncerity and a faithful) heart, Paul for zealous labour in promoting the Gofpel, Hence the .godly areexhorted to think better of one another than theirown felves ; becaufe there is no grace, but one man may exceed another in : This fhould teach the head or eye not to defpife thefoot; for even that member hathfomepeculiar ferviceableneffewhich theother hathnot. IV. In the next place, confider the Signs or Difeoveriesof a beloved fin, and they will appear thus Fiifl, 7hatWhich fwallowetand deveuretb all thyether fins. All other (limes _ are butffreains emptying themfelves into that Founrain,andOcean; this is the dar- ling finne. The Pharifees peculiar finne was vain- glory, becaufe all things were referred to that : Forteeing fuch a finne is in the room of God to them, whole belly is their God, faith theApotle, Tbil. 3. r 9. Therefore they refer all to that. The Adulterer,ifhe begreedy toget gain, its but to confumeupon his lulls; for that is theIdol of his heart; fo Covetoutuefle in anearthly manis called Idolatry ; becaufe all the fins he commits, all the fraud and wronghe dotb, its to fatisfie this : As in a mans body, where there is one great wound, all the humours will run thi. ther. s, Secondly, A belovedfin is that, wherein n delight ti an of endure done toeaeh reproved ove land rebutted fharply. They can with lg y u pr c g then all and fuch bunts ; bat then cometo that wherein they are molt intangled, their malice and venome works , fo that there is no fuch difcovery of a darling finse, as a mans impatience, and fretting againft thofe who faithfully rebuke. When Herodias deireth Mons head in a Platter, it was becault his Tongue
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