492 of Converfon, or Taming untoGod. SacT. IX+ blafphemy; and thus the true Convert,hebath raifed andaggravating thóughts about the evil of fin; he looks upon it with a more dreadful and fad eye then menof-the world de.: Doth the flefh,, doththeworid or Satan tempttofin ? Oh what horror takeshold upon him, what trembling amazement is upon him ! he bath no patience, the zeal of God doth fo burn in his heart : Oh this is a fore evidence, that few do truly turn to God ; for where is that trembling, that im- patience in thee againft fin ? how readily and willingly doeft thou imbrace this Serpent,this Toad in thybofom l 5. Fifthly , As impatiency , fo indignation alto, and high difdain is included in this phrafe : Thus Paul and Silas when the men of Lyjirawould have Sacri- ficed to them as gods, tore theirgarments with indignation, lookingttpon it as a m'óft unfufferable thing;and the like indignationagainft themfelves have all un-. feignedconverts; forevery fin bath grofs idolatryinit; for thereby a man at- tributes his fupreame affeétions, defires and thoughts, alfo ro fin, which do belong to God. The Body-Idolater, he worfhips a flock or a fione, and bow- ed" down to that : Thou fetteft up tuft or fin, and bowel} down thy foul to that : Oh then,what caufe bath thefoul to cryout, as Chriff did, Get theehe- hindnme Satan! In every fin, Satan doth tempt thee to fall down and wor- ïhip him. á Laítly, This doth Juppof ,that a true Convert is thus *fled, as Wellfor other mens finsas his own: For Peeing this renting of the, heart, implyeth a deep ap- prehenfiönofthe difhonor that is done to God by every fin; thenwherefoever it teeth fmcommitted, whether byour felves orothers,it cannot but breakout in this heavenly impatiency and indignation ; yea, the nearer they are to himwho do fin, if his children, if his fervants, if his family, they are in the greater zeal : Ohthen, ifyou ask for a fign of a mans converfion, fee how he is affe t- ed to other mens fins aswell as his own: When thou art converted, Jirengthenthy brother, Luke a-.23. Converfiondoth not flay upon a mans own fell, butreach- eh it felf to others : Then Will I teach tranfgreffors'thy ways, andfanners than be converted to thee,faid David,Pfa, ço.r.fo that it everthou haft turned toGod wish thy whole heart, with this mourning and rendingof foul, thou couldif never bear fin in others: What? cana trueconvert endure thofe that are prophane and ungodly in his company, in his family ? No, light can agree with darknefs as tvelL Comethen andbeholdyour felves in this glafs; by this fee what judgement thou mayefl pats upon thy felf: Thou art fo far from calling out thewicked from thee, theungodly out of thy family ; thou art fo far from zeal to Gods glory, tobid all evil worksdepart that thou onely choofeft fuch, and make t. them the objet of delight; and thou canit not endure, but arc mad through malicé againft thofe that walkpurely, and moreftricly then thou doefl. Could Davidfay, Rivers of Waters run down mine eyes, beeanfe men keep not thy law, Pfat a19.116. and (halt thou fit in the feat of thefcorner, and walk in the ways of ungodly men ! Oh let thistruth makethyears to tingle, yea, thy heart to tremble: How canft thou fay, without grofs hypocrifie, that thy heart is rent for fin, andyet loveft to fee it committed by others, thy family being like an hell, rather then heaven, wherein all kindsof impiety is committed ! What isimply- The next particular is toconfider, what is implyed in the Negativeor Corn- ed in the nega- parative, Andnot your garments: And that is, rioe, And not Firfl, That no outwardfign of farroworgriefof heart, es regardedby God, if the yourgatments. heartit [elf be not exercifed therein : God allowed of fackcloth and afhes, of z fmiting tan the breall, of rending garments; but this was as dung before him, he abhorredit, if the heartsof menwere not wounded for fin : Andno won- der if Goddid refufe thefe outward fign;, if without the heart, when his own folemn and Religious duties, Prayer, Sacrifice, and the like, his foul did loath, while their hearts were unwafhed, and unclean. Hence are thofe frequent complaints and expoftulations God bathwith the people of Ifrael, why they were
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