f011Bwj G0dfully. 237 It may be this is indeed, may force thinke, in thofe who are eminent in grace, uponwhom God bath bellow- ed a great meafure of hit Spirit; but is this inevery one that hathany truth Wherefore (for an(wer) let us know, there is this pert-, lion, or elfe there is no truth at all ; onely remember, I doe not fpeakenow of L he pefcc ion ofd¢- grees; in this confif}s the right f raight- neffe ofa mans heart. A raight line 'wit touch with anoth:r ftraight line in every poynt; but a crooked line wì11 not, it toncheth but onely here and there in fame: fo firaight hearts will joyn withGods law inevery parr, but crooked and perverfe hearts, onely its fore, onely fo farre as may f erve their owne turnes. In this confifis the true plainnefleofa mans Spirit : you know plain things wil joyn likewife in every point one withanother , but round and rugged things wil not : foproud íwoln hearts, and rugged fpirits, wil not clofe fully with Gods truths; but where there is plainneffe of Spirit, there is a frill clofing, atbrough union. There is a great dangerous miftake about this poynt
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