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on.

187

_.

Covetoufnefs,

another under the power

of

Ambition,

or a-

ny

other

fin

;

this

man

may

be

thought to

be

under

the

power

of

but one fin, but

the

truth

is,

he

is

a flave

to

all

fin

:

every

natural

man

that

is

out

of

Chrift,

is

under the pow-

er

of

every

fin,

he

is

a llave

to the

Devil

in

every

fin

;

but

by

reafon

of the conftitution

of

his

body,

and

for

fome

outward

refpec

s,

he

may

refrain

from

fome

particular

fins

that

do

not fo well fuit

with

him,

whereas

if

it

would ferve for his

own ends

and

purpofesr

he could

as well

commit any

fin

as

that

one

;

this

is a

certain

truth,

Whofoever makes

not

Confci-

ence

of

every

fry,

he

makes

Confèience

of

none

;

though'

he

re-

frain

from

the

prac`fice

of

fome

others,it

is

not

out

of

Con

-

fcience, but

for by-ends

;

therefore

he

that

is

under

the

pow-

er

of

one

fin,

is

under the power

of

every

fin

:.

Many

think

all

men

are

fanners;

and

for

their parts

they

have

but

a

few';

fuch

a

fin

I cannot leave,

but

I

am

free

from

all

others

;

Doff

thou

keep

from

all

fin

but

one

?

God

will find thee

un-

der

the

power

of

every fin,

and

God

will

charge

thee

at the

Tribunal

as

under the power

of

all fin

;

fo

now

on

the con-

trary, Gods

people are

mightily troubled that they

cannot

find

the

work

of

Gods

graces

in

all

of

them;

fuch an

one

they

find, but

they want

it in

another,

becaufe it

is

not

fo

e=

vidently

ftirring.as the other

;

but

as

the

truth

is

certain

on

one

fide

of

the

wicked

;

fo

'us'

true

on

the

other

fide

of

the

godly

;

that where there

is

one

fin

there

is

every

fin ;

fo

where

there

is

one

grace,

there

is

all

grace

;

there

is

the

power

of

godlinefs

in

every grace where there's

one

grace

;

that

is

the

rule

to help

us

in

making

ufe

of

the

Evidences before

firif

given.

The

Second

rule

is

this,

When

ever

we

have

found

guy

one

Bvi

dence,upon

ferious examination in

the prefence

of

God,

and

now

it

appears

not pofitively

to

the

contrary

at

the

prefent,but

thou

ar

meerly dubious

of

thofe

things that

heretofore thou

haft'

felt,

be-

caufe

thou daft

not

feel

them now,

in

this cafe

we

may

and

fhould

bave

recourfe to

what

God has

wrought

heretofore

;

and

build

upon the

former workings of Gods

Spirit upon

us

;

true

it

is,

when we

come

to

give

Evidences

in

our

Minifry

of

thole

that

have

grace,

we may meet

at

fuch

a

time with

therm

as.

B

b

24,

that