556 Chep.24. An Expofition upon the Bookof J ñ. Vet. 17 darknefre,both outward and inward,is a plain demonftration that they know their deeds are evilt.Chrift faith as much ( 7oh. 3. 20, 2 t ) Every one that doth evil!hateth the light, neither cometh to the ligkr,lcjt his deed, fhculdbe reproved. No man feares his deeds will bereproved, but he that fufpe&sat leaft, that his deeds are his faults;and his aefirgs his tranfgrefììngs for as it followes, He that d, tk truth (that is, who as according to the truth) corneal to the ligit.He that doth good ,or truth'indeed, yea he who is but perfwa 'ed that he doch fo, caresnot who fees him ; fome are am- bitious to be feene while.they doe fo, and though any should be fo modeft that they doe not &fire to be feen while they do fo,yet no man that doch fo is afraid to be feene ; and ufually filch come to the light,to the light ofother mens knowledge, & they would come further into the light of their own knowledg; fuch are free to come to light ofallforts, that their deeds may be made manifeft, that theyare wrought in God ; when a man comes to the light he gives a fair evidence that his works are wrought inGod,bow ever it argues both that he defres they fhould be fuch as are wrought inGod, as alto that he is willing they fhould come to the tryst!, whether they are wrought in God or no,that is, whether theybe fo wrought, as ifGod didwork in him , or whether therebe any appearance in them that he bath wrought them in the light and love,in the ítrength and help ofGod.Now as when a man comes willingly to the light, it fhewes that he bath an honeft perfwa- tio.a in his breaft, that his workes are good. So whenwe fee any seeking corners and thinning the light by which others may fee them,or that light by which.they may fee themfelves, this thews that they have a troubiefome convic`fion upon their consciences, that their works are fo farce from being wrought in God, that they are wrought against God, that is, againft his mind and will. This, the Apostle ceacbeth in the example of the Old Gentiles ( R>m. 2. is.) They fñew the werke of the Law written in their hearts,their confcience bearing them witneffe, and their thoughts in the manwhile accu.§ g or excising one another. Were there not an undifiinguifhable light in nature, by which even a natural man may have fomeglimmerings ofand difcernings betweengood and evil!, he would no more avoyd the fight of others when he doth evil], then when hedoth good. And feting he thus naturally a- voydes the view and fight as!! men when he doth evil!; This doth
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