treatáfe of Confcaence, 127 dogive them, 'or which they take from thecommon opinionof mofl, thinking that to be faith and repentance which the moil take fo to be, or which a teacher fit for their palate taketh fo to be. On the contrarie fide, weak Chritiians oftentimes mi(lake themiclves by judging their eflates to be bad, becauíè God let- tcth them be poore and mean and comfortleffe in the world : Therefore they conclude God is angric with them, or that they are not that which they fecal co themièlves to be, becaulè they are fo trolled in all outward things. This is the firff reafon of errour in this kind. 2. A fécend rea(ön is thenot -right underftandina of Gods Reaf. 2. word : As when men judge of themfelves by filchplaces of Scriptureas were not intended to be rules and to be of ufe to fuch ends as they apply them : as Whofoevsr calleth upon the Lord 'hall be faved, Rom. ro. 13. Hence the wicked may falfely conclude, J call upon the Lora, and 7 pray unto him ; therefore I Pall be faved, And fo on the contrarie, a weak Chti(fian who findeth not in hirfelf thole degrees of grace which focie places of Scripture feem to require concludeth from thence againft himfelf, Therefore J have nograceat all. This is a lecond caufe of miffaking. 3. A third caufe is the not trying and examining our own Reef: 3. hearts. Some are loth to trouble themlelvcs about it : They are loth to think bad of themfelves as that they are in fuch a courfeas wherein God will not lore them. Nay, theycannot endure that others fhould diii over their hearts unto them : They had as lieve theyehould thew them the pit ofhell as (hew them themfèlges. They look to Tome common gifts and graces that are in then, fuch gifts and graces may be in a reprobate, but they will not think fo ; as illumination, knowledge, thegift of prayer, of temperance, &c. Thefè they look to, and thefe they fpcak of, though they have reigning lulls within in their hearts : As jehu ; Ceme, f ee my zeal, faith he, 2. Kings ro. r b. He Both not fay, ('eme,fee my pride and hypocrif :e : but, my zeal. Jehu looked at his zeal, and fó thought he was right. So on thecontrarie, weak Chriflians may fómetimes look basely at E e their
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