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treatáfe
of
Conf
caence,
127
do
give them,
'or
which they
take
from
the
common opinion
of
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
the
not -right underftandina
of
Gods
Reaf.
2.
word
:
As
when
men
judge
of
themfelves by
filch
places of
Scripture
as
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
no
grace
at
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
courfe
as
wherein
God will not
lore
them.
Nay,
they
cannot
endure
that
others
fhould
diii over their hearts
unto
them
:
They
had
as
lieve
they
ehould
thew
them the
pit
of
hell
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, the
gift
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
e
e
m
y
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
the
contrarie,
weak
Chriflians
may
fómetimes
look
basely
at
E
e
their