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2
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An
Enquiry after
a
mans
e
ate.
Means
to
know what
elate
we)i
arein.
Mnt'h.
7.
17.
Pfal.
119,
112.
I.
By
our
outward
and
inward
aaions.
I do
not
fay, by
our
ward
ac`lions:For
a
man may
be
in
the flare
of
hypocrifie,& yet
his
outward
a
&ions
may
be
good.
Neither
do I
fay
by
our
in-
ward actions
alone:For
a
man
may be
in
the
ítate of
felf-
deceit
and yet
fay
his
heart
is
good,
and
his
meaning
and mind
good.
But
I iay
by
them
both put together. Our
Saviour
fctteth
it
out
by
a
tree
:
every
good tree
bringeth
forth
good
fruit
,
but a
cor-
rupt
tree dringeth
forth
corrupt
fruit.
So
if
the
heart
bringeth
forth the
fruit
of
righteoufneffe,
joy
in
good
things, patience,
meeknef
e,
gentleneffe, love, obedience,
godly converfation.
&c.
Thefe evidence
a
good eflate
:
but
if
the heart
bringeth
forth
deadnefle,
earthlinef
e,
impatience,
evil
converfation,
&c.Thefe are
corrupt fruits
and
Lignes
of
a
very bad
eflate.
2.Ye may
know what
elates
you
are
in
by
your
inclinations
and
difpofitions from whence
there
actions proceed. Are your
hearts enclined
heaven
-ward
and
God
-ward
as
Davids,
are
ye
bent to
holinefí'e
and
felf-
denial,
&c,
as a
bow
is
bent
to
fhoot
the
arrow
?
This
is
a
ligne
of
a
good
eftate
:
as
a
Chron.
22.
19. there
is
fpeech
of
Petting the
heart
to
feekGod.
Ye know
when
a
man
would
do
a
thing indeed,
we
fay
he is
fet
on't.
It
may
be ye
do
force
good
duties,
make force
fair
offers
of
Peek-
ing
God
;
but
are
your hearts
Pet
on't
,
or
are
they
Pet
on the
world
and inclined
earth
-ward
?
The
inclinations
of
every
creature
in
the world do
ever
fhow
what
the creature
is.
How
do we know
that
a
(tone
is
heavy
?
becaufe
it
inclineth
down-
ward. How
do
we
know
a
man
is
cholerick
?
becaufe he
is
in-
clined
unto wrath.
So
a
manseftate
may
be
known
by his
con
-
ftant enclination either
to
good or
evil,
3.
One
may
know what eflate
he
is
in
by
that
reflexive
ad,
which
is
proper
only
to
man.
There
is
an
act.
in mans foul
(we
call
it
a
reflex
aft)
which
no
creature
path
but
only
man
whereby
he
can
perceive
what
himfelf
is
and
Both.
When
a
man
thinketh
or
fpeaketh,
he
can
reflect upon himfelf, and per
ceive
what
he
thinketh or fpeaketh
:
when he
prayeth,
he
can
reflect
upon
his
own
heart,
and perceive
how
it
carrieth
it
fell
all
along
in
his
prayers. I
fay
no creature
in
the
world
hath
in
it