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An
Enquiry
after
a
mans ("late,
'3
it this
reflexive
aft,
but only man.
The
fire
burneth,
but
it
can
not
reflect upon
its
own burning
:
Oculus
on
videt fe
videre,
The
eye
feeth, but it
doth not
fee
that
it
doth
fee
:
that
is,
that
creature
doth not
perceive
what
it
doth
when it
feeth.
But
every
man
hath
this
reflexive
aft
in him,
whereby
he
is
privy
to
whit
himfelf
thinketh, doth,
is. None
k
iorreth the
things
of
a
man
fave
the
fpirit
of
a man
that
is
in bim.
This
is
the
reafon
why fome
know
not
what
eftate they
are in,becaufe
they choke
their
own
fpirit,
and
hoodwink their
confciences.
Thine own
heart knoweth
how it
is
with thee, and would
faithfully tell
thee
if
thou wouldft
enquire
of
it and
hearken
unto
ir. Search
with
Gods
candle,
and
thou
may
fl
eafily
find
what
is
in
thee.
The fpirit ofa
man
is
the candle
of
theLord, fearching all
the
inward
parts
of
the belly.
4.
Ye
may
know what
a
Rate
ye
are
in by
a
certain
kind
of
feeling.
As
there
is a
kind
of
bodily feeling whereby every man
knoweth
the eftate
of
his
body
whether
he
be
Fick
or
in
health,
fo
there
is a
fpiritual feeling.
The
two
difciples
did feel their
hearts burn: Paul
did
feel
a
great
combat
in
him
between the
fle(h
and the
fpirit:
So
if
men
be
covetous and
worldly,
they
may
feel
it.
Yet
indeed force men
be
pail
feeling:
Their
cafe
is
the
worfe
beraufe
they
cannot
feel
how
bad
it
is
:
But
for
the
molt,
they
may eafily
feel
what their
cu
ate
is.
The
third
ufe
is,to
fhow
you
the
impediments
that
hinder
this
knowledge.
If
you would
attein
to
know
what
eflate you are
in,
then
remove
t
he
impediments
;
which
are
r
.
Vain
thoughts.
Men who are
in
a
flare
of
(inne
and
wrath, yet
have many vain
thoughts lodging
wtihin
rhem,keep-
ing them from
knowing
it
:
God
is
mercifull
;
and
Chrift
died
for
finners
;
and, There
be
worfe
Jnners
then they;
why
fbould
they
think
fo
ill
of
themfelves?
and,
they may
be
better
all
in good
time:
Thefe
vain
thoughts
hoodwink the
?r
eyes
that
they cannot
fee
their
eflate,
nor
refolve
that
it
is
fo
dangerous
as
indeed it
is.
O
Jerufalem,
zvafh
thy
heart
from
wickednes
:
how
long
fhall
thefe
vain
thoughts
lodge
within
thee
?
They were
in
a
very
bad
e-
flate; and yet
they had
fuch
vain
thoughts
that
they
could
not
fee
it.
C
3
2.Pre-
1.
Cor,
i.
I
I.
prou. so.
27.
Luk.
24.
3z
Eph.
419.
7>fe
3.
Impedi-
ments.
jer.
4.14.