thi gt-effofl selj'-111urder. accepted according to that which a man bath and not .according to that which a man hatt. ~ not; 2 Cor. 8. 12. But when God woulfl have 'n~ . mend this,.and we wil not,and reform that:» .and we wil not,we let fecurity andfloth break: into our wils; here, and here only 4o we oif– pleafe our goOdGod ; this is a main thing to · confider; is there but one thing w·herein we · may difpleafe Go~, and fball we not take heed f h ' ' ·' o t at. , · Thirdly, Confdence can never condemnus ·but onlyupon:~il not.r, when a.· c~ild of God fins," and he cannot ot~erwifechoofe,his eonow fcience can never condemn him. Achild of Gods cAnnot.r , be they never fo m~u1y, nay if they were millions more than they are , · they never hinder fincerity; fincerity is rooted only in t~e wil, it is our'fl?ilnot that is t·he breach of - finceri~y,and there~ore here only the confci- · ence cond~mns ; does our confcience reproach us in ourwaies ? let us thank our ~il-not.r for this: have we little peace? it is becaufe of the rehel!i,on ofour "Wi/ nots. Ah,ah,this is an infinite evil,for it hinoers our comforts, it hinders our h?ldn·elfe ofacc.effe to the Throne of ·grace,it ht~ders our_ patt~nce, and every good 'duty.r ts does u~ tnfintte hurt; it frabs to.the hea~ :.:~, and wounds our very foul, when our con.ct-– en~e affordeth little peace, 0 it hinders -very gnevoufly;.all hi3is long of our will-no~.r, be. caufe wewtll not be fo carcfull and fo ~trcum· fpe~as we mighr. . , . Fourthly,Godcan •ever be foangrywtth,at· hut only ~pon "Ril-nots.: its true~ ~~ng as~. · ·· ·- ~, ·~ ---·-- man I •
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