C H R I S T'S larm thine owne Confcience, and gone againft it,and out- wreftled h ; He knowes how thou lecteft thy minderove in Prayer, how many times thou haft come to the Lords Table unwor- tt.wily,omuted Family duties or hudled them over without due regard; Hee knowes what trickes thou haft to put off con - viétion, what a bale efteeme thou halt of the lirianeAc that Gods Word doth require, when thou hearelt it layd open. O I fay, this fhould mike thee to feare God, this should make thee to feare every where as the Plalmift layes, Thou cam- p ffeff my paths and my lying down, and art acquainted witb all my wayes, Pfal.139.3. Thou halt belet mee behind and before, within and without ; thou pofleflètt all my reines. O what an awe fhould this breed in us ! But I let this Ufe pale. This Uiè will better come in the next Doclrine. Dot7.z. Well then, the next Do&rine is this. The knowing that God knowes all our workes, is the powerfull mcanes to all Gods ele61., to do them good, and to quicken them, and to make tlwin take heede ofall manner of fume ; when the Lord would quicken his people here in Sardis, hee ulës this as his firlt meanes to doe it by, ! know thy worker ; wee may fee this in David. have kept thy Precepts and thy Tepeonies, for all my wayes are before thee. Pfa.1 19. z68. when Solomon would confute a w horifh heart, hee ufe, this for his argument, Why wilt thou my Sen, bee ravifht with a orange Woman, and embrace the bofome of a firanger ? for the wayes of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and bee ponders all his goings. Prov.S. ao.a1. why wilt thou doe thus? q.d. thou art madde, thou art defperate, if this argument will not prevale with thee. Reaf T. The reafons of this point are, Fitt}, becaulè the Lords know- ing of our workes is notonely a meere knowing of them, but alto a marking and a pondering them too ; Hee diligently ob- ferves what wee doe, lice ponders and confiders whence it proceeds, and whether it tends,as the Prophet iáves, `The Lords Throne is in Heaven, his Eyes well confider, kw Eye -lidos try the Children of men, Pfal. t 1.4. And therefore when the Scripture
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