18ettit-frea(u.re; 267 ( . . ~ truths you do~now? .and ~a~k wich Cod . ·according to hght rece1ved? zf (o, tben you ·, -have a creafurc both of truths and graces: ·'cis awonder toconfider how little light, and , howmuch ,heat ~hrifis own· Difciples ,· and zealous Martyrs haTe gorle ·firaight toHea– :ven with: I fpeak not this to fooch up any. · in ignorance, ·or to· patronize negligence, · but to quiet the poor doubting difconfol;1te -confcience, ,ch~t's affected ·with a {eofeo~ its . ·Ignorance. . , . ~. Ah, faith another, Is it pofiible that I lhould nave a treafure of grae£ that have fuch a treafure of fin ; the Lord knows, my ·heart is,even ftuffed full of corruption , there · is fuch a huge fardelon my back,fuchamon- . _firous bodyof death, · that I much fear whe· &:her I have anygraceatall in myheart or no, ' :my fin bears me down ,Jikea violent r<~rrenr, lu{t is predominant, and can grace'be pre., .valent? . . . ' · · 1anrwer, I am glad to hear _thefeCorn· , plaints from thee1 it is no new thing for a 'l'aN/ to.cry OUt of 11 body of Je~th: living meil . feel [he weight of a burden , but dead men . are not hurt: Dofi thou really complain of ·the-powerof fin! then 'ds a Tyrant, not a . ~ing in thy . heart ? Dofi: thou figh and , fight againfl: fin? bleffe'God for that Light Deur.z2...' to fee it, !and ·Life to oppofe it : the forced' 2.~~ · Dt~mfel ~leared her innocency by cryingout, \, ' 1 ·, • fo~och the vanquithed foul eviden~~ integd.~ gnry ~yzealous groans toGod ; · tls but a. ~ap~ not acompleat 'QJpque{t, while f6c 1 .. \_ ...,' 10l1 \ . , I I • . . '
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