PeSaules etíluallcalling to Chrift, 185 et the puleoftheheart will goc (till, fo longas there is any life there. So it is here, the pulfe' of original! corruption will bee feene in thefe bale diftempers of fpirit, which cleave unto us whileft wee live in thisworld; but they are (till undermined and oppofed by theSpirit of God. Secondly, judge not thy felfe in time ofex- Cenclufaon tr,emity and horrour ofSpirit, by the not furring 2 a.ndnot movingofthy affetions to finne. Doe not thinke thy eftate good becaufe thou findeft not this, neither judge thycondition ill becaufe thou findeft fome corruption fiirring at filch tirnes,for that is thefalfe groundofanHypocrite; he judgeth the water to be meetly hot, becaufe hecan feelen1cold; he thinkes hee bath no love to finne, becaufe hee cannot freie that bee bath anyaffe&ion to it in the timeofhorrour : buthe is deceived , for theaft offinne may be ovcrpow - red, when the union betweene fin and the foule ítill remaines. As for example, a poor.eSaint of Godmay haveGods Spiritand yet never perceive it, becaufe the Spirit may lom,timm either fuf- pend his action, or elfe the aftion maybe over- clouded by the dì$temper. So it is here, Satan may rule in the hearts of the children o'ditobe- dience, and calf in the feeds of balecorruptions, and build holds of diftempers, and the podre= foulenot underftandthe fame. But how (hall a man judge himfelfe` in fuch ueff times? h anfwer, In-fuch times labour,tofeehow thy "info A.. a. 3 minder
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