The sautes cala` ta Chrift. for my finne, and pray againft it : now (I bey leech youobferve it) this praying and perfor- mingofduties, is meerly tocommand a Saviour togive allowance to finne,that fohe might com- mit finne freely. As who fhauld fay, I have au- thoritieover my Saviour,and he fhall pardon my fnnes, and give me allowance to commit finne. Oh the wretc i villany that is in amans heart. Fearfull is thy etlate (whofoever thou art) that maket thy performances an abettor of thy diT, (tempers, fo that thou doetl thy duty nor to en- joy Chrifi,that he mayhelpe thee to prevent fin, but that Chrift might take off the venome and indignationoffinne, that fo thoumightefi com- mit wickednefïè without fufpition or diftra- &ion. 2 Rule. Obferve in thefecond place, how thy foule be- haves it felfe afterthe commifonof finne. Is it fo,that aman can finde after the naked difcharge ofthe dutie,áll quiet andcalme,notwithftanding he lives in a daily courfe and pra&ice of' finne, fo that he prayes, and ly-es, he falls, 'and eon zens, andyet this makes all whole ? I tell you it is an undoubted argument, that that foule didplace a carnali confidence inhis owne performances,and never attained to a Lord Jefus Chrift in the du- ty for he that feekes a Saviour in his duties, and refts not upon his felfe- performances, he brings a Saviour,aChrift intohis foule :andmarke what followeth, Chrift brings pardoning vertue, and purging vertue with him, and gives himmore power againft his corruptions, andmore fufpi- fion
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