The souk' eáud/caffing te Uhrifi. 535 Thecure ofthis hindrance isthis, and it Herb fpecially in theee threemeditations : Firfl,fee thy felfe,andconvince thy owneheart, how thou art cozened, and thy confciencc how thou art deceived in common fenfe, when Etch thoughtscreepe intothy minde,and reafon thus; were it inmypower alone to beleeve, or in any mans power elfe, would any man goe to hell for want of beleeving ? if it were in my power, or any mans power elfe toget faith, would any man perifh for want offaith ? Take a little experience from thole that lieon their death beds : A rio- tous wretch that bath run headlong againf} the Lord and his truth, a man thathath lived ftub- bornly and fioutly under the means ofgrace, and hath takenup armes againf} God and his grace, he lieth gafping, and then hee looker toHeaven, and confiders what fhall become ofhim : The Idiitii,fiter faithhemuQ renounce himfelfe,and ap- plyChrifiand his promifes tohis foule: Oh,faith he, I cannot beleeve the Lord will favemee, and pardonme, and comfort me, I cannot refit upon the promifes ofGuei: What, I filch a finner,and Paved ? what, I fuch a flamer and comforted ? I cannot beleeve it, if all the Angels in Heaven tell it rne,is it in this mans power tobeleeve now when he fees Hell openbeforehim,and the devils ready to receive him? doe you thinke heewould rufh iuto.IHell, if bee could beleeve and efcape it ? Secondly, looke into the depthof thine own4" heart, and weigh ferioufly thine owueweakneffe yyy 2 by
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