rbesouks effcauallcallingto Clirift. therefore now judge thy feife by that which (hall judge thee, when this life (hall not be. Now for our direEtion herein foure things are obfervable; how to order our felges aright, to learne this skill to repaire to e en f our f gaine evidence and cleare app owne eftates, by attending to the truth : the:e rules areefpecially obfervable; and here lies the maine cure of carnali reafon, that Both prefre in upon the minde, and dampes the heart thereof, that we may foufe theword ,that we maybeefta. blifhed thereby The firft rule is this; as in all the conditions a. Rule. that concerne thy foule, thou nwft firft repaire to theword,and attend thereunto daily, fo looke into the uprightneffe and finceritie of thine owne foule, which may income weal-tire anlwer theword ; hearewhat the word will fay, and fee what worke ofgrace is in thy heart, that will an- fwer theword,and joyne fides in the teftimonie of the happineffe of thy efface and condition ;be fare to take thty foule at the beft, doe cot abvayes confider what is the worft in thee, and gee no farther, doenot only fee thy failings and infirmi- ties on one fide ftat.accufe thee, but fee if there bee any foundntff= and uprightneffe, any good, nef e and truthofheart,that may fpeake for thee: heare both fides ; it is injuftice toheare one fide, and determine a caufe thereby; as the Lord deals withhis fervants, fo thou fhouldit deale with thy. felfe ; now the Lord loth not lye at acatch with bigchildren, to fple out .od d their 3 r faults, and fopro. 577
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