7'he Soides effeíivaffcalläng toChrift. 5 bold before God. Iknow the man, he is yet alive, that in the extremity of honour of heart and de- fperatefeale, faid that tree had finnedagainft the holy Ghoft, and therefore would make away himfelfe ; now that which kept him from that wicked attempt was this, his confcience told him before, that at filch a time his heart was fincere before the Lord, and thaw restrained hire from that attempt, and futfained him againft the fiery pufh of temptation, andGod afterwardbleft him with the afibrance ofhis love and favour. The third rule is this, wee fhould ftrive migh- 3 Rule. tily to have our hearts overpowred by the evi- dence ofthe truth, which reafon and confcience make good tous, that it may quietly entertaine it, and humbly and calmly welcome ir, that what reafon faith, and confcience concludes, the heart may fay Amen, and fet his feale to that,and yeeldand fabje& it fealeto it. This is the third thing, and here we fticke, for thefe three things are in the foule ofa man, that doth as it were maintain oppofirion againft the evidence of the Word, and theverdi& ofGod therein. Firf},rea- fon obje&s, fecondly, confcience accufeth, and the heart ( that is the will) gaine- faith, the will ofa man will not come under fubmiffion, but it is ftïll on the thwarting hand, andwee finde it by experience in the courfe of temptation, when a manhathattended all that can be , when a man bath filled confcience, and that is brought on our fide, yet notwithstanding theheart outofa ftubbornnefïe not being fullymaftered, andout of Feee z aftout
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