468 THE PRAYING CHRISTIAN' so bad as they are. In his own heart, he sees little, because, with that heart he is not acquainted. Whereas his own bosom is the very place where the' good- man looks for sin, and his perceptions. Of what is wrong are so delicate, that he sees it in its first seed ; in short, the one thinks himself worse than others, because he knows himself well; the other thinks himself better, because he knows himself not at all. Whenwe consider the conflicts and the trials of the conscientious, watchful, pray- ing Christian, we shall estimate aright the value of the consoling- promise of that eternal rest from his labours, which supports him under them. And though rest is one of the lowest descriptions, of the promised bliss of heaven, yet it holds out 'a cheering prospect of relief and satisfaction to a feeling being,. who is conscious of the fallen condition of his mortal nature in all its weakness and im- perfection. Rest, therefore, is of 'itself a promise sufficiently inviting to make
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