-·-·------------------------------------------- I 462. Mans natural! Imaginations. that Jalld lt IS commonlycoillcd Con[i:irnce-. A make no bon~s thereof, fothe eyes of men Now lim::e Ad(unsfali, chc confcicnce is corbe turne:dfrom vs. Nowwhac 1s rhis)butcirupt by originaiHinnc,a• bee all other pow• ther Aat!y to denie the prefence of Gou, or c1s of maos loulc; whence it comes m patfe, at lcafi tp.yceldmore fcareandrcuerence ro rharconfciencecannot duhisduryingiuing mcn,thenwedovmoGoi/ Aoame,whar is true tcllimony concer~ing m~ns imagmat~- the cau(e ~1'!1· men vfe opprdfi~n, and imuons: buta man may thmkceulll, and yet hts lhce,dccclt,&lymgin thmworldly alfaires? confc:ien'c not tel1 h1m :and therefore wee Is lt nm becaufethis th_ptJohr of Arhcifme may not fay, bccaufc we feele not thele cuill doth polfetfe thCir hearts, tllat God regard• rhoughrs mvs,thcreforewee haue themnot, not thdCoutward things-? DurO: men JtrcCt- .or we are freefrorn thcnt. ly Gn ogaintl God in (cckino thefc outward J.S;gnesc! · But that wee rnay the !Jetterexamincour blcffings fQr naturaJJ life, it~hey dld nghtly dustho~ht. hc_arts, weemull come to ~heCignes whcr.eby relievpon.Godsproutdeoc~,knowmgeu(ry thu emll thought IS be(! dtfcerncd. Dama tn good g•ftto comefromlns bountifull hand1 the 14. Pfal.f<tteth downc threeGgnes hereLallly, Ier thy confctencofpcake; doth not m v,>,F of: fir(l,(m) A dif-.dmdlife: fecondly,(n)•ot B thy heartwhtle thou gocll on in tinnc, fay :;·.t callmgonthtn4m~ifGruihJpra71r: thtrdly,(fl) thu.;: vnto thee,Godismercifull,lwlfl hertll{ter co11temni1~ of thtm that put the1r tr11jl m f]od. rrpmt,a11d(o fba!J Iefcapt pum{hmrnt? Ifaman Lookewhcre thefeare to bee found, rhere doewellobferue his own heart,hc !hallfindc is this cuiiJ thought, That there Uno God. rherein th1svile though~, \\hich diretllyo· Nowifwe examine our felucs byrheir llgnes, u~nurnes rbc infinite luOiccofGod,makmg weo01aU finde this wicked tboqght to bee •· htni a God allot mercic,whenasmdccde hec mongfl vs: for firfl,many indeed arc conrcnt IS as well a God ofIu(ltcc asof mercie.Byall to hcarcGods word ; butwbereis that man whrchn Jsmorerhen cuidcm, chat oaruraiJy thatreformcth his life according to that hce this vile thought runs in mam hearr,ThmP. hcarcth? Ccrten iris, as thc1rconfbcncecan no c,J~ witnclfe,few rurocvnto God vnfainedly,few TJe.Hercbythen we mufl learocto fee what do breakc oftheir cour(ein (innipg.Now this vile, rni[erable, :md wretched finncrE '«'CCarc vnreformed life is an infallible tokenof this m our [clues: though 1ve hadno al'luall out· damnable thought. ward linncs,yet this damnable thought maSccondly,the cxercife ofprayer and inuo. C kcth vuccur!ed:Ifa man (p)cur[nhe King in PE,d.to. eauon on chename ofGod, is rare among huhtArt,thefJn IS fa great, andhaynous,thar ,•. men: no doubt many a touched heartcloth thtfo•"s of he•m•fh•ll di(cloje it: How horrieuery day vnfainedly eaU on God for grace, ble then istbis finnefor a man in histhougbr but ycrgenerally thisis rruc:mcn go on from tocurft Gcd, theKingo( Kings, at1dlon.! of d•y to day,and frorn yeare to yeare, and neLords i This therefore mull humble vs in Lter pray vnto God forfupply of grace. Inour[clue• before the Lord. dcede men pleade for thcmfdoes, that they Againe,hcreby wee muCl beeadmoni!htd ·vfeto pray: for they fay the Lords Pral':r,the to vfe allgood meancswhcrby we may come (reed~. andth~ ttlfCDmmau,dtments: .~ut wee to ~ee, and know not oncly the grolfe.adu· mutlknow;thatwith many,thispraClileis f!O· al lmnes ofourltUes,but efpccially this dam· thing but a vainc repetition of words; tor nablethoughtof our hearts; fewctherebee pr.aycr is noadion of the hc~rr, and nor the that doe fee ir,and therefore we mull beeear· Jabour.ofrhetongueandlippe•oncly; (oro nell wirh our fclucs in fearching our owne , [;iy the Lords Prayer, i• notto pray ; for the hearts, to findeout rhisand fuch l1ke abomi· , .w.or.rlsthcrof may be repe~tcd with the heart nationsthatbe in vs.Andrh~s much for rhe ' Q,f an Atheil1, ..• , D fir(! cuill thoughr, : And thirdly the contempt of them that• Sea. •. put their trutl in God, isrife amongvs: for O(thi;thot~ght; 7he weraofqod i4foolifhn<~, who is fo rnuchfcornedand reptoched, as he "the fecond damnable thougbt .of mans that maketh profeilion of religion I Now natural! heart con,erning God, isthis; The may thatcomplaint beiutlJy taken vpby the word of G!cl i4 f.olifhnejfe. Tlm thought mull feruantsof Go~,Ifa. 8.r8. Beho/de, I Andrhe principally b<evndcrflood of theGofpcl,as children ,.bume Jht IArJ hAth giuewme, "" "' S. Paul declareth, fayiug, (q) /t bath pl:afed q i.CorJ," /ignes andRtonders. And, He thAt refr4inesfrom God 61 the [1olijlmejJe of preachir.g, to(aut th~m emU, mak_<~ him{tlf•" pray to the eutll tongue, rh•t beltrH< : where hcecallerh rhe Gofpel of Ifa.S9·•5· Yet!et thefefcolfus know, what Chrifi fooli[hnu,not rhar irwasfoindeed, but eucr they be,that[cedes ofAthc.ifme do pof· becaule the vni'Qnucrted (r) Corinthians, and , vcn l· felfe theirfoules. other Grecians, iudgcd the prcachmg of To come yet mor.e particularly to the triChrifi crucified, the mofi fooli!hthing inoil all of thisthought in our felues : Who(oeo<r theworld, And in the next chapter he faith, dmi<lh rhe prefenceofGod, amieth God, Now (s) The n•tura/1m•n, that is,he tlm is not effe- f, .Cor,>, let the confciencc anfwer,whether we be net chrally called, perceiutth noe the tbings of the , 4 • afraid to Cinne ip,the.prefcnce of many morSpirit of god: towir, rhat a_man rn_ua rep~m tall m<n,andyet m the prefenceofGod,doe oi h"lmnes, and bclccuc m Chnll for the - ·----- pii;d~n ..
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