" • V P·R l G HTN E s. other man, .though he know exceeding,much· .yet he knowes nothing as he ~ught to know, as we fce,r Co·r.8 .2. He that thmkes he knowes I Gor,S.t.~ ~ny f,~i~g, .knowes nothingyet tlS he ought to know · An unfound ' t·t·, fa1rh the· Ap9file, he knowes not finne as man,though he ouont to know it, he knowes not thepromi:. he knovv r. f:=' 1· k·. · , · 11·1·c. h I moch,know· .1es o ~ grace, 1e nowes not eterna Ire, e erhit'J:Jotas :.knowes not thefe as he ought to know them: . he ought• . for, did. he;: he ·would be ~vrought upon by · them;· if lie did know God as he ought, .he would fearc God· wirhall his heart, and ·with ' all his fo~lle, and with·all nis fl: rength;'fo;ifhe did kno\v finne as he ought, he wouldmakeit his chiefe farrow, he woul& abhorre it, .. he · would ·not come neere it, he .would. cl eanfe himfelfe from it; hewould fl ye from it, as from . a Serpent,upon all occafifJnS·: So, did heknow · remiffion of finnes·, he would ~ not efieeme fo .lightly·ofit as· he dotli; but }:le woulcf feeke it · earnefrly, even·as a: condemned man dorh his. Pardon. So that is the difference ;tfi.ey know · not thefe things as they ·ouglit to know them ; ; for) Beloved, this is to he obfervcd, wlienany man is conver~ed to Godby the revelation of. this wifedome,he cloth not alwayes know new rhings,he ha~h not new things revealed unto him,-more than he knew before, butthefame thingshe knowes now.as he qpght to know; whereas before, though h~ knew rherrr, .h~ knew themnot as he·ought t.o know diem: he neverknew finne what it was, h~ ~ never kn·ew whatgrace was) all thofe eromifes and threat.; ' · ning.s . Conycrfion is wrought byknowing 1 hings other. wi(ethanwe: did ltefore.
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