• V p R I G H T N R s. . ~07 grace mayb~ pe:f~ct. Buty.ou lhall kno'Y it by this, ordinanly 1t1s not fo, 1t1s but byacctden~; and therefore it comes to paffe but now& then. f\.nd as we fay of the grace of Faith, fo ( to give you another inllance) Truth or the know– ledge ofthe truth :this great grace, if the heart be found, will have a perfect worke; It will goe thorow, it will not make a fiand here and there, as it cloth in thofe that are unfound, ~.Knowledge afthetratb bllth itsperfeti: work in aper· fed: heart. · as you fee,Rom. r. r8.it is given there as a figne · ofan unrighteous man,when they withhold thu 'Rom.!!..Is.· truthin unrighteoufne.!fe ;~hat is, when the truth· js not fuffered to have a pe'rfctt worke; When there is truth,- and they fuffei· it perhaps to informe their underllandings, but they fuffer it to goe no further; When they fuffer it not to walke abroad into all the corners ·of the Soule, .' into all the inward roomes ofit; Or, ifthey doe that,yet they fuffer it not·to come into the out– ward Couits oftheir conver(ation, i~ isa figne that this grace hath nota perfed·worke, but is refirained: And fuch an experffion, you fhall -find, 2 Peter ? • 5. This they wiUino-ly know not,· p :> 6 :. eter 3 •.,.. ( marke) that the Heavens· n1ere of old, &c. He Ireakes there of certaine Atheifts, that were mockers, and defpifers, that were ready to fay·, · Where is thepr6mift ofhis commipg? Dot not all things continue alike,ji;1ce the time·ofour Fathers~ The Apofrle anfwers them thus; Saith he, they · have truth in them, there ·is light enough,God hath borne witneffe to himfelfe in their owne ' confciences; There are many things that they · might
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