Iló SB R. V. r The bje& of this Truth The heft men before Regeneration turall men may have.Now the thing we have to doe, is to thew you what this knowledge here meant is, becaufe the difference is not very apparent. Now as to underfland what an accident is, ru confider the fubjea, the Author, and efficient, and the extent thereof; fo confider you thefe three things, and then you thaII know what this Truth is. Firfl, where this Truth is : now there is a Truth placed in the fpeculatice part of the tninde,or under - ttanding,which is that,by which,weknow and judge aright concerning G o D and moral' verws, what is good, and what is bad, what is jufl, and what is un- lufl; whereby many men can ditcourfe learnedlY and clearedy, as Seneca, and Tally, and others of the H.:athen,in whom, we finde many glimmerings and fparkles of true light. As we may finde Flowers in the wafle, though the proper place be the Garden. The Church is the Garden of G o DO in Gánticlrì c 2'ty Sifter, my Sporf fe is as a Garden indoJed : and it is true, thefe Flowers properly grow there, and if you will have them, you tnuft fe: kethem in the Scrip- tures, in the Church of G o n :. but wemay likevaife finde them abroad. Secondly, this Truth is placid in the prieticall part of the underflanding, and that is when we judge ofgond things to be done, and of ill things not to be do ,e ; and that as having reference to .G o n that fudges or rewards: And_this is it Divines call Con - fcience, and it differs from the other in this, that that .jucfgerh fmply, whether it be good or bad, but this giveslawcs,andrules,and edias oflife,it tellsus 'his mutt be done,and this mutt not be done : fo there is a Treafure
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