AMIN BO Signes of a Meus Creature. Shp1I. waft wont to fpend the Sabbath thus and thus, and Chou doeft fo 11(11; thou waft wont to neglect prayer, to performe it in a remiffe manner ; thou wail wont to bee a negligent hearer,, without recalling it, and working it upon thine ovine heart, without growing in knowledge, and thou art lo (till ; thou waft wont to have fecret by-wayes, that thy heart knower were not good, and thou holdeft them íh11: wilt thou fay chou art a New Creature ? It is imponible, 1f we bec New Creatures, there will be an alteration certainly in our lives : And therefore to you that fay, I purpofe to do better, and I intend it, rmy meaning is good, I fay, to you the Kingdom of God (lands not inrvord, and in pur- pofe, and in meaning, but in power. Thou art made a New Creature, that is, the inward frame of thy heart co.. 4. is altrcd , and, if that bee altered, there is an ability 21. followes it, that inables thee to doe the duties of new obedience, and to abifaine from the contrary : therefore examine thy felfe by thy actions, and fay not now, though I doe not live ftriEily and precifely, for fhew, as others doe, yet I doe as much in fubflance; for if thou be a New Creature,thou wilt be as much in Phew too, the operation and aäion will follow,if the in -fide be cleane,Mat. z3. the out -fidewill be fo, though it be true, we oft finde the out -fide cleane, when the ino4de is nor. Therefore, it is no ftrange make that I give,that ex- amining your felves by the out -fide fhould be a meanes toknow if you be New Creatures; for, though we can. not fay that becaufe the out fide is good, the in -fide is fo too; yet we may conclude, if the out. fide be not good, certainely thou art not a New Creature yet. Therefore
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