i u D A s repentance. it,becaufe it is not natural! ; if they ware truly chan- ged, they would doe it with cafe. Thirdly, the naturals confcience can goe no fur- ther than it's .cnlightned ; it may approve formall . civili living, and holineífe in the generali, but it cannot fo approve of holineffe in the particular that the ftrieter any man is, the more they approve him, and delire to be like him : A man truly fpiri- tuall is burthenfome to a natural confcience, though never fo much enlightned ; the high degrees of ho lineffe doe make him diftate him. Wherefore canft not thou delight in them that are good thou haft cae to feare. Fourthly, the naturali confcience may make a man abftaine from many fnnes, but hee abftaines from none out of a dereftation and hatred of them : he may indeed hate a moralrvice, becaufe he may have a morali vertue contrary to it ; but he cannot hate finne, for nothing is contrary td finne but grace, which he hash nor . if therefore you abftaine from finne out of a hatred to it, it's certaine you are changed; elfe rhouhg you abftaine, it's but from a natural]corfcience. Mofes.and Lot abftained from uncleanneffe,fo that they wept and were vexed,that was a fgne of change; elfe abftaine never fo much, it's not true grace. But if thou hateft it becufe it's fin, and hateft all fin both fmall and great, it's cer- taine thou art changed. Fifthly, the naturali confcience may make us love föme good men, and God alto with a natu- ral] love, becaufe he giveth them fome good brief. fangs ;
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