MIL 7eDoIrineofMort 4ecatim 2 zrer. ní To this I anfwer ; It is trues that men (hall bee r¢ judgedby their worker, becaufe adions declare either that good that is in theheart, or the evillthat is in the heart ; fo that hewill judge the heart firft as thecaufe, andthen the actions as the e#eés. Rom.8.27.it is faid,. He thatfearchet h the heart, knor eth themindofthe f jirit : fo it is as tine, that heknowes theminde of the flefh; that is, the actions of the unregenerate part. Now as the fap is greater in the root than in thebranches, fo the greater finneis in the heart, and therefore it fhall receive greater punifhment. Thereforeif theroot bee not purged, notwithf}anding thouabftaine from the outward anions, thou haft not as yet mortified finne, becaufe thyheart is impure ; and feeing God will judge us byour hearts, ifwe have any careofourfal - vation, let us labour to cut off the buds of finnethat fpring from the heart. The fourthConfeâary, or Ufe, ftands thus; fee- We4; ingthe Apoltle exhortsthe colofsaanr tomor-ifie their lulls, whohad fet upon thisworke already ; hencewe note this point, Thatno man is foholy or fandified, but he hadneed fhllto beexhorted to Mortification; rtoman fo ioty For howlaever it be true, that in the regenerate finne micas mow. bathreceived a deadlywound, yet it is-not fo killed f"tißn, but there is it'll frp in the root, from whence fprings manybranches ; and therefore had needofcontinuall Mortification,becaufe the flefhwil fhllluff againstthe fpirit ; and although there isfuchcorruption in them, yet are they notunder the power ofit, neither doth it beare rule inthem let them therefore that have not fet upon thisworke ofMortification, now beginne to mortifie their luft aand let all thole that havealrea-
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