Four learned and godly treatises viz. The carnal hypocrite. The churches deliverances. The deceitfulness…Foure learned and godly treatises viz. The carnall hypocrite. The churches deliverances. The deceitfulnesse…

Bring forth good things, the word in the Original is, All cast out good things, and it implies a kind of compulsion, so that a holy man, out of the treasure of holiness casts out holy things, that is how ever many corruptions hang about him, and would hinder him from doing what he should, yet a good heart will cast out all, and break through all. Look as it is with sire, let it be raked up never so close, yet there will be fire, it will heat, and burn, and consume all into it self, so it is with the sire of grace in a mans heart, though there be many clogging corruptions, yet if this grace be there, though a man have a great deal of filthy noisome humours of vanity, and collar and anger, and carelessness yet this fire will heat and burn, & make way, & kindle ⟨p. 17⟩and turn all into a flame at conclusion.

Bring forth good things, the word in the Originall is, All cast out good things, and it implies a kind of copulsion, so that a holy man, out of the treasure of holines casts out holy things, that is how ever many corruptions hang about him, and would hinder him from doing what hee should, yet a good heart will cast out all, and break through all. Looke as it is with sire, let it be raked up never so close, yet there will be fire, it will heate, and burne, and consume all into it selfe, so it is with the sire of grace in a mans heart, though there be many clogging corruptions, yet if this grace be there, though a man have a great deale of filthy noysome humors of vanity, and coller and anger, and carelessenesse yet this fire will heat and burne, & make way, & kindle ⟨p. 17⟩and turne all into a flame at conclusion.

Secondly, it will not only break through all corruptions, but through all outward occasions that comes against it. Psa. 39.3. The good man was among a company of mock gods, that were flouting and gibing, and now saith he, I burned and spake with my tongue, as who should say, the grace of God was so powerful, that he could hold no longer, he could bear no more, but spake with his tongue. Look as it is with the Husband man, he casts his seed into the ground, and covers it over with earth, yet that little seed will break the earth, and rend the ground and come out: so it is with a godly and holy heart, where in the immortal seed of Gods word is sown, though there be clogs and occasions of oppositions, this way and that way, and another