The pattern of perfection exhibited in Gods image on AdamThe paterne of perfection exhibited in Gods image on Adam

Ob. But may not a man by education or misery be tempered, and cooled from these things?

Ob. But may not a man by education or misery bee tempered, and cooled from these things?

Answ. Yes, he may have the ruggedness of his affections smoothed, and the edge of furiousness blunted. But though a man may have these somewhat abated, and want grace, yet if a man have these, it is somewhat suspicious, whether he have grace. There may be a root, and ⟨p. 165⟩yet no blossoms, and yet it is certain, where there are blossoms there is a root. If a man express envy in his life, there is sure a treasure of it in his heart. If there be so much filth in the streams, there is more in the fountain: if there be good in thee, there is but a little.

Answ. Yes, he may have the ruggednesse of his affections smoothed, and the edge of furiousnesse blunted. But though a man may have these somewhat abated, and want grace, yet if a man have these, it is somewhat suspicious, whether hee have grace. There may bee a root, and ⟨p. 165⟩yet no blossomes, and yet it is certaine, where there are blossomes there is a root. If a man expresse envie in his life, there is sure a treasure of it in his heart. If there be so much filth in the streames, there is more in the fountain: if there be good in thee, there is but a little.

Here we may also see, whether we have any truth of grace: judge of it by the works. No fire but will burn: fire will heat the whole house; so grace will frame the whole soul. Art thou able to tame those jarring affections, and to stifle them? Art thou able, when they would transport thee, to allay them, and bring thy soul to a calm frame? Then it is a sign thou hast grace. God