1 Throughout the Mind. It makes an universal change within. First it turns the balance of the judgement, so that God and his glory do weigh down all carnal and worldly interests. Act. 20. 24. Phil. 1. 20. Psal. 73. 25. It opens the eye of the mind, and makes the scales of its native ignorance to fall off, and turns men from darkness to light. Act. 26. 18. Eph. 5. 8. 1 Pet 2. 9. The man that before saw no danger in his condition, now concludes himself lost, and for ever undone, Act. 2. 37. except renewed by the power of Grace. He that formerly thought there was little hurt in sin, now comes ⟨p. 28⟩to see it to be the chief of evils; he sees the unreasonableness, unrighteousness, the deformity and the filthiness that is in sin, so that he is affrighted with it, loathes it, dreads it, flies it, and even abhors himself for it. Rom. 7. 15. Job 42. 6. Ezek. 36. 31. He that could see little sin in himself, and could find no matter for confession (as it was said of that learned Ignoramus Bellarmine (who it seems while he knew so much abroad, was a miserable stranger to himself,) that when he was to be confessed by the Priest, could not remember any thing to confess, but was fain to run back to the sins of his youth) I say he that could not find matter for confession, unless it were some few gross and staring evils, now sin reviveth with him, Rom. 7. 9. he sees the rottenness of his heart, and desperate and deep pollution of his whole nature: he cries, unclean, unclean, Lev. 13. 45. Lord purge me with Hyssop, wash me throughly, create in me a clean heart. Psal. 51. 2, 7, 10. He sees himself altogether become ••lthy, Psal. 14. 3. corrupt both root and tree. Mat. 7. 17, 18. he writes unclean upon all his parts, and powers, and performances, Isaiah 63. 6. Rom. 7. 18. He discovers the nasty corners that he was never aware of, and sees the blasphemy, and theft, and murder, and adultery that is in his heart, which before he was ignorant of. Heretofore he saw no form nor comeliness in Christ, no beauty that he should desire him; but now he finds the hid treasure, and will sell all to buy this field. Christ is the pearl he seeks, sin the puddle he loathes.
1 Thorowout the Mind. It makes an universal change within. First it turns the ballance of the judgement, so that God and his glory do weigh down all carnal and worldly interests. Act. 20. 24. Phil. 1. 20. Psal. 73. 25. It opens the eye of the mind, and makes the scales of its native ignorance to fall off, and turns men from darkness to light. Act. 26. 18. Eph. 5. 8. 1 Pet 2. 9. The man that before saw no danger in his condition, now concludes himself lost, and for ever undone, Act. 2. 37. except renewed by the power of Grace. He that formerly thought there was little hurt in sin, now comes ⟨p. 28⟩to see it to be the chief of evils; he sees the unreasonableness, unrighteousness, the deformity and the filthiness that is in sin, so that he is affrighted with it, loaths it, dreads it, flies it, and even abhors himself for it. Rom. 7. 15. Iob 42. 6. Ezek. 36. 31. He that could see little sin in himself, and could find no matter for confession (as it was said of that learned Ignoramus Bellarmine (who it seems while he knew so much abroad, was a miserable stranger to himself,) that when he was to be confessed by the Priest, could not remember any thing to confess, but was fain to run back to the sins of his youth) I say he that could not find matter for confession, unless it were some few gross and staring evils, now sin reviveth with him, Rom. 7. 9. he sees the rottenness of his heart, and desperate and deep pollution of his whole nature: he cries, unclean, unclean, Lev. 13. 45. Lord purge me with Hyssop, wash me throughly, create in me a clean heart. Psal. 51. 2, 7, 10. He sees himself altogether become ••lthy,
