Remains of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…

Secondly, Another mischief of this, is, this is the cause of so much pride and self-confidence in duty. Had Laodicea but made a due search into her duties, you should have heard another manner of speech from her. O my poverty! Hypocrisy! Deadness! Formality! Lord pity my woeful state! this would have been the language you would have heard from her: but now because she did not search into the bottom, this did lift her up; and made her think so well of her case. The reason why we are so well persuaded of our selves, is, because we do not see into our selves. Did we but throughly reflect upon, and search into our duties, when they are performed, we should run to God for pardoning grace. As Neh. last 22. Remember me O my God, for good. He did thus after his great zeal for God, and work of Reformation. He flies to God to pardon the sins of his duties, O Christian! if thou didst ⟨p. 67⟩look into thy duties, thou wouldst see enough to make thee ashamed of them, thou wouldst be ready to cross what thou hast written, and to cut out thy work, and pick it out stitch by stitch. But now persons not searching into their duties, this makes them stick, and be confident in them.

Secondly, Another mischief of this, is, this is the cause of so much pride and self-considence in duty. Had Laodicea but made a due search into her duties, you should have heard another manner of speech from her. O my poverty! Hypocrisie! Deadness! Formality! Lord pitty my woful state! this would have been the language you would have heard from her: but now because she did not search into the bottom, this did lift her up; and made her think so well of her case. The reason why we are so well perswaded of our selves, is, because we do not see into our selves. Did we but throughly reflect upon, and search into our duties, when they are performed, we should run to God for pardoning grace. As Neh. last 22. Remember me O my God, for good. He did thus after his great zeal for God, and work of Reformation. He slies to God to pardon the sins of his duties, O Christian! if thou didst ⟨p. 67⟩look into thy duties, thou wouldst see enough to make thee ashamed of them, thou wouldst be ready to cross what thou hast written, and to cut out thy work, and pick it out stitch by stitch. But now persons not searching into their duties, this makes them stick, and be confident in them.