The mischiefs of self-ignorance and the benefits of self-acquaintance opened in divers sermons at…

3. In the Baptismal Covenant, you are engaged to the Holy Ghost. If you are sincere in this branch of your Covenant, 1. You discern your sins as odious and dangerous, as the corruption of your souls, and that which displeaseth the most Holy God. 2. You see an excellency in Holiness of Heart and Life, as the Image of God, the rectitude of man, and that which fits him for eternal blessedness, and maketh him amiable in the eyes of God. 3. You unfeignedly desire to be rid of your sin, how dear soever it hath been to you: and to be perfectly sanctified by the Holy Spirit, by his degrees, ⟨p. 164⟩in the use of the means which he hath appointed: and you consent that the Holy Ghost as your sanctifier do purify you and kindle the Love of God in you, and bring it to perfection.

3. In the Baptismal Covenant, you are engaged to the Holy Ghost. If you are sincere in this branch of your Covenant, 1. You discern your sins as odious and dangerous, as the corruption of your souls, and that which displeaseth the most Holy God. 2. You see an excellency in Holiness of Heart and Life, as the Image of God, the rectitude of man, and that which fits him for eternal blessedness, and maketh him amiable in the eyes of God. 3. You unfeignedly desire to be rid of your sin, how dear soever it hath been to you: and to be perfectly sanctifyed by the Holy Spirit, by his degrees, ⟨p. 164⟩in the use of the means which he hath appointed: and you consent that the Holy Ghost as your sanctifier do purifie you and kindle the Love of God in you, and bring it to perfection.

4. In Baptism you profess to renounce the world, the flesh, and the Devil: that is, as they stand for your Hearts against the Will and Love of God, and against the Happiness of the unseen world; and against your Faith in Christ your Saviour; and against the sanctifying work of the Holy Ghost. If therefore you are sincere in this part of your Covenant, you do upon deliberation perceive all the pleasures, profits and honours of this world to be so vain and worthless, that you are Habitually resolved, to prefer the Love and favour of God, and your salvation before them; and to be Ruled by Jesus Christ and his Spirit and word, rather then by the desires of the flesh, or the worlds allurements, or the will of man, or the suggestions of the devil: and to forsake all rather then forsake the Father, the Saviour, the Sanctifier to whom you are devoted, and the everlasting life which upon his promise you have taken for your Hope and Portion. This is the sense of Baptism, and all this in profession being