I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…

It is very inquisitive after the ways of God, and after further Truths: As the man that climbs up into the Tree, first gets hold on the lower Boughs, then on the higher, and so winds himself into the body of the Tree, till he comes to the top; So doth a Christian do; he begins with the lower, then unto higher, and so to higher discoveries: at the first therefore, he is most inquisitive, What shall I do to be saved? says he; and again, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? False and common Grace is not so.

It is very inquisitive after the waies of God, and after further Truths: As the man that climbs up into the Tree, first gets hold on the lower Boughs, then on the higher, and so winds himself into the body of the Tree, till he comes to the top; So doth a Christian do; he begins with the lower, then unto higher, and so to higher discoveries: at the first therefore, he is most inquisitive, What shall I do to be saved? saies he; and again, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? False and common Grace is not so.

It is much in the work of Humiliation; it grows in a waterish place. Now suppose that two Herbs be much alike, the one sovereign, and the other naught; and it be told you, that the sovereign, good Herb, grows in a waterish place, and the other on a Rock; will you not easily discern those, by the places where they grow? Thus it is here; the weak Grace of the Saints, grows in a waterish place, it is much in Humiliation; but the common, false Grace of Hypocrites, grows on a Rock. As a weak Christian, is very apt to rest upon his own doings, so he is much in doing, and in the work of Humiliation most.

It is much in the work of Humiliation; it grows in a waterish place. Now suppose that two Herbs be much alike, the one soveraign, and the other naught; and it be told you, that the soveraign, good Herb, grows in a waterish place, and the other on a Rock; will you not easily discern those, by the places where they grow? Thus it is here; the weak Grace of the Saints, grows in a waterish place, it is much in Humiliation; but the common, false Grace of Hypocrites, grows on a Rock. As a weak Christian, is very apt to rest upon his own doings, so he is much in doing, and in the work of Humiliation most.