Heaven upon earth in the serene tranquillity and calm composure, in the sweet peace…

That we may come to a close of this Discourse and Text, take some Characters of this willingness to live honestly, ⟨p. 316⟩where its sincere: And 1. Where it is, the more that Corruption get victory, the more it is hated, and the more holy discontentment follows upon it; The prevailing of corruption stirs, awakes and provokes the Christians indignation the more against it; he was angry at it before; but when at any time it makes him founder, or fall before it, his anger increases and rises to a holy rage against it; Yea when he is wrestling with his own corruption, and cannot get it mastered, and brought down as he would, he is the more set against it; and in his complaining of it, he will readily have the more weighty and aggravating Expressions of it; as the Apostle hath it, Rom. 7. when he cries▪ O wretched man that I am • and as Asaph hath, Psal. 73. When he says, So foolish was I and ignorant, I was as a beast before thee: Which is a real proof that he connives not at Corruption, even when it it prevailing over him; he hath not only a hatred of the evil, but even then when it prevaileth, and the more it seemeth to prevail, the more he hates it. 2. Where this willingness is, there is much prayer to God, and wrestling with him therein, to attain more and more holiness; as we may see in the Psalmist, who says to God, Psal. 119. vers, 5. O that my ways were directed to keep thy Statutes; and verse 10. With my whole heart have I sought thee, O let me not wander from thy Commandments; and verse 27. Make me to understand the way of thy precepts; and verse 35. Make me to go in the path of thy commandments, for therein do I delight, &c. We know not if there be many that are much in prayer to God for holiness as a choice and desirable mercy, and that are striving to maintain and keep up the fight against their corruption; but surely if this be not, men cannot have peace on this ground of willingness to live honestly. 3ly. Where this willingness is, there will be nothing a greater burden and affliction to a person, then when corruption prevails; as we use to say, there is nothing that troubles a man more then not to get his will, or to have his will thwarted and crossed; even so there is nothing that troubles