The law unsealed

and though they were some way confusedly known to be br•a••es of it in general, if there be not a distinct knowledge of the command that is broken, the conviction will not readily be so quick, nor the sorrow so pricking; we have need for our humbling to be bound with the convincing and undeniable evidence of our being guilty of the breach of such a Command in particular, that we may not get it shifted nor shaken off. 5. It manifestly standeth in the way of serious and effectual endeavours in the strength of grace to amend what is amiss, and speedily without delay to turn our feet unto his Commandments; there being no gr•••d to expect that men will in good earnest think of righting wrongs, whereof they are ignorant▪ or not so throughly▪ ⟨image 10⟩persuaded▪ 6. It hath a mighty tendency to the cherishing of spiritual pride, and that good opinion and conceit of mens own righteousness, which is as natural to us, as it is for sparks of fire to fly upwards; And when men know not often when they sin, nor how much they sin, they will be the more easily induced to think they are not so great sinners, nor have so much reason as is talked of▪ to be so very far and altogether out of conceit with themselves; and what may here be the death▪ill of a natural unrenewed man, may be the dangerous distemper of a child of God 7 (which as the gr & prejudice doth natively and necessarily result from all the six preceding prejudices thereof, and maketh it appear to be exceedingly and out of measure prejudicial) it keepeth much from the through conviction and kindly sense of the absolute and indispensable necessity, great usefulness and steadableness and matchless-worth of precious Jesus Christ the Saviour, and of his imputed righteousness; from having daily recourse to him, and making use of him as made of God unto his people both righteousness and sanctification; from lying constantly a bleaching as it were, at the fountain opened to the house of David, and to •he Inhabitants of Jerusalem for •in and for uncleanness from ol edifying-refreshing and someway transporting admiration at the absolute perfection of his righteousness, that can cover and make as if they had never been, so very many and various violation of the holy Law of God;