The Grace and Duty of Being Spiritually Minded

That which is our Concernment herein, is to enquire of what Nature that Work is which hath been on our own Affections, or in them, and how it differs from those, which whatever they do or effect, yet will not render us nor themselves Spiritual.

THat which is our Concernment herein, is to enquire of what Nature that Work is which hath been on our own Affections, or in them, and how it differs from those, which whatever they do or effect, yet will not render us nor themselves Spiritual.

And we ought to use the best of our Diligence herein; because the great means whereby Multitudes delude and deceive their own Souls, persuading themselves that there has been an effectual Work of the Grace of the Gospel in them, is the Change that they find in their Affections which may be on many Occasions, without any Spiritual Renovation.

And we ought to use the best of our Diligence herein; because the great means whereby Multitudes delude and deceive their own Souls, perswading themselves that there has been an effectual Work of the Grace of the Gospel in them, is the Change that they find in their Affections which may be on many Occasions, without any Spiritual Renovation.

First, As unto the temporary and Occasional Impressions in the Affections before mentioned, whether from the Word, or any other divine warning by Afflictions or Mercies, they are common to all sorts of Persons. Some there are, whose Consciences are seared with a hot Iron, 1 Tim. 4.2. who thereon being past feeling (senseless of all Calls, Warnings, and ⟨p. 209⟩