2. Consider all are guilty of Omissions, even the Good as well as the Bad, and therefore the more faithfulness, and prudence, and caution is requisite, lest ⟨p. 261⟩we mistake. If Saints and Sinners are both guilty of Omissions, how shall I know whether my Omissions are such as will consist with Salvation, unless I try and examine my self. The good man being guilty of Omissions, may fear the dreadful Sentence of, Go ye cursed, &c. And the wicked man knowing that the best are guilty of many Omissions, as well as he may presume upon the joyful Sentence, Come thou blessed of my Father, &c. How shall each be rectified in his mistake, and satisfied in the truth, but by an impartial and through examination of himself? God hath given us a Test, which is the word of Truth, Eph. 1.13. whereby we may try our selves, and prevent all mistakes. Where there is a possibility of a mistake in a business of such infinite weight, there is sufficient ground for a serious trial; but where there is so great a probability of mistaking, as a thing that is so easy and ordinary (because all men are guilty too much of Omissions) there is a necessity of a faithful and impartial trial. There is that maketh himself rich, (in Temporals he is worth thousands, in ⟨p. 262⟩Spirituals he is rich towards God, and worth millions,) yet hath nothing, (Orig. yet nothing, in him or to him he is nothing, he hath nothing for all his brags,) there is that makes himself poor, (speaks himself poor, would have others think him poor,) yet hath great riches, (Hebr. yet much substance; the man hath a great Estate, but is willing to conceal it. Merchants, who are worth thousands, do not publish or boast of their Wares or Wealth about the City; those poor Creatures do it, who carry all their worth on their Heads, or in their Arms.) Junius reads the words well, Est qui divitem se jactat quum desint omnia, item qui pauperem se fingit cui substantia ampla. There is that boasts himself rich, to whom all things are wanting; and that feigns himself poor, yet hath large substance. There is that boasts and brags himself rich in the fear and favour of God, and will tell you of his communion and converses with the Divine Majesty, of his love to, and delight in the Ways, and People, and Ordinances of God; when all these things are wanting to him, he ⟨p. 263⟩hath nothing at all in reality of any of them.
2. Consider all are guilty of Omissions, even the Good as well as the Bad, and therefore the more faithfulness, and prudence, and caution is requisite, lest ⟨p. 261⟩we mistake. If Saints and Sinners are both guilty of Omissions, how shall I know whether my Omissions are such as will consist with Salvation, unless I try and examine my self. The good man being guilty of Omissions, may fear the dreadful Sentence of, Go ye cursed, &c. And the wicked man knowing that the best are guilty of many Omissions, as well as he may presume upon the joyful Sentence, Come thou blessed of my Father, &c. How shall each be rectified in his mistake, and satisfied in the truth, but by an impartial and through examination of himself? God hath given us a Test, which is the word of Truth, Eph. 1.13. whereby we may try our selves, and prevent all mistakes. Where there is a possibility of a mistake in a business of such infinite weight, there is sufficient ground for a serious trial; but where there is so great a probability of mistaking, as a thing that is so easie and ordinary (because all men are guilty too much of Omissions) there is a necessity of a faithful and impartial trial. There is that maketh himself rich, (in Temporals he is worth thousands, in ⟨p. 262⟩Spirituals he is rich towards God, and worth millions,) yet hath nothing, (Orig. yet nothing, in him or to him he is nothing, he hath nothing for all his brags,) there is that makes himself poor, (speaks himself poor, would have others think him poor,) yet hath great riches, (Hebr. yet much substance; the man hath a great Estate, but is willing to conceal it. Merchants, who are worth thousands, do not publish or boast of their Wares or Wealth about the City; those poor Creatures do it, who carry all their worth on their Heads, or in their Arms.) Junius reads the words well, Est qui divitem se jactat quum desint omnia, item qui pauperem se fingit cui substantia ampla. There is that boasts himself rich, to whom all things are wanting; and that feigns himself poor, yet hath large substance. There is that boasts and brags himself rich in the fear and favour of God, and will tell you of his communion and converses with the Divine Majesty, of his love to, and delight in the Ways, and People, and Ordinances of God; when all these things are wanting to him, he ⟨p. 263⟩hath nothing at all in reality of any of them.
