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Direct. 5. Study sincerity, Psal. 51. 6. thou desirest truth in the inward parts; be what you seem to be; be not like the Waterman, that looks one way and Rows another; do not look Heaven-wards by a profession, and Hell-wards by your conversation; do not pretend God, and love sin; counterfeit piety is double iniquity: O let the heart be upright with God; the plainer the Diamond is, the more richer; and the more plainer the heart is, the more doth God value this Jewel. A little rusty Gold, is far better then a great deal of bright Brass, so a little true grace, though rusted with many infirmities, is better then all the glitterings of hypocrisy, a sincere heart is Gods Coin, and heel give grains of allowance.

Direct. 5. Study sincerity, Psal. 51. 6. thou desirest truth in the inward parts; be what you seem to be; be not like the Waterman, that looks one way and Rows another; do not look Heaven-wards by a profession, and Hell-wards by your conversation; do not pretend God, and love sin; counterfeit piety is double iniquity: O let the heart be upright with God; the playner the Diamond is, the more richer; and the more plainer the heart is, the more doth God valule this Jewel. A little rusty Gold, is far better then a great deal of bright Brass, so a little true grace, though rusted with many infirmities, is better then all the glitterings of hypocrisie, a sincere heart is Gods Coyn, and heel give graynes of allowance.

Direct. 6. As you love your souls, be not strangers ⟨p. 10⟩to your selves; be much and often in the work of self examination, among all the books you read, turn over the book of your own heart; look into the book of Conscience, and see what is written there, Psal. 77. 6. I commune with my own heart, set up a judgement seat in your own souls, examine whether you have grace or no, prove whither you are in the faith; be as much afraid of painted holiness, as you would be of going to a painted Heaven. Do not think your selves good, because others think so; let the Word be the touch-stone by which you try your hearts; let the Word be the looking glass by which you judge the complexion. Of your souls for want of sincerity many that have lived known to others, have dyed unknown to themselves.