The truly blessed man, or, The way to be happy here, and forever being…

4. If there be Guile in our Spirits we cannot hide it from Gods All seeing Eye. If we have dealt Hypocritically in our Profession, and made a pretence of choosing God to be our God, and devoting our selves to his Service; a show of Repentance and turning from our Sins, of Faith in embracing Christ, entering into Covenant with him, and mean while Our heart is not right with him; He is not mocked, there is no blinding of him, and he will find […] out; our Guile will never hurt him, but it will turn upon our own heads. We may deceive others, and our selves too, but not God. Let […] then be serious and earnest in this matter: and […] Rules of Trial,

4. If there be Guile in our Spirits we cannot hide it from Gods All seeing Eye. If we have dealt Hypocritically in our Profession, and made a pretence of chusing God to be our God, and devoting our selves to his Service; a shew of Repentance and turning from our Sins, of Faith in embracing Christ, entring into Covenant with him, and mean while Our heart is not right with him; He is not mocked, there is no blinding of him, and he will find 〈…〉 out; our Guile will never hurt him, but it will turn upon our own heads. We may deceive others, and our selves too, but not God. Let 〈…〉 then be serious and earnest in this matter: and 〈…〉 Rules of Tryal,

1. Were you ever convinced of your natural Guileful Spirit? We all bring such an one with us into the World, Psal. 58. 4. And the Spirit of God, in the work of Conversion, makes men to see and confess it. The Conviction of Sin, that is his work Joh. 16 8. Carries this in it. The Deceitfulness […] mens Hearts is one of the Great discoveries th• God makes to them, when he comes to do the• good,