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First, That a due care about a Examination is a very likely Token of Sins S• ty. You shall rarely with an Hypoers whom Self-Examination is a frequent or a grate full Thing unto. It argues, An heart not established with Grace, when we are afraid of having our selves truly discovered unto our selves. Our Lord intimates in John 3.20. that whe• men are loth to come unto the Light, it show them and their Deeds to be evil. If you decline the most Critical Incisions into your ow• Hearts, tis a shroud sign of their being Rot at the Core. Those of you that can go fro• year to year without any Self-Examination have in this rendered that Self-Examination thu• far superfluous, that without any further Trial you may pronounce your selves, in the Gall of Bitterness, and the Bond of iniquity. But when a man loves to be Ransacking every Corner of his own Soul, and is at a world of pains to be searched and tried, lest there be any way of wickedness in him; this is a blessed sign of his being in a state, in which all men should wish to be. Your Self-Examining persons, are usually those, of which we may with out Scruple say, These are the good men that are upright in heart.

First, That a due care about a Examination is a very likely Token of Sins S• ty. You shall rarely with an Hypoers whom Self-Examination is a frequent or a grat• ful Thing unto. It argues, An heart not established with Grace, when we are afraid of having our selves truly discovered unto our selves. Our Lord intimates in John 3.20. that whe• men are loth to come unto the Light, it shew them and their Deeds to be evil. If you decline the most Critical Incisions into your ow• Hearts, tis a shrowd sign of their being Rotte at the Core. Those of you that can go fro• year to year without any Self-Examination have in this rendred that Self-Examination thu• far superfluous, that without any further Trial you may pronounce your selves, in the Gall of Bitterness, and the Bond of iniquity. But when a man loves to be Ransacking every Corner of his own Soul, and is at a world of pains to be search'd and try'd, lest there be any way of wickedness in him; this is a blessed sign of his being in a state, in which all men should wish to be. Your Self-Examining persons, are usually those, of which we may with out Scruple say, These are the good men that are upright in heart.