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It is Christ's prerogative to know
the heart. He knows who they
are that believe not, but dissemble
in their profession, & yet continues
them room in his Church,
the use of his Ordinances & the credits
of his Name, & doth not discover
them in this world, unless they
by their own wickedness discover
themselves, because such is the
consitution of the visible Church,
& the discovering days is still to
come; but if we pretend to judge
men's hearts, we step into Christ's
throne, & anticipate his Judgement.
We are often decived in
men, & see cause to charge our
sentiments of them; but this
we are sure of, that Christ knows
all men, & his Judgement is according
to truth.

God draws souls by giving them
Grace & strength, & a heart to
come; without which, sweet is the
moral impotency of man in his fallen
state, that he cannot come

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