and labour. He will fee feveral irregu-, larities and unfufpected paffions within. him which he never was aware of:-he will discover in his progrefs many fecret. turns and windings in his heart to which he was a stranger, which now gradually open and difclofe themselves to him upon a nearer view; in thefe labyrinths he will trace out, fuch. hidden fprings, and motives for many of his most applauded actions, as will make him rather forry and ashamed of himself, than proud. In a word, he will underftand bis errors, and then fee the neceffity, with David, of imploring GOD to cleanfe him from his fecret faults, and with fome hope and confidence to say, with this great man after his conviction, Try me, O GOD, and seek the ground "of my heart,-prove me and examine "my thoughts,-look well if there be "any way of wickednefs in me, and “lead me in the way everlasting." Now to God the Father, &c. &c. SER |