have theſe, and another thing only to think ſo.
Ignor. Pray what count you good thoughts, and a life according to Gods Commandments?
Chr. There are good thoughts of divers kinds, ſome reſpecting our ſelves, ſome God, ſome Chriſt, and ſome other things.
Ignor. What be good thoughts reſpecting ourſelves?
Chr. Such as agree with the Word of God.
Ignor. When does our thoughts of our ſelves agree with the Word of God?
Chr . When we paſs the ſame Judgement upon our ſelves which the Word paſſes: To explain myſelf the Word of God ſaith of perſons in a natural condition, There is none Righteous, Rom. 3. Gen. 6. 8. there is none that doth good. It faith alſo, That every imagination of the heart of man is only evil, and that continually. And again, The imagination of mans heart is evil from his Youth. Now then, when we think thus of our ſelves, having ſenſe thereof, then are our thoughts good ones, becauſe according to the Word of God.
