Bolton - Houston-Packer Collection BV824 .B65 1634

Let 3· :Hardndfe of heart, anddo· fperatenetfe in fi~~i~g. ~he Saints~ure there is none of you, but with all his heart hates . and deteil:s .this bloudy, murth~rous, and Idola– tr~:>U~ generation ; andwill. by no meanes futfer · hts nght eye of knowledge m Gods Word to~e put out by thefe cmfed Ammonites. · Addehere an~ther let. which is Separatifme, . SeeTA.pag.79· · . · · · ' A third let and hinderance, is the height of · hardnelfe of heart, and mofl: damned defperate-: · netfe in finning, wsen men arc become fo greedy · · of fulfifling their ··finfull pleafttres., that they . drinkeup fenfuaU delights likewater,d~aw on ini– quity like cords of vanitie, and finnc tU with cart-:– ropes: For then they heginne to fay with them- . felves,even to God himfelfe,wirh them·in /oh 21 ~ Bobu. 14 , 1 s. ' I 4, r). 'Depart from Ut,fo1we dejirenot the knon·l~'dge . of thyw"A,yes. who if the Alm(.~hty, that ·111e jhfuldferve him~ andwhat p1ojit J!;ould we ha·veifwe fhQu/d pray un- . . to him ~ And with thofe to wliO:m lf~tiiith in his 6frhChapt1er Gferiouncc~}1! a feat<:!full \voe ·; 'Let him make [peed, let himhajfen "hif ·'worke,' that we m~ty fee it, andlet thecounfeltef the R_oly one of lfraddraw . nearcandcof!Je, that wee-may know it. Men that are poffeff~d with fuch a.rebellious andfcorn,full fpi– nt as. this, neither much care f.or God ·or his : Word, threats or promjfes, j~:tdgements or mer– cies, heaven or heiJ. No ,marvdl then though ,r13ey fet fight byGod's tnin!fl:ers, ;~md feekc not I Aprcr~rvative · aga.inft this. Jor ·inflru<'ition inho.l'ji knowledge; ·and heavenly . wifdotne~ That -wee may be preferved from this horrible and defJ)erate cafe, and . fo fearefully . .hardning ourl1~aits againft theWordof life and · falvation, ; l ·-------------------- ~----~--~==~----~~~

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