Bolton - Houston-Packer Collection BV824 .B65 1634

and perpetual/ quiJe. · and confciGnable Minifrerie of the Word, is a ,meanes both to beget, nourHh, and continue fa– . ving grace. And, let mens conceits be what .they 11 will. as fure it is,as God is in Heaven,notonej.qt or ti~tle qfail the Plagues and Curfes regifhed~in Gods Law, but fhall be feverely executed upon aH ignorant and unrepentant unners, :~n.d poured Pfol.S8. 11. upon the ha'irie fcalpe of all fuch M goe onfli/1 in their -wickednejfo. . · · A fifth Let and hinderance of hearing the Let 5• ffi .J • d An eager purWord of God, is an exce tve an~a tmmo erate fttit of amans delight, and anea~erand earneft purfuit of the fwcc.t fume• . finfull pleafures of a mans fweet finne. * By a :::ta~~~~ a mans fweet finne, I meane that,wbich his corrupt fweet finne. naturehath fingled out, and made fpeciall choife ~emadmodUJI'J of, to followand feed upon, w~thgreateft delight ::;~~jz!;~1:. . and fenflt~ll fweetneife; which, by cuftome and r~. invm~iur: -continuance, bath taken deeoefl: root and fureft lJI!I. 11 ahat!quo, h Id . h. h .h.rh 11 h. a:.: .n. vtt~magHquam o m IS e,art: uponw ~c ,a · IS arrevLlOns c.ettrhabhorreat~ and defires are carried with 1barpeft edge, heat, fie nern11 ~llllt..t d h dl m d t. . h h k ll fonElttattJ eft, .an ·ea ongn~ e; an towJ.I~C , ee ma 'es ~ . quin adNnum occafions and cucumfl:ances,fnends and acqnam- aliquod pcccl!· tance, Religion and Confcience, all the powers ttem, qu~m ~~ b h f r. I d b d d d n. r c<ttcra.propenper , ?t . o 10U ean ?· y, a~ outwar euate, ~er- p 1, cart.p.uh. v1ceable and contrlbutone, as to that whtch chiefely rules amd reignes in him. This fweet finne,in fome, is Worldlineffe, Earthly-mindedne!fe,and Covetottfneffe: Inothers, it is Volup~' tuoufneffe, Luft, and Vncleanneffe; Pride, Pleafures, Drunkenneffe, orfuch likeo Now (:ertaine it is,carnall,prophane,and unregenerat~ men,doe many times preferre the pleafures of their fweet · · (e 4) and

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