thegrojfefl self-murder; vert thee and fave thee~ thou c~nfi not be accepted of him. All this is to humble thee, -not to . . help thee with excufes. Tufu I cannot do as his Minifrers do bid rrte,I ca~not mortifie.thefe fins, I cannot be fo ftrict', this is too much pre- . cifeneffe you fpeak of. 0 murmur not,tEu can– . not is o·nly to humble thee;' murmur not among . 1our[elves. No man can come to me except the' Fatherdraw him, (oh.6,43 ,44.This is no rea- ") fon why thot~ fuouldjfl: murmur dr cavil, or be ' fiubborn as tpou art, thou ci.nfr not come at Chrifl: except the father take pitty on .thee to draw thee. Thou haft fo much the more reaJ; fon to be/humbled, andnot to g9o,nwittingly and wifullyas th~u doefr. \ Can£1: thounot be· ' . holy, and faved, except h~ he pleafed to pitty thee ? in what a woful cafe then art thou to provoke him as thou dofl: ? So much fhall fuf ... fice for thy firft ObjeCtion, drawnout of the ~cri pture. . · . The fecond thi;tg thouobje8:eftis thywilling– nefs; thou woNlaft,as thoupretendeft 1 b~!t thon canftnot. · : · · ~ ·' ~ "" I anfwer thee for this. 2 06JeC1,~ F.irfi; may f)e its the l,Vill of. thy c:Onfcience·, anfwered a~d not thewill ?fthy heart; thy heart is ~arnal and .unacquatnted with God,, and fq its , fOntented tO pe, only thy confcience lVQUld ·~have thee grow better and mo.te heavenly;hut thyheart will not yield , and thereforeall thy willings ar~ ?othingbut ~el.udings· ; ~~ey a.r~ only the wtlhngs of -confctence andnot of thy ;hearto Thou ar't 'thafing ' ap.d.{reting ev~ry foot~ 'hy tronfcience tels · thee thou , fuould~: ... . . ·; . (;; i fi()t; ' . I ...
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