"· WilfHllmpeniteNCJ .. Jerick, anoth~rs more fearful, anothers more lazy , anothers more ·lufiful. Dofi thou lay the blame upoq Nature, rriy Nature is more fubjed: to Choler, and Wrath .? Alafs, thou laieH: 'blame upon God. For its he that dif– pofe~h of ¥ens Natures : and therefore thou takeil: part with rhofe \Vretches that faid, why haft thou made me thm? Romans 9.20. ~ Thou laiefl: the blame upon God, I would not do , thus, but onely ~.tis my Nat1.1re, and I ·can– not help it. No. . And / wilt thou lay the · blame upon God? No, no : This is thyN~ture , ~nd ,thou art- contented with this nature · . · 1 · , :z.De•~~~~ Secondly, Thou do{\: caff the blame upon Temptations, it is my hard hap to fall upon Temptations.. I was· tempted; or I woul~ nOl have done it: this is to,eaU the blame upon Go<! too, ' for. it is his Providence to order temptati– ons. Such and fuch temptations for one Man, fuch and fuch for another , fuch now and fuch then. Its -the Providence ofGod that difpofeth whieh and which temptations every Man fuall ·have. One fhall . have t~mptations to Pride , another temptations. to Wrath , . ano-- · ther to Revenge , another, to Covetoufnelfe. I' . · Its true ; ·God~tempteth no Man, but he orderi Jara.r.t3. the ~emptationsofmen. Let no Mllnfay he k·· / ·tempted of G~d, for God tempteth no m~tn. No, ev~ry Mam is te~pted to finn by his own , lufis. Thtrs thou ·.wouldil: fay if thou wert , · _humbled : but thou layefi theblame upon-God ~ tt was long -of temptions that I did it.. This· is if thou- filouldfi fay , 'twas long of God, J • that
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