J • 98 Wilf•l, Impe11ite11C] not, but ifye ftick at a will not, do not think tpis point does lift upmens wills, no, this poynt does as much .beat at the humbJing of thewill 1 as any poyntunder Heaven, for here hesthe pride · .;of the will,and therfore here ye muft behum– bled. , · . Secondly, h~re lies efp.ec~ally the hardning of the heart : when a Man ilicks at acannot,. he does not more and more harden his heart , but' onely fi.ick5 at the fame hardneffe he had. Be– loved, Thou doft then harden tfoy heart when tho11 wilt not·ebey, and therefore here~s moft heed of thyhumbling, to be humbled~r t~y wil-nots; its faid of Phar~toh, he h~rdnea hu he4rt, E~od. 9· 34· What followes ? he 'JJ?ouldJJot let the chit:. arenofJfrael gpe ': thy will nots thefeare they that . harden thy heart : doft thou cemplain, 9f the hardneffe of thy heart ? 0 go and humble thy Soul for thy will .nots, thefeare · the hardners'of thy heart , ·nay let'me tell thee, thou hail: no hardnelfe ofheart tllO more than an Infant or a Babe,, but .9nly that which thy will " "', no~s have made thee ', and therefore thou haft great reafon to . he .hU:mbled .for thy wiU 00~ . " Thir:dly , her:e ·lies efpecially the ftuhbor~- neffe·ofthyheart; wben a child that iscomman.. de.d by his Parents to obey; flicks .at acannot he .obeyes as far as he can~ but onelyhe llicks at a cannot, he is not fiubborn ; Il:ubbort;teffe iswhen one flicks atawill not : if\a manhave a fiubbornSonwhich will not obeythe voice of his\Eather, i>eut.zT.. I:S- · Sohereliesefllecially ·· · · .- · ·we· / I
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