the groffefl self-murder. 6s himfelf, andhii fl_efh : As for example, the re· ·· forming of your gaming, dicing, carding in your Innes, your dr~nkenneffe and bezeling o,re ~he .Pot; your 'prtde~.and your g~yga~s, :and the hke : would not thts favour your purfes, and be more agreeable to your vtJry carnal refpetls ? and ther~fore yo~-that do · not reform thefe . , you pluck wilful perdition · on · your · heads. · . . Fourthly, forne ofthe means of grace, its bar- · der to omit ·them than to ufe them : Many of yo~ meet with m~rehardfuip_s in the omi~on~ than you could l!ght upon tn th~ pra~tce of them : I need not tnH:ance the particulars_, they :t~e very familiar; . · · '· ·Fifthly, fome of the means of grace, be they hard,yet they are but hard·: they are not jmpof– fiblefor you to ufe. ~Theywill ask no more than · a little labour and diligence, and therefore o– mitted only by reafon of wil-notJ. I hope by this time you fee dearly the truth of this ground. If ye will not f~t your felves to ·ufe the means .of grace and falvation, whenye ··. die, you mufl: needs lay the blame on yourwils : And whywill ye fo ?lVhy willye die 1 ·o honfe of 1/rAel. · But notwithfianding the evidence of this truth , The wi{dom of the jlefh, -which is enmiiJ •gAinft God, fils carnal mtnds with manyobje~ Ctions againfl: it : from all which I {hall endea– vour to vindicat~ it > b¥ anfwcr~ng. thcin all in order.. , . · . '" ( ' . ... . \ I r The ' I \
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