74 l_·_____ ~_i_tb_o_ut_Et __ um __ ilt_'at_io_n_r_z6~m_e_rc~~-·----~· Rea.f. would not commit himfelfe to~them, but fiay with him, men will not unldfe they bee humbled: For unldfe aman be brought to part with all for Chrift, and to fell all, hee will in the end repent of his bar· gaine ; if there bee a refervationof aoy thing, the time wiil come beewill:goe backe, and fiart afide likeabrokenBowe; anduntill a manbee throughly · hL1mbled, bee will not bee brought to part with all for C11 a I s T ; bee that is humbled,heeonely is the Merchant·Uke minded man, who fells all hee bath and goes away rejoycing , is glad at the heart that hee hath Chrifl: though with the lolfe of the whole world ; he is willing to take Chrift upon all conditions,with lo1fes and crotfes,and to deny him- · felfe in every thing ; .for hee knowes the bitternelfe of linne, and fo fees [uch a price upon Chriil: as if the bargaine were to make againe, bee would doeas hee had doae,but the other what hee hath done in a fit,he repents him of afcerwards, and therefore true repentance(which godly forrow and true humiliati. on worketh ) is called repentd.wce never to hee repented of, 2 Cor. 7;1o. Other forrow than Godly may worke a repentance, but it is fuch as men afterwards repent nf. Men are foone weary of the yoke of Chriil:,b~caufe they have not felt how grievous the yoke oflinne and Sathan is,butto onewho hath felt che burthen of finne, the yoke_ofChrift is eafie and ·fweete. · . The lafi Rearon bath relation to the lafi thing here promifed, of taking away the Judgements and healing the L~tnd. God 1hou1d not have the praife · of his ludg('ments and of his Mercy in t*lkingrhem awav /
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