< ( 69) I .~4Je them will not h,;ve ~er;y ! n them., he that or~~dthem w__ill fh~w themno favotJr:. · · . . ~~ 2 ~ Th0feupon_whom the·Gofrel hath feem~,d to -ave don~· its work; but it is itsftrange wor«.. · . . There are :fw~ works whid1 the Gofpel cloth ·: e 'it enlighten's; '-others it fmites .withblindnefs : l t .l!l:lfl'*'" F~ c · fefcen,s ; ot~ers it (eals up under hardnefs ,: e· tt • 0 afns · over '·to Chrill ; others it gives up t~ tinbeli~f and irnpenitence of their hearts. /fa.~. ''1. .6~Ma/l,.e fhe :he~rt ~fthu ·people fat,and ma/z.e thezr ~~rs heavy,andfh~t their eyd;lefl ther fee witht~eir eje·s,-&c. -Goar.td preach to this peoplo;bu~ pn;ach ~hem into hardnefs and blindnefs: becaufe they re– to. fee orhear, l.e~ the light pu~ out their eye~; Joyful found finke them deaf, and Hop thetr Wea~fs: never leave ' hammering them, till thou hall: 'mmered them into rockJ, or anv,i/1;. Some the-re , ' that ,hav-e C0·trifled with Convi-6lions, baffled · ience7 '· ~nd ·fttffel 'd their lufls [9 to refifl: and 1 0ovvn ·their light; that have ha\i [o many heats.,. and colds fo tna~ny . thawings and fr~ezings ; that: , taken up fo many p~rpofes, and made fo many l:1romifes, ·a-fld · y~-t all comes to nothing ; that the pel ·hath received a Charge from tRe Lord, to ·an endof its work: .-Go, fayes God, and ma.ke · end with thefe men; rte qe mocked by them no , . re ;·l'le be -trifled and dallied with by thG.m no . o.er ~ wound ,. the·m no h10re , fright them no e, p~r.fwade them no longer: mlke their hc:trts their ears hea·vy, and fhut their eyes, and give ~ttp to' thei~ hearts lull:s, that they may walk in rbwacdukfdls, a·nd fill up the nieafure 0f their . {. .-, '\ . \ ' ., . rttes. ~. • I " ~. ~·,-·~ ·'~.;··· 'r •. ' Yon ' I .. ' I . •
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