I ' (' l}j: ~lade Reptntance : nor Faith and Repentance exclude O~edi; rnce . nor doth th~ office of one of thefe exclude the ufe and' offic;of the refi. Publike duties exclude not private ; nor do private exclude publike : O~e part excludeth not anot~er : · Reading excludeth not preachmg , nor bo~h of. them praymg ; but their·nature and ufe befpeaketh a conJuntbon; The wh?le Bocly is not an eye or hand; nor doth'the Unity exclude but m-; elude even the fmalle{J: members. . 4· Nor is there fuch aUnityas exdudeth difference ofDegreeJ: ; For one meanJ may be more necejfary and excellent then another: . A·nd the fame perfon by growing doth differ from hin:tfelf as he · was before: and one will hereafter excell anor her m Glory, . as now they do in holinefs and faithful improvement of thei~ · talents. . I I. Let us next lay eoth together; and fee how the troubling matters of the world are called [Many] in oppofition to this One. And . I. Every creature to a fenfua1 man, is made by him in fome fort, huEndandGod: For ·he do rh not Vfe it onlJ, and referr it as the godly do, to an end that is One ; but he would En- · joy it, and make it ohjellivelyhis end it felf, and fo idolize it. And· therefore though in the general notion of Delight they all ageee;. yet materillllly·what abundance of ends andgods have carnal men?– Every fenfe mu£1: have its own delight: the eye mufi have its de: light, and the appetite its delight; and fo of'the refi. · z. And alfo thefe fldhlybaits and pleafures are difcordant even among themfelves : ·They draw the finner feveral waies ·; . a·nd one of them fighteth againfi the other : The riches of the fenfuali-ft doufuallycontradiCt his eafe ; and often his VrJlitptuom · humour : and his f! •nhition and pride doth bridle his difgraceful . /u.ft ; and one· fin wtil not let another have i'ts end, but robbeth ' him of the poor expeCted fruit: ,And th'us they·do difl:ract the · fi.nners , .and tear their very hearts ·in pieces ; and divide and dtfmember them-. where God ·would heal them and unite them il'l.himfelf. . And the toilfomc cares -and ·labours by which thefc: tbmgs .rnuft Ire obrair;1ed, are many , .and oft contrary to eaca ~ther; and ·a greau deal of fiir it is that a dduded finner ,makesto , ll:Ctle.pFtrp~fe. . - - - . - ~~ ~~
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