l' ;, .... (37 man b~c~mfe he is dijtr~tfled, nor .l'o muchas 6/dme loim for ir~ ( unlefs as it is the fruit of fin,) no more then he wiUcondemn or blame an Jdeot or a heaft, becaufe they have no ufe of reafon: If DAvidhad been as he feigned llirnfelf ~ be, I Sam.21. I 3, r4• it wouldnot havecafthimoutofGods favour, fofaras one {i11 did much lefs fo far as the ungodly are. A man may go to He;ven from fuch amAdnt[.!. But J01Hhat have Reafon for the world, but none for God ; that are wife todo evil, that have wit ro dcfiroy your felves and ferve the fldh, btJt none to look after your recovery and falvation, ics you that fhall have the flripes the many,the great, the endlefs fl:ripes. You that have fo mu'chwit as that you glory in it, and think your {elves wifer then the refl of the world, and yet have not wit to know, and Iove,and ferve your maker: nor to value ~nd feek fir£1: the One thing nect.Jfutry, it is you that will prove the miferable fools. If you had not bad anatural capacity of underflanding, you had had no fin : But now you have no cloak for your fin,when -you have the worldly wifdom which is foolilhnefs with God., and bave a !inl'ling, felf-defiroyingwit, and are wilfully void of thew((dom thadhould fave you, (1 Cor. I. 25. & 3.19 Jer.8.9.) when you have not a nec-ejfitated, bma voluntll.rJ ddtrad:ion :. and thi& u your condemnation, that Light u come into the world, and you hM1H loved d11rk._nefs rather then Light, be(alfj~ yaur deeds were evil, John 3. I 9-· If yo~ think this w.ilfuH ar:cl fenilefs neglect of rhe Om thi;~g needful/ IS not a fuffim~nt eVIdence to prove that mifcrable di– jr>1Elion which I charge upon you, will you but. believe your Maker, and let the word of God be Judge between us, and mark what langaage it givcth to fud1 as I now defcribe 2 Thef[.3.2,.. '-jer.J,-.22. Eccle[.J. 25. 2Pet.2 .. I2. Pjalm9·2.6.~94.8... Jtr. 10. 8. 14. .Deut. 32. 6. Pfalm73·l· ~2. 2 Sam. 14. IO... Jn thefe places your courfe hath no better titles, than unrea-– Jcna6le,Joolijh, lrutij71, fottifh, &c. even from the God of Wif- <dom himfelf, who is-the tlttefl: ro give you the charaCter that: }'O~ deferve-. ~hen y()n ha-~· e truly 12on fide red of your way,. tf mdeed you find rhat you have dealt ltke wife men, hold on. an~. fay fo at ~he lafl, ~hen you have eaten thefruir ()f )' OUr. domg, and have feen the End. );. Furthermore ~onfider,,that wbat ever elfe you havebeen: 'E ~ doiog;
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