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Chap,S
VER.iq.,
blinde,
and
naked.
So
naturali men thinkc
that
all
is
well
with them,
and have dreames
of
golden mountaines,
when
they aremoft miferable.
2. In
the godly
it
doth;
r.
Shew
it
felfe
in cooling their
graces, this
is
a peale
to bed
=as
to-
ward night
a
damp cotnmeth
upon
the
fpirits,
they
lofe that atfivity
they
had,
and this
is
a
forerunner
of
fleepe.
a.
It
maketh
them
nappe
in
lulls, fometime
they
nod into wrath,
intemperalncie,
covctoufneffe,
&c. and
that
either
of
infirmity
daily,
which
is
rather
a
winking then flceping,
or ofprefumption,
as
.'avid,
which maketh the
fleep
of
more
continuance.
3.
If
the Dcvilicannot thus
rock
us
afleepe,
yet
he will
get
us
nap-
ping
in
unfruitful
flea.
q.
If
we look toward
God,he
will
get
us
rejourne
it,
and be full
of
dilatory
pleas.
S.
If
we
wil
fet on doing things,he wil
caufe us
do
coldly with
in.
devotion,
like
men
that
do things,
and give
ant
wers
when their
hearts
are arleepe
within them
;
as
the
(tun-brought
Chr:
but
en
her
bed,
Ca,3tir.
3.
which noteth not her
diligence, but drowfineffe
in fceking,
as
the
event fheweth
:
for the
devill will
rather play any
game then
fhut out with
us.
How
for the
caufe
in
the unregenerate, it
is
their
raigning
fin
which
doth
caufe a
totali obllrufkioh
of
the fpirit,
of
fettle
and motion
:
In
thegodly,
it
is
the
reliques offiefh
which lullagainf} the Spirit, G4.5;
and draw
us
to
intermedie
too
far,
and
fill
our
felves with
the
profits
and pleafures
of
this
world.
For
the
Scripture coupleth fobriery
and
watchfulneffe ;
So this
repletion caufeth fleepineffe,
as in
the body,
when the belly
is
full
the boneswould
be at refi.
This therefore
may convinceus,
how that
all
of
us
are
fleepers ,
if
bibs
fhould be
broughtin,
none of
us
would be
forth
:
which doth
let
us fee,
a.
How
dangerous our eftate
is
that
fleepe
compered
with
chains
and enemies
that
fecke
to devoure us.
s.
How
helpleffe
the naturali
man
is
,
that
he hath no
power
to
help himfelfe,
no more then one
can call himfelfe from
death
to
life.
Why
doth God
then bid
us
awake
and (land
up
r.
Beeaufe
he may
5
I may aske
that
which
is
owing
mee
ofa
ban-
querupt,
a. Gods
priviledge
is
to
call
the things that
are not
as
if
they were,
his
word
is
a
creating
word.
3. Becaufe
though
we cannot
ofour
felves,
yet
when
his
effeluall
call
commeth
to
the heart
, wee can awake and
nand
up;
as
if
one
fhould
bring
fire and
bellòwes and
blow
at
a
bundle
of
flicks, and
fay
Burne,
though they haveno
power
ofrhemfelves, yet
fo
bone
as
this
is
done
they
can doe it
So the coale of
grace, being
blowne
up
by
the Spirit,breaketh out into
a
flame.
z.
it,