466 lnftmEii~mfor 4 riJhtlomJorting Se:l:. 1 . hee will rather die, then lie, fweare, prophan~ the . Sabbaths ; put to ufury, doe wrong, keep: any ill~ gotten goods in his hands, haunt Ale-houfes, r lay~ houfes, Gaming-houfes; or willingly put his heart, or hand t0 any kind ofiniq~ity, as he was.formerly wont. Anddoth nature, thmk£you, 1:1epe htm back!; • . . . .Orgrace,_and Godt Spirit. , ' £,Gneved at the ev1ll 2. If he fhould now heare, and have his earcs of others. filled with oathes, blafphemies, ribald Nlke, rotten fpeechcs, filthy fongs, railing at Gods people, fcofting at Religion, jelting out ofScriptures;&c. His ,heart would rife; He would either reprove them,or be rid ofthem, as foone as He could; whereas here M tofore, hee bath bcene perhaps a delightfull hearer of them,ifnot a notorious Ac1or himfelf. And whence dd you thinf?t.doth thu arifl,b;.tt from . th~ fled ofCjod rc4 . f}'Jaining in him ? - 3, Refolved never to ; • 1 hirdly, If when you heare him complaine ; teturne, That howfoeve:r hee hath cafr himfelfe upon Chrifr, as the Prophets have counfelled him; yet {ith thereupon hee feeles no iuc;h comfort, and peace in !Jelecvin~ as other Chr~ians doe; Hee begins to doubt, waether hee bath done well or no: And to conceiye, that bee bath laid hold upon the Promiies too foone: Nay, and it may bee upon ·this difcont~nt; doth thus fm:th'er enlarge his complaint : Alas i . my Gnnes have formerly beene fo great, my heart is at this prefent fo hard, my forrow fo fcant, my fai... lings fo many,&c,that I know not what to fay to my felfe. · Me thinkes, I can neither pray,conferre,1ove the Brctheren, fanCl:ifiethe Sabbath, rejoyce in the Lord,&c.as I fee other of Gods children doe. And · therefore lam affraid,all is naught: What heart can I have tc hold on?- I fay, if to fuch a fpeech, thou fumtlJcU fur tryall give this reply: Well then if it be .:fo ~ eYen'give.over all, .lhive h'o more againfl ·the ~ftr~ame; tr.et\ble'thy felfe f~o.lohger willi reaCling, prayer,
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