Bolton - Houston-Packer Collection BV824 .B65 1634

3. If ·theyde!ire and endevour to becomenew men, both inwardly and outwardly, to befantli– fied in.aitiqns andaffelfrions, to fen·e God both in foulc and bGdy, he will yet yeeld fo farre, that they may be ridoffome finnes both in heart and ·. - practice) as perhaps of finnes of cufiome ; but · then he will be a fuitor and folicitor unto them, ·ro retaine oth~r finues, as perhaps finnes of na– ·ture. Forexample: It maybe they may both for– 'beare·the outward pracrice, and alfo inwardly 'loath fw-earing, drunkenneffe, andother fi.Tch like finnes of cufl:ome ; .but they will nuzzle in the bofome of-tbeiraffeetions, pride, lull:, anger, and fuch other finnes, the naturall birth as ir: ~vere of nriginallcorruption. 0 4· But if theyalfo conquer thefe, why ti1enhe * Foure infal1 · J • 1 I 11. ' · liblc mark.s of tempts t 1em mam y to contmue at t 1e eau: m covetoufneffe: worldlineffe. 'f ·For this in marry mens hearts bath • Ca1king: grea'ter power, andbeares more fvvay thannature, · " Straitncd c£ . bowels to the or n~turall q:rre(t~c>n. He will fecretly fuggcfi: un~ neceflltic:s of 'to them, that upon an eager and exccffive purfuit · the l'aincs, or ofgaineand riches, depends their life and livelyany truly h "-' d _ poorc. · ood, their ere itand reputation, their content- ~ Too m~cb ment and happine:ffe in the WOrid; fo that pc, rbufineffc in h J f IJ f 1 h h l tha wo~]d. aps at afi o a '·a tcraJ, t is, t ey rell: and fet4 Injafiicc, or tie themfelvcs upon finncs of,a·dvantagc, as u£i1~ ·· u!ingof inju· rv. oopreffion, unJawfull and e~ce_flive gaining, -rious or indi• ; " r , rea courres of · earthly-mipdedne.ffe , ferving the Times, and getting wealth fuch ljke. ' · _ See wualcl)', 5. But if by tbegracc of God anv be fo b1ef- · pag _so. • G;,d. of spirit. fed from God .above, as re!olutcly topalfc thoF/.;w. ~.pare. · row all thefc trainc.s and temptations, and like p.tg. G 4· · a -------..::...-----,-----:-::--:::--::=;::;----::-----.--·:nro_?g (

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