-------~------------------- foufe ...exdlting !Jumiliation. - - rhemeansofgrace,efpcciallyourwor!dly-thoughts, idle or earthly ralke upon the Lordsday, and divers- 1 oth-er wayes of Lmcomforrable mifpending at the I lea!l· fome p2rtofic. 5 We may confider how that I innumerable Gnnes patfc by usdayly, that wee take \ no notice of, whichmade holy D.Jvid-prayand corn- 1 p1aine,Pf.ul. 19.1 2. who can underltand his errours? Lord deanfe thou mee from my fecret faults. All _ thefe medirations will bring tidings -of the rnultiw · 1 tudes 'ofour relapfes and infirmities. { . I I For the aggravations ofthem, theyare efp~cially very fearful) , as fir£1:, becaufe th-ey are com– mitted agJinft more knowledge than we .had in our unregenerate eftate by farre., l.uk. 1 1 . 47· the !er– vant ' that knew his Lordswill, and prepared not himfelfe,neicher did accordingtohis will ,_vcras bea– t_en withmany frripes, with£1.rremore firipes than be that knew it not ~ for (a:, 1t followes ver. 48.) to whommuch is given~ofhimmuch fhaUbe-required. 1 2 'I here is a g-reater ingratitude and unthankfrrinc$ t in ail reJapfts) in neglettingor abuGng the good ! gifrsofGod, and rurning his grace intowanronnes ) it is like the fin ofrhewkked,Ifi·ad1tes, N tJm.14·4 · the lord fed them in the wilderneffe withMannah and~ilsfmmheavcn,and wateroutofrherock, and deliver-ed them out of h:gypt with mighty Ggnes and wonders, yet for them now ro de l1re to returne backe againeinto .lEgypt, ·this is wonder– full unthankfulnes, the Lord fai.d 'that none ofthem fhould eve_r come to .Canaan, but !hould perHh in tiliewilderneffe: foitis infomeforr with rhofethat are delivered out_of the darkndfe of fpirituall, JEgypt, · 1- .
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