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Exhortation

to

receive

the Miniflcry

of

the

Gofpel.

625

another place,

and you

fhould

obferve what are

Your

precious

corruptions,

and

you

should

think'thus; I

haveforce-

tufts, and

tome

fins

that

are

more dangerous then

others, there

is tuft

that

is

like

to

overcome

me

;

I

vvill

apply

the

Word

there,

I

,

will

get

force

Scripture

that than

speak

moft againft

that

fin

,

and I

will be fure

to

lay

that

to

my

heart,

as

to

inftance,

fup

pofe force have

inordinate

affe

&ion

to

iatisfie the lull

of toe

fiefh, here

-is

a

place in your

heart that

is

like

to putrifie,

ap-

ply force fait

to it

,

I

will give you force few grains

of fait

to

apply

to

-that

place that

is

like

to

be

corrupted,3o6

31.1, a:

yerfes

,

I

made

a

Covenant

with

mine eyes,

why

then

fhould

I

fhink,upen

a

maid

?For

what

portion

of

God

is

there

from

above

?

and what inheritance

of

the

Almighty

from

on

high

?

As

if

he

fhould

fay,

Lord,

if

I fhould not

make

a

Covenant with

mine.

eyes, if I

should

let

mine eyes wander up

and down for

fatis-

fying

of

my

fleíh,

I

fhould

have no

portion

in

the Almighty,

at

any

time

wh.:n I

give

way

to tüiné

eyes

to

fatisfie

the

luft

of

the fiefh, I

will

venture

to

apply fait

to that

however

:

And

for that

fin

of

uncleannefs

I

will give you another Scripture

to

apply,

Prov. 22.

ch.

14, verfe. The

mouth

of

a

firange

woman

is

a

deep

pit,

he

that

is

abhorred of the

Lord,

'hall

fall

therein.

That

man

that

is

abhorred of

God

fhal.l

fall

into

the-deep

pit,I

might

have given you many

Scriptures

in

the

New

Teílamenr

for

it,

z

Pet.2.

ch.

9.

verf. The Lord

knoweth

how to

deliver

the

godly out

of

temptation,

and

to

referve the uniufi

unto

the

day

of

judgement

to

be

puni(hed;

But

chiefly

them

that walkafter

the

fells

in

the

lull of

uncleannefs.

Thole that

walk

after the

lull

of

uncleannefs,_xub

this

fait on your

hearts

and

it

will

be

a

mean,

to

take away uncleannefs

in

that place. To

thofe

that give

themfelves

liberty

to

fatisfie

the lull

of the

ie!h,

Roman: 3.,

ch

.1

3.verf. For

if

ye live

after

the

fells

ye

(hall

dv

, but

if

ye

thorough the

fplrit

do

morti

fie

the

deeds of

the

body , ye

(hag

live.

That

is, if

there

be

any

man or woman

,

he or

file

that

give

themfelves

liberty

to

fatisfie the lulls

of the

fiefh

,

and

make

that to be the chief contentment to

fatise

the lle+h,

that

man

or woman

'hall perith

for

ever,

they (hall

dye, there

Scriptures have

great matter

in them

to get

out the

co

tp-

Lions

of

mens

hearts

a

you

that

will

attend

on

the.

Mmiftty

L111

of