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On
the,,exceIency
of
the
Soul.
off the ads-óf
thy fin
at
leafy;
you will
fay,
why
do
we fpeak
to
men to break off
rile
ads
of
their
fin
?
-- why,
-
certainly
wee
may
welt fpeak,
for God
loth
give
men
power for out
-
ward
aas
very far;
thou
canfl
not
do
it
of
thy
fell, that
is
true, but there
is
a
common work of
Gods
Spirit,
that
Both
finable
men
artd
wbrnen for oúnvard
aß}s
very far
:
Let him
that
Role
fled
no
mole.
Aman
now
at the
day
of
judgement
cannot
fay; Lord,
I
continued
in their,
becaufe
I
was
not
able
to
forbear it
;
though thou
cant+
not
change thy
heart
indeed,
yet
forbear
the
outward
aef
thou
cant+
:
one
than
is
dumb might fay,
if
he
could
fpeak, Lord,
I
was
no fwea-
rrr,
becaufe
I
could
not fpeak,
o
herwife
thou
art ,ready to
fay,
"I
cannot help
ir,
but
God
will
fi'nde
iro:herwife`
at.the
greatday:
Certatnly,if
thouwouldefl
but
put
thy
fell
upon
what firengrh
God
gives
thee,
thou
m
iyefl
as
well
go
to
a
Sermon,
as
to
an
Ale
-houfe
;
It
is
a
very falfe
reafoninb
o£
people,
that
becaufe they have
not true
grace., therefore
God
ínábles
them
to do
no outward
ads;
therefore do what
in
thee
lies
to
break off
the
outward
ads
of
thy fin
:
Thou
that art
a
company
keeper,
a
Sabbath-breaker,
a
fwearer.,
an
uncle
án
perfon,
take
heed of continuing
in
the
outward
way
óf finning
againft
Gods
refolve
this
day againtl thole
outward
aas of
thy-fin;
do
but do
thus
much
;.
becaufe
thou
`thinkeft
thou
cant+
do
nothing,
do but profefs thus
to
Got
in
his
pretence, when' thou
art
gone,
get alone,
and fay,
Cord,
it
is
trite,
I
can
do nothing with
ut thee,
but
here
I
do
in-
gage
my
felf
to joyn with whatfoever
thou
haft
given mee
or
fhalt
give
mee
to
abflain from thofe
ads
of
fin,
which
I
-have
lived in, and
this
Lord
I
ingage
my fell
to do,
as
ever
Ì
exiled to
bee faxed
in the
day
of
Jefus
Chr-iR;
cant+
thou
nor
fay
there
words
?
exprefs
thy fell
.
but
thus
to
God, and
certainly there
things
thou
mayeR
fay, and
that
is
fomewhat;
That man
and woman
that
(hall wilfullygo
on
in
thole
vile
profs
ads
of
fin
that
are againfl
the
very light
of
nature,
and
the
light of
their
confciences, for
them to come and
fay
,
What
(hall
1
do
to bee
_raved?
and
yet
Rill
continue
in
their
fins,
in
is
but
a
trifling
with
God, and taking
Gods
Name
in
Q9
3
vain
,