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43g

Application

of

the Point.

Vaté

lumen

a-

Incum.

Heb;

12.

Ig.

here

in

the

world

without the

eight

of

God,

and

fo

Half

never

come

to

fee the

face.

of God

for

good unto

thee,

certainly

thy

lulls

wil

coil

thee

deer

:

If

a

manwere let

upon his lulls,

fo

as

he

muff

certainly loofe

the

fight of

his

eyes

if

he-would

have

his tufts ;

As

I

remember

Ambrofe

tels

off

Philotimus)

that

had filch

a

difeafe upon him

through drinking

and uncl

;a..

neffe, that

the

Phyfitians

told

him, That

if

hediel not reforme,he

would

certainly

loofe

his

eyes

for

it,

when he

heard this,

his heart

was fo

fetuponhis

luf}s(tvelfaith

he)defperately,

fare;xel

rght

then,as

if he fhould

fay,rather

then Ile

loofe

my

Marls

I'le

lo

je

my

jght

O

Lord

how many

fuch

.defperate

wretches are

there

among(}

us.:

Are there

none this day,

here before

the

Lord

?

If

there

be

any,

the Lord

of Heaven rebuke

them,

and

(peak

unto

their

hearts

;

this

is thy

condition,

thou

art let

upon thy

luí}s,what

t

inkef}

thou now about this

little

glimps of

heavens

excellency,

of

the

fight

of

God,

what

thinker} thou

?

either'

part with

thy

luf}s,

or

ioofe

thy

fight; what will

thy

anfwver

be

before

God

this day,

if

thou

fiatt

after

this,when

thou

hearer}

that the

fight

of

God

is

fo

annexed

to

purity

of heart:

And

as

the

Apolie

in that

known place

of the

Hebrews,

without

boll

-

szeffe no-nman

fiall

fee God

:

I

fay,

If

thou doit yet continue

in

any known finful way,

that

thy

heart

is

fet

upon any fuch

bela-

'ved'Luf},

and

that

for all

this

thy

heart

.cannot

be taken

off

from

it,

this then

is

thy

delperate

refolution, Farewel

pleafant

fight,

farewel

the

fight

of

Gqd

u,

1

f

e,

l'le

venter

it,

I'k

rather

pleafe

the

fight

of

my

eyes,

and the lulls

o

f

mine

heart,

then

I

will

be

partaker of

that

bleff

ed ¿ndglorrosts

fight of

God

:

O

thy

lulls

wil coil

thee dear,

look

to it therefore here

in

this world,

how

do

men live

without

God bathe

world,

they

have

no fight

of

God,

you

mayfpeak

of God,

but certainely

there

is'a

fight

of

God

that

cannot

Rand

with

the Loveof

any

fin,

and therefore

though we cannot

tel

how

to

expreffe

the

difference between'

the

fight

of

God

that one

ha'

:h

in

this life,

and another,

yet

the Scriptureis

cteer, that

whotoever

walks on

in

the

way

of

fin,

he

knows

not

God,'

t

f

ohn

.

4.:

He thatfaith

I

know

him

and

keepeth not

his Comrnandtments

it

a

lYár,

and the 'truth

is

not