R e p r o o f o f thofe that doe net hunger. 3 3 I things of the flefh, but now the Lord he hath begun to worke, and if the work be but yet in humiliation, if it be but in wor- king downwards in the root, bleffe God for this,and know it is a mercy which thou cánffnever be thankfull enough for, for when the worke of grace works downwards,it's as fure an argu- ment of the truth of righteoufheife in thee,as if thou hadit the greateft elevations and raptures of joy : And thus I have done with the fecond thing, propounded in the fir1+ ufe. There remaines but one thing more, and that is for rebuke, and reproving of thofe that donot thus hunger and thirft after righteoufnef e. There are manywho will fay, this is a very choife point, and bided be God we do hunger and thirfa after righteoufneffe, and though we: are able to doe but little, yet this we can fay for our felves, our defires are ood, but take heed you do not deceive your felves in your for there are many who do delire, but their delires will never come to any good : I did in part difcover to you what thofe delires were before, which did demonitrate foule that did :truly' hunger and thirft after this righteoufnefle, but here I íhall add fomething of reprehenfion, by way of falfe delires. Firff, Stich asfee no excellency in grace, thefe are to be re- proved, as thofe that do not delire after grace: how-canft thou fay thou defireft aftet that which thou feeft no excellency in, are therenot many among you that fay as thofe in jab, Chap: 14. st.They f4yunto God depart from au, for we delire not the knowledge or thy Law. Thefe are a wicked Generation, but you will fay, it is not our cafe, furely there are none among u that are fo vile and wicked, that íhalldare tto,bid the Allmigh- tÿ depart from them, though few men dare be fo wicked as to fay it in their words,yet howmany are there that are fo wicked as to fay it in their pra6tices, many fecretly in their hearts fay, this : what are the meaning of thofe fpeeches of yours elfe, to this etfe-t, what need we have fo much meanes,fo much prea -' ching, fuch reformation, can we not have our old wayes, can we not god to Heaven in the wayes that we were formerly taught in, thefe are new wayes, we never heard of. lath talk e about government and worfhip, and the itraightneffe of the V u a wayes
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