- '- J}(y_eft. !f.tz(w. I . ~. . ~· Mofeshti Selfi-de»iaU. · :j What-refolutions are thok that are like to fail~, and to come to nothing iTl times oftryaU; · · Firft, rafh rcfolutions, when men Ufolve without ferious conftderation, what fufferings m~an, what will, cofi: them,and how hard th(y wil be to rhem When they come; rhey doe nor md{e them as prefent to them, by medication bdote they refolve ; refol#tion, in fuch things, fuould be the fr' lit of much meditation ; t here need be much mufing . before this fire break forth. S(condly, when there Js no broke~ ncffe of.. Spirit joyned with their refolutions, b\Jt their hearts are puff:d up, pride dif~overing it felf, .as in other of their way~s, fo even intheir very refo Jurions of fuffering greJ.t things tor God. Thirdly,when men refo!ve wh:at they will doe, but for the prdc nt they can {uffc:r nothing; ifthey be croff'rd never fo lJttle, their hearts rife, they arc overcome with di{hmpered paffions, they cannot beare any contradiction , , bur muft have their owp wils,ana rheir own turns-ferved , or elfe there can b ~ no qu iet l
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