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94

Gófpel

ferrii1

siori.

come

to

confefs

fin,

as

in

Solemn

Dayes

of

Humiliation,

men

will

rip

up

all

their

fins, but

before

another

day

come,

they

have

made

work

for

another

and

another

day

;

and this

is

the

reafon

when

men

come

to

confefs

their

fins

before

God,

oftheir

trifling

with h:m,and

were

it

not that

God

is a

God of

infinite patience,

he

could

not

bear

it

;

might not

he fay to

you,

you

came feven

years ago,

and

told

me

of

your

Pride,

Paffion,

Earthly-

minded_

nefs,

and

the like

;

and

do you now come

and

tell

me

the

fame

again

?

were not

God

infinitely patient, he

could never

bear

this dallying with

him,for

the

truth

is,

it

is

noth

;ng

elfe

but

infi-

nite dallying

with

God,Jer.

3.5. Wilt

thou

not

from

this

time cry

unto

me,my

Fatber,thou

art

the

guide

of

my

youth

?

they

feemed

to cry

to

God;O

thou

art

my Father

and the

guide

of

my

youth,

there

are

but

there

words

named,

but

it

is

like

they

opened

their

fins

beforeGod,and

cryed for mercy

;

O

(ayes

God

unto

them,

Thou

haftfpoken,and

cryed

out

of

the

Anger

of

mine

that

is

gone

out

againf

you

for

your

fins,

and

yet

thou haflfpoken

and

done

evil

as thou

couldf

;

this

is

an evil

thing,

and heavy

to

be

laid

to

the charge

of

any man,

to

confefs

tin,

and

pray for pardon,

and

yet commit

it

again

;

know

this day you

that

have been

confeffing

fin,

and

yet go

on

in fin

;

know

this

thing,

I

tell

you

it

is

but

dallying

with

God

:

many

men and women

do ravel

out

their Prayers

this way

;

they

make excellent

Prayers,

and when

they

have done

they ravel

all

again

by

filling

into the

fame

fin.

2.

A

fécond

fort

are

tho

f

e

that

feel¿,

earnefily the

pardon

of

Tome

fins,

and

yet ffill

keep

the

lave

of

fume

other

fi.,,

and

yet think

to

obtain

pardon

of

them,

this

is

but

dallying

aid

trifling with

God

about this

bufinefs

you

never fet

your

felves

yet

Teri-

oully

about

it

;

when

you

cry

againft

force

fins

that are

againfl

the Light

of Nature,

and

it

may

be

your

Confciences

fly

in

your

faces,

and

the

Word

of God

hath ftricken you

for

them

but

there

is

force

other

fecret haunts

of

villanies,

that

your

h;

earts

clofe

withal

,

and

yet you

think to

obtain

of

God

forgivenefs

of

the other,and.go

on

there

:O

thou

vain

foul,thou

vain

man,know

that though

thou fhouldft

c`ry

thy heart out for

the

forgiventl's

of

one

or more

fins,

yet

if

thy heart

fecretly

dole

with

foire

other

fin

that thou haft fecret

haunts

-after

,

the

bonds

of

the

guilt

of

that

fin

will

hold thy foul

in chains

eternally

;

except

thy