in rebellion again(}God,of all others,for themolt part are flowelt to repentance. Thefe are they which are fpokenofwheri it'is fate! therema generation that are pure is their °sereconceit, and jet are Pr" I° not amfhedfrom theirPhinele. Obferue it in all forts of (inners, and it will bee found that thcgrcatef} offenders are furthea from all remorfe for their offences : Papi(}s and Idolaters doe thinkc they merit atGods hand ; and dcferucheauen for their Idolatrie and fuperflition. Perfecutorsand tyrants,as our Sauiour faith will Iob.i64. thinke they doe God feruice, when they kill Chriflians,andMi- niffers, and Apottles. If menoffinaller infirmities bee admo- nifhedof thingsamiffc in them, it is not vcrie hard tobring many of them to a fight of their offences, infomuch as they will ac- knowledge themfelucs to be faultie, and thankehim that repro ueth them; but whennotorious adulterers, ordrunkards, or blaf -- phemcrsbee rebuked, what diftemper, what rage, what furie doe theybreake out into ? as though a moti gricuous indignity were offeredviito them ; as thoughmot}innocent men were vniultly defamed. Fief , they are oucrwhelmed with themiff of darknefl'e, and Realest, coucred with the fpirit of errour and ignorance : the diuell bath blindedtheir minds (as theApoffle faith) that all iudgcment and ZCor.4.q vriderf}anding is takenaway from them. And S. Paulcettifieth, that whenhe was in the wont cafe, he knewnothing but that hec hadbeen in the belt: before he knew themeaningofthe law, he made no doubt butthat hec had beene aline : but whenhee fawe thefence and iutliceof thecommandement, he found finnetobe aliue, andhimfelfe to be dead. Rona 7.9 10. Secondly, thecutfo ,neoffinningBoth obdurate the hcart,and depriue it ofall fence ofthe finne,though neuer fo hainous : the feeling faileth, andWE} with agrcecfie de(ire of fatisfying it felle in euili,increafetheucrie day toa fulneffL. Thirdly, the text tc folkyceldech a reaCon why they haue fo good opinion of their owne waies, becaule they are led with pride, andhearenot fuch asmight thew them any thing to the contrarie. They haue allowance by word and pratlife from fooles lake therufclues, and their ownscarnali reafon Both con- Xz lent
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