Now long, arc.] The longer any mah continueth inhis finne without repentance, the more the fault incrcafeth. if a man could kcepe himfelfe cleare from ir, hce ílhould be(1 preferuc his comfort and happinetíc: but for as much as cannot pofliibly be attayned vnto, bee is thewifeff that foonea departeth from it, and breaketh fawiliaritie and fricndthipwith it The 1harne of their (l ubbornnetre cleated) fail to the me_ rnoriall for euer, againil whom the Lordboth teflifed and lieb.3.9.to.1I. protelleel, Paying; Mohr Fathers temptedmee, prouedmee,and fgzv myworkes forty yeeres long. wherefore Imi.: grimed zvitb that generation, andPaid; 7hey erre euer in their heart , neyther haue theyknozwne mywayes.Therefore Ifware in my ìrath,rfthey. ,.fhall enter into my refl. Lufe 13.7 If it were not fate for the Tree mentioned in the Gofpell, to grow three yeeres fruitletie, after the time that fruit was expeCIcd ()fit, much moredangerous. is it for vs to be barren of goodncffe,and fertile in cuill, for many yeeres together, hauing had fuch excellent nmeanes and opporrunitics to male vs fru Iifìe : Read 'fay 65, 2. Gen. 6.3. c. 4mos 7.8. Ier. 44. 10. Reafon 1. Firtl,whofocuerniaketh delay of turning to God and lea- uing of finne,defpifcth and ahufeth the patience and long Iona. I. 4. fufferanceof God, as theApof Ile witneifcth, And therefore incenfeth his difpleafure, and to augmerlteth his owns mifery. z Secondly, the number, quantitie, and odioufnes offnrtes are increafed by the continuance thereáf : euery dayarenew added to the old, and euery moment both old and new wax riper,.and.cry for the Sickleofvengeance. Thirdly, in the rreane time they harden the harts ofmen, with cuf}ome andcontinuance, making them- fcncelefTe,and expelling godly forrow, (halm, f, are, and all manner of re- morfe; fo at the la(}, they come to- be audacious and impu- dent in the profc(lîon of ill-doing, and vtterly, enable to 'amend. tar. 13. 23. Can the llrck-More.change his sprone `faith Ieremy) or the Leopard
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