-4l ' _-· __ ~ -J.~~ftrjiCommAntlement._ . .it fo ,fuppreffeth tne1 '-i{es ofthe fleth, & rnake·.s the ftrengt}j .· offin ne fo much to abate,as t the regards nothin·g in al the: .worid,fo tratGod -may be pleafe~,and himfdfemay be re..; ,conciledvnto him. ·- So Ifa~ 6.;..God did fend him a·bout fuch ameffage,as he .knew would be full te-dious vnto: him, and goe agamG his flomacke,namely ,that hee mufl preach to harden the hearts ·. ofthe people;a·nd .bee a rriinifler of death, ro his hearers: whichwas as bitter as death to him, fo as hee could neuer ·haue yeelded to !t : But nowGod comes not with the hare precept, for that.would haue 'done little good, the thing :was .fo. con'trarie to:lfoy: therefore he _fhewes hin)felfe to ·him inavifion,:at)d lets him fee:his maieHie in fuch·a feare.. full fort, a·s·that he cries' out,' 1-?hat /hall I doe? 1 am a· 1J'#l14 ofpol!uud lippes,tilnddwell amonl, apeople ofpolluted Iippes, I {hall furell dye.fttr I hauefoene theLord. When hee was thus throughly terrified)& the pride ofhis flelli was beatendown with theapprehenfion of Godsfearefull maie£He)then,whcn · ·God askes,who will goe? he is ready, and faith, Lord fend · .me. And fo God fends him,and hegoeth immediatly, and ·willingly. · . - I . There is no difputing now' nor reafoning of the matter. ·Fo1· all theobiections that men make,(that they thinke that . Gods Commandements bee hard and grieuous, and why lhould they.deny_themfelues? Why lhould not they haue .their pleafure?) come hence, that they feare not God, no·r · think ofhis greatnes. For if they could bring their hearts _ -<>nee to confiderofhis \vonderful~ pawrr,thcy would foone tloope,all arguments would fall to the ground ,and al would :bee quiet ' and fHH. For this will tame. the fierceneffe and boifieroufndfe that is in mens he:uts, and make them geo– de and calme. As we fee in Io!JJ though he was averie good and patient man,yet,whrn his fle{h began a.Iittle to worke, -and his heart wag <!ifquieted_, and vexed by the wordcs of h~s friends, then he wouldneedes bedealing withGod, bee ,thought he had reafon to fpeak,and,imagined that he could f3y much for hinlfelfe, he would fill his mouth full of argu– ments,aod faine h~: would .haue God to come to he are what· he
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