(Notifies toperfavadevs to haffen our repentance. 389 Canticles we (hall long feekehim but not find himwithout great difläcultie, yea perhaps wee may feeke him as Efate fought his bleffing withteams and neuer find him? CHAP. 'XX'VIII. Ofthefourth motiue,takenfromdiicultie'ofrepenting; can, fedby delayer. He fourth motiue to perfwade vs to fpeedy re- pentance and turning vntoGod, is,that the lon- ger we deferre it theharder wee fhall find it, for thedifficultie thereof wilbe much increafed by delay, and ourfelues altowho-are vnfit to day willbe more vnfit tomorrow thereafon hereofare many; firfkbecaufe bycontinuali finning wee get a cutiome and habite of fin- ning, and ifa cufiome which is but affe&,Ied be hardly left, what Thal we fay ofa cufionnewhich is confirmedby nature, or what is nature firengthenedby euliome ? who knoweth not that the drunkard is more eafily reclaimed fr6 his drun- kennelfe when he firfi falleth to this vice then whenhehath Iong liued in it; that the fwearer the longer bee vfeth and ìnurethhis tongue to fvearing, the more hardly can hee forbeare it;and the couetousman as he increafeth in yeeres increafeth altoin couetoufneffe?and the likemaybe fayd of al other vices. Neither neede this(cane firangevntovs, fee- ing it is a thingapparent in reafon and in experience; for the longer the difeafebathpoffe-ífed thebody themore hardly it is cured,and therfore that counfaile is goad,tenienti occurri- te mark), preuent the difeafebefore it bath feafed on thee,or prefentlyafter it hathtakenplace remoue it.The longer the fore is negle&ed the more it fefireth; & the greater difficul- tie thereis toheale it ; the longer the tree groweth thedee- per roote it take-th, and the more hard it is topull it vp; the enemie is,more eafiliekept from fcalingthe walles,thenbea- tenbacke whenhe is entred into themi c oft e ciue ;an fo it is withfinnes and vices, facibus re elluntur-guam expel- luntser,,rne .re aore,eafil kept rom entrance: t en. cotent Thatthe longe wedeft,' re re- pentanee,the more hardly we(hallrepent,. i. Becaufe jin will grow oufit niable. dd íi h d 'Y, f F h b y C t 1
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