lotisses to perfivadevi to haien'our repextance. 393 bycarting it offfpeedily,for when by this continual! additi- onour finnes are Browne to an vnfupportable waight, they will foonerpreffe vsdowne thenwe (hall call themoff. Fourthly, the longer wee liue'in (inne the more vnplea= fant will vertue and godlineflè be vnto vs ; and the more we are delighted in the fulfilling the lulls of the flesh, the morebitter it will bee tomortifie them, and to imbraceany flril courfeoffanaification,feeing thefe are contrary the one to the other ; he that hath long continued in darkneffe can- not indure the light ofthe furie; he that. neuer tailed any thing but fweet and pleafant meats, cannotabide to feed vp- on thofewhich are lower andbitter ; hee that was borne and bred inhot countries,is not able to brooke thofe which are cold ; and fo thole whohaue accuflomed themfelues to finne will hardlybeeuerbrought to imbrace vertue andgodlines, thefe being as contrarie one toanother, as light and darke- neffe,fweeteand fower,hot and cold, efpecially confidering that finne is as delightfull to the tafle of a naturali man, as drinke whenhe is extreamely thirfly,or meatwhen he is rea- dieto-pine for hunger. Fiftlie, the longer we liue in our finsand deferre our con- §.Seê. '. uerfion veto Göd,the more are our vnderftandings darke- S Becai fe ned, ourveils peruerted,our affedons more corrupted, our the longere harts hardned, and our confciencesfeared, and all thè p owers delay,the ort` and faculties of our bodies and foules are more and more bled. xearecifa- . difabled; for as the longerthat fickneffehath continued,the more it weakneth thebody andmaketh it vnfit foranywork or a&ion,fo the longer fin,which is the ficknelfe ofthe foule, hath leafed on vs, the more vnable weea're to (hake it off, and theweakerit maketh `vs toperforme any-good a&ions. Whenmenat firfl fall into vnufuall finnçs, their.confciences checke them, and they feire' left the lordwill poure vpon themhisheauie judgements, butwhen they haue commit ted the famefinnes againe and againe; and yet are not pu- mlhed,then like themes, AN 'ho hauing efcapedafter one rob- beriecommitted, are readie tocommit another; fo they ha- ltingnot tailedofGods iudgennents threat ed, thinke.-that they(hall newt be inflited ois them, and therefore. are reaà diet
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