whatthinsare regreircd in tr repentance. 41.5 theirfinnes, (for what can hidethe'oin their eyes, being fo innumerable in tnultitude,and fo grieuous and hainous in refpe6t+oftheir quantitie,and quallitie,but yet they feele not their waight, neither are troubled with them ; nay, it is a pa- Rime to a foole todoe wickedly, as it is Prou.io.2 3. and the Prou I',z ; abhonrinable filthie firmer drinketh iniquitie like Watcr,as it '6.'5'16' is Iob.i 5.i 6. and thereare fome fo delightedwithvngodli- nefl'e,andall le`vde prophaneneffe, that theyeuen drawvnto theminiquitie with the cordes of vanitie, andfranc as withcart- ropes, 'as the Prophet fpeaketh, Efa.5. i8. and though they Efa.S.1a. bee laden with their finnes, as it were withan intollerable burthen, yet they feele themnot, neitherarc they any thing vexedwith their waight; and though- the iniquitie of (inners be fo heauie that the earth cannot Beare it, but rceleth teo and fro like adrunkenman, and is remoruedOf a tent, as it is Efay Efa.z4.20. 24.20. though-it make all the creatures-grone andtrauaile inpainetogether, as the Apoflle fheweth, Rom.8.22. yea, Rom,8. z. though it euenwearieth Godhimfelfe in fuffering, and bea- ringwith it,as it is EfaY43.24. yet doe they walke boltvp- Efa.4.3 14. right, andwith firerchedout neckes, neuerfo muchas Roo ping vnder this vnfupportableburthen,till at lafi it groove fo heauie,thatit ouer.whelmeth them,andpreffeth themdowne` to thebottome,;ofhell. Thereafonhereofis,becaufr theyare wholy plunged,yea, drownedanddead in theirfinnes:and thereforeas thofe who beingdiued to the bottomof Tome deepe water, doe not' feele the waight of that which is aboue -them, whereas if theywere pulled out ofthe vvaters,theywould be ouerwhel medwith thebtirthenofonetunne;fo thole whoare deepely plunged into the( gulph of finne and wickedneffe, doe not' feele the waight ofthis intollerableburthen,but ifonce they come out oftheir finnesby vnfaiited repentance, thewaight of fotne few of them -would preffe them downe vnto the gatesof hell, if they be notefirpported and freed from this burthenby our Sauiour Iefus Chrifi ` But fuch as thefe, are not calledbyour Sauiour, neither" will heeafethem, though their burthenbe neuer fo intolle-; ruble; buthe intuiteth.thufeonclywho areheauie:laden, an-d'. finding
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