06 Satans tentattons concer,zingvnrepentaneïe, force one teare, whereas for any worldly loffe, or temporarie affïi6lion,which indeed toucheth thee with true griete, thou cans without any diflìcultie weepe morebitterly then the A- po(ale Peter, and (heel as many tcarcs as '¡Llar,e Magdalene. Befdcs, v hereas thofe who repent, turne from their finnes with true and vnreconcilable hatred of them, and fpend the re(} of their life that remaineth, in the feruice of God; whereas they haue their hard flonie hearts mollified and tur- ned into hearts of' fleíh, which are flexible veto holy obe- dience, and full ofalacritic and chearfu1ne(f: in performing feruice to God, thou through thy hardneffe and heart that cannot repent liuefl Bill in thy finnes, and fpendef+ a great part ofthy time in vanitic and worldly delights, thy heart as hard as the Adamant is ready fooner tobreakelhen tobow to Gods will;andwhen thou force( thy felfe hçi.cunto, thou canfi not but difcerne the blindnes of thy vnder(landing in fpiritual things,which is fo fharpeand eagle- lighted inmat- ters concerning the world, thy fpirits fo dull and blockiíh,& thine affe.6lions fo glutted and tired in performing feruice vntoGcd, which arc fo full oflifc and alacritie in following worldly vanities.And therfore it is' itnpo(íïbIc )tr tkiou fhoul- deil:haue any truc repentâ.ce;for how can repentance &hard- nes ofhart,a hart offlefh & an hartoff}one be at once in thee? 4.Setti.2. Again(} which tentation of Satan, if wewould arrne our For the a;:- felues, it behooueth vs to bee verie careful' that wee doe not fweatingthat runne into twodangerous extrcatnes; the one whereof is former tenta- fecurely to flatter our felues withan opinionof our good e- twn,tmoex- uuoidcd. 'late when as in truth it is moll dangerous anddamnable: the {reamer to bee other, that wedoe nottoomuch fuWer our felues to bee de- ieélcdand call downe, though wee haue not as yet attained Tvvo forts of `to fo great perfc uion as our heart defireth. And to this bardneffe of purpofe,.we are to know,that hardneffe of heart is of two ism- aheart. ,vhicd I. tbat forts; the färíl is of them, who being moll hardhearted, ¡ufrblr, notwithilanding doe not fede nor percei.uc tt : the other, of thofe who feeling their hardneffe of heart are greened therewith, and delire tohaue it mollified,foftened, andeucn refolued into tearer of vnfained repentance. The fin1 fort is damnable, or at leaf} molt dtaungerous; for it lulleth, vs afleepe
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