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314 Of the shatter and manner of our obedience. Wants to be bewailed. The defets therefore which we are to bewail are thefe : i. Our inability through our own default to perform obedience to the will of God. 2. Our proneneffe to finne and to tranfgrefïe the will of God, being furred thereunto by every occafion. By our corrupt nature we are as apt to finne as a bird to flie. 3. The frowardneffe of our wills, rebelling againft the will of God, Rom.. 2 3. and our prepo- flerous affet1ions, the law in the members. Tá 7jvntAl. s vupxò sx ©s6v, The carnal l mind is enmitie a- gainft God, Rom.8.7. 4. The difobedience alfo of others muff wring tears from us, Pfal. 119. 136. 5. Our impatience in troubles. 2. In ref ell of the matter wants to be bewailed. In refpet of the matter we are to bewail our im- perfect obedience ; our righteoufneífe being like a polluted cloth. Vellepræflòell, fedperfcerebonumnon invenio,To will is prefent,but I find not how to per form that which is good,Rom.7. r 8. Our belt a i- ons, if God fhould enter into judgement with us, are not juflifiable. The Graces which we risk. we ask r. in refpei of obedience it felf,That the Lord would vouchfafe us this grace to deny our felves, our own wills and affec`Iions, which are op- pofite to his will, Matth. 16.24. 2. That we may labour in all things to perform limpie obedience to the Lord, Heb. t 3.2 r. more efpecially, That he would convert us, and we (hall be converted, Ezek. 33. z I. 3. That he would bring us to the knowledge of his truth , i. Tim. 2.4. 4. That he wouldgive us faith,