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tlasrt
fi,
Bafil.
lob
zoo
t.
ler.t
3.i3.
ago
Môtistes
to
perfvale
vs
to
hafien'
omr
repentance.
out:
as
therefore youwould condemne him ofextreame
fol-
ly
who would
not
regard
his fickncs,
till
it
had
ouerthrowne
nature,and
then
thinke
to
cure
it
;
or
who would negle6t
to
applie any
falue
to
a
grieflie
wound
till
it
were
feflred, and
then thinke
the better
to
hale
it
?
or
that
fhould
aífay
to
pull,
vp
a
young plant,
and
being
vnable fhould deferre
it
till
it
'were
growne
to
a
great
tree, thinking
then
more
eafilie
to
plucke
it
vp
by the rootes;or
that
would
let the
enemy quiet_
ly
enter into
the
citie
with
a
purpofe then
to
expell
him
with
more facilitie and
lefl'e
loffe
:
fo
alike,naymuch
more foolifh
ishe,whofinding
it
nowa.hard
matter' to
turne vnto
God
and
to
forfake his
finnes,deferreth
it
for
many
yeres
together,
till the corruption
of
nature haue receiued double flrength
by
long
cuflome, imagining
that
then
hee
car,
veryeafilie
at-
tain
e
vnto
his purpofe.
Let
vs
therfore breake off
our
fins
by
vnfain.ed
repentance, and
take heed
of
confirming our nattr-
rail
corruptions
by
long
cuf}ome
:
for
as
one faith;
Dumcon-
fuetudini
ncn
reflitur
fit
neceffit
u,whilef}
cuí}ome
is
not
bro-
ken
it
becommeth
neceffitie
:
and
as
another,
Sicut
non
pot
eft
aliquis
dedi
fcere maternam
linguam,/ic
vi
rlln
-am
peccati
cony
fuctudiner,as
a
man
cannot
eafily
forget
his
mother
tongue,
fo
neither
cari
heleaue
cutlo'mable
fit
ne.
So
it
is
Paid
Job
20'.
I
I.
That
the
Cricked
mans
bones
are
fail
o
f
t
he
fumes
of
his
roes:
h,
,
and
that
theyJhall'liedowne
nth'
him
in-
the
dull
;-whereby
it
is
impl
ied,that
as
difeafes
after
they
are
entred
into
the
marrow
and bones
are
incurable,
in fo
much
as
they goe
with-men
to
their graues;
fo
finnes
and
vices,
which
are
the
licknefres
of
the
foule
having
leafed
and taken
fall
hoidofá:
man
by
long
and
continuall cuflotne from
his
youth;wil moil
hardly leaue
him
in his
age,
but
will
hang
fall
on
till the day
of
his
death.
And
hence
it
is
that
the
Lord
by
his
Prophet doth
note it
to
be
a
thing
impoflïble in
rel.pc6t
of
humane power toleaue
thofe(llunes
which
arc cuflomablie.
committed,
ler.x3.23.
Can the blaclk°morcchan
e
his
fkinne;
or
the
leopard
hisjjiots?
then
mayyeeaífo
doe
good
that
are
accuftomed
to
doe
euill.
And
therefore
ifeuer
we
meane
taleaue
our
finnes
and to
turne
vnao
God,it
is
bell
to
beginne
before
the corruptions ofna,.
turd
:5v
confirmed
bycutlome.
Secondly;,
Ai