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what

thins

are

regreircd

in

tr

repentance.

41.5

their

finnes,

(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

to

doe

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

there

are fome

fo

delighted

with

vngodli-

nefl'e,and

all le`vde

prophaneneffe,

that they

euen drawvnto

theminiquitie with the

cordes

of

vanitie, and

franc as

with

cart-

ropes, 'as

the

Prophet

fpeaketh,

Efa.5.

i

8.

and

though they

Efa.S.1

a.

bee

laden

with

their

finnes,

as

it

were

with

an

intollerable

burthen,

yet they

feele

them

not, neither

arc

they

any

thing

vexed

with their waight;

and though- the

iniquitie

of

(inners

be

fo

heauie

that

the

earth

cannot

Beare

it,

but rceleth

teo

and

fro

like

a

drunken

man, and

is

remorued

Of

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

euen

wearieth

God

himfelfe

in fuffering,

and bea-

ring

with it,as it

is

EfaY

43.24.

yet doe

they

walke

bolt

vp-

Efa.4.3

14.

right,

andwith

firerched

out

neckes, neuer

fo

much

as

Roo

ping

vnder this

vnfupportableburthen,till

at

lafi

it

groove fo

heauie,that

it

ouer.whelmeth

them,andpreffeth themdowne`

to

the

bottome,;of

hell.

Thereafon

hereofis,becaufr

they

are

wholy plunged,yea,

drowned

and

dead

in theirfinnes:and therefore

as

thofe who

being

diued

to

the

bottom

of

Tome

deepe

water,

doe

not'

feele

the

waight

of

that

which

is

aboue

-them,

whereas

if

they

were pulled

out

ofthe

vvaters,they

would be ouerwhel

medwith

the

btirthen

of

onetunne;fo thole who

are

deepely

plunged into

the(

gulph

of

finne

and wickedneffe, doe

not'

feele

the

waight ofthis intollerableburthen,but ifonce they

come

out

of

their

finnes

by

vnfaiited

repentance, the

waight

of

fotne

few

of

them

-would

preffe

them downe vnto the

gates

of

hell,

if

they be

note

firpported and freed from

this

burthen

by our

Sauiour Iefus

Chrifi

`

But

fuch

as

thefe, are

not

called

by

our

Sauiour, neither"

will he

eafethem, though their burthen

be neuer

fo intolle-;

ruble;

buthe

intuiteth.thufe

oncly

who

are

heauie:laden,

an-d'.

finding