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Of
hard/wi
ofheart.
4g7
aflecpé in carnal!
fecuritie,
it
taketh away
all fente
óf'finne,
and
confequently
all
forrow whereby ive
fhould bewaile
it;
it
feareth and
brawneth
the confcience,couering
it
as
it
were
on
all fides
with
a
thicke
hard skinne,
vvhich
will neuer or
moil hardly
be pearced,
either
by
Gods
iuflice
and
threat
-
nings to
caufe
vs
to
fearelet+
wee incur his
\
\'rathfull difplea-
lure, or
by
his mercies
and
gratious
promifes
to
mooue
vs
to
loue him, and to
bring forth
the fruits
of
our
loue
in
accepta-
ble obedience
;
it repelleth
all
the
good
motions
ofGods
fpi-
rit,and
filleth
the
foule
with
fuch
drowfie dulnes
and
blockiflt
deadneffe,
that it
is
altogether
vufit
to
performe any feruice
vnto
God,
and
mot}
apt
,to
entertaine
any
of
Satans
tenta-
tions.
And this
infenfible hardneffe
of
heart which
is
the
Thehires:fbte
f
rirituall
lcthargie
of
the
foule,
is
of
two
kindes
;
the
firft
is
hardncffeof
ioyned with wilfull obtlinacie
and
afeóled rebellion, where-
hart
i3
of
evvi
farts.
by
men aduifedly and
contemFtuoufly
withfland
the
out-
The
fzrll
iey_
ward
miniflerie
of
the
word,
and
the inward motions
of
ned
vvitb
oba
Gods
fpirit,
with
all
other
tneanes
which
might
mooue
and
f
inacie.
inuite
them
to
ferious
repentance
:
an
example
whereof
wee
haue
in4Pharaoh,vvho
hardened
his
heart againft the
Lord,
oppofing
himfelfe
againfl
his ambaffage
deliuered vnto
him
by
vYlofes,and confirmed
by
fo
many
miracles, and
alfo
ob-
flinately and
with
an
"high
hand
of
rebellion
checked and
quenched
the
good motions
ofGods
fpirit, whereby
he was
fometimesmooued to
con feue
his
finne,and
to acknowledge
the Lord righteous.
As alfo
in
Saul,
who
againfl his confci-
ence
perfecuted
Damid
becaufe the
Lord loued
and
had made
choice
ofhim
to
íùcceed in his place
:
and howfoeuer fome-
times by
occafion
of
force
notable
fruit
of
Dauids inno-
cencie hee was
mooued to condemne
himfelfe and
to
iuflifie
him, yet
prefently hee
hardned
his
heart
againe and raged
a-
gainf}
him
with
wonted
malice.
And thus likewife were
thofe
Ifraelites
hardened and frozen
lliffe
in the
dregges
of
their
finnes,ofvvhom
the
Prophet
Efay
fpeaketh,Efay
28.15.
T
e
e
haut
laid
(faith he)
wee
haste made-
a
coUenant
1?,ith
death,
Efay
s8.
z
f;
atnd
?bath
hell
wee
are
at
a-
regiment
: though afcourge
run
ouer
and
pal
thorow,
it
(hall
not
come
at vs
:
for
we
haue
made
PO=
hood
our refugt,and vndcr vanitie
are
we
hid.
And
thofe alfo
Ii
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