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Of
hardtlefe
o
f
heart.
feruice,which indeede
(as
they performe it)
is
meerelie
for.
mall,cuftoinable rather then confcionable,in
Thew
and ex.
ternall,but not
in fpirit and
truth
;
but
when
the Lord
by
the
miniftery
of
his
word,
made
effeauall by
the
inward opera-
tion ofhis
holy fpirit,
doth
pull
off the thicke
skinne
of
car.
Hall
fecuritie frein off
their hearts,
and caufeth
the
fcales
of
ignorance
':to
fall
from
their
eies,
then
and
not before doe
they
plainlie difcerne
and
fenfiblie
feele
that
huge
maffe
of
inbred corruption, their
dulneffe
and
drowfineffe in
Gods
feruice,
their
hardneffe
of
heart
and impenitencie,and
now
they
are
much vexed and
grieued
with
them, which
in for..
mer times
neuer
troubled them.
And therefore
let not
fuch
be
difinaied nor debar
their
foules
of
that
confolation which
of
right
belongeth
to them
;
for flefh
and
blond
hath
not
re-
uealed this
their corruption,
hardneffe
of
heart,
dulnes
and
deadneffe in
Gods
feruice,but the
good
fpirit
ofGod,
which
bath begun
alreadie
to
worke
in
them, (hewing
them
their
corruptions,
and
mooning them to
an vnfained dillike
of
them,
and
therefore they
may
affure
themfelues,
that
he
who
bath begun
this
good
worke in
them,
will
alto
bring it
in
his
good
time
to
perfeaion;
Onelie
(as
the
Pfalmif+exhor-.
Phil
t
.6.
teth,)
Let
them
tarrie
the
Lords
leafure,
Waite
vpon
and
trufit
ias
hsm,and
he
fhallcom
fort their hearts.
§.Sell.2.
Now
this
fenfible or
difcernedhardneffe
of
heart
is
alfo
of
Tvvoîo,tsof
two
forts
:
the
firf+
is
of
them who
carefullie
vfe
all
good
fen
Ale
hard-
meanes and
indeuour with
all
diligence
to better
their
nefie
ofhear!.
efiate
which they
fee
to bee molt miferable,and to mollifie
T'befvftioy"d
their
hard hearts, and
to attaine
vnto hartie and
vnfained
ofthebe
vfe
repentance.
Which
who
fo
Both,
hee may
affure
himfelfe
oftherneanes
p
vvbeicbyit
that
hee
is
the child
of
God
and in his loue and
fauour;
may
befoJtned.
for
earnefilie
to
de fire
repentance and
carefullie
to
vfe
the
meanes
whereby
wee
may
attaine
thereunto, to
be
difpleafed
with
our
hardneffe
of
heart,
and
to labour that
it
may
bee mollified, to bee
forrie
that
wee
can
bee no
more
forrie,
and
to
bee
difpleafed
with
our felues,
becaufe
wee
can
no
more bee
difpleafed
with
our finnes,
is
verie
acceptable in the fight
of
God, though
wee
fee
but
a
little
progreffe in
godlineffe,
and
but
a (mall increafe
of