522 / 772
Luk.
t
207.
§
.
Sec7.
3
.
Coil
ations
forjrrchas
comp(aine
of
their
iryrperfe-
Ctlo%lT
in hear-
ing
the
vvord.
494
Confolationí,agóllnft
hardwire
of
heart.
mortification
of
their
old
corruptions, nor
any refbrmatiota
at
all
oftheir
former
uînfull
hues,
and
therefore they
think-e
that
they
heare the word
of
God
without
any
profit,
nay
that
the
more
they heart it,
the more wicked and rebelli-
ous
they
are
;
and
that
for this
caule,
it
were much
better
not to
heare
the worde
at
all,for
as
much
as
it
will
but
aggra-
uate
their
finnes and increafe
their condemnation, forhee
that
4nol
''eth
hip
mater;r
will
and
dog.,
it
not,
(lia16ebeaten
with
ntany
griper.
But
-let
not
fuch
Poore
mourning
foules
depriue them
-
felues
of
that
true comfort
which
of
right
belongeth to
them:
and
to
this
end
let them know
ftrf},
that
this
is
a vfuall corn
--
plaint
ofthofe
children
ofGod
which
profit
moil
in
hearing
ofthe
word, though
in
truth
they doe therein deceiue them-
felues;for
in
complaining
that
they
profit
not,they
fhew
they
profit.
For
whereas men naturally
blinded with felfeloue
and carnall fecuritie, neuer difcerne any
filch
want
and
cor-
ruption
in
themfelues,
and
therefore
though they
profit
no-
thing by
hearing the word
of
God,
yet
it
neuer
troubles
therm,
nay
they imagine that it
is
fuflîcient
to
prefent
their
bodies
into Gods
aufemblies,
and to
heare
Gods word with
their outward
cares,
though
they
vnderf}and
it
nor,nor
re-
taine it
in
memorie,
nor.
bring
forth
any fruits
thereof;
tilde
humbled
foules by
the
hearing
of
the word
are
freed
from
this
felfe
loue and
carnal
fecuritie, and
haue
the blind
eyes
oftheir
vnderf}andinos
opened,
fo
as
they
fee
their
faultes
and corruptions,
and
haue
their
hard hearts foftened,
fo as
they
are
grieued and
difolcafed
with them,and
their wills
al-
fo
are in
forme
good
meafure
fanaified,
fo
that
they earnell-
ly
delire
to
be freed from
their
corruptions,
and
to
heare
the
word
ofGod
with
more
profit; whereby it
appeareth
that
though
they cannot
profit
fo
much
as
they
defire,yet
they
haue made
a
good
progreffe, and
the Lerci
in
his
good
time
will
perfed
that good werke
which
lice
hath begun
in
them;
and the
fame
fpirit
ofGod
which
hath
wrought
in
them
this
delire
of
profiting by hearing
the word,
will
alfo
accomplifh
it,and
fo
open
their
dull
cares
and
foften
their hard harts
that
they
fhall profit, and rcape manifold fruits of the
feede
of
.
the