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Of
hardwire
ofheart.
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r
thole corruptions, which
Chew
thernfeltus
vnto
vs
in
this
holie
a
&ion,he
that bath
inioyned
vs
this duty
w
ill
alto
giue
vnto
vs
his
holie
fpirit,if
we
will attend
his
leafure,«
hich
«il
teach-vs
how to pray
accordirg
to
Gods
w
iii
with
Gghes
and
grones,which cannot
be
cxpreffed;whereas on
the
other
fide,
ifour
infirmities and
corruptions wholly difcourage
vs
from
performing this dutie,w
e
(hail
grieuouflie
finne
againfl
God
in tranfgreíling
his
commaundement,
and in
robbing him
ofa
chiefe
part
of
his
worfhip
and feruice,and alto wee (hall
plunge our
(clues
into
a
moll
defperate
of
}are,adioyning our
felues
vnto the number
ofthofe
wicked Atheifis,
of
whom
the Pfalmiíl fpeaketh,who
call
not
vpon
God,Pfalm.5
3.4.
Hal
53
4.
And
fo
much for
anfwering
thofe
tentations,
which
Sa-
§.
Sea
-6.
tan,and our corruption
doe fuggeft
to
difcourage
vs
from óf
the
frco
"d
the
feruice
ofGod,
which
haue
their
occafion and
ground
hie1ardrefe;
from our
hardneffe
of
heart,
and drowfie dulneffe, and
dead-
of
/tam
neffe in
performing
thefe
holy
ex-ercifes.
The other kind
of
fenfible hardneffe
of
heart
is
feuered
from the
vfe
ofthefe
holie
meanes
;
for fometimes
it
commeth
to
paffe
efpeciallie
in the
fpiritual
combate
oftemptation,that
even
Gods
deare
children
are fo
befotted
and
aflonifhed,through the
violence
of
the
temptations
of
Satan, and
huge
wart
of
their owne
corruptions,
that
they cannot
indeuour
in
no fort to
vfe
thefe meanes, whereby they
might
be
comforted and relee-
ued
in
this
wretched
efuate,
as
the hearing
of
the
word,cal-
ling
vpon
Gods
name,
meditating
in
the Scriptures,and
ho-
ly conferences;yea
thefe
holy
exercifes feeme
for
a
time
odi-
ous and
loathfome
vnto them,
vntill
it
pleafe
the
Lord by
his
owne
good fpirit
to awaken and
raife
them
vp
out
of
this
fpirituall trance, and
to
giue
vnto
them againe the feeling
of
his grace
and
fauour,and
good
motions and abilities to
férue
him,
and reape
comfort
vnto themfelues,by
thefe
holy du-
ties. In
the meane time
fuch are
to
fitpport themfelues
from
falling into vtter defperation;by calling
to their
remembráce
their
Elate
and
condition
in
times páfi
:
for
ifeuer.
they haue
had
any
delight
in
the holy
exercifes
ofreligion,prayer, hea-
ring the word
and
godly conferences,
ifeuer
they coulddif-
cerne
in
themfelues any
faith
by.
the true fruits
offanà
if
car-
sion.