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g
t
o
ilow
use
naa_y
óe
afford
that
our
repentance is
vrr
f
tined.
owne
confciences,we mull
delire
and indeuour
to
perforate
obedience,
as
Vs.'ell
to
thofe commandements which
fume
hard and moll
vnpleafant vnto
vs,
as
vino thofe which
are
more
eafic
and delightfiill;
we
mull
not
only
forfake
thole
fznnes
which
are
not
(o
pleating vnto
vs,
but
cuen
thofe
which
otherwife areas
deare
veto
vs as
our
right
hand or
eie;
for
he
that
truly repented:
ofo
ze
fin,repenteth
ofali;he
that
..repenteth
not ofany
one fine,rcpenreth
of
none
as
he
ought;
he
that
w
ttingiie
and aduifedlie negleð
any
one
coin
-
tnandcnient,willin time
negle
all,
whatfocuer outward re-
formation
may feetne
tobee
in
him;hec
that
willingly
enter-
tained:
any
one
ftnne:and
nourifheth it
as
his deare
darling
in
his
bofoine, will
in the end make confcience
of
none
;
for
a
little
leauen leaueneth
the
whole lumpe,
and euen
finali
fznnes
if
they bee
not
mortified,
will make
roomc
for thofe
which
are
greatefl
and
mot}
hainous.
The third
ligne
of
true repentance
is,
when our conuerfi-
on
from
finne
veto
God
is
not
deferred
in
whole, or
in
part
from time
to
time,
but
prefentlie
vndertaken
:
neither
is
it
fufìicient
to vow repentance vnto
God,
or
to
purpofe
it
for
the time to come,
but
wee
mull prefentlie indeuour
and
la-
bour
in
it;
it
is
not
enough
that
wee fubdue
force fumes
now
and performe obedience
veto
force
ofthe
commandements,
purpoling
to
labour
after more perfe6tion when wee
haue
better opportunitie, but
wee
mull prefentlie
labour
and
in-
deuour to
performe obedience
not to
force,
but
to
all
Gods
comzmandetnents,
and
wee
mull
out
of
hand
let upon
all our
fines,
and labour
to
mortifie
all
our corruptions :for
ifthe
whole body
offinne bee not
beaten downe and fub-
dued
together, that
which flilllitteth
in vs,
will giue
life
a-
gaine vnto
that
which
is
mortified;that which
is tiil
retained
in the
heart,
will open
a
wide
dore
to
let
in
that
which
is
ex-
pelled. And
.fo
wee
(hall
but
take
in
hand
an endleffe
and
fruitleffe
worke, ifwee
doe
not
fet
afide all
excufes,and
in-
ffantly
labour to deflroy the whole body offinne, breaking
thorow
al;
difficulties
and impediments;
for
we
(hall neuer
want
hindrances
in thefe
holy
a&lions,
and
excufcs
for want
offit
occafion
and conuenient opportunitie
continual
-
.l
4.Secri.3.
The
third
figne.vvhen
it
is prefently
vn
adertaken.