thegrojfeft.self-m•rder: 6 9 . . canfi not come 6ut of thy fins, , nay, theLord ,bath cafi this cannot upon thee·in judgement. he bath fet thee in the {l:ocks for thy wilful re! curity. As the wicked (ews,theycould not be- · lie've,faies the Text, bccaufe Ijaia!o faitp, He bath'blinded their eyes,and hardned,their hearts, Joh. I 2, 39, 40. Could they excufe thernfelves for their'cannot ? No, theLord had fet them in the frocks for their wilfulnefs and fecurity~ They tould not believe, 'for they hadwilfully provoked the ·· Lord tQ caft this cannot upon "them in judgement.. . · · .., ~ourthly, ~he Scriptu~e fpeaks of _ a com- 4 c;tnnot poundt·dcannot~ 4 cannot tnfenfu compoftto,as , we call it;a cannot in a compounded (enfe. As · · a Drunkard canno~ tender his Family,his poor wifeand children. ,No, as long as he lies blow~ fing on the Ale-bench he cannot, in a corn- 'pounded ,fenfe he-cannot. Ariftotle fets it ouc.~:'effibile byfitting ; he that is fittintcannot walk, that teJ" fedebn- . . 1 h . fi . , 1 A em•m ll• ts, as ong as e1s ttttng e cannot wa k. s IAre ~ Chrit't·faith ~facarnal man, he cannot be my • Difciple : he cannot in a (ompounded fcnfe. He th~tt commeth to me,and hates not fatherand mother, andwife, andchildren,yeaand hi} own · ·life, cannot b~ my Difci;te,Luke 14. 26.he can· not indeed as long as .he fl:ands upon thefe terms, . My father will .not love me, andmy . mother will not like me, if I 1hould pe one of your Difciples; my friends would not own me : I muft do as I do, or I cannot keep my wife and ch~ldren. Indeed as long ai thou 1 ftandit on thefe terms thou cani\: not be a Dif- . c-iplc: of Chrii\;; tholl canft not in "'ompoNn- . /. G .· I ~~~ . i\ . I . l
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