..,~.~o·•-:: ...... ~~- .· ..... ·-~~~ ~· (: 70 Wilfnll Impenitencj _ ·de a fenfe' but if thou wouldfl: divide it ,thou might'H; no Man can ferve two Majlers,Mat. 6. ~- Mark, compound them together, ;andhe cannot. But if l1e would give over one, he might ferve the o~her_.Thou canfl: not ~hou faiefi. No; I ye~ld thee in a compounde<t.Jenfe thou canfi not,thoueanfinot as long astllou art ' thus careleffe as thou art, as long as thou fa– voureO: thy felf in fuch and fuch lufts , thou canfi not'. The compounding of thy fecurity ·arid lazinelfewith Religion, ,that i~ the reafon I ~ why thou ··canfi not, t.ftis is it that makes our , prayers hard, and our-repentings hard,our be– lievings, and all _our performances hard; be~ I caufe we woul~ fain be compounding. ,-We have much ado toPray, our hearts can hard– NQtc. · ly be brought to wrafrle,much ado to be hum- .bled, our,wils will hardly fl:oop ; ifit were not for theje compounding.! thefe dt4ties ~were_eajie. And whatexcufehaft thouhence ?none at ail: 1 for its acannot only in the compounded fenfe that thou makefi it. 5C~ennot Fifthly, the Scripture fpeaks, of a h~rttbling cannot, acannot not to bolfi;er thee up in thy excufes, but onlyto huml?le1 thee, that thou maiil: bedrivenout of thyfelf unto God. A fervant cannotlivetexceptit behis Mafl:ers pleafure to take pittyon him; Is ~his anypre– t~nce to ~il!l toJanger his Mafl:er ?or tobe neg- " hgent of -~ts Mafters commands? nay, rather it forceth Ium to be fo much themore 'careful to obey him, and to be humble before him.So the Scripture -faies, that thou canft not without ' God, except Godthe~mercyon ~ thee, tocon.. ver~ ' - ' ' '
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