~·- "\1 -' 84- " -· Wilfullm.penitency faid unto Salomen, after he had fet him buti– neifes todo,ljrife therefore ~usd- be doing,·ana the Lord be with thee,faies he,I Chron. 22.16. So I may fay toyou,'Arife and bedoing; up, fee a– bout it, ufe no excufes, ~umble your felves be– fore God, fee your mifery and bewail it, and \ , i the Lord be withyou. . ' / ------·------------·------- B . Ut may be you will fay, this Dod:rine is · . Pelagianifm,or 4rmenianifmatleafr.Nay . then·, ler me tell you, ~tis Arminianifm to hold the contrary. Youmake·your wils to be yonr · own, & free for to will, that fay your will is to repent, but y9ucannot. And if God fhould give you apoffe, ye profefs you_r felves-to beof the Pe:agian Her,efte; if God .iliouldgive Y,O~ a poweryou would add 'thewtll. To paffeo .. ver this, and fo to go,on. . Except the belief of this trlilth do fink into thy heart~ thou canH: never foundly be hum– bleq ; if thou fhou1dil fay, Lord, I would fain have repented all this-while, but I could not, thounever foundlywert humbled : anian is never humbled as· longash~ excufes himfelf: . thou fayeft I would be holier, I ·would pray better, · and I would reformmore, but I can.. no~ ; ~his is to fal~ to exc,ufes , and-not to be humbled: For, . . Fidl:, thou excufe!l: thy felffor all tranfgref.. fions befides original. A man mu£\: behum.. bledfor ·his atiual fins .as well as original, and count liimfelf inexcufablefor ·one as well ·a~ tother.. lJut thoupitcheft all ·thyhumilia.; tion
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