the gr'.lfeftself-murder; , · 8~ thy will n~~d.edn.one : may be thou wilt pray f~r poffibthttes ttll t~?? ~aft them , and give hun thanks for poffibthttes when thou haft them, llut thou canfl: not pray for a will, for thou thinkeft thou hail: it ; nor give hiJ;U' thanks for thy will, for that is ' thine own.9 So that·thou arc devilHhly proud, never ·humbled fince th0u wert borp. Nay thou art'fo proud that all thy pra)1ers are but mockeries, and thy givinglof thanks is amockery. How canft tiJou look that God fuonld convert thee, when as thy proud heart tells God before hand, thou wouldft not · thankhimif~he fhould,? j Nay Sixthiy, Tho~ cafte~h ,all theb~ameup.. 6Excufo onGocJ; fo;:-t_tseven JUft as 1fthou fllouldfi fay, · · I canaot J;telp it if God be not pleaf~d to ina... ble .me, ·how car. I help it? my will is as good as anothers , fuch as are fo forward aaq fo Heavenly,. 9od gives them the power.; but my will G6d kn~wes is as goodCarnal ·as theirs, I would fain do as well as the beft,.mfcn e~· but I cannot ; 0 if God would inable me '· Ir:r:e!,a~~ would. 0 Beloved, take heed of thefe con· caft the <:eits,for ye caft all the blame upon God; where-blame PP~ as the blame is in your felv~s, ye would not on God. , . be inabled. I fay ye cafl: all the blame upon · _ . God. ' . Firfl:, Bccaufe ye caft the blame uponNatu~e, IDttno•~ tts my Nature, andI cannot ; I would , but 1ts .·. m.Y Nature and I ca!lnot. Thou layell: the · blame ·upon thy Nature, and therefore thou cafi~th· the blame uponGod for not helping thee ' . ~o a better NatQre : it iS, God that jufily deter~ mines' Mens Natures, Ones Nature is more cho- , .. · - H ·3 lerick ~ -·
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