I. ,- Je4 Wilfult impenite~tcy Nay fifthly,- you block up the ' way to the. thron~ of grac~...: · ' Nay fixthly, you cafi .all the blame upon God. . Firfr, becaufe you lay the blame upon na- , ture. · : . , Seco~dly, becaufe you call: the blante on. temptations.. Thirdly, becaufeyou lay the blame on the times. . I · Fourthly, becaufe you lay the blame upon· the Commandement. 1 Nay feventhly, y0u find fault with all the dealing§ of God. · .· . - ·· · Oh take heed then of thefe bafe -pleas and ' pretences : For, . That I may interpofe four or five particulars . · un6amed. · . Firfi, this fame pleading is the caufe why you · are lazie and idle in the ufe ofmeans ; namely; becaufe- we fuffer 'our hearts to plead, Oh we . cannot do thus ; we cannot beat down this e– vill ?why did the un jufiSteward refufe honefi: labo"ur to work for his living?Icannr;t dig,faies . he,Luk_,e r6. 3. therefore he refufed to labour; fo this is the caufe why ye pray no more, and · reform no mQre, &c. Ye fet your hearts thus . to plead, I cannot do it:This is the reafon why ye· are backward to labour ; ·· bow know ye what may be done if ye would buckle (o b.– hour?bu.talas~/.(annot do it,fay you,and there-. fore yearedead and dull,and fiuggifu to every ·, good Ordinance. Shake offthele la~y-heartetl ple11t :> otherwifeyee~J never buckle to labour. . - ... . . · ~econdJy~ \
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