i I . .... .w;lf,limpeniteiiCJ ' 6o., 6 I. We cannot do this, and this is fo ha~d we are not able to do it. The T~xt faies it was ~urrnm."ing; When [efus lz.ne\)il in himfelJ that bis Difciples murmured at it;that pleadingofa ~annot was a murmuring. So when thou . grumbldl: on. this manner, I ca~ln.ot walk thus, I c~nnot beheve thus, &c.,·rh1s 1s to murmur againfi God, nay this will bring-thee to Apo– , fiacy, at lafi, if thou fuffer thy lileart to plead thus.May be now thou art a forward profeifor, • yet beef.l: thou neverfo forward and favoureH: ~~y lpfi, and I cannot give it,over, I cannot root it out, &c. I fay this will break thy neck ~t ~he lafr , if thou dofi not look to it. So it was with thofe forenamed Difciples,they were very forward Profeffors, for they were the Di(ciples of Cbrifr, faies the Text ; yet tho(e D1fciples, they went away back... and walk.fd no r!'or~ with Chrifl, verf. 66. their pleadings of . their cannots , drove them to },..pofiacy ; they went away hac~. So thou wilt go away back, ~nq fa~l irit9 Apofiacy if thou .fuffer thyheart ~o H:an4 pleaqing of cannots in this,manner. . Fpur~hly, thisis the fawfie{l:.~xcufe of all ex-: ~ufes,rpany :Goners excufe their own felves,but there is more mannerlinefs in all their excufes : .l pray thee have meex~ufed, faiesone, I have boughtliveko~eof Oxen,and I pray the~ have · meexcufed; faies the other, ·I have bought.a purfhafe, I pray thee have me excuftDA. Thefe – ~pqughwretche.~excufers andturne~ ou~from a~l mer~y 1 yet they ·were fon1ew·hat more mannerly; but I _cannot come faifl:'thou;I have > m~~r~~g~ Wif~ ~ ~~4! c~~~o~ ~9me, Luke I4· . · ~ ) 2~ - .. ,
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