.the grOJ{efl self·mura~r.· · . thou nQt ·remember my Co{llmandements as · 'well ? give account for thy wit. Lord, I have contrived bufineffes, ·bargains with it, I ~ave . 'jefted , quirped, be~n merry with it ; thou cvill ' . and wnprofitable fervant thou , · why couldft . thou riot bewitty for God, and for thegoodofthy foul? &c. Go(l hath givena grea~ deal of more power than ever thou hringe1t to act, andt~erefore thori arrw_ilful. ' ), :D~monfirarion. The more power thou~: Demon; hail: to repent, the rnore t.hy will is ,againft it. They . The ~ore ~ea!ls· ~hat God doth vouchfafe, ~~de by ·the mor~Preachtng, the more·Knowledge, the rhe more ·reproofs, the more inlightnings, the means. ~ more power thouhaft to repent, the ·more thy will -Magainft it. J!ernard fayes, fuch a one is aper- . verfe man/that God is fain to fay to, quid faciam. tfhi ? what fhall I do unto t~ee ? 0 HoC: 4 . f. ·Ephra~m , what fha/1 I do unto thee ? for thy · . righte.Oufft,e!fe goes away like t~e dew. Hof. 6~ 4: The rpore 'means 'th0u enJoyefl:, the .mor~ ·thy ·right~oufneffe goes away ; one woul~ think the ~ore t~e Srm-jhine of the Gofpel a~ rifeth , th~ more your ·rig~teouf~effe fuould .encrea:fe; 1~ goes the rnore aw.ay, hke the dew, the more th~· S~nrifeth , the rpore it vani.fheth .away ; like many of you , th~ mor~ Preach~ ing you have, the farther ·ye - ~re off; a rna~ might ·be acquainted w~th youheretofore, . but .now that you have b~en fotindl y rebuked for · ¥our fins, the further you flye Qff ; I nay,fo~~ of you tpat were fomewhat forward heret0for~,are rnock.,.c.rs now; 'fome of you )that w~re fome·~ ~ ~?~~ ~o"'!~~d!y heretofore ~ ·;tre more covetu~d an . ·~
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