;.>i :•8 _ .. ' Wilfs1limepn~teHcy · Its the will ·that either fufpends or deter..: mtnes. 1,.. .; C ,t:a 2. Confideration; that ifa mancan do more 2 on;' ·than he does, and yet will not, h~ mufi: ne~ds voluntarily hinder himfelf from doing that which he cannot ; the reafort ts~ ,becaufe a man mufi fidl: do that which, he can, before he can ,tome to that part which ~e cannot. Suppofe a lame man were to go to L__ondonfrom hence , and not able to go one mile_ofthe jou~ey , hut there frands one at the Chu~ch-ftile,that offers if be will but crawl thither, to carryhim ; he is able to crawl fo far as the Ch-urch-ftile; but he will not ; qoes not he voluntar:ily hinder llimfelf from ·going to London f that which' h2cbl :Jo, muft be do,ne. firft 1 before that ~hich he ·cannot. · So .ye that live inyour fins, you xnufr firft do ,that which you can; beforeyo~ can loo'k_ th~t God fhould help you to do that which you cannot; if thou doH all that thou canfi., for ought that thou knowefi ,-Chrijf, though he have not abfelute1y engaged him– felf, fl:ands 'at the Church-Hil~, there ready to help thee. There be men ,in the wor!d 1!Phom he ss tefolved to help ; thou doft not k._now but·thfl1i -frlrt the m~tn.. Chrift hath n<?t told thee any thing to the co·~t-rary, but only he bids thee do what ~hou ·-canfi: ; canfi not thou cut off thy long hair? are .no Sizzers able to cut it? have not · you a Tongue inyour heads, ye thatkeep-dif– ~rd~rs iny0ur: Ale~.houfes? cannnot youfay get. you he·nce.ye ·drunken companions , here's .no entertaiiunent for you .? ·you maft do·. that which you can,. bef0re- you·£an -expect ~riil:s \ · · het
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