' . t ' .. .. ,. 48. ~Vilfull. Impenitency · . . · - · · M' t · With you fates Chrift. Cannot cafi htmout? a ·• 7 • 21 .Why? he could go out by Praying and Faft-– ing; So thefe fame difterripers of heart, thefe fro..t.,en-hearted .D,evit.~ W'Ould go out foon e– nough by· Fafting a~d Praying; But oh we are fo l~zy thercar, and fo cold and fo dead, and fo drowfie , we do not take pams. There is teaching in abo!/..ndance; and why can– not ye learn? There is mifery enough on the .Church, and why cannot we mourn? There is woe enough a comming, and \Yhy cannot . we provide for~t afore-hand I? God ·will whip out thefe laz.,y weeds out of m, if we beloug to hit-;~ ; 0 it provokes hin1 1 as Vinegar ·to the Pro~1o.26Teeth, an:l J moa/zto the Eyes,Jo u the Sluggard , to him tpat {ends him. Ah thou lazy 1 Drone, this "ti$ to fend a leaden-heeld Drone of ones Errand; it makes the Majler look as fourely on him, as if he had drunken a Porringer 'of Yineg~~1r. So Beloved, this our floth to good things it do ~h deeply provoke God ; there is many a Mtr~J we lofe, becaufe of our :flOth ; many a Grace we never attain , nay many a Crof{e and many a trouble do we get by reafon of our floth. - Oh l~t us fi,irr up our felves, and blowup the fpar/zs that are under the em– bers , er elfe it will be evil and bitter that God will make us to fuffer. And you that live in your fir:s, let me tell you ; ye can ne– v er loo/z for .!Yercy, except ye fbakf offyour floth; ·ye may de!ire to be converted , an/d · pardoned, and fayed, and fo forth; but the Sotd of the Sluggarddejireth and hath.not.: But the diligent foall be made fat. ~Tis the diligent, the diligent , · onlyt~ :.
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