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.
ing
to
promote
any
goDd
'Work..,.
till men
tt~gJeE!
r-
'
or conttmn.
And thts
leaves
men
wholy
wr,thoNt
exc~j{,
and £hews
it
is
not
their
&llm.zot,
but their
. ,
Will
not~
which
betrays
them
tO
,their
fpiritaal .
loffei;
namely their
-wilfol
rejecting
of
G~ds
gra.-:
tiOHJ
offers. .
.
.
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I
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. •·
Pref,p.
·
lestrue, God
gives
the
wicked
bNt one
Taltnt,
when
he giveth
his
children
!our,
two
at
~he
.,
...
leaff;
but
they
~annot
fay
he
1s
~tuftere,reap'~lr
·"
·
"RJhere
he [()wed nrJt,
·gathering
~he~e
he
ftrowea
not.
No,
There"'sthe
fame proportton between
one,
Talent,
and
g~tthering
one
more,
as there
is
1/et-we'en
two,
and the gathering of
two
o-:-
.
.
.
•;.
..
thers '
&c.
'
·
'
.
You know_that
they are
ready
to
complain,
~s
Chrift
fuews
lt
in the
Parable,
_Lord,
I
k.pow
that
thou
waft"'
hard man,
reaping
wh~re
thon
haft
not
[owtJ
,
and
gathering
where
thou
haft
not
ftrowed:
But
ye
remember alfo the Lords
~nfwer
: Thqu wicked -and
floathful
fervant;
&t.
Mat.
2).
26.
Mark,h~
cafrsthe
blame
up–
on his
wilfulfle[s
,
that he
would not take
pains
for
to
trade.
.So the wicked
complain,
alas God h'lth
not fow'en
any
power
~f
cowver–
fion
1n
my
heart;
and
will he'
look
for to
reap
it
?
This is
a#fterenelfe
and hardnef[e
of
dealing.
Oh thou wicked
and floathful
fer·
Vanr,
&c.
Why
didf\:
thou
not
·tYitde
with the
Talent that
I ,gave
thee
?
·One
Talent
fhould
beget one,-
as well as two
beget
two,
&c.
But
' , I
ga~e
thee 'wit,
and thou
buriedjf
it,ln the
e'ttrt~.,
and
frail:
been
earthly
with··it
;
rgavethee
k..,11o-w~
ledge·,
and thou
haft
hid
·it
in
the
~artb,
and
~ot
traded for
reform~etion
according
to
it,
&c~
·
Alas'