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.
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 be
witty
for God,
and for
the
good
of
thy
foul?
&c. Go(l
hath given
a
grea~
deal of more
power than ever thou hringe1t to act, and
t~ere
fore 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
thou
haft to
repent, the
·more
thy
will
-M
againft
it.
J!ernard
fayes, fuch
a
one is
a
per-
.
verfe
man/
that God
is
fain to fay to,
quid
faciam. tfhi
?
what
fhall
I
do unto
t~ee
?
0
HoC: 4 .
f.
·
E
phra~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
~n
rifeth
,
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
you
heretofore, . 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 .
·~