a Vfe. which d ifco- ers the heat tN deceitfulneffe. Wilful/ znrpeniteney ledge, and make my finnes to be worfe, which I cannot forfike. My finnes are now againfl knowledge, and Mi- niflers tell nie that is work ; this is all that I get by your preaching;nay thou findeft fault with all Gods corre&i ons: why does he punifh me for not doing of that which I cannot? thus thou art far from being humbled ; the truth is, thou mighteft get a great deale by knowledge, by exhortations,and reproofes,and corretlionsbut thou wilt not:is it not eafier to leave a finne when thou know - eft it, then when thou art ignorant of it ? to be moved when thou art exhorted, then when thou art not admo- nifked at all ? to forfake a finfull courfe when once God hash imbittered it to thy flefh by correekions, then when it was fweet? is it not eafier to give over drunkenneffe, when thy exceffe is bitter to thy ftomacke, then when it was pleafant ?fo it is with every other finne,thou mightft get a great deale of God by every one of Gods dealings, but thou wilt not. Why fhould yee be ffrickn any more?yee will revolt more and more, Efay. i. g . .Yee will (ayes God, this is Gods language,he finds fault with thy will but thou frndff fault with bar will ; why does he finite me more and more, l cannot but revolt? I cannot doe as he would have me; may be thy lulls are more mannerly then to fay thus ; but this fecret grumbling is in thee, if thou fayeft that thou flickeft at a cannot, and therefore thou canIl not be humbled. In the fecond place, ifit be thus, the reafon why thou dolt not amend, is not becaufe thou catift not, but be- caufe thou wilt not. Jer.t 7.9. See bere then the deceit of thy heart. IfGod would give me grace, I would willingly doe any thing ; this is nothing but the deceitfulnef3-e of thy heart, which is deceitfug above all thingo.For thy heart does but here lye untoaad; I would very faine, if God would finable nie ; thou lyet ; God knowes it is not fo? like the
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