the greateft self-murder. 73 the wilfutlleweo,they would be Gods people,they would flay themlelves upon God; God tels them in effe& they tyed, I knew thou wert obff blare, and thy necke it an iron fi- nely, and thy brow braf('e, jfay 45.4. wouldefl thou believe me ? no, no, I know thou art eb)Iinate and will not ; fo God knowes thou art obbinate. I cannot fee this is a finne to fay faith and troth, I cannot fee'tis a fume not to pray daily in my family, not to repeate the fermon e- very Sabbath: If I could fee it were a finne I would mend it; no no, thou lyeil to God, thou art obflinate and thou wouldeff not have it a finne, and thou wilt not believe it, and if thou didil know it to be one, thou womldll not ref rme ir. Secondly, hereby thou dodgeß with God and thou temp- tell the Lord. IfGod would give me grace I would doe it; this is nothing but dallying and trilling with the Lord; for why doll thou not fèt about it and try every day what thou canfi doe ? IfGod would but quicken me and per - fwadenie, and compel? me, and in ableme, I would doe it. Alas thou dodge!? with with God as the people in the Gofpell, ifhe will come down from the Croffe we will believe in him, Mat.27.42. they had no will to believe in him, this was nothing but dodging : Chrifi had done enough for then, to make them believe, if they had any leech will, and this was nothing but a pretence o` their deceitfitll heart. Thirdly,hcreby thou Pffl ff rff the n ord,when thou baff heard ir, God give me grace to do fo as he bath taught me this day, alas I cannot my felfe, God give me grace, and fo fhuf let? it off, and think'tl no more of it : like (thole you call) godfatbere in ionic places, as loon as e- ver they are charged at the Font to looke to the child, and fee hint brought up in religion , they prefently goe and put off the charge on the Father, I pray you take the charge upon you : fo thou lavefI the charge at Gods doore, when God gives thee any duty in charge, thou laye!? it at his doore, as though it flucke there,and there thou let- . M tell
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