322 iHRbssdarne_` the next words he gives a reafon of it ; O Cayes he, He that is borne of God overcometh the world; that is, he that bath the life in him that cometh front above, he bath gotten above the world, he bath pall all the irkfomneffe of them. The irk- forneneflè of any Commandement, does not he in the com- mandement, that is fwecc and pleafànt, but it lyes in deadneffe of the heart ; a dead heart will ever count them grievous. 7. Seventhly, as religion is an,irkfonre thing to a dead heart, fo a dead heart, it fhould take it up, it will in the end be weary of it ; as wee fee in the example of Iliael when they grew to bee de-el ih. _arred towar' s God at Lail they were weary of his worthip, they went and deviled othergets wor- :¢hips, and caber hod of Religion, they were weary of his. Tim raft been weary of me, O tfruel, l .43.aa. we fee this inJudahtoo. Behold what awear:neffe i,it? Mal.r.13. This is too plaine and palpable ; how are we grmvne weary .of God, and of has pure fevice? We have had she t.iofp.'li fo lent till we are even weary of it; weary of fugliry,weary, of fpirituall truth whence are. all innovations but because people are weary of the old way ? Many that have be ^n ves,! t forward in Preaching, and in hearing, and very zealous of good courfes, they begin to abate, to fide with the times, to remit of their former firí neffe ; whence is all this ? W'nence is it that we fee fo many Apoflates,that once loved good :-eo- pie, now doe not ; once were very zealous againft difordert, now are not ; ence were againft humane devifes, now are not ; now they can brook any thing well enough ; they ate weary of their frfl pitch, they were wound rap too high now they let themfelves dowse againe; all this is heca riC men have no life in them ; they are dead to what they d.d Irofeffe ; you (hall fee many a man ¡mitten at the word.. and there he is kncckt dowse, and fees what wretched courfes he bath taken that will lead him to hell ; well, he goes and reformes and grower, very precife, and now there !ball not be a Sermon but hee'l heare it. There (}.tall not be any oorrd Chri&tian eluty,but he will take it up, heel leave his old aequaiacance, bee'le
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