. . . ·' , . . l{eart-Trea{urt, , ' 12: finning, that tl~ey may draw iniquity_with I Can-ropes, anddoevil with both hands ear· nefily, tbac their hea'rts may not fmice chem ·, ·with (en(e of remor[c: As the Scholar .that Dr. Prefton {peaks of, whohavingcommicted a fcandalous fin, that he could not reft by reafon of ren:ours of confcience, the Devil .perfwaded him,tocommitthat ~q again, and ~ he iliould be quiet, he did fo, and afterwards · could fin without remo1-fe : juH {o do many · perfons, Whp. ll'\.Ve woaded an, impudenc~ ' in their forehea_ds by·~on!lant finnjrig, fo that . ac la£1: theyatepa£1: teel.ir~g,havinggiven tbem•.r.A 7\. -~ (elves over to a.lllafovwufnefs, to work aJll. ,7rli '}11• r ·urdeanpefs wit~ ~re~dine(s: ,Eph.4.t9. The J{o;rf.>t»~ Word .pa.fl: feehog, 1mporrs- rem<ildel~(nefs, K~T' &. fenfelefnefs,likc amember b~nummed,feared, A. VT,!-> . and this comes with cufiome in finning : ao- woyt.t~ . carding·to 'chat, €onfuetudo pecc11t~di toll it fen- ~=Pz:; 14 • fum peccatz~ ,;! e. The cufiomc of fitmipg takes borar.f vo~ away the fenfe of ftn: .We are.apt to wonder lunt aut · ~t the horridabomin~tion~ ~hat break.out, but P~H1J.t •• ,. tf we do C?n~der the prodtgeous,w1ckednefs ~~,!~t i of an Athelfhcal heart, -we may rather ·won- in to~. der that there is no more prophanefs in the - · 'World: If the tongue bea ~orld of ipiqui· Jan 111 .t • . ty, howmanyWnrJds of WJckedne{s is there-. - .in a wi~ked heart ., the thoufandth part o£ ,· corrllP,tion breaks not oot, of that which i~ within: Surely did not God fet bounds eo Mens ragine lufrs,- tire World would not lie habitable for the Saints: God refirains that wra-th which fhaH ·net tnrn to his praife, and Saint~ a.dvantage_,.,and w~nwickedMen have · . belched
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