294 Thesouksej uall calling to Chrif$. pice of Agrippa,A . a 6.27. wherePaul fhew inghis converfation, and what God had done for him ; when Agrippa heard this, he was even ata dead lift and laid, Thou haft alma f perfrvaded me to become a Chsiíiian, almoít holy, &almoft humble, and almoft to forfake my finnes. I will never be moremalicious againft God, and as theorignall word faith, Thou haft almoflperfwaded mee in a fens things , but bee never came to any good at all. This is the guile ofmany that come to fome out- ward reformation, and get Tomeknowledge, and force parts, and fame duties performed, fo that a man would thinke they were making forward toward Chrifi, and yet they recoyle and fall back againe to their old bale courfes mofl fearfully. Ofthisgeneration was this fpoke, Heb. 6.4. that had a tafle of the Heavenly gift,tl4t is, ravingfaith ; they liked the promife, but it was never at the heart roots. Oh, Paid they, comfort, eàfe andfal- vation is good to be had ; but they didnot take downe the promife and difgeí( it, and make it goodblood, they wanted this found pet fwafion, fomewhatwas neerer to the heart than thepro- mife,and therefore it carne tonothing. An Hypo- crite that is tickled and hash force fiafhy delires as thefiony'ground was, is a little afe&edwith the Word ofGod. This man may entertaine in forne kinde of hourely perfwafìon, foinewhatof thepromife for force refpe& : theprornife is this, that God will pardon the iniquity of his poore children,and eafe themof all their mileries, and glorifie them for ever. The Hypocriteheares this, that
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