The Settles effeEtuall calling toChrift. be aftonifhed at this ;why, what is thematter ? my people have committed two evils; they haveforfaken me the fountaine ofliving waters,and digged to them. felves broken pits that will hold no water : This is not onely unreafonable, but unnatural, and the heavens they (hake atit ; it is againft thecourfè of nature, that °. man fhould depart from the Al- mighty that would firengthen him, and to rest uponhis owne folly,andgoe from the wifedome of God, that would dire& him in every good way;nay it chufeth a mans owne baie corrupti. ons and lofts : and in the m, ane time departs away`ff-om the Lord, andhis grace, and his mer- cy ; and it preferres finne and the Devill before the Lord, and all that fufficiencyof good that is in him ; and therefore theProphet w(herh the Heavens tobee astonished at this : weak things naturally incline to that which may ftrengthen them, and heavy things will notreti, until! they come to the earth, becaufe that will fuftaine them. Ohwhat a bafenefre is this, the Heavens are wearyofa bafe wretch, that will trull to his owne corrupt heart, and renounce grace and Chrift, and happineffe and all: this is the firft pafiáge. Secondly, unbeleefe it makes all means tobee unprofitable ; that is, when aman is fetled upon his folly, and is refolved tomil uponhis rebelli- ous>will, and to bee ruled by that, hee will not looke out nor attend, nor give entertainment to whatfoever is revealed to the contrary. This makes all meanies unprofitable, bee the meanes never
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