1.Sam.l5. oo, ~A Commentarie 'l1pon Chap.6.' alldrowlie profc!fours (whiclarc rhcgrea- A reil part,) as may appeare by this, in rhat .fome, ifthey bee held but a quarter of an hourc too long, or aboue their ordinary rime; arcextreamely wearicofhcanng the word.And as for dutiesofmercic,and l1bera~ littc,puttingvp imuries,& tolcratmg wrongs, theyarereadic ro make an end as fooneas tbey begmnc. And as for prayer and rhankC– giuing, andother parrs of the worlbippc of God, mof! men fay in their hearts with the old Iewes, J'f/hatprofir u it that wee k_repehu comm411demrn.ts 1 andthAtwtr.•lk.!humbly before the Lord ofhojls1 Malaeh. J-14· Hence it is, thatthc holy Ghofl is fo frequent in tlirring vs vp to the performance ofall good duties, with alacriry,and chearcfulne!Te,andfo often B mrouGngvs from that drowGnclfc and dcad– nelfe,whcrewith we are oucrwhclmed, Luk. t8.I.Our Sauiour Cbritl propounds a para– ble to thiscnd,to reacbv• , That '"""ght•l– n•.tiutopray,andnot towA."'('~f4int, Eph.3. I 3· I dqire (Caith Paul) thatle (aintnot at r»Jtribu– latio,·Js. z.Thetf. ; . 1 3· .And,~,br~rhr~n.bet;ot wtllri~ inweUdointT,And (o in this place,Lnvs nolihertfore be w~ricof W(ll dQing. , Now the re•fonswhichmakc men fowearie of we1Jdoing, are in .~cner~t/lthefe three. Firfl,the llrcngth ofrhc AeOJ, which euen in rhe regenerate is like the great gyanrq()liah. in comparifon of poore Dauid. Secondly, the wcakcnelfe of the fpirtt, and fpiri!uall graces. Thirdly, the outward occurrences, C and impcdrrncms ofthis life. In !}mal/ they be thefe. Fir(l,mcn by naturearewolues one to another, Efay, J J.verf.6.and fo they con– tinue, nil th1swoluifh nature bee mortified, and renued by grace: and aro fo farre from helpmg,furrhcring,relceuing,rollerating one another, or performing any other dutie of loue, chatconrurily, they are readicto bire, and deuourconeanorher,G~I.;.vrrf.JS, Se– condly,oftcnrimcsitcommcrh to pa!Tc, that other mens coi:Jnelfe cloth coole our zeale, their backwardne!fc, Dacketh our forward– ndfe. ThrnJiy,many thinkc it a difgraccand difparagcmenr vnro them,to Lloope folowe, D as to become feruiceable vnro their infcri– ours.Foucrhly,thcrc are many things which uifcouragc vs from well doing:eithcr theparric is \o"nknowne vnrovs, as Ddr1iJwas toNa~ ball(for which caufehee u·ould not releeue him in hisneceflitie:)or dfc feemeth vnwor– thie ofourhelpe, being fuch as through riot, harlors, lc•vdcompanie, bath broughthim– fclfe to·rnr(crie and beggcric: or fuch as re· ward vscuill for good, hatred (or our good will: or fuch as are querulous, ahvaies corn. lplarnmg, though ncuerfo well dcaltwithall: all which make men cold in the duties of l•llle. Fifrly, lame there be which fainedan– gcrs and ea(} perils, which hinder them from tlorng the good tboy 010uld: Thejlothf•ll per. (on(aUh , ~Jiyon i!inthctMy, &c. L-aflly, the n~a111foJd occalions and atfaircs of this life, doe fo diflrat! theminde, as that a man is foone wearied, yea in the beG things. Be– fides, many fee no reafon why rheyfhould fpend rhemfelues , in doing good Vt)(o 0 , thers, Now to all rhefe obfiacles, and.pul-backs, we are to oppofe the Apoflle•precept, Let vsnot hewearieof wendoing. For verily if the con!idcration of thefe (mall ocoaGon.' and– rubbcsrhatlieioour way, dauntanddrfmay \'s,and fo !loppc our courfc,we fhallneuer be plentifull in good workes: wee may haply pur our hand to tbeplowe, burarhoufand to Luk.9.••. one we Oulllooke backe againe: wirh.Lott wife caO along looke toward Sodome. and G<n.t? '?· wi~h t~e Ifraelites in our hearts tur~e agame mto Egypt. For as hec th4t o/Jfimeth the- 1r.indc jh41l not {fJWt, ftnd a4 bee that redardeth thecloudu, PHtK neutr reape, Ecclcf.~\ z. vcrf. 4· So he that regardeth the ingratitude offomc,rhccuillexample ofothers, the manifold diflrat!ions, and occurrences of this life; and n.allcall perils incarnall wifedome ofthis, and that rrouble, or inconucnience' that may enfuc,fhall ncuer doe his dutyash; oughr... And atfuredly, he that fainrcth in agood cour(e, and giucrhit oucr before he come to the end, is llkc vnrothe Dothfullhusband– man, whohauingplowedandtilled, and In partCowed his ground, gluerh ouer before hechauefiniOJed it; and fo, either thepar– ching hcate doth wither it, orrhcnipping cold doth ktll it ,or thefowles oftheatrede– uoureit. Now moLl men arc lickc of this difrafe, whichfhewes the grcatnelfeof our corruptl– ons,and that the be(! ChriCiians bauea huge matlcorlumpeoffinne inthcrn, andbut a fpatkeofgracc; in thatthcy arefeldome or neuer wearie in feraping ragether of riches, in following theirpleafures, inpurfuing ho– nours,and hunting afterpreferments:and yet are quickly weariein duties ofpicric, iu!lice, and mcrcie, albeirrhey haucan vnfpeakable reward annexed vnro them. \1\lell,whatfoeuer the corrupt prat!ifes of tncn bo,let vs Jearneourduty,togoeforwatd without wearinelfe, nay to doe good with chearefulnelfe,as P•Hi (airh ofhirr.felfe,Phil. 3· Forg~tting that which i1 /;~hind, andindetZHPH– ring himfclfe to thAt r¥1hich i& lufor~. Let vscon– lider thatit istheproperty ofaJibcrall minci, To d~rlifo()fliGtrallthings, ~tndtocgPJtmlle hio li– beralitie,Efa.p.verf.8. Neither is this all,not to be weary,or ro perfiCl and csmtinue,but we mull procccde on from lfrength to llrcngrh, andbringforthm~'t'efrtJiu.inourage, Pfal 9Z. '4· asthe Churchof:rh•aryra, whofe workes weremoreatrheJaU, then arthe firfi, for which fhee is worthily praifedby our Sauiour Chnfl, Reuel. z. \'<rf. 19, It wasrhem..,oof Ch.rlnrhe fifr, PI"' vlt14, andiroughtto be euery Chri(lians motto ro firme ro pcrfetfj. on,and asrhcApofiJce:dloltsvs, To6r/ieadfaft, ..
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