Preston - BX5133 P738 G65 1638

: 1 196 · Of turning {rilm our e'lJill 'll1.~yes.. i .t..An[w~ · Hatred is implacable, and for ever, as-in a man cowards Toads and Serpents, h.ee will never be per· . fwadeo to. receive it agai'n, and togrow friendswith ' ir, but he fol:f~kes it for.ever. And againe fecond– \ly., hee will nevermince the mateer with finne, and :fay, thus farre willllop~andcut up my finne, but' ·heewill pl.ucke·it upby the rootes : Hatred defires ihe utter abolition anddefiru·a:ionof what ic hates. Thirdly,, he. will hate all k.indes of finnes.~ Sheepe ·. hate all kind of Wolves, . and the D.oveall kind of .H.tw_kes ~. therefore examine thy felfe.by thefegeoer-..lls. . . . , .3 The rh.irdeffect is this,fighting:ag-cinjl'it .. The truth of. tmning is feene bya mans refifiance all a ·mans-lifej as rhe Ifraelites were never to feekepeacc.– with A:mAltle., but to fig~t agaiofl: them, to feek.e the If ' .•. · defrrucHon of them whilethey lived. Indeed it is true, fuch aman maybeefoyl~ bya ftnne~ but flill ·hee fights, againfr it ;. and [o -v.:ee will, if wee.bee 'trulyconverte,d. . . . . • Therein then is the diff.:rence berweene the re– lapfe.and backfitdingofthe wicked, and the falling of the godly into fome ftnne4'. A Sai9t never :gives - oyer thewarre,hee never enters inroleague with fin. The_fpirit llljiethAgainjJ. !hejlejh,Gal 5. that is, w.ittbe · ever ftirriog_him upagainlt it j all the worldcannot– - ma.ke peace, vyhere Go nh:rchpu,t enmity : Thou · wilt,· never come to fay, I cannQt chufe, I mnll · needs yeetd·to it : bQt thou. wilt never give o– ver ;.forthat is thepropertyofone truly converted, to lookeon ftn as an·enemie, andwh~tfoeverhdps .himagainlHipne, ,heeaccounts hisfriend,, asa~o· - ; ntttOns

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