--~------~----------------~----~~~1 Of turning from ottr e1Ji0 '»>ayei. _ 2Jt IJ. It is faid, the Kit~gd1me of Heaven foiftrs v :·o. len&e, andtbeviolenf take it {,y force, that is, he that , would have the Kingdome of heaven mufl: ufe vi, olence tO takeit ; ViOlfDCe mufl: beoffered tO your appetites and unruly affections: hemufi keep them · under, and that by vi-elence; andagainc be mufi ufe violence in his prayers~ and other holyduties, that is, he mufi: wrefile and firive in them, and be fer– vent in them. There are fome goodduties tobe done as it were wJth 'lliolewce. Chrill: in that place lhewes, that when the preaching of the Gofpell came, and the beautyof the Kingdomecame tobe opened to men, then they t0oke it by violence. But who is fo ravifuednowwith thofepriviledges,. the hope of their calling, &c. that they fhould thus .take it with vuleN&e,that is,fpareno paioes-: Therfore fiirre up your felves, and confider what it will . coll you. This concernes even tho.fe that profe1fe I· the feare of the L~rJ.. Looke what anger andpaf– fion they ·havebeen fubjetl to, they are fubjeet to ll:ill; looke what tlackendfe they ufed inprayer, 1 the fame they ufe fiill ; their ancient infirmities hang upon them fl:ill ; they are found in the fame path : the reafon is, becaufe they thinkea·godJy 1 courfe an eafie thing .; therefore have they taken i but fmall paines to be free.d from the bot~dageof their lufts, and to grow in gxace.. Soalfo thofe without aremet content to b~ at the coft and la– bourto begin to repent, but think-it maybe fpared, it will be at any time foone done. But knowbe- , loved, it is not fo. Take a man accuftomed to idleneffe, is it eaLie for him tobecome laborious <l-.4 ._ and - -
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