1J1 l Oftiirningfrom our e~i/1 wayes. ~----~----~~--~------~~----~ Anfw. and diligent in his calling ~ fo if there be any ill haunr, how hard is it to hinder a man from going tlill downe t~e hill, to pull his feete out of the , pit of uncleanendfe, fweete gaine, or gaming, . &c. But you ~ill 1ay, what is the labour we mull: take~ tHrne frtJm·our eviUwayes? . DireCtions might foone be given. If there be any edge fe t on .your defires, ifyou were once re– folved , even that refolution is one meanes to overcome your evill wayes : but to helf>e you, take chefe. · :Rule I. Tofuch as are £hangers from the covenant, for Eo thofe I fidtfpeake: when rho.u·art given eo evill wayes, go·not about firll: a reformation in particu– lar,butendeavounoget ageneral change wrought. It is a rule in Phyficke, that when a man hath a par– ticular infirmity, the way to cureir, is firll: to bring the whole body into a good frame andremper, and that will worke our the difeafe : {o get the utmofi ·end altered. Therefore humble your [elves, and fee·k Gods face; Jnd leave not till fome aifurance of· Gods favour begotten, till a riew Lord be fee up ·in your hearts, a new end; till the end becbanged, no good can be done. Therefore it is in vaine to go about the particulars firfr. The utrnoft_end is as .the Rudder. to the {hip, as the bridle to che horfe, which turnes.all; going about particulars only, is QS if one ihould · fet his fhonlder to the fide of the Jhip? when one touch ofthe Rudder would doe [r. ThereforeRehohDam 1 chron. I cf. I 4· erred ,becaufe his heart was not prepared to.feeke the Lord ; and , . OIS
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