· Of turning from our e"lJi!l -wayes. 1 - l~l ,his failing in that parcic~lar is afcribed to his want in the generall. lob '7· 9. le is faid, therigh* teom jhaO hold D!J his way, and hee that .is of pure hAnds }hAD wAxejlrgngerandjl'ronger : he that bath his heart once changed, holds on ; but rill rhat is done, all is in vaine to {hive with particulars. As put the cafe a Gardener takes paines to dreffc a .fhorne ; -ic may have as much paines taken with it, in mam1ring and pruning it, as any plant in the garden ; · yet ic .remairies a T.horne frill, for aJl the mouldes put to it ; So though thou prayelt and fafl:eft > and humblell: thy felfe, ye~c if_rhy nature bee not changed, all will doe no good. Cafi , up afto~e a thoufand times, it comes downe againe, becaofe it remaines a fione ; bnt if ir .were turned imo a meccor, &c. or the like, jr would not. Therefore get a ge.ncrall chJnge of thy heart, and then a change in particular would follow. · . Goe to CH l't I s·T: and befeech' him toworke Rule 2 thischange in thee,let this bemor-e in your pr.1Ctife. ·. • This weeformally confeife, that the L o a D only can change us, yet it is not throughly confidered. When thy nature is fl:rongly ·inclined to ;my evil1 way,.fo .as thou art almofi out of hop~ t 0 ovelicome, yec goe to G o D. That place may encourage us; lames 4· 5, 6. doe you thinke the Scripmre fayes in vaine,The!jirit that is in us le~jleth after envie? but he giveth more grace .- hee had told them verf I. ot !ttjiJ fighting in their members ; they might :J.ske him how they iliould gettbe victory : true fait h the Apoflle_,it is hard to ovtrcome,and indeed· mpoffible ro ,
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