Preston - BX5133 P738 G65 1638

t--------------------------------------~-- 1 1~6 Of turningfrom our el1ill waycs. downe and giv~n over. So I fay to you concern– ing your ldl:s,; .bee couragious.; and fo·none are but chofe that put their confidence in the L.qa n .; faint not, norJ>e weary ; doe but believe thou '-halt.over– come, and _thou fhalt feechem ~u conquered in the ' end. , 0 ne \Vord of his. mouth was enough to ftill che raging windes, and is as able ro fiill thy lulls. objefl. But here many will bee ready to object, I have fir;ve.n long and prayed long, and taken -much paines, and I have not gotren the victory ; this mu{l:' nece1farily bee anfwered, f01· · this is the · cafe of many, and it is the fcope ofSath11n to dif– conrage men, and thereby, to give over the corn. · bare. . r...An[»!· Firll: confider, whether rhy~firiying beright or n J ! for there is a falfe refifiance of finoe, and the promife is not made to that; and then no-wonderif they be not perfonned; for example, - 1 Firll: it may be it is notthefinnethoufir!veil:a– gainfr, but the dirprofit, the difcredir, in thy name a·nd elbte,or ficknelfe in thy body,that followes up– on irj foas ifthefe were removed;thou lhouldeft be willing enough ro keepe,the fin. This is not a right firiving that will be accepted. _ · · 2 It may be, it is but a faint refifiance, and a faint · - denyall cloth but make the beggerthe more impor– tunate. BlllA~tm gave themelfengers adenyall, but it was a faint one,rhey perceived his lingring, which made them the moreimportunate : It may be thou art content fiill ro parly wi th fi nne asE·v.ehdid,and– fo by little and litt leart brought rothe committing ofit: thefe fai nt denyalls are no dcnyalls, thefe pid. ling ----------------------------------------- \

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