The lmmulabiliiJ of G o D • .bis·courfe. 1'herefore the firft way is, to cleanfe thy heMt,if th~u·wiltbeconftant. . . . The fecond ..caufe of unconil:ancie, ts weake2 .neife,; ifa man·were fre.e from that inward car. ~:~::g:::-e : . ruption, yetweakeneife would make a man to be '.'!eakcneffe. -unconfiant :fomuch weakendfe,fomuchuncon- . fiancie; and fomuch fl:rength as a man hatb, fo much confiandc be bath. Forw·hat is the.reafon ·thataman is fo1idle?· B(!caufe the:b.anks ofhis refolution are too weake to ~ hold out agaicll: temptations,w·hen~heyatraulthim; and begives . over, becaufebe isnot able to refi:ft them. And ,. :· · this ground l take 'out of 1 S~Jm. I )• 29-· The flrength ofJfr~cl R'i!Jn1.t repent~ for beil not a1 tnan, thAt he fhou/d repent. By repenting, is meant a ·change: now you fee the r~afon given, why the L·fJrd is not fubjeet tochange, he is the flrength.of l.{rtJel. :For you {ball alwayes finde intheScrip- ·ture, that fuch attributes are given GoD, as fute beft to the nature of the worke he hath in band : A~, hercthereafonwhy theLOrdwill not .repent, - ·is,becaufe he is drong. ·. . · _. . . Tomake this appeare toyou,youmufl:know, that three things muft concurre, .to make.a refa.. Iution ftrong. _. i Firll, there m~dl be fome reafon that muft moveaman. · Secondly, there ·muft :bean inclination of the will joynedwith that reafon. ,,:! Thirdly, tit muffbe often renewed.. ·.Firft, I . · fay,·there muft·be fome reafonthat muff rno:ve ' bim : but iftbat.were:all,hewould not tefolre at ' Hh 3 all; Three hcfpei te ftrengrliea Plll~ofcs. t I ~ ' ·- ' ..
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