The caufeo( :flowneife in · Gods wayes. Ralting dou. bk. ' Halting,the . ~roundofit. Q :p MANS wearineffe,but in ihe wayes ofGods Commade- · ments,fiill ourllacknescomes from halting,and therefore you haue that vfed often in the Scrip- . tures ·;menare fayd tohalthetweene two opinions, · , that is one kinde ofhalting between two Religi– ons,hegoesfl~wly forward ineither ofthe,that halts betweentwo~ he·profits little,hegoes flow Iy on. ~'S there is ahalting betweene two opini- : ons,fo there isa .halting hetweene two objects, Godand the world. Aman defires to ferue God, ,r an·dyet he defires to haue vaine-glory, or defires tomakevpan eftate, &c. I fay, thefedivers af. fed:ions,thefe divers refpects to divers objects, whena man hangs too much vpon the world, · whenhehathan eye too much vponvaine-glory · when he is tookeup toomuch with pleafures, & divers lufts,this caufeth men to halt in the waies ofGods Commandements:halting,youknow,.is either when one le~ is found, and another lame, or when we go with one leg in ahigher way,and anotherin a lowerway,itcomesalltoone: that is; when the heart doth not wholly looke vpon God,but Iookes much to theworld,therfore you fee men much drenched in worldly bufitielfes, that are overcome with them, that are drowned inthem,theygoflowlyoninthe wayes ofGods " C0mmandements, thatgo withone leg in Gods wayes,and another out'ofthem:And fo likewife when oneaffection and one defire iliall be good, and anotherfball be lame, this caufcthahalting in the wayesofGod.And therefore,ifyouwould 1'Un,youmufl:haue bothfeetw,hole, andfound, with-
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