WhyaChri– fiian cotinues not in the cvill hedoth,:znd a wickedman ia the good hedoth. OutWardoc· caftonsforci. bletogood anderill,b:Jt they be tran • titory. Inf/ltnce.s. ofit is,that which is mofi naturall, and inward to aman, though it may be dammed vp, and fioppedin fuch acourfe,for 'a.time, yet itwill breake through all impediments. Though there be fome brackiib, fome evill, and iinfull difpofi~ tions, that may breake in vpon him, yet he \\Ull weare them out;So it is as true1 on the other fide; let awicked man fiep into ago~dcourfe by fome : trouble he is fallen into, or by fome good fa– miliarity, or good education, or by fome good Minifier yet long he will not hold in it, he will breake through that impediment: becaufe his natur.all difpofition,the ftreame ofhis heart runs another way. Bdides this ground ofit: there is another caufe ofit; Becaufe the outward occa{ionsboth - for good and evill, I fay,they are both forcible, and yettranfitory.Evill menhaue fome outward things,fome outward helps, which put them on · to agood courfe, they are fo effectual!; and yet Godfuffcrs them notalwayes to haue them, but takes them away,they are but tranfitory: Ther– foreamanmaywalke in a good courfe, whofe heartis not yet right, and yet long he fhall not do it: b('caufe thofe outward occaftons iball be _tookcfromhim:As,for example,Ioa/hwalked in the waies ofGod,all thewhjlethat tehoiada lived ;here was the outwardocc4fion, he was drawne with another mans finew~s, he was heated with .another mans heate; a'ru;lwhen that man was todkeaway, you fee, he fe1tto his owne courfe,and byas againe; the outwa~~caiion · was
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