might objed: aginll: thefe temptations of A– theifine : But, faith he, they willingly will ncrt ,know them ; Thatis, they wiii not take them into conftderation, as if he fhould fay, their will,becaufethey will not be troubled, becaufe theywill live loofely, fuffers them not to un- .derfl:and, and to enquire ·into thefe things, that they might know them; Thefe things they rviUingly know not. So, Beloved, it is an argu– mentthat the knowledge ofGod, and the know– ledgeof the Truth bath not aperfect worke, when there is fomething that a man willingly · will not know, when a man ihall winke with Matth~I3'ftf. hiseyes,asitis [aid, c..Matth.q•I5.They winke with their eyes, that they might not underjland with their hearts,and bee converted, that I ftJould hcalethem. They winkewith their eyts: Tl1atis, when the lighdhines to thern, they will not fee it; When the confcience fuggell:s [omething, when there is fomewhat intima~ed, and whif– pered to the hearts of men; their wiH runnes a loofe cmu·fe; Therefore they will not fuffer their underfranding to be informed, they will not fee ail the light : Whereas a man whofe heart is perfect, if the light begin to· appeare, ifhe fee it thorow a crevis, hee opens the win– dowes of his Soule) and lets it in, even into every cornerofit; And the ground is, becaufe his heart is found, he defires to make his heart perfect, he is not willingtofpireit in any thing, hee'delires not there fhould bee any exempt place in his heart> or in his life,or any of his courfes;
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