• Anmen.di'Pided into tJJ;o 7?.!nfr.!.r. 1 _!_•9_ building,he {lJould then Iofe all his labour for ' · want of agood foundation:rhat aman fhould do as the fooli01 Virgins> get oyle in their Lampes, and make a great bhze for a time,and when they , Thegreatdl · come to the very point to rhedoore,to the gate, 1fol_lyto dcd . 1 . . .C'. CC:IVC OUr then robe exclu ed~Na y,what a fol y 1s lt ror a , fctlves. · man todeceive hirnfrlfe in this? It may be,a man _ : out of the corruption ofhis nature; may ~e ,yn..: : ling to deceive anorher,but for a man to deceive · ·himfelfe,itis exceeding great folly. And trudy,, as it is C:1id of fi artery,none can be flatteredbyan other,tillfirfi he flatter himfelfe. So· noman can be deceived by another, till firll he bewilling to deceive himfelf~.Therefore take heede ofdecei.. · ving your felves. _ Thereis a great backw~udneffe in us to·come Whyweltre .tothe tryall of the weather; as a weake eye will · hathtoc(~me 1 · b d 'll · d h cothc:tly..lt• .to a rrya ,as a crazte o y w1 ·not m .ure t e light, for it is offenfiveto it :Sowhen the heart .is not found, this tryall, thisfearching,"this•ex· , aminingofthe heart:, it is tedious,grievous, and s;mde. · burrhenfome: bur yet it is profitable, it is that whichm~kesusfoundin theJatth, we rnull:come· t_o itfooner,orlarev; ~qd iris beft for us to·come· toir, while we h~ve. timet:o~elpe ir,ifwe finde. ~ things amiife. Tohave a great fraighr, and to· ,mak.::· fl1 ipwracke in rhe Hav-en·, were a ~reat fol.– ,lv:and t her_efo~e we fhould looke to t h~..~a ~f~?! & fee whether It be found.or no. To.(eem \fnat . efl:ate we are~ inwhich of thdt! •9ondiFio)ls:w:e-: . are. . · - . _· . , J Youwill fay tol,ll.e ~w ihai~We kn?"'f'' , '~ 'i I
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