92 SERM.V. Their misery s in three :hires. The heft men before regeneration, both doe very much, if you looke on the wayes they goe, you (hall fcarce finde difference in any outward action that they doe, yet, many obtaine not; and why r they eyther run not as they oughr,or elle they holdnot out to the end: Amaziah and Poajb ran long, almoft to the end of the race, but becaufè they con_ tinned not iaithfull to the death, they received not i the Crown of life : there be the men that come neare I the Kingdomc of Heaven, but never enter into ir. I And the icope of the Text ferves to difcover there men ; when wee heare therefore that there is fuch a i generation,it concernes every man to defire to know his condition, left he fhould be of that number; for that caufc we will fpcnd this ufe in difcovering there three things : Firít, that the good things that theft men have in them doe them nogood. Secondly, that they doe them much hurt. Thirdly,' will feu downe how farre they goe, and yet how farre thort they be of that which is proper to the godly. Fitt}, I fay, the good things in them doe them no good,for they are the gifts of the HoL x G x o s r, and lhall bee found to the praife of the H o J. Y G x o s r, and not to their owne advantage at ail, they are not their owne, but the workes of the Spirit within them. Hebr. 6. the Apoátle fpeakesof men enlightneel, and that have taßed'of the gift of the H o- L Y G x o s 7. ,that is, there begifts that the Ho L x G rr o s r puts into their heart, as we lay flowers in the window, which doe not grow there,or as Come Out- landifh fruit which is brought over, but it will not grow in our Countrey, except the toile be alte, red, and changed, it will not thrive there, nor bring forth r . The good things, that they have, doe hem no good, Y They are the orte of the Spirit. Hcbr. 6.
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