1$2 The Law of mans judgement suit. Vil.l to examine it to the full, hee is willing ro let all say, what they can again ft ir, and when all is done,he de- fires G o D to try him : Another is not willing to icarch,becaufe he is willing to lye in fome fin,or be- caufe he will not have his confcience troubled with ir. This is a fi me of a falle heart, though they do not know that this is a fn, yet it having the thadow ofa f nne, and they being unwilling to examine it to the full, it fhewes it is no idle. care 2. Secondly, the fecond cafe wherein a man with - in unwilling- holds this knowledge,and detaines this Truth which ',are Coin- God hath made manifeft i3when he is not willing to mare a roans Knovvleaoe. enlarge it ; a man that bath already fome knowledge (as every man hath fotne) and is not willing to adde to this knowledge, to encreafe it, that man properly with-holds the Truth in unrighteotr fsnef : For he that with-holds fewelI,puts out the fire,as well as he that cafts water on it; and he that takes away foode from "a living Creature,kils it,as well as he that takes away its life with violence ; fo if thou doll not feed this with fewell, with that which may make it grow and k encreafe, if thou daft not labour to inlarge ice, thou doll extinguifh it. Two forts of And ofthefe men there be two forts : `h °fe. Firll, fuch as doe not care for any knowledge at I all,or if th:y do come to heare, yet they recall it not, meditate not upon it, and fo as good never a whit, as never the better, force things they muff doe for fa fhion fake ; but if they doe heare, they do it in a neg- ligent manner,they be ever learning,and never come i to the knowledge of the Truth : Thefebe the first 1 fort of men. Bur
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