Sine. V. $di11i;r..I,nr,litl.t. characters fór4.carnali matiand a godly man, both be guilty of one and the fame infirmities, as to have their hearts wandring in prayer, in rea- di ng,and to,idlenes in their calliug, &c. Yet thefe may be wickedneffe in the one, but weakntíè in the other ; and therefore to know this, confider thefe flutes. Firft,ifit bean infirmity it continues not,but affaults thee by fits,and f rrs,& fo away; and af- terwards thou wilt rename to thy former courfe: as a (lone that is throwne up,itflies as long as the force of the hand that threw it remains;but after it takes its owne courfe againe : but if it continue upon thee,it is figne that it is naturali to thee :As a ftone,it refis upon the earth,becaufe it is the na- turall place of it : my meaning is nor, but that an infirmity may afPult a man ail his life,for fo force may, as we [hall thew afterwards : But I fay, it comes by fits,and fo i gone. This we fee in Da- yrd,üi Peter,and the refl. ofthe Saints, that their infirmities continued not fo,but that afterwards the returned to their courfe againe. Secondly,when a man amends not upon admo- nition,ir is a ligne it is not an infirmity; ifa man intends to goe to filch a place, and one fhould meete hiw,and tell him,this is n. t the way, and direct him in the right way, hee would thanke him and return into the right way,becaufe that is the way he intended to goe. So if your faces be let towards Jerufalem,and one fhould tel you, here you went out of the way, yee would be glad ofit,and return. So
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