The Saints Spiritual)) rength. j 12,1 Controverfies, at laft concludes, I have faith he, fpent a great deale of time, but not in ftrength- ning the inward man,the divell hath beguiled me, but he (hall goe beyond mee no more : that time that I have,I will Upend unto another end : It were wifedome in you to doe the like , you that have (pent and doe (pend your time about trifles and babies upon your lulls , conclude , that now for the time to come, you will gather your ftrength, and bend all your labour and paines to this end, for the (lrengthning of the inward man, and fay in your (elves , we had a price in our hands, that is, wee had much time whereby wee might have ftrengthned the inward man, but wee had no heart, that is, we were befooled , becaufe we did not know the excellency of the inward man, but we will doe fo no more, the time now that wee have , (hall bee fpent in this , how wee may bee ftrengthned in the inward man and grow in favour with God. The fecond hinderance that mull be remooved, which is contrary unto the growth of the inward man is ftrong lulls,unmortifred a%ilions:there are inward hinkerances which mull be remooved be- fore the foule can grow (how, in grace ; thefe ve- nome the foule, and keepe off the firoke of the Word, it keepes the plaifter from the fore; as for example , if a man be wounded by an arrow , fo long as the arrow head is in the wound no plailter will heale it : now as it is in the outward man,fo it is with the inward man,if you retaine any lult,any' R a beloved 2. Hinde- rance,
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