ZZZ ;. Deteit. 06jeFf: Pauls Coawarfiots. fpeeches bee rotten and finell of hell, and yet fay that you mean better, or that your meaning is bet - ter then you outwardly expreffe,it is falfe: for we fay, that if wee fee fparkes of fire come out of the chimney, we conclude that the fire within is farre greater ; fo if thy fpeeches and a1ions be bad,thy meaning is worfe, there is a greater fire within : actions are but the fruits of the heart,or branches that proceed from ir. Now in naturali plant wee fay, that if the fruit bee bittern. the root is much more bitter, becaufe the a is alwayes greater then the effe : even fo, it thou haft naughty fpee- ches and anions, if there bee bitternefle in them, thy meaning bath much more bitterer fe in it, be- caufè it is the root from which thefe fpring; there- fore let not your good meaning kecpe you from being humble. Thirdly, the third pretence is this, they Cày,it is their nature to bee thus and thus; they have a na- turall inclination unto Tome particular fanne , and therefore they thinke that God will bee merciful] unto them in that thing, and they need not to bee humbled. To this I anfwer,that this pretence of yours ag- gravates your fin the more , for the more inclina- tion that there is in your nature unto any particu- lar fïnne , the greater is the Panne; for inclination with conferir, is more odious unto God then a vi- olent luft not contented unto, which may fome- times breake out in a regenerateman without full content : the more inclination, the more caufe of humi-
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