The DoEfriiie ofSelfe-deñiáRll. isnothing that is tempered, and modificated to tour ditpoLtions. Sixtly, ifthe wayes ofGod are full ofdiffi- culty,then labour fora full mortification of fin- full luflesado it not by halves.VVhence is it that religion isfo hard r All difficulty is from fotne difproportion anddifagreement ; and thisdif- ficulty here, is from the difproportion be- tweene the Law and us : weecannot bend the Law to us, but wee mutt winde up our minds to it. As we fayofgriefe,that it is a relu6tancy ofthe will; fothere is a reluctancy here, be-;f tweene the corruption ofour nature, and the Law ; and this breeds the difficulty : Oneof themmeut needsyecld. If you put fire and water together , there is no quiet but a conti- nuall ftrife, till one of them get thevi6ory ; thenall is quiet So it is in ticknefl'es; Let a man have a ftrong difeafe, and a thong body, bee Nall never haveany rest , as long as they both continue in their flrength : But let one or themget the vietory,then there is reff and cafe: Ifnatureget thevitory, then we have our per- feel health: Ifthedifeafe get theviftory, yet ü we are at quiet : and hence are thole, lucid, in- ! tervalla, before death. So it is here ; if luttes get the victory, then there is peace indeede, fuch a peace as it is ; menhave re ft and content in their forlorneéflate: but ifgraceget the vi- dory, then there is a perfect peace. To have pcjuietneffe and fweetneffe in religion, is to 4 come Z 3 9 vfe. q., t
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