Thebotirine o feforti nation" z commanding powerof finne ; that hemay not onely be freefrom the guilt of finne, but fromthepower of that hemay havehis finne mortifiedand fub- dued. Nowwhat elfeis thereafon that men havenot their fumes mortified, and that there is fuch acom- plaint ofunmortified lulls and affections, butbecaufe theycome not withawillingheart their hearts are unftable, theyare willing, and unwilling ; willing to leave finne,that they may be freedfrom theguilt ; un- willing to leave thepleafure they have infinne: there- fore, faith one, I prayedoften tohavemy firmes for- given, andmortified, andyet IfearedtheLordwould "44 heare myprayers : fo it is with many in this cafe, theypray forMortification, but it is butverbalt, it comes not fromthe heart;that is,from awillingmind: thereforeif thou wouldeft have thy finnemortified, labour toget awillingHeart. Thefecond meanes,ifyouwould haveyour limes mortified, is this, Youmuff take paines ; Mortifican - Meanies, to on is painfull and laborious, andyet pleafant withall ; a eu it es it will not bee donéby idleneffe, a tlothfuli manwill nevermortifie finne, for indeed it isa worke that de- fires labour: every thing that is of great worth, ifit may beattayned by induftry,deferves labour; that is, treexcellencyof it challengeth it ofmen : even fo, the excellencyandprecioufnefreofthis workofMor- tification,.becaufeit:is a thingofmuchworth,deferves labour at ourhands : TheknowledgeofeveryArt re- Simile, quireth labour and induftry, and the greater myfterie that is infolded in the Science, the greater labour itre- quireth : even fo, Mortification requireth muchpains, for it difeovereth unto us agreat myftery, themyfterioe£
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