ChrUispeoPle a willingpeople. or a wide age; rnen cwander, and a gce about, and e wearie thernfelves in their full comp&and twingeof lufl,and will not be turned. And therefore it isthat they bid God f depart from than, and defire not the know- ledge ofhis wayes, that they leave the paths of upright- mite., that having g crooked heartsof their owne, they labour likewife to pervert and a make crooked the Go- fpell of Chriti, that they may from thence (leakcoun- tenance to their tinnes, contrary to that holy affeClion of David, Make myway/trait before me,that theyk fnuffe and rage, and 1 pull away the fhoulder, and m fall back- ward, and 1, thruti awayGod from them. And hence it is that men are fo apt to cavill, and foolifhly to charge the wayes ofGod; firil,asgrieveuswayef;too full ofan- tierity,narrowneffe and refiraint. 0 Iknew that then wart aufiere man; and this is an P bardfaying,who canBeare it? q The land rat not able to Beareall his werds. r There is a Lion in the way, a certaine damage and unavoidable mifchiefe will followme ifI keepe in it. Thus as f Ifrael when theyheard ofGiants and fonnesofAnal, had no heart to Canaan, but cried, and whined, and rebelled, and rnutined, and in their heart turned back intoEgypt, that is, had more will to their owne bondage, than to GodsPromife : fo when a naturall man heaves of wal- king in a narrowwaywith much exaaneffeand circurn- fpeolion, that come what baite of preferment, pleafure, ,profit or advantage will, yet hee mull not turne tothe right hand or to the left, nor commit the leatl evill for theg,reatcti good: that as the people in the vvildernefle were togot onely where the cloud and pillar of Gods pretence led them, though heecarried them through gi- ants, terrours, and temptations: fo a Chritlianmuff re- folve tofollow the Lambewhither foever he goeth ; He t then turneth backe to his iniquities , and refufeth to heare the words of the Lord. Secondly, as:a/profitable wages ufor whowill gymlu anygood, is the only lan- X 4 guage 313 YE It SE g d ter.; s e Efai.57.1q. f lob zza4. g Deut.lt.c. h 2 Pe5,3.16. ; S. k Mat.r.r3. NeheL11. 9,29. TG A et.7.51. 2/ Aet 7.390 G Math. 2T.24, P10116.60. 1A& 7./ 0. r PrOV.32.13. r Num./ 3.31. 14.1,4. Nehe.9.1 6,17. I t Ier4 a. N.
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