Chri speople a willingpeople. with carnall affeaions or tired with the difficulty of the worke, orplucled backby the importunitieofremp- rations, fo that though they beginne in the fpirit, yet theymay be bewitched and tranfported from a through- obedience to the truth,Ga/.3.t,3. A deadneffe, heavi- neffe,infenfibilitie,unaaivenefle,confufedoeffe ofheart, unpreparedneffe of affeCtions , infinuation of worldly lulls and earthly cares may ditiraa the hearts,and abate, the cheerefulneffe of the beil of us. And hence come thole frequent exhortations to iliac up our felves, to pre- pare our hearts to feeke the Lord, to whet the Law upon our children, to exhort one another left the deceitful- nefle of inne harden us, to bee firong in the Grace of Chria, not to faint or be weary ofwell-doing, and the like. All which,and fundry like,intimatc a iluggifhneffe of difpofition, and naturall bearing backe of the will from Gods fervice. Fourchly,the Proportion ofthis difcomfort and wea- rinefe arifeth from thcfc grounds:Firflfrom theftrength ofthefecorruption' which rernaine withinus : for ever fo much fleffilineffe as the heart retaines, fo much bias a manhath to turne him fromGod and his wayes,fomuch clog and encumbrance in holy duties. And this remain- der of{kill is in the vvillas wet as in any otherfacultic to indifpofe it unto fpiritnall aaions, as it is inour member" that we cannot doe the things which wee would, Gal. 5. r 7. fo inproportion it is in ourwills, that wee cannot with all our flrength define the thingswhich wee fhould, and therefore David praifeth God for this cfpeciall Grace,Who amI,and what is mypeople that we fhould be able to offer fo willinglyafter Mk tort ? for all things come of thee, and of thine owne have we given thee, Chro.29.14. Secondly,from the dulneffeor fleepineffe of Grace in the heart, which without daily reviving, husbanding, and handlingwill beeapt to contra& a rut+, and to bee over- 333 VERSE 3,
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