aryl.speople.a rpillingpeople. not to be deprehended by God in the companyof Sa- tan or any finfull lull. Thatchilde cannot but feele fome flrugglings offhame and unwillingneffe to come unto his father, who is-fure whenhe comes to be upbraided with thecompanions which he more delights in. Fifthly ,from theproportionsof thedefertions ofthefri- rit : for the Spirit of Godbloweth where and how he Meth; and it is bee that worketh ourwils unto obedi- ence. If he be grieved and made retire, (for he is of a delicate and jealous difpofition) if hee turne his wind from our failes, alas, how flow and fluggifh will our motion be ? How poore our progreffe ? Vpon thefe and feverall other the like grounds, may the bell of us bee poffeffed with feares, dircomforts, and unwillingneffe in Gods fervice. But yet Fifthly,noneofall this takesoffthe will4 Tot°,though it doe aTanto,but that the faithful' in theirgreatefi hea- vine fie and unfitneffeoffpirit, haveyet a fironger bps towardsGod, thanany wicked man when he is at befl, for it is true of them inthcirlowea condition, that they Defire to feare Gods name, Nehens.r .1 / That thede- fireoftheir foule is towards the remembrance of him, Efay 26.8. that they are ferioufly difpleafed with the diulempers and uncomfortableneffeof their -fpirit, Pfal. 41.5. that they long tobe enlarged, that theymay run the wayofGods Commandments, Pfal.I19.32. That theyjet their afghanuntoGod and his fervice, i Men. 29. 3. That they prepare their heart to feeke the Lord God, 2 Chroni3o.19. That they /rive, grow, wrefile, andareunquiet in their dumpes and dulneffe, earneflly contendingfor joy andfreedomeofSpirit,Pfid. .8.i i. 12.In one word, that they darenot omit thole duties, which yet they have no readineffe and difpofedneffe of heart to performe ; but when theycannot doe them in alacrity, yet they doe them in obedience, and feare the Lord whenhehideth his face from them. I[aid, I am sal 3 35 VERSE -3.
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