ZQ Amos 5 :2,r,ii Tim. z. z;. Phil.; G.ß,8. befinf ulne f fe of Sinne. out all. This one point of the `Dtfstbtlity of Aature to plealè God in any thing, ifit were duly conli aer'd would corrpell men to goe unto Civil}, by whom they may have acceffe, and for whom th; it fervices 11ía11 have ac- ceptance before G o D, till which time they are all but dung, and God will throw them in the faces of men a- gaine : And the reafon is till a man takes Omit by faith along with him, thele fàcrifices have no golden Cenfer to perfume them, no Iltar to fànc}iîie them, nothing but a mans owne evill heart to confecrate them upon; which makes them to bee our ozone, and not Gods offe- rings. 'When tl:se Prodigall came unto himfelfe, and conlidered, I have nothing, I can doe nothing, all that I ease is dirt and filth, l,am an unprofitable Creature in this flate ; thefe thoughts made him refo,ve to goe unto his Father. When Saint 'Purl conlidered that what ever before his converíon hee thought of himfelfe, yet indeed all his zeale was but blafphemy and perfecution, all his moralitie but dung and dogges meate, all his unblame. ableneffe and prefumptions but lof a unto him, then bee began to fer an infinite value upon the excellencie of the knowledge of Chriff, and to fuffer the lofle of all that he might bee found in him. Sin muff be very finfull, that grace may be very welcome, Secondly, this Impotency and Difabili y is `Partiall, even in the molt Regenerate; fo much tlelh as they have in them, (o much deadneffe and unferviceableneffe f}í11; and this may bee ièene in two points : Firf}, there is a great difability in the bell to worke and goe on with pa.' t :once ani comfort in Gods fervice. How apt are wee lItli to quench and grieve the Spirit ? How doth everyi mans experience conitraine him to cry out, In me dwel- leth no good thing, to will ù prefent with me, but I cannot perform,. the things which I would, Lord I beleeve, help thou mine unbeliefe ? How doe we faint and waxe wea- ry y of well-doing Hitw are wee led captive to the law of)
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