O.,f 8arly·Ajfl~'Elio,'J-J;, ;:-8j. llearts, . to prick the fwelling impofihume, . to n1ake us ferifi.ble of our \Veaknefs·~ and~ ·convince·us of our fins. Thus doth God' open the ears. of.inen, amlftal th.e·ir inflrttc– tion, 'that -he 11WJ withdraw man from hir purpofe, and-hid_e pride from, man*'..' Anrt' if they be baund".in fitters, and·-be holden iJz · torrls of affliBion; tJfen he foeweth them· their work, and'their trmif~:relfions t!Ja_t they , IJa·ue exceeded t. 0-ffiietions do both pur– us on the fearch t.o find · our· the ·offences - . wherewith we have provoked · God; ?nd ·: . -make us· 111ore fenfible of the heinoufi1efs·. - and malignity of their nature.: I lmve Jure- · ly heard Ephraim bemoaning himfelf thus, ThfJu haft. cb.aflfi:d me; and~ Iwas· chajlijed, , as a bullock' ttn•1Ccttjlomed to the y-cke: tun~· , thou me, and /I jlJall be turned; fi~A '1-hou art ·· the L ord my-God; Stirely after ·I:was cha- · ·· J!ifed, T ·repoued; and after I rwas inflrutl-– ed, I finote upon Jt~y thigh': I ?vas ajhamed, _: yea, even confounded, becauft I ·di'd 'bear the rrproach of my yott1b +· · . . Another difiemper ofour.· tnind-s; is our:: too great affeCtion to tli'e .world and world~ ·· ly things. We arc all ·too · apt 'ro fet our· licarts wholly upon d1cn1 -; to take 11p our: Q_ 3 · reft;>l * Jobxxxiii, t6,i·7·1 t Jer. xxxi.r8> I9~ - t~ Jo\}xxx¥i. 8, 9~- l . •
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