344 Oft!i~ lmportctnct aniDifficulty~ exan1ple that enveigl~s the fo.uls of men! we perhaps fee thetn once a week, and bring them to- fon1e d:eg.rec of fobriety, and a found mind; but then their wicked neigh– bours, and the eon1panions of their firi, do: n1eet them every day, and, by ~heir coun– fe:l and. example, obliterate any good im.– preffiom that ha·s been n1ade up.otl · them :. - and hereby we lofe n1ore in a week, than we are able to, recover in a whole year.. But the greatetl enemies- we have, are thofe: within the fouls of men; their depraved– affeCtions, their lufl:s and corrupt inclina~ tions. When ph.yfi.cians u.mdenake the cure of bodily di:fiempers, they have t":he confent of the party; he is ready to) comply with their prefc.r;ipcions. · /But our greatefr -difli– culty is in dealjing with the wills of men,. - and making: thern- confent to · be cured.. They-hug the cHfeaf~, and .fhun the n1edi~ ~ine as polfbn, and have no deflre to be· well.. Hence it is. they do, all they, can to– keep·, us {hangers- to their fouls, and.take as; much pains to.conceal their inward.difieln:-– pers~ a~. they ought to·do,in.r.evealing them.. We have_ jufHy lhak.en off the tyranny ot 1he Romijh·confeffion. But, alas~ oun peo;.– ple go too far in. the other extretne·;. and~ / "ecaufe they ate not obliged to .tell ever.y tl1ibit_
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