z;o WhyGods children were fui ied co fall. Ofgi -vingGlory to god. guilt: for doe you thinke to make amends by commïng to the Sacrament, without repentance ofwhat you save done before ? What haft thou todoe ( faith God) to take my name into thy mouth , to take my Sacrament into thy mouth, when thou hate(i to be reformed? God accounted his owne Service, as the cutting off a dogges head, when they came indifpofed , and unprepared. The Sacrament is bane and povfon tous, if wee comewithout repentance : What faith the Apo, ftle a For this caufe, becaufe you come unreve- rently to the things of God, fume are (icke, and fomerveake, andfomefleepo, God ftrucke them with death for it. And it is a great caufe why many arehardned in their finncs , and goe on Rill be- caufe God executes thefe fpirituall judgements for prophaning thefe holy things, thinking to daube with God, and tocomplement with him in an eafie performance. I know thofe that belong to God , are fuffe red fometimes todoe thingsaruifl'e, and to fall into errours and mifcarriages, that they may know themfelves better. And indeed, much of our fpirituall wìfedome,isgotten by the fight of otir owne errours, wegrowmore ftabli(hed af: ter, againft the like ternptations,for the time to come, and we can fay by experience , it is good that I know the foolifhnes ofmy own heart,&c. but hee that God bathnodelight in, he fwells, and rages again fl anyadmonition , though it be in love to his foule. I hope there are none filch here therefore thofe that have made their peace
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