. Foure godly and learned treatises ... thave prevailed much with God: lb I fay unto you,though wee be but a few, yet if wee keepe our heartspure, wee may doe much with God ; nay, thoughthou be but a particular perfon, thou maift prevailemuch with God; as Mofes did for the Children of IPrael: when a dammeis new broken, the cafting inof a little dirt will hinder the courfe of water, butif it be not holpen in time,itwill not eafily be ftopt;lo in time a few may prevent a Judgemeot;aiy,fuchaJudgement as othcrwife may deftroy a whole land;if the heart bee truly fan&ified, it hath a great force wit
. Foure godly and learned treatises ... thave prevailed much with God: lb I fay unto you,though wee be but a few, yet if wee keepe our heartspure, wee may doe much with God ; nay, thoughthou be but a particular perfon, thou maift prevailemuch with God; as Mofes did for the Children of IPrael: when a dammeis new broken, the cafting inof a little dirt will hinder the courfe of water, butif it be not holpen in time,itwill not eafily be ftopt;lo in time a few may prevent a Judgemeot;aiy,fuchaJudgement as othcrwife may deftroy a whole land;if the heart bee truly fan&ified, it hath a great force with fbcDoBrke of Mortification. ii5j with Cod : Againe, a man that would pray if he doenot fpeake, but many times he is forced to fend forthfighesand grones unto God, this is of great powerwith God ^ but if he powre out his heart in voycc,it hath a greater force: and therefore the Wife-manfaith, that the words of the righteous are precious ; that is,of great worth with God :and therefore let this movemen to be heavenly minded. Q* MOW. HOW TO MORTIFIE FORNICATION. Colo s a ns 3. therefore your members which are ufenthe earth :Formcation^uncleanmjfe^mrdwateaffeclio^evillcon^ctijtifcencejwdcwetmfnejfe, which is Idolatry. Aving handled in generallthc Do-drine of Mortification5acc<ardingtothe Method of the Apoftle, I amnow cometo defcend tothe confide-ring of particulars, as they are layddowne in myTextsand would fpeakof them in the order as they are ranked by the holySpirit, but that the affinity and ncereneffe betwixtthree of thefe finfies, namely, Fornication, Unclean-nefle,andevill Concupifcence,makes metoconfoundthem, and promifcuoufly to mingle them us therfore confider firft of the nature of every ofthefe finnes particularly by themfelves,and afterward make
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