The Return of Prayers

And 2. besides this galling of conscience, which is common to thee with many an unregenerate man, thou hast a principle of grace, an inner man, which is dead to such, pleasures, that tastes them not, that is like Barzillai, who through age 2 Sam. 19. 35. could not taste either what he ate or drank, as young men do; no more can that New man in thee, and therefore it can be but half as pleasant to thee as to another man. If one side of a man be taken all with a numb palsy, ⟨p. 306⟩what pleasure is it to that man, to exercise his limbs in the actions of life? He is but half a man, and lives but half a life; so it is with thee, when thou hast grace in thy heart, but half thy heart can take pleasure in sinning, that new man the other half, reluctates, grieves for it, hates what thou doest; and all this must needs strike off much of the pleasure.

And 2. besides this galling of conscience, which is common to thee with many an unregenerate man, thou hast a principle of grace, an inner man, which is dead to such, pleasures, that tasts them not, that is like Barzillai, who through age 2 Sam. 19. 35. could not taste either what he ate or drank, as young men doe; no more can that New man in thee, and therefore it can be but halfe as pleasant to thee as to another man. If one side of a man be taken all with a numbe palsey, ⟨p. 306⟩what pleasure is it to that man, to exercise his limbs in the actions of life? He is but halfe a man, and lives but halfe a life; so it is with thee, when thou hast grace in thy heart, but halfe thy heart can take pleasure in sinning, that new man the other halfe, reluctates, grieves for it, hates what thou doest; and all this must needs strike off much of the pleasure.

But 3. If we add to this, that this new man in him having once tasted what sweetness is in God, and How good the Lord is, is then like a man that hath eaten sweet-meats, other things are out of