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CHAP. III.

A Fourth Case of Conscience.

What weariness in, and unwillingness to duties may stand with grace, and what not?

WHat weariness in, and unwillingness to duties may stand with grace, and what not?

For the resolving this, some Distinctions must be premised, and then some Conclusions elicited.

Distinct. This weariness and unwillingness must be distinguished, 1. According to the degrees of it, and so it is either partial and gradual, or else prevalent and plenary. 2. According to the subject of it: and so this weariness is either of the Members, or else of the mind: 3. According to the prevalency of it, and so it is either transient and occasional, or else settled and habitual. 4. According to the sense we have of it, and so it is either matter of Allowance to us, or matter of annoyance. 5. According to the cause of it, and so it is either from a fixed dislike of the food, or else from an Accidental distemper of the stomach. 6. According to the effects of it: for either it is victorious and makes us give over duties, or else abhorred and repulsed by grace, the Christian still holding on in the way of Duty.