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Seventhly,¹ when resolutions come merely from anguish of mens spirits, in regard of present trouble that men are in, from the hand of God upon them, it may be then they will resolve to do or suffer any thing; but these resolutions seldom come to any thing: It is strange that men should trust to them, considering the abundances of experiences, both from themselves and others, that they have had of the usual falseness of them.

Seventhly,¹ when resolutions come meerely from anguish of mens spirits, in regard of present trouble that men are in, from the hand of God upon them, it may be then they will resolve to doe or suffer any thing; but these resolutions seldome come to any thing: It is strange that men should trust to them, considering the abundances of experiences, both from themselves and others, that they have had of the usuall falsenesse of them.

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Eighthly,¹ when resolution comes merely from conviction of conscience, and not from any love to truth, although conscience shall tell a man if he forsakes God and his truth, to prevent some present troubles, that that evil which he shall bring upon himself (in regard of the guilt of sin, and the wrath of God against him) will be infinitely greater then any he can suffer, yet if there be not a true love to the truth, there is no hold of this man, his ⟨p. 208⟩corrupt heart will break all the bonds of conscience.

Eighthly,¹