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2 If a man break through this, and come to the ordinances, he shall find that the world is a great enemy to him there, Ezek. 33, 21, 22. his heart is drawn after profits and pleasures, it may be it will make you despise what you hear, as the Pharisees did, they scoffed at Christ, as a poor man himself who had not felt the sweetness of the world; and this is the enmity of the world.

2 If a man break through this, and come to the ordinances, hee shall find that the world is a great enemy to him there, Ezek. 33, 21, 22. his heart is drawn after profits and pleasures, it may be it will make you despise what you hear, as the Pharisees did, they scoffed at Christ, as a poor man himselfe who had not felt the sweetnesse of the world; and this is the enmity of the world.

3 If you should hear the Word and attend to it, and delight something in it, yet the World will so damp you, or choke you, that all the seed will be smothered, Mat. 13.22. while we busy our selves here and there in the World, the Word is gone, and Grace is gone, this is the enmity of the World.

3 If you should hear the Word and attend to it, and delight something in it, yet the World will so damp you, or choak you, that all the seed will be smothered, Mat. 13.22. while we busie our selves here and there in the World, the Word is gone, and Grace is gone, this is the enmity of the World.