The application of redemption

The fifth […], […] the discouraged Hypocrite, whom §5the Lord hath exercised under his heavy displeasure, and the poison of his corruptions hath been Gall and Wormwood to his Conscience, the floods of iniquities have followed at the heels, and forced him to find his heart, and prayers, and endeavours, and yet all in vain, he finds no relief at all, no ease, no good at all, by any means the Lord hath appointed, and he improved according to his ability; the sinner sinks down in desperate discouragement, and casts off the thoughts of mercy, and the continuance of any further endeavour, he sees no profit accruing, and concludes there is no possibility of obtaining, his hands grow feeble, and his heart faint, he concludes, as good sit still, as rise and fall; I shall never attain it, thus, and so long I have tried, and therefore why should I endeavour it? So wretched Saul, 1 Sam. 28. 15. God hath forsaken me, and answers me, neither by Urim, nor by […]: thus also that wicked King, 2 Kings, 6. last, This comes of the Lord, why should I pray to him, or wait upon him any longer? and thus it was with them, Ezek. 33. 10. Men pine away in their sins, lie under the weight, and never look out for help: This is not […] or brokenness of heart, for that makes a man restlessly importunate in seeking the Lord; its not therefore sorrow for sin, but a kind of sullen waywardness of Spirit, a dogged kind of self-willy disposition, because the pressures grow heavy and unsufferable, and the Lord withdraws himself from our desires, […] it's beyond our power and ability to relieve our selves, ⟨p. 428⟩God denies to hear, and will not help, and we cannot help our selves, nor command help else-where; in sullen way wardness the heart casts off any further attendance upon the Lord.

The fifth 〈…〉, 〈…〉 the discouraged Hypocrite, whom §5the Lord hath exercised under his heavy displeasure, and the poyson of his corruptions hath been Gall and Wormwood to his Conscience, the floods of iniquities have followed at the heels, and forced him to find his heart, and prayers, and endeavors, and yet al in vain, he finds no relief at all, no ease, no good at all, by any means the Lord hath appointed, and he improved according to his ability; the sinner sinks down in desperate discouragement, and casts off the thoughts of mercy, and the continuance of any further endeavor, he sees no profit accrewing, and concludes there is no possibility of obtaining, his hands grow feeble, and his heart faint, he concludes, as good sit still, as rise and fall; I shal never attain it, thus, and so long I have tried, and therefore why should I endeavor it? So wretched Saul,