Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…

First, To be easy to be convinced of a truth, to be hard to be convinced of an untruth, is a sign of an honest heart, Jer. 4. 3. 2 These that Jeremiah told they should not go into Egypt would not believe, but said he spake falsely, and the reason was because they were unwilling to sta• in Judea, whence it is plain that if the will be bent to do a thing, the understanding will hardly hold the contrary.

First, To be easy to be convinced of a truth, to be hard to be convinced of an untruth, is a sign of an honest heart, Ier. 4. 3. 2 These that Ieremy told they should not go into Egypt would not believe, but said he spake falsely, and the reason was because they were unwilling to sta• in Iudea, whence it is plain that if the will be bent to do a thing, the understanding will hardly hold the contrary.

Let reasons be brought out of the Scriptures to prove usury ⟨p. 295⟩unlawful, and to prove that sabbaths must be kept holy, if men will not be kept in, or will not be so straight laced, they will not be convinced, the spirit must convince them. Otherwise for the Minister to speak without the spirit, is as it were to bring, a letter […] written without a candle to read being dark, For the Minister may bring reasons, but if the spirit light us not to read them they will not profit us nor convince us.

Let reasons be brought out of the Scriptures to prove usury ⟨p. 295⟩unlawful, and to prove that sabboths must be kept holy, if men will not be kept in, or will not be so straight laced, they will not be convinced, the spirit must convince them. Otherwise for the Minister to speak without the spirit, is as it were to bring, a letter written without a candle to read being dark, For the Minister may bring reasons, but if the spirit light us not to read them they will not profit us nor convince us.