Gods husbandry

Wilt thou pass over this exhortation, as carelessly as thou hast already done many others? and go as fruitlessly from this Sermon, as from others heretofore; never regarding to amend the sin which the Word of God discovereth unto thee to be so mischievous? wilt thou, I say, even neglect and set light by this admonition, and even forget it so soon as thy back is turned on the Church, and never take care of following it? or wilt thou heed it, observe it, follow it, and now begin to make thy self a true Christian, by purging out the formerly prevailing guile of thy soul? Come to a resolution, before thou goest hence, what thou wilt do, whether obey the Word of God, or disobey it, practise it, or let it slide, without endeavour to practise. Me thinks it should not be possible that any amongst you should have an heart so ⟨p. 62⟩desperately hardened as not to observe an exhortation so nearly concerning him, and so much and earnestly beaten upon him. Me thinks it cannot be that any marking it, should possibly settle himself in a wilful obstinacy of going on as he hath begun, and not mending so damnable a sin. All the way that Satan hath to make you lose the fruit of this exhortation, is to nuzzle you in a good conceit, that sure you be not Hypocrites, but already true-hearted: and therefore the exhortation, though needful, yet is to you impertinent. But thou must understand, that though thou beest not a rank Hypocrite, yet the things delivered concern thee, and are needful for thee also, as well as for him that is. For there is none of all Gods Saints so perfectly renewed, but that a great deal of the leaven of hypocrisy may be found in him, though not so much as by quite overcoming him, should give him the name of an Hypocrite, yet so much as by often breaking forth in him, may justly cause him to take heed and beware of hypocrisy, as our Saviour Christ biddeth.

Wilt thou passe ouer this exhortation, as carelesly as thou hast already done many others? and goe as fruitlesly from this Sermon, as from others heretofore; neuer regarding to amend the sin which the Word of God discouereth vnto thee to bee so mischieuous? wilt thou, I say, euen neglect and set light by this admonition, and euen forget it so soone as thy backe is turned on the Church, and neuer take care of following it? or wilt thou heed it, obserue it, follow it, and now begin to make thy selfe a true Christian, by purging out the formerly preuailing guile of thy soule? Come to a resolution, before thou goest hence, what thou wilt doe, whether obey the Word of God, or disobey it, practise it, or let it slide, without endeuour to practise. Me thinkes it should not be possible that any amongst you should haue an heart so