Gods husbandry

First, Use 1 this point doth evidently discover the wretchedness of those men that find no pruning,¹ no growth of mortification at all, none abatement of their corruptions, no diminishing of their carnal lusts and disordered affections: but after much hearing of the Word of God, and a long formality of Religion, they remain still as wrathful and impatient, as lustful and unclean, as worldly and unjust, as voluptuous as vain glorious, and in other things as much disordered as ever they were. The Lord hath come near them in his Word, it hath not purged them; he hath come near them in afflictions, and lo, their dross will not be melted from them: nay, their sins seem to wax stronger and stronger, and their corruptions grow every day more heady and violent then other, and yet they see not this impairing of their souls, with grief and shame of heart, but rest themselves well satisfied in so miserable an estate.

FIrst, Vse 1 this poynt doth euidently difcouer the wretchednesse of those men that finde no pruning,¹ no growth of mortification at all, none abatement of their corruptions, no diminishing of their carnall lusts and disordered affections: but after much hearing of the Word of God, and a long formality of Religion, they remaine still as wrathfull and impatient, as lustfull and vncleane, as worldly and vniust, as voluptuous as vaine glorious, and in other things as much disordered as euer they were. The Lord hath come neere them in his Word, it hath not purged them; he hath come neere them in afflictions, and loe, their drosse will not bee melted from them: nay, their sinnes seeme to waxe stronger and stronger, and their corruptions grow euery day more heady and violent then other, and yet they see not this impairing of their soules, with griefe and shame of heart, but rest themselues well satisfied in so miserable an estate.

1. 1The misery of those whose sins do not abate, but rather increase.The misery of those whose sins doe not abate, but rather increase.