The saints dignity and duty· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardness. /…The saints dignitie and dutie· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardnesse. /…

and my heart trembleth to think of the hideous cur•e of God against such courses, and his severe indignation against such persons: It is said there, that because the Heathen delighted not to retain God in their knowledge God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient. Mark; As they did not like to retain God in their knowledge; as who should say, Must my mind be enlightened? must I be convinced and persuaded, that I must lay aside my self, and be content in uprightness of heart to embrace every truth of God, though it be with the loss of ease, and credit, and estate, yea, and of life it self? must I do this? well, I do not like it, I will not believe it, all the world shall never persuade me to it. And why? Because you have taken a sleepy pillow before-hand, you have been resolved to keep those things that these truths cross. It is just with God, when men do not love and like to retain the truth he affordeth them, to give them up to a reprobate mind, that is, to a mind void of judgement, not knowing the truth, not approving the Word. And you shall see these men in all their courses and opinions vanishy; Why? Because the Lord hath given them up to a reprobate mind, a mind not able to observe what he revealeth, and a ⟨p. 205⟩heart not willing to entertain what he discovereth to be good.

and my heart trembleth to think of the hideous cur•e of God against such courses, and his severe indignation against such persons: It is said there, that because the Heathen delighted not to retain God in their knowledge God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to doe those things which are not convenient. Mark; As they did not like to retain God in their knowledge; as who should say, Must my mind be inlightned? must I be convinced and perswaded, that I must lay aside my self, and be content in uprightnesse of heart to imbrace every truth of God, though it be with the losse of ease, and credit, and estate, yea, and of life it self? must I doe this? well, I doe not like it, I will not beleeve it, all the world shall never perswade me to it. And why? Because you have taken a sleepy pillow before-hand, you have been resolved to keep those things that these truths crosse. It is just with God, when men doe not love and like to retain the truth he affordeth them, to give them up to a reprobate mind, that is, to a mind void of judgement, not knowing the truth, not approving the Word. And you shall see these men in all their courses and opinions vanishy; Why? Because the Lord hath given them up to a reprobate mind, a mind not able to observe what he revealeth, and a