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Fourthly, Observe, That, In and about those times, when God hath spoken (or very urgently offered to speak) Peace, there is often some restraint on People, as to the prevailing of their folly: Some stop to the current of Iniquity in it's wonted manner and measure, in some more and in some less; some more awe of God readily being on people then: Many will have a sort of Righteousness, like a Morning cloud and early dew, that soon passeth away; Some tickling of their affections, that quickly evanisheth; as the Lord saith of many of the Jews, that were hearers of John, Who was a burning and a shining light, that they rejoiced in his light for a season: So Psal. 106.12. Then believed they his words, they sang his Praise; but they soon forgot his works, they waited not for his Counsel; and Psal. 78.34. When he slew them, then they sought him: Nevertheless they flattered him with their lips and lied to him with their Tongues, for their hearts were not right with God, neither were the• steadfast in his Covenant: And something of this was also, even in Christs hearers, and in the Galatians, who at ⟨p. 161⟩first would have plucked out their eyes and given them to Paul: So in the parable of the Sower, some seed springs up and hath a fair appearance, but soon withereth; and other some holds out: So likewise at Fasts and Communions, affections will be readily somewhat stirred and warmed, and there will be many brave purposes and resolutions, such as were in the people, Exod 19. When they said, All that the Lord commands we will do: and they look demure and grave like for two or three days; The Tippler keeps some days from the Tavern; He that prayed not in secret nor in his family, will, it may be, Pray for some time about and after such occasions; others will go further on; And yet it's but some restraint on their sin, or some fit and flash of affection, that is transient and quickly gone; and they turn again to folly; and even the Godly themselves are here often found, in a great measure guilty, as the following Note will clear.

Fourthly, Observe, That, In and about those times, when God hath spoken (or very urgently offered to speak) Peace, there is often some restraint on People, as to the prevailing of their follie: Some stop to the current of Iniquity in it's wonted manner and measure, in some more and in some less; some more aw of God readily being on people then: Many will have a sort of Righteousness, like a Morning cloud and early dew, that soon passeth away; Some tickling of their affections, that quickly evanisheth; as the Lord saith of many of the Jews, that were hearers of John, Who was a burning and a shining light, that they rejoyced in his light for a season: So