of God. This is it yt vomiteth vp all good
thinges, and poysoneth the very intrals of
a man, & kéepeth all good graces from vs.
As appeareth. Math. 13. 58. Hee did not
manye greate woorkes there for their vn∣beleefes
sake. And the 4. to the Hebrues,
it is saide, Vnto vs was the Gospell prea∣ched,
as also vnto them, but the worde that
they hearde profited not them, because
it was not mixed with fayth in those that
heard it. So that here we may sée, although
we heare neuer so muche, yet if wée bringe
not faith with vs, wée shall neuer profite
vnto Repentaunce. For vnbeliefe taketh
vp our hartes for Sathan, and refuseth all
the wholesome doctrine of saluation, and
doth so harden them in the waies of sinne:
that in the ende they become paste feeling,
and cānot be touched one whit, either with
the iudgementes or mercies of God: But
count the one as blasts of wynd: and make
the other a couert for their filthinesse. You
shall note some men, who when they haue
heard their sinnes straightlie ripped vp by
the woord of God, and their iust damnatiō
proued by the same, without spéedie, & ear∣nest
repentance, will breake out into these
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