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Yea but saith the heart yet againe, J can∣not aske pardon earnest∣ly, and heartily, nor at all pray unto God for it with any life or fervency. I answer, why wilt thou say so? That which a man desireth more then life, and more then all the profits and pleasures of life, that he desireth
earnestly and heartily, I trow, or else, who can be said to desire earnestly? Now tell me, wouldst thou not rather choose to have thy sinnes par∣doned, and thy soule healed, then to have long life, great riches, store of pleasures, and all worldly contents? if this be true, as thou canst not denie it, then thou dost earnestly pray for these things, denying that to be found in thee (as in temptation it is usuall) which any other man may manifestly see to be in thee.