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Stomach eaſed, his deſires being not at all alienate from his vomit, he turns him about and licks up all. And ſo it is true which is written, The Dog is turned to his own vomit again.2 Pet 2. 22. This I ſay being hot for Heaven, by virtue only of the ſenſe and fear of the torments of Hell, as their ſenſe of Hell, and the fears of damnation chills and cools, ſo their deſires for Heaven and Salvation cool alſo. So then it comes to paſs, that when their guilt and fear is gone, their deſires for Heaven and Happineſs die; Pro. 29. 25 and they return to their courſe again.
2ly. Another reaſon is, They have ſlaviſh fears that do over-maſter them. I ſpeak now of the fears that they have of men: For the fear of men bringeth ſnare. So then, though they ſeem to be hot for Heaven, ſo long as the flames of Hell are about their ears, yet when that terrour is a little over, they betake themſelves to ſecond thoughts; namely, that 'tis good to be wife, and not to run (for they know not what) the hazard of looting all; or at leaſt, of bringing themſelves into unavoidable and un-neceſſary troubles: and
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