Babington - Houston-Packer Collection BV4655 .B23 1615

It3.L03YîYt Y.C1. `.pori tï-:eGçmrráticirr;a:'ents. able ro f l eepc for thinking how to compile that pecce and this per.ce,uot weighing/row well, he muhtfp.rreit,breth wmellitwouldfitvs ?. Tea, hishoufem ,:fìbe&d,azdrhatgardcn,d- theether olofe to the wringing our of teeree from the man,thr reife, e d, e f their po0re chit. ten that part from it, to thegrierg of their hearts,and the very vttervndooing of them all. we flopnot our cies that th'cygdze to fuYther span our neighbours helper than ii Chrtfira i foe:1e may warrant. We Phut not our caresin either ie IZtregard of tChe fnne thin may in fire , when, we arewh:Jperedàn theeere,rhetthisrhingisfit for vs,and that th,ng,andthus4e thusmaybe bad. IVoal ksweaccount them the be/ lrrrembersa6out: u.kw/,;efegodleffe corm fadefhallw rke our endle ffe á:e, Whereas a Chrtll ions ffoore as he heareth fuch a r, otion , /betrld brand by think einhirnfelfe, OLcrdetbouhafl dealt awn sfa /y with meeuer,let rot mscom dealt vn- mercifully with an y,thou hall-Made me a mailer of much,this an a maiffer but of a Ibtle. O Lord let not mymuch eat him out o f hts little vngûe4li y, let not my power oplref e his wea!nes, and fofeprík; áiidthen talk! With rhetnformer. ,be itesthor' man,or Mine ewee greedy eie,that bathfeted it,'and feewhether what I may get , I may well get,andwell rake intern] handsfo as I may not be ling ed for it another day before myGod.,nor exclatmedvpon softly in the worlde. This doté your owneconfcience telly ouyoùfhould doe, and theotherycu fhou/d not doe, yet the other baueyou dent, and this home you not done, and are you not guilty? Good belcuedgoe with mein thistriallofour felues,end let vs fee inneto be frne. Mt' %ookingoitirand the lulling heart fytrtlierafter our neighbours wife,rh'an they thculd,wouldGod thej e ccufed vs not,wbat / hould I fay ofhi.s feruant man or maide ? Tou know it afwell as my felfe there is almofl NV I onjcieece any where(hewed in this beha /fe, no lease or God, no loue of man , but onely oje ar felites. For ifwe like another mans feruant,fcr any quality that See deliiretob ferriedwithall, what inrifiments what allurements dare wet;fe to draw him to vs ? TYhàt offers make we, what pra6iitfetdeuijewe,tilwe_bauethem ?: ot(faithtbis.lawe) Thou fhalt not couetthy neighbours feruant, man,ormaide: And that ise nowwekrowe, notoncethnheof :it, although I conjent not to .4. The hke is fail of his Oxe, his Affe , or any ,thirg that is has. A2d yet we fee the worlde; eater in ourete, Vicinum pecus grandius vberhabet : Our neighbours Cowed otit,giucmQtemilkethanours. Hithorfe eemuflhastethere is no remedy : his hrrr,e, his hound his plea Titre orprefire mull be ours, andthat which is worfe, ofeen without any confderition any way ,eitherbyfouóurorvah e,yenarnuflbegruen out,rhar we goner ourneighboursgaods,and we our feint's haue twenty pretty niltrell and figu- ratinek;'ndesofbeQaing, and if weeiibr are .not vedeftood,. ,ormill net be vtsderfloodeby him that bathit,'becaufe he is kart. loo f e ir, then we fret dad are off nded highly, and as oar Calling, mightand power is,we fir rpon his sl irts, Thus l; ;rue we rimy de we belaued againft this law ofGod, and yet we fee it not. 7'(cwwould God haute as open Oureies,, to incline our Bares, andtoforget this old fathers hòufeofo {ircorruption,. Nomwonidihe Lerdhare vs re- conciliedto him byrepentante, and effc ;.dednomore. And therefore cry vntoyouinthe nameofthe Lorde, and to this fonte within rece, Thoufhali not cottet; If We will heare hù ,toice,andyet hardenoar hear ts,if we n ell not reffraste ourfenfes,thcceynmcn carriers ofcon- ceites into vs, sf we Will not tuen cop wgy ti -e, a?r hereafter Peeks to let and lip!, our drfobc- thence in this thingagainft the Lo3lrde,ihe day of our vi f cation is pafl,andour defiresllion it at hand. The Lyon is come vp from his donne; and the deftroyerof the Gentiles is departed and gone föorth from his place to lay our locide waft, and our Cities [hall be deftroied without an inhabitant. Ter fo there is our,dcfolationajifuredly my beloued, that 01'4' siren as it wereprefentll my fors/ehey,te hi he foundcf/retrumpet,andthealarumofthebat- tell. Deftrutlion 4ippon firs. Chow is cried earn at oardares, if we could heart it, & fodea y A all our tents be ?c; iáye', kiwic arcurttines inamoment .,But1hopeforwhatIwifh,and 1 with what / halbe on,',trre"faf/ìi ;ìfwew'1 / /liee perfwaded, risen that we Wouldnerve fee hem farre we arefrom ability to fuifill theft ten Cainmandements ofour Cod, either all, orany one ofthèm, knife what d1mtl ton we can , horrible liiuner,' and tranfgrefors we are andfowe fhall be found: and therefore that we would acknowledge it, lament it f Leto the propitiatsous appointed of our grattons Go for our frnnes, and ene/y c/cane to him, oneytruffinhim, and elafpehim incur armes, fo as al the worlde,nor the power ofhell can haft our houlde , carrie him fo to his father,and there offer him to him for all our mifdeedes as the faluation which he bath

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