ttndperpetual/ (juitfe. a:bhorre all manner of iinne ; the G~rmtnt /Potted Jude l3· eftheflefh, a. ?Ida!l~tppearance of eviU. 1 Theff. f.· u . 6 To becomeW6ltchfull,and wife; by taking : · · fpeciall no~ice ofall t~e motives, temptations, ;: meanes, occafions, battes, .allurements to that . .finne ,_'into which hee fell i for the avoiding and declining of it afterwards. 7 Tothinke~haritably ofother men,that fall, and are fudden!y overtaken in any offence; not to be too eager, hot, and cenforipus againfi them; but out of his owne experience, to give them . comfort, inftru&ions, and dire er ions, and to la- . bour to reftore them with the fpirit of meeke– neffe. Now, I fay, if aman be either fore-armed and fenced (as I faid) from fails ; or elfe, after his faH, weepe bitterly, repent fincerely, watch after- · war4 more carefully, walke more zealoufly; ~nd : ·. out of his fpiritaall wifed-ome,makethat ufe and ; benefit of his fall, as I have ·rold you .: then bee mayhave,comfort, that Sathan gets no:great.advantage tbis way. _ · He (en~ fonb Bouds of per– fecution and affiitlion after– them. 8 Like afierce crueU Dragon, fith he cannot dt:voure theWomans Child fo foone as ever it is brought forth; that is, he cannot repoffe!fe and reigne agaiJ;le .in a true Chriftian and r~generare man, brought fonih by the power of .the W{)rd, 7ttv.u,,.,tf. in the Wombe ofthe Church; Jile .therefore ea. tleth out of his mouth,-after him, ft.ouds of out-· w.attd croffes and vexations. If he cannotwound . himin rhis foule-,yet hewiH vexe him jg hisbody, . .:goodl,.a.ndgood name : if lie cannot <binder him of Heaven, he :yvili .givellim.Jic·tle,-re~ ,or quiet upon
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