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13 He tlt.at wil may hence learne,that whofoeuer will faithfully and conrci~ confcton:t. bl k h S bb h h • • 11 h bly keepe ona y eepe:t e a at ,w entt ts comc.)fUUn aue a fpe.. ~~~h~~~a ciall fo~ecatl te be ready f~r.it.O,ne ca,ufe of this caueat which prepare eo God gmeth, and ofthe d1hgence, that we mull haue in this, ~e .~e ready rem.embring,and preparing for theSabbath~is our owne iner at. firmitie; who,vnLdfe we be very circumfpea, fhall eafily be intangled with fgmeoccalions, which will then diAraCt and draw our minds from Gods feruice: fome money to pay, or receiue, fome iourney to take ,Comeone thing or other, that being not rem_embred in time, will rutb invpon vs now,;nd maH be done, becaufe it was omitted before,_ and cannot tarry till afterwards. , · · Vft '· . ... Sith then,we are fo fubieCl: to ditlracHon,and do fo foone fo~get, thofe -~~-in~s,which by wife for.~Gght might hauebin done well, without any breach of the Sabb~tb: this mull teach vs to'haue a go.dly care to prouideagainH all fuch lets, and·preuent all fuch incumbrances. That policieand difcre.. tion which we fee in naturall menabout the Inarket of their bodies; V;Je n1uH Jearne for this m~nkctofour foules : .they will be prouiding~and thinkingbefore, what they mufl buy, andwhat they' muftfellthere, and will n~t haue the things to feeke .when theyfhould prefemly vf~ them,but will haue aJl things fo r_eadily prepar~d, that 'they benot hinderedof their befl aduantage: fo, ifcuer wewill make good markets for ourfoules, we mull (all the weeke before) be ptepari.-ng our hearts, an~ fetting all things A:raight, that we may then be burdened with no finne no'r worldly care, which would carry away theforce ofour1neditations and thoughts from the exercifes ofreligion. For tbefe exercifes be fpirituaJI, and vve be carnaU, and a little thing (God knoweth)wiJl make a great diforderin our"flcfhly hearts, todraw them from hea.. uenly things: and therefore, vnleffe we take great heed, to .Iookevnto our waies, and watch ouer our felues, that wee walkcholily, and faithfuHy all the fixe dayes, and difpa~ch the duties ofour calling .;,.tl~e finn~ committed on the.one fide, abd ·the hufindfeornil:t.eCJ on th~·~ther,will fohale and pull awayour thoughts;,tHat rio ~ttcntion cati.bee ghich to matters ofreligion, ne confiantor fetled meditation of any heauenly

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