' 39 ·fieautnly thingY\'ill take place. We mu!t therefore Rop out .all diflratlions,and incumbrances,and raifc \'Pour h('arts againH deadnes,and dulnes>bya wife managing, & fini01ing of our outward aftaires and a godly and religicrtus orde– .ring and preparing of our hearts, if euer we~· ill comfor– ·tablie and profitably fpend the L<?tds day, an the Lords wo,ke. · Then againe,belide thefe needldfe lees (Y..hich throu~h our owne weakcnetfe,we draw vpou ourownc heads) there be hinderances enowoneuery fide,which(do we what \'\' CC .canwithallourindu(hy) we t11all neuer be able \I\ holy to preuem,bur theywil fet vpon vs. As in wh~t family rhal one come,but be lhall fee idlenes, ·and fleepHhnes,and foolint .. ncs,many waies? And who,that knoweth himfelfe anywhit at all,doth not f(ele, tnat he is rea~tier to follow ill example, and bee led by cuill companie, then by Gods commande– -ment ?efpecially,when no pofitiue law will take hold vpon ltim.Andthewe haue the diud>as .aLi0n,cotinually (eeking .to dcuour our foules,& to hinder vg in al things he can,from Rdigion.And in the bell,there be fuch llrong defires,fuch -a Joue ofthe pleafure, and commoditie of this world, tb3t Ynletfe we bee tlrongly guarded, and defended, they will break1n vpon our hearts, and diforder all ouraffedions. As, come to a profcffour,that is inclined to couetoufneffe, and oucrwhom theWorlrl bearcs too ,great an hand,though he haue a true heart to God, and fome graces of the fpirit wroughttn him: yet, vpon any fpeech, that tends toward gain~,and filthy lucre, he wil ·bc farre gone,forgerringGod, and the Sabbath, and himfdfc and all, and let loofe both heart and tongue to bee employed about world-ly thingi. Let vs th('rfere mound,and fence our hearts about diligent– ly ,with thefe thoughts: \Vhat doe I now? Whither are mine aff~tl:ions carried? hath not God bidden me remember the .Sabbath? hath· .he not fet a fpeciall marke vpon it, that I fhouJd at no hand forget it? And thu'i carodl and timelv fhiuing, 'A'ill fhake off thefe vntimdy ano vnfeafonabl~ _ words,and cogitations. . · : ·Aodfutther,we lhaU.hauc theWorl_d to obitC\,andbring · K in • .L.
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