Book 11 ~iniftnwon ot. rurn . :;:re.+ 4· . verlation; ''~~Y mcaoiug is, I would not h:1vc you to rHn with tbe ".·orld'iniu'fbc ("a'mc6lcr!j; 'S.lo,l h of riot t If 111ny man t/J;t i1ca!ed abrQtiJ(r be tJ J:•rnicaior, or c Veto~!, nr an !!lJI!Jfrr; ur"r"Ji: ler, or 4 drtmi{.:JrJ, or rxtur~iumr, l n:;oitld hllvt _youwithfi~cb. an ont ~zot tv ~epc.J'ihp~1j,; 1:(1\ nN to tat. And y~t that I,_be not milbkc·n; IO'm'e kind ot focicty, o·r flmiliarity, 1 allow with all; thttc is a 'fociccy, morecomnic\n and ~old·, and g•:ncral, as in trading, !n~gainillg, buying, fLIIing, ()c• . AnJ thi,Ch~i'ftiln§ muft 'i'eeds dt~rclfc wi'th the l'ne' 1 ] ·0f rlns w9rld,exccpc they will ~o out ofthe wotld : llut there is a focidy more fp.cial,deir; 1 Cor. 5·9· a~~d it~tin_late, and i_" tbis rcfped: I bl!t w~ittw_to )ou(f•ith the i\po!llc)nat to k_ctp c'mf"tJ wuhforn.~e.ttoo; ( t. t.) not tu have any ordmaty, •olunt•r'y, fnendly, dear, and intimate fodety with them, Alas! who in his ri,ght wits would run,upon a m:~,n, wh0m he fees llilth the Plague-Core running upo'n hin,) andwl\ac Chrillion in his.hghc mi'rid fpii:i'IUll' ly, having any fear of God in his heart, life ii1:his Soul, o'r tendcroef, in his Comciencec :wni1ld delightfully thru!l himfelfinro thc'c'o'rri'pany of wickt9 men? ic \Yas writ or.j.!u~ He!>. 7· >o. Chrill,thar be was h,/y, barmlrfi,umlejfled,andf.:pcr.ttr fMt.fr'ny,c(!. And Cu'ch a fcpe'util\ Pf•l.o6 4,;. was Datrid, lhr.:c not fate wi1b •·iJin pc,!Jons,n<i'tlmwiU I_go in ...,;th di[fccnbfm, I hJi;,,fntcll. :hr<ont,regariON of cvildorrs 1attdwiU nut fit JJ>itb tbt riiici<Jd.And indee-d ro 'think oftl\eai\C gels work at the \all day, 1t were eneugh ro\Ttake us c'ompl~and eo prctmcl'or fuch 4 work all the ~ayes of ourlife. 'Oh w'hat fhould 'we \l'o with thc\'o in mu·he~r~s-, alid ' dcarel\ thoughts, who ffiall have no bwer cchhp•nions he~eafter than D<vils and tire damned. 4 . Confe!fc .Chrifl before ·men, that he !nay confcff< you the iali day ilefore eh~ <l'nge·~ of God, you may think you ate i'n profpcnty. and rtourifi,, you IC:ar noc P.arcyi'aom; there. is not the lca!i occ_afion~of the confetTiM of Chrifl,his 1 ruch,and G_J(pel unto death/ or danger,as the word 1111ports :and therefore this \all advice" not to)cofonb k• . But 1 anfwer. 1 • We fee the boldndl'c of wr corntillltl Adverfarb:crrnur on all ha11d; :g~ow~ infolcut, and proud, and daring; fo that nowGod calls eo us ltom heaven, ''Wb, j 1 0h ' ,~fide? ,.{, 0 ? 2 • we know not how Coon occafion may be both for contd!ion a1\-d • t:l"~' Ge- <M>nycdom; "One obfervcs, that uCually before any great perfecLHion b.Ll tfic Churdi; dml Marcyr- ' the holy men ofthofe times 0bforvcd,that there was tome great decay of z ,al,and of th'c om. • pm"o'cr of god!indfc, or fome mucual contentions and quarrels arnongn elkP~ople oi • God : or feme luch fin or other that provoked God again!i them\ and thena, clie < fhcphcrd fets hi~ dOll upon the fhcep, when they go aflray, to bring them in; fo God 'lets loo!C: wickcdpc'r!ec'ut'on Lipo'n his <)\lll'l 'children,tc bring them in untohimfcl£ And .. Epiflle be. <he applyes this to ou:r fdves. •Ju Irile (faith he) thro'llghGods mercy,we ytt enjoy the G.jp(t ~~';, ~"~b'; 'of Peact,.Hd rile Pr?Jce_oftbt'Gdf;cl, bu1horPjh:!rt il !imt it i/zJy continuenu"!lliu k,_nows_-:-;. Church of .. 1 ' 7bis r»t fittorr> 'thal Schifinu, Hmfiu, 4Hd BlaJPhwmnzever itbr!UJzdul11tort zn the Chtucb of linzl«~~i. Jingland then 41 tbir da.)' 1 th:JJ_ thtjfiril,"bf div~jio11 Jlcw rag~flpzorc, th.1t ~roph•M:fi t:mr < 1 mre outfacrd thrglor10u1 S:!ilflmtt of tbe Gojptl, zhen at th• 1 dJy , andjurely tbc)e are fbi ( ... t t • f ortrumurs of Judg~tmnf.. 0 then let us krrn this ldlo~, as we wo~l<i ~,vc comld:tot the la!\ day! Cqme wh>r ~tllFOrn(, let us cO)lfeJfe lum bclore men; let no trc;tt!ue make us ·\O de~y the J..ord Jefus Chri'l\; if his cturh-call for i,c, kc us Harid it our agaiuU ail hi~ en<;rQie~ yea elren ~gai"'ll the gaccs of hell, ~nd Devtl; and. aH •. And then we may <on~; fort~bJy .hq_pe, that when Chrill fi,all,come m the cfouds WJth his llllt,hty Angels, he Will confc!fe us, and pronouncea J>le1ftd i'entence upon us bet ore God, Angels, and Men, "'!· m(!f, .<!!Ill fo bt it. .Amen, aH'ii .Amen• .4 F~etlJ cf Du Barras,m the rb-,Jil:ft day if the we~ 0 Sacred tut9rs of the Saints ! you guard 01 Gcds Ekd, y'ou Purtuivants prcpar'd 1 o execute the counfds o{ the HigheH, YQU heaven!y Courticrs, to'your King cl\'e ntghcll, Gods glorious Herald,, Heavens fwilt HJrbingm. •Twixt Heaven and Earth, you true Interpreters, 1could be welf content, and oke J:leJ;[;ht To follow fwr'thayour Cclclbal f\igi·:t, But that I fear to taint.- Ha c theu An end
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