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4 They
e!'q<lired:
So that before, ifyou had ought to fay to them,you might.
.
thcyhadnothiugtofaytoyou.
To(eeke
then, is To
trmu,
To
rife,
Torifeearty'
llli>yu.u.
To
enquire
aft.er it.
0
Si
qr~<triti>,qrutrite
(faith
E[ay) themorning commeth, and
fo
dDth thenight :
that
is:
our dayes fpend apace; and we fay, we
willfeel:e:
Ifwe
will
feeke,
let us once doe it indeed. ·
• Ttmuflbe
Secondly, ifit
bequ.trehant;
~nd
ifitbeEmn: Another point to be rectified.
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Z(gn ve.llra,fedvos
(faith the
0pof!le)
is .the right
feeking. Not,fleke Him,
for
fomewhat we would have ofHrm: but to, feeke
Hzmfelfe,
for
Hzmfelfe.
It is one
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thing(fay tne
Schoolt!) tofeeke
Go
o,for fuition:
another,
to[eeke
Him,
to make
·
ufl of Htm.
One thtng
~f~rth
C
H
11.
r s
T)
to
feeke for the mrracle
;
another,
for
the loaves.
One thing, to
feeke
Hr!
fa.:e;
another, to feeke His fingers ends. One
thing to confult with Him onely for
~onfcience,
to know and doe ; another,
to
c;onfult with Him,
if
it hit our humour to make our advantage of it; if it goe
againfi: us, to fer
li~ht
by it. Such is our
feeking
for the mofi part:
Cum ocdderet,
to have our turne terved; to have our health refiored, that wee may feeke Him
EfaYf~·
u.
no longer, but to our former riot againe, and
tomorrow may
bee
,u
yeflerday, and
z
OurNt/iAt:
eumDcddertt,
the
time.
4
HoC.5.6.
John
s.~r.
much more.
•.
.
.
Seeke
Him, indeed: Seekc
Him,
for Him!elfe. Thefe two points being agreed
of, we ihall throughly agree of
qu.crebani Etim.
And, fo much for it, and for our
fiat. Now,toourNeftat.
For, when we have agreed ofour
feeking,
we have not done. With •
diligence,it
wouldbe,anddue
rejpefl.
Our
feel:ing
(as all things,the befi things under the Sunne)
mull: have
-w."~ey.•,;
.U.'.:>fey.•,
their doe time and place. Wherein appeareth the aba–
ting power of
Circumf1a1!ces:
thatthey ate able to bring do.wn
the[ttbflances.Name–
ly, ofthe
time:
Andthat,
mljfe.timing
marreth not only Mufike, but all things elfe,
Thethingisright; The
Cum
is wrong; andfo,all is wrong.
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To finde6ur the
time,
wee agree firfi, that as every weightiething bath, fothe
Gods
{tt~ing
feel:ing of
Go o is to beallowed a time, too.
'
to haveaumt.
Whattimeisthat~
Verily, wee ihould doe it abfolutely, all ourlife long:
l'fal.•os-+
.fl.!i,«rite (dciem Ejm femper.
Not,
When
?
But,
when not
?
without limitation,
continuafly.
·
A.nd, in this fenfewe grant
Cum ocddmt:
then,and at
othe~
times too. But, not
(as.Afaph)
then, an4 never till then:
So,
we deny it.
Go o (indeed) isfo to be
fought:
burw,e cannotfo feeke Him: Other our
Jf.
A
(et
tim,,
faires crave allowance out of ourcime; and we are well content toyeeld itlargely.
c.,,
Onely that Go o have a
Jet
tim1
left, when to
{eeke Him.
That is bur reafon: all
will yeeldto it. All gram a
Cum.
·
But, come to know, when that
when
ihall be ; here,we vary, firfi:.We cannot be
brought to [et downe
any"cert<~imy
,but love to be left at large. Doe it we will; but
~€1:•4·•6.
(indeed) we cannot fi1ew
when;
bufeven
Felix
his
when,;., ·.J,X!Ppn"'->,when wee have
leafltre.
I cannornow fi:and to
feeke
(faith he
;J
I
hope one day to beat leafu.re to doe
it: but, that day never catne.
Vrgethem, preff'e them,
when
l
No other refolution, but,
on:ni~
peccator dicit,
t.AliqttandaDeumfequar, Sed non moad: Somettme
fbll; but, not thrs ttme. Never,
in the prefent ;bnt,fometimehereafter.
Follow them alblong theirlife, they linde notthisC11m, but put it from one
Cum
to another, till there be none left, bur only
C11m occideret,
Even that very time,
againfi which Go o layeth His exceptions. Every time before, we fay,
Nondu111
tempm,it
is not time yet : Every houre before,
Novdumvemt hora,
the hourc
IS
not
yetcome.
.
Not to leave Go o' s
feeking
thus at randorne
:
But
to
grow to fame- cer·
taintie.
I demand, Will any time ferve
~
Is G o o at all times to be
found~
!fay
H ·' ·
Itis certaine Not. . ·· The very limitation ( of
dum invenirepoleff)
iheweth plain·
ly
chat oth9r times there bee; wh>rein,
Sttke llim
yo.u may, but finde W:im you
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