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flrongefl
of
allifrael,and
leafl:likely
to
die. Here
is occlderet.
Now, did this m;;;
4
·3Cumc..eJt..
ftttiS:
No: (Sec the X X X I
I.
Verfe:)
for, at this they
finned yet more,
and went about
rhmfeekmg
neverthe fooner. It m.ull: be
mm occtderet eoJ, themfelveJ,
their ownc
[elves,
orit will not doe it.
Come then to themfelves,·and
(mite
themwith the
edge,
not with the
point,.
with the
edge,
to wound; aot witli the
point,
to difpatch out-right: will that lerve
~
Ct<m ca!deret eos,
when He·wormdedthem, wirh fome mortall fickndfe the mclfengcr
of death,_would they
feeke
Him. then
~
No : not then, not for all that, would they
>Chro.x~,u.
frametott. For,
f!.!!,.erebant med1Ct1m,
then.
I
f<1y, as
<..A
fa
fought
rmdrcos,
&
non
Deum :
Not, Go
o
and them; but them firlt, and let Go
o
fray till they be gone.
And, ti11 they give us over, and tell us plaindy,
occ£dmt
is now come indeed: no
fmiting
or
JVottnding
will fend us to
Jeeke.
So that, it is not either '
Cttm
Ser"-·•reteos,
or •
Crtm Serviret et!,
His
faving, orfervingus:
Nay it is nor,
l
C11m
occlderet alios,
or
4
Cttm c,.deret,
His
ki/lingot!Jcrs,
or
worending
111
with :my but our
deaths.tvoHnd,
will doe it.
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c~::aotcl..
Tandtm
then; when we are come to the very bll: calt, our fireJwth is crone our·
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•Nefiat,
·
'i'ltltC cane pent, our •Cn esappa e ,an t epowerso ounou casnum
cas
our
fenfes : when
a
generall prolhation ofall our powers,and rhelhadow of death upon
our eyes :Then,fomerhmgwewould filyordoe,wluchlhouldlhnd for
ourfceking:
but
(I
doubt)itwill not ferve. This, is rhctime,
w~allow
GoD,
rofeeke
Him in.
Isrhisit
~
would we then
(eeke Him,
when we ate not incafe, rofeeke <my
thin~
elfe ~
Wouldweetrtrneto Him then, when wee are nor able
to
nunc
ourfclvcsi~
our
bed~
Or,
rife
early
to
{<eke Hi'!',
when wee are not ableio rife at all: Or
en.
tjilirl:
after Him, when our breath faileth us, and wee are nOt able to fpcake three
words
together~
Neither before, nor with, bur even at the e11d of
occideut?
No
houre, but the houre of
death~
No rime, bur when
He
taketh time from us, and us
!lr"•·
10 ·7:.
from it,
&
temptu nonerit arnplitM ?
What
fhall I
f.1y
~Shall
I
commend
thisfeeking,
tttrning, rifing, enq11iring
~
No :
I
cannot COillmcnd it, either in it fclfe,ol'to any.
I
commend it not.
.
.
Jhat that may be faid
is
this,and iris nothing.True: fome one or two ofathou-'
fand and ten thoufand, that have. How
then~
Shall we not therefore follow our in-
~c,y ~~
·
!i
firuction and
{eeke
Him
before~
Nay thcn,Somc
hAvejo11ndandneverfought:
Let us
not
feeke Him
at
all,
ifthat will hold. Thus it is: Some,going a journey,have found
a
purfe by the way:
It
were mad counfcll, to'advife us to leave oul' money behinde,
upon hope oflike hap in ours. No: this is fafe and good: Though fome one or two
have
found
and
nbt fought;
yet let us fccke for all that. Though fome one or two
have, then, fought, and found, yet let us
feeke
before. Though fome have found a
~f'Y
Jo.ir:
purfe in theirway,let us nottrull:ro like hap,but carry money with us. This is
apri.
<viedoore,
onfpeciall favour open rofome few. There lieth no way
by
them.
Thi>·
is
the ivay,
(yotl have heard)
Walke in
it,
and
yw
fba/1finderefl toyo11rJoules.
!As
nor
To fpeake thenoff.1fe[eeking, andfure finding,
I
f.1y (asAfaphfaith) tttsa
cHR/c.STs
'J(Jjiant.
Thistimeisnotrhe time CH"
Is
T
givethus :He allignethus an.
~;;;~.
0
'''
other.
Yea,
wee condemne ourfdves, in that we would feeke
tO
allow it our fdves.
If wee were put toir, to f.1y plainely;
Not, tul flee kill mec:
it would choake us.
We neither have hearrnor face, we would nor dare to anfwer fo; we dare nor avow
Manl1. 6 ·l3·
it. AndifitbeaNedic•nt,
itisaNef!ant.
The time of Go
os
q11~rite
is
Primum
qu~~~rite.
ThisCttmisthelafl:ofallourC~tl!/s;
allotherbeforcir.
FirH,
and
laft
ard!at
adoppifttum.
This is not it.
.
.
. _
·,
Nottbcac-
The rime
offeeking
Go
o
mufibCJMG-, fuch asts meet to be
remved.
Tlus, ts
crpcahlttimt.
not: Therefore(I hope) we willnotoffer it Go u. If we doe.; takeheed Hefcorne
Z3Ch.s
'·'~·
not this rime, as He cloth their
price,
in
Zachary: AgMdly time, that
I
J1ave afigned
l.hl.,.a,
me.
Take heed He fl:and notuponHis reputation (as in
M•lachi)
and bid us
olferolfr
fervice,
at this houre,
to anygreat man and[C,,_,.hether he will beconte"t with
it,and not
teject both us and our
fee
king,
then. Tlus,
IS
not ; cannot be bur
a
great
Ne jia;Jt;
'rooffer Go
o
that, no man is fo meanc,but would
take
in
evil! parr.
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