Babington - Houston-Packer Collection BV4655 .B23 1615

.PETIT rS?i alp=3kr-Lofrds-frajer. pod iye:l laps. Nlatie.the vwginand ble11'ed amongf women multreioyce in ker :Say u tour, and not iß her: felfe,andfoull others w1 atfoeuer. Foe we arcfallen.Our life that Ihwuld hatiehin fo plealant,behold how.bitter, heauyyandmiferable: Great trawl is created for allmen, andan hri tt yoke vpon the foizaes °f 4+ ,from theday that Syrac.4o theygo out oftheir *others wombe,; till the .day that theyretttrnestathe n:otherof ail things, note. 1114wely, theirthoxghts andfeare ofthe heart,efePhitt; imagvetiortofthethingsthey wayr for, and tile day ofdeath : from h: mthatf ,tterhttpotrtheglorsootthr:ene, vnro him :ht ii beneath in the eanthtaad a/hes: fròou{ietsirdrat iiidu iedvn Mato fslk iasld meaneth arrowne, exento him thatkflóthed infmpleditetien, wrath , t, ;emtie,tronbleantivteltrietnet,e feare gf eleoth,and rtgotrtrrrflxife:and to tbe:tiime of refi the fkíepe in the nigiot vpon hi: 6ed,cháng his kknow ledge. ei8littlet,rnothing is hiarefl,andafreásani'in fleeping, heeis as inototetio rarer in the day :beistronbled with the:eifiontefh ,iniean,aaonethattanncth emrofrtdlt: re140 -c.Our daiesthat lhold haue bin withourend,no.v are. few &full of woe': for lifc,;ve haue got death:forpleafitte;paine:forgodd,euil:forheau¢,hell: & forend- ks,ioy eternal wo.O dreadfulfalli Thus createdtheninnocent,god ruledsflut tttuè fallen from thationocency, Satan: ileth rah h e are, by ittaturethe childterinf ,R n rgenerRtl': wrath, walkingafiertheprincethitru }ethinthe aire,thbtistb evill.But thelotid on, is g,ratious,his mercy endureth foreuer.ï there remainethgierefotelsapelayttte ::: ititution or regeneration,which the Scripture teachethvsxbtusmuch oti:ngn ly ;, That whereas.Satan abuféth that corrupt nature of ours through ilia } rliitrö wet which he bath ouervs for our fitines ,anddriuethvs. front the:wordl atl4 'i Íigion, intoallblindneltc, ignorader, anderrors ;thrullethvs:intodiuers nsiferkà andcalamities, and in the end intaàternall death; there being wherehe rulctth;tioi trurloue of God or any grace.büt ifnning, without (bug, touch, or'.feelitig.i the Lord our Gad in a contrary wurfe ofloue,where it pleafeth him, begïnttíelt withthat corruption of nature,:wherby Satan before was [tromp, andtakattliiViSi way by little and little,begetting vsa new, to a better life, & r e Latin gthat Iniap of his in vs againe,whervnto w mere fir created,,andwhich fo fearfully wet w« fallen from. Our mind heillunsinated.with fomcheauenlylight,wlierby it b ttf neth to knowarightGod,and,graee our will receiuetha new tlrsngthtoimbrace the word, toreifinit, and to incline it elfeto the reilimoniesoftbeLord. Oité °111°"' r t. heart is purged an loueth the Lord, arm all the members of the bodie, befote the weapons ofvnrighteoufnelúvnto fin become by mcafure, the weapons ofrigh- teoufnes vnto God. So finite dyeth,grace liueth,and we loue him,feare him haft in him, pray tohimoften, andinall our wants, with futhlike. This is now the kingdome of grace, and this is that we pray for here. immediately.The kin gdonteTheKin of glory is that happy and eternal eftate which followethinheauen after thi slik donsofg`orJ which we alto pray for here, but mediately as we fay, that is, when the ki ngdotrsE, gtacein this world-is ended. Thus much beingfaid thé For plaines of thefe three kingdomes,the kingdomre- ofpower, of grace, and ofglorie, as alto of which of them the petition is msa,*i See now what wia peay in plaine words : namely thus much, O Lord fubduevntó thy, rrtaieftie all power of Satan in vs.by any means:: fuddue.omss fi nfull flel}i, and Thefen/è of all the wicked lcmflsshereeof; to the inlargingofthy Kingdonae here vpon earth ,the petition and graunt that all the powers of body and foule tinay bee inahled by thylsoly ilai,. brie sit, to worke acceptable in thy fight, that thou mail} dwellin vs and we in thee for y euer;andall thineand our enemiesvtterly troden downe, then !nay it glotioufÿ reigne and trisatnp laoaer all, and weby 'Chrift may finally as thy Children and }kites be made partakers of thycuerlalling kingdome.. Now, is not thisbroughrtes paire but by meanes,and therfore as we pray for the thing that the Lord would graunt it, fo pray we altoinclufutetyforthe meads rhat in, mereie they may begiuentttheef %fting air. The meausaretheft : firfirhe word, euen this heavenly andbleiíedword of od, fo finally accompted blip the world, and not onely fo, but etten hated, defpifed, and reiedìedofnumbets, Fos e4 fì: -43

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