By the Croft of Chrifi. 119 part With the love of God, and allmy hopes of falvation fo Imay have my pleafures , and Wealth, and honour till I die.] Sure, if you be not betides your felves youwould not, you durit not put your hands to it. Why then will you now put both hand and heart to it ; when he plaies his game underboard, and implicitly by his temptations doth drawyou to the fame content r' What do the molt of the world, but preferearth before heaven through the courfe of their lives ? 1 hey prefer it in their thoughts , and words, and deeds. It bath their fweeteft and freeR thoughts and words, and their greaten care, and diligence, raid delight. And what then do thefe men do, but fell their falvarion for the vani- ties of the world ? Believeit, Sirs, if you underftood the Word of God , and underftood Satans temptations and underftood your own doings you would fee that youldo no lets then thus make fate of your precious fouls. And it is not your falfe Hopes that for all this you (ball be faved, when you can keep the world no longer, that will undo the bargain. If the Law of the Land do punifh Murder and Theft withdeath hek that ticeth you to commit the crime, Both tice you tocan awayyour life ; and it will not fave you to fay, [ 1 hadhoped that I might have plaid the thief or murderer, andlet beraved.] O Sirs if you knew but half as well what you fell and can' away, as the Devil doth that tempts you to it, lure you durft ne- ver make filch a match, nor pats away fuck an inheritance for a little earthly fmoak andduff. SECT.
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