t04 A SAint 1r A Brt~te. Part I!. do the~ r. ueftion were, Whether .Light or D4rk._nefs be the Btter t , .... rl'Vhuher a dead corps he better thena Living man?. Whethe a cotaze for ad~ty, or a Rich hahitMionfor'termof life In hettr! Whe– tfx_r M much d:in~ af 'Wilt mak.§ thee drunL or a nj)Hs lvdging w_~th a whore, be betre{ then Lands ~tnd Lorc.'hps for thy life– '-v~me, or for a thou]and )ears.! Whether /lie J 'Weet cup with J!;irm-"J'~ ~egg;ery_ -all rhy life after.. 1 one bitler draught with perpetual pr~Jjfoen~y, /hoPld..,.':-·,·;.rhfr chofm r Whether a jiclz m!ln were 6ett£r taJ~.!: 41J un_pleajing medicine that Would cure him, or aplea/ant poy[ot: th.1t '"!)uta kjfl him ? Whether he Were 6etter pay a•little ' t@~ the Ph;'ficion, or dp to fave hi5 money ? Whether that Prince . be, wi(e th11t will fell hu Kingdom for a • cup of wi11e, or for childrens raek!ts ? Or whether that child /Je vertuous that cannot abide his Fathers fight (,)r houfe 6r com– m~Znd}, but leveth better to do that lflhi~h he k.,nows difp!tafeth him; or to tumble in thi dirt lflith[wine? I fay, if any of thefe were the lf2.:!.eflion to be Refolved, and the falvation of all that heard- me lay upon the true Refolution, I leave it to your own judgementr, Whether I were not like to (11ve the fouls of all tb.tt heard mt? And yet in a cafe IU clear in it /elf, and ,much mare clear, how few dowe prevail with ? Is not the ~dl:ion [Whether God or the Cre~ttHre,Holinefs or Sin,Earth or Heaven,Short orEverlafting pleafures foould be preferred?] as plain to a wife man as anj of thofe that I mentioned before? Is it not as plain a cafe to a man of judgement, l Whethsr Holinefs, with Everlafling joys, be better then flefbf] pleafPJru VVith damnation?] as whether a Kingdom be berter thena?ttyle, or Gold thendirt, or health then (idznefs ~. Yet do your falvations lie upon this fl.:!eflion, thu eajie Qge.fti– ~n. I mufi again repeat it; Allyour falvtttions lie upon the pra· Elic.al refolution of thu eajie ~eftion. Be but Refolved once that GruJ is .Be.ft for you, and Heaven u Beft for }OH, and ac– cordingly muk! your Refolute Choice; and faithfully Pr~(ecute it, and Godwill be Yeurs, Heavenwill be yours as fure as the Promife of God is trne. But if you will not Choofe G!Jd and GlflrJ as your Be.ft, but will Choofe the world ami fimple pleafures as Bet· ·ter for you, you fhall have no better t~en you cbofe, and !hall fuffer a douhle coNdemn{ltion, for neglectingand refufing (9 gret~t falvation. You hear nowby mens talk, andyou fee by their liTes that the worlcl is dirided upon ~his ~efiion, What it is thift i4 Beft f()r" · - - - · - · · - - · • 1 . m~trl,
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