{'l ) ' mak'eth them the pitt1 or dtri(ron of o!Jferver!; fomJny thAt ' h·dve 1Vit eno11gh to avoidfire ttnd water, Artd__togo out of the , wayfrom 1t witd beaj1 or a mad_ man, yet have not. the w;t to 1 ll.votd damnat ion , nor to preferre eternal life before" mer– ry p:iffage rmto.hell : Tea that f'mu that account themfdvu iJ'igenuotU, and men of a. duper reach then the unlearned,' can (et fJo furthtr thr~~~~'?,h thepromifes er threatni11gs ofGod, . then through aProfpc{/ive or a t ube; and h.-we no wtt thAt · looketh beyondagrave; yea art reJdy to [mile at· the jimpli– city of tho(e thM orewha.her they live in He4vcn or HeO, and tt(e but tU muchdi!igence for t heir falvation, tU they ufe tbemfetves for that which Paul 4Ccoumed dung• . U'vtany a time 1ha·ve wondered how the Devil can thtlf llbufe a mart of reafon, and {Itch M think them/elves no fools ! ana how Juch unexpre{sible dotttge can Jiand with either learni?:Jg, ingennity , or common underfl andm"~ ; And · what pJ:ft the Devil t~nd tbe;'emert m~tlee to keep them from feting t hat have eyes, or frornfeeing the Heavens, t/;at can fee the fmalle(l dujl ~r atome. Bt~t my Mimiratitm u tZbated w.hw I confider, 1hat the wit th..:t (er'lHth tu move a .poppet~ is not enough to Rule aKingdom; andthat fleeping Reafon I$ . as none ; and that it is the very art andbnfimfs of the De,.. .vi/ t() ch.:trm {inners to Jleep and t:V.tke at MCC • . Donnire Deo, at mundo vigilare: tD be afleep to God, .tnd aw.tke to the world: t..Andrb:ttprefent things engag-e the fen!es, . a11d call off Reafon from it.s·work: And that the (eeming difhmce oft be lifeJu c~me, occafioneth the mgltt1 of {ltlpid · hal{beJ,eving fouls, tilt they.ftndit iJ indeedat hand :even tu Death though certain, alfic7eth few in youthand health~ ,u it doth 't-rhen tbcy perceive tba? they n-Jtjft prefomly be gone ,. Andwithal!, that 11 man knot a man in Ac~ till be be - confl derate: 6!nd tiMt it i5 M goodbe w.:t hout eyet, tU.fldl to "'' nk. 1-Ve kmrv what det;dned our felves fo long in lleep · tmdfoilY.:> _and we ktlOW what. m11kes 111 yet fo llow : AMd -' · ·· · · theref~re , •
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