AND now I have £hewed.you the H~inour r1f God!inefs, let us briefly, (and but briefly), confider of your Honour that re jeer it , and fee then wbether tb.: godly or ungodly are more Honourable; . · . r. Ungodly men have the Baffj Mafter in the world. Would you know who ~ Let Chrifi be Judge , John 8. 44· [ T_e are of your father the Devil, and the btfts of your fatker .You w!ll d.o.] 2 Tim. 2. 26. They uc tak._en c11ptive by the .Devsl at hu l39sli; that is, to do his will : It is he that fl:irrerh you up to filthy talk-: ing, to fpeak aga:inH Godlinefs, to curfe and fwear, and y9u do huwill. His will is, that ymi fuould neglect a holy life , and you do hu will. His will is, that youlive not afrenhe fpirit, but after the fleili , and you dD huwill. 0 poor fouls 1Do you thi.nk it is only Witches that exprefiy Covenant with him, that are his m~"' ferable fervants ! Alas, tt is yrmal{o 0 if JGU do h£rwill. For ( 1f yo.aw..ill believe either God or common re;afon) [ to WhDm you yiddyour [elves {ervants to obey, hu fervllntsyeu are to whomyu» obey, TJ~hethcr of fin unto death, 6rof ohcJim;e usto righteolljnefs. ] Rom. ~. 16. The godly tht~'11felves were the fervants of fin, till they o~epdfrom the heart the doClrine of the L?.rd , v• . I 7. And are you not come eo fair preferment , to be the Devils drudges:! ' Though he fhould do~uh your Bodies with Purple and fine linnen, and feed you fumptuouily every day, yet indeed you are .no bet– ter, as the cafe of that miferablc man may tell you, Luk~ 16. It is the greatefl: Bafenefs to have fo Bafe a Mafrer. 2 . And iris hut an ignobleBafe de fign that the ungodly carry_ · on in the world. What is it but to provide for , and pleafe their fle{h ? It aimeth at nothing beyond rh is life. And a beafr can eat, and drink, and ileep, and play, and fatisfie his ll'lfi , as ~ucb as they. A fwine can carry a mouth full of fl:raw. to his lodging, and.a bird can build a nefi for her young ones. .And what do un– godly men more in the world ! . whether Gentlemen or Beggars; the flattered Gallants or the poor day-labourers, if they be not fuch as firfLfeek Heaven, and live to God, what do .they .hue make a puG!der in the world, about a .little dir~ or fmoak ,?,and find themfelves fomewhat to do that isne.w tonothing, infread of that for which they were <i:reated ; and bufie themfelves about twbing till.theirtimeisgone, and the night is come when none · Mm. - - -- un , •.
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