Bayly - Houston-Packer Collection BV4647.P5 B395 1632

---710 The En- counter. *I remem- ber (futh Luber) that Stau- piticas was wont to tel me,Ego plusgaram willies Veo voui,&jc. I haue more then a thoufand times vowed unto God, that I would amend my life, but I could neuer performe my vow.Henceforth I wit make no filch vow, becaufe I verily know that I can- not keepe it.Vnleffe therfore be merci- full vnto me for Cbrifl hisfake,,and grant me a bleífed departure out of this wretched life,al my vowes and good workes will stand niee in no ftead.This is the fiate of the deareil children of God in this life,Reade Dither on.Galat. Chap.5- that The PratWee of Piety. repent; &4afmade a /hew of re. petance f en,the time, &yet didf fall to the fame fins again, 6. a gaine, & that at thy re ace was y py et but pined and amoci ngofClod. Bnd that feeling thou hag fo-of e 6roIIë thy vow,therfore Godhath withdrawn° his mercy, and haah changed hisloue,&- c.tneditate : 1. That though this were true(which indeed is hainous) yet it is no fufficient caufe why thou íhouldefl defpaire; Being that this is the common caufe of all the children of God in this life, who vow fo oft to forbeare forge fintie, x tilt per- ceiuing their weakeneffe not a- ble to perforrne it, they vow

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