-----------------~-·---- ----------~----~-- Simile. '£he Saints fore Inheritance. But it.is otherwife with thofe whotn Sa·than inveagleth, artd enfn(\r,eth in this point•. Bee is well enough pleafed, that they l11al1.feeme. eo be as forward in the reformation, andamend– ment of their lives, as any other zand indeed, that tney £hall be .reformed in good part , and carry fome love and affettion toward the \tVord,and Mi– nillcrs; fo that he may keepe hold and poifeffion bnt inone corner of the heart: For he k;Jowes,that that is enough to keepethe whole man, body and foule,his owne. Ifhecan fray but ope finne unfold, ·he knowes the man continues fi iH,by the·courfe of divine Law,a bondGave ofHell. Byone little hole a fhip will finke into the bottomeofthe Sea.The ll:ab ofa Pen-knife to the heart, will as well fpeed ' aman, as all the Daggers that killed C£far in the Senat-;houfe.The fou1e will be fl:rangled with one Cord·ofvanitie,as well as with all the Cart-ropes -of iniquitie: only,the more lins,the more•plagues, and fiercer flame in Hell:but he·that lives and dies impenitent in one,it will be his defl:ruct.ion. One · dramrne ofpoyfonwill difpatcha man~ and one ~ reigning finnewill bring him to endlelfe woe and rnifcrie. Let us take heed therefore,whepwegoe about reformation ofour felves, lefl: we be furpri- · fed & overtakenby this malicious ~raft 0fSathan. Let us refolve upoJ.? a through-reformation;which is only and ever undertaken,with apurpofe not to , hold on ~n the wi!lingpra6ti~eofa·nyoneknowne iniquitie,or !infull courfe. Which,vvhenwe (hall ·carefully ·&·earnefl:ly go abom,Sarhaq will be fure to fet upon us,as Pharoa.hdiduponMofesandAaron: · · . When
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