'Ihe Saints Jure ·1 authoritie iliall.bea refuge and repofe for opprefTed andd~fgraced innocencie. · _ · All theic blcffings, and a thoufand moe, are built upon a through preparation of rhe heart, a-s . upon.tbc firft foundation fl:one : Preparation is the very firll: fi:ep toall thefe degrees, and height · of happinellc. But on the conrrarie part, if a man negfea: pre– paring his.hearr,praying unto God,forlaking his finnes., reformitlg f1is family; let him looke for. nothing but Curfes and Plagues. But the eyeJ of the wicked (faith ·loG) fhall.faile; and their refuge fha.Uperifh,. and their hope fha!l'/;i! forrow ofminde.J They thinke, tbei.r formall and cufiomarie iervice of God will fervc the turne·. and thereupon, with great greeclit1elfe and eonfi~ dence,,expett and looke for the faltJation oftheir foules after this life : but they {hall wailc, and gaze, untill their eyes fink~ into their holes, and yet iliallnev:nbe able to. ta.fie of ttue t.'"Omfon: They maycrie unrill their t0ngues deave to -the roofe of their mouth, with tbe fool-iib Virgins; Lord; Lord, open unto m·, Math. 2. ). but the Gate o.f evetLll:ing bappinelfe fna 11 for ever be il'lm a– gainfr them: They-may firuggle andftrive,by the A:rengtb of their good meanings) and formal! \ Chri flianitie)_to emer in.aNhe flrait.. Gate, hut!}all ' 'na.'l.:er,beab!e~ - Their refirge fha!l perifh.] • They f:iave flayed\" tliemfelvcs.Ltpon bmkcn fraves of Reed, and now . 'theywilhunne into their hands' and beans too, 'unto their-vexariqn and horror•. .Axd ~ ~---..:.__,._,...._-.;..._____________..;!·• ...
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