• -~----- ' .----:.--..._ 74 TheSaints · · r 5 Agairifr himfelfe, mofi: horribly• . 1 Bybrucifhunnaturalneffe, nay,byamonfrrous difatfett.ion to amansowne felfe and being, tranf– cendent!to all beafHy cruelties. For what beafrdid · .· ever willinglykill it felfe? Skin for skin, andall that ever aman hath, will he give for his life. And yet the felfe.murderer, 1 Ourofhellifh pride, which . fuffers him not t.o froop underGods affii~ing hand. · 2 Impaciency, whereby hee murmurs and repines againfr his prov~den~e; andwill not fubmitto bee ruled byhis will. 3 Horrible defperat\on, ~here- . by hee cafis away all hope of mercy, b~comes his · owne butcher and hang- nian. · · Ali h . , z Againfr his owne deare immortall fouie,which ~ou~~~~~k~I~ 1 he fends bleeding with icowneflaughter, *fiJ..ddain- . r ling a mans / ly cut offfrom all time and hope,ofrepentance, un– ownefather. to the dreadfull Tribunall of the everliving God (for every man • • ' is natrrally themofr certameand fevere revenger <l»fall bloodnext unto hin1· 1 fhed. , ·. · felfe.) . · l 3 By extreme Bedlam madndfe, who exchan- .. '- . / geth the momoorany miferies of this fraile life, in (which alJ .Gods dearefi children, yea Chrift him. 1 felfe had his £hare, for ~hedreadfuii fireofhe1f, pre– :pared only for the Devill and thedamned. \ Excep. Yea, but fith I fee, fayefi thou, I fhaU beecertainly aamned, I1'1J longer life will but aede. tome fcoreofmy finnes, andfoagravate my dam– nation in hell. • Anf. Itis wickedand falfero fay, thou fhalt bee certainly damned ; ·forwhile God gives thee life, hegrants thee time ofrepentance. I fay further. The hainoufnetfeofthyfelfe-mur. · ~ der # I
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