f OU/e-exalting JJ umi/iation.- I :t I Alftetl. 7'beof• . ea[.~.,.t.1JtJ~'!· preface to the Command;· PO'We!J upo() F..,m. r. v. 3'• pa. &!7· 5 How many wayes wee have b~ene guiltie of, andaccaffarie toother mens finnes: whether 1 By commendlng,asDaviddidJo.1b;or 1 Bycommen• cling; 3 Byconfenting; 4 Bycompanying; 5 By conniving; 6 By counfelling; 7 By' defending; 8 By incourJging;?.By provoking;or 10 'By·pu– tidpating with orhers in their wkkedneffe. 6 Let'""us fpend much time and many teares in perufing:, and preffing upon our confciences, the in-·. finite impudencies, infolencies, outrages, exceffes~ · a'1d tyranniesofour bofome finne. For that reig· ned andraged in us farre more than any ofthe refr. It was the Devils Viceroy, to keepe in a damned captivide and flaverie all the faculties of tfie foule ,' all the thoughtsofrheheart, the-beatofouraffecti.:. ons, the frrength' ofour wit, the wholecurre:qt of aUdur courfes, for hhmore notorious fervice~ by--a . defperate wallowing in the fenfuall pleafures there.; of. I know not, yvhether this fometimes by reafon ofits vile nature, univerfall domineering; furious . inticements, affetl:ed·variety,· givJng Iifeand'moti:.. . on .r.oawor1dofwicked meanes, wa1es)anddrcum:.: · fiances about it, maynot hold icale againfl: all our 1 , othedinnes. And therefore we have more need of fificrtfl: examination tod1fcover ·it, ofmore bro-· kenneffe ofheart,to lament ir;ofChrifts deareft and _ , warmeff blood to.pa,don it~ of the ho1f-fpirits· · m1ghtiefi worke to mortifie it. . , . . 2 For the fecond, that is, the perufa]l and dili-· Failiiigsilnon• • gent reviling of our failings inour tranflation from' ,. v.erfion. · darkneffe to light; Lt m call tomindand confider, 1 Olir lt?fhneffe to'leave Safans fervice, and to · · , fubmit · /
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