-. 1 ' · · TheSaints·:· _...,.....,..--- l '" . t ' . ! 1 tifaifme ; inaword, to any ~ervice ofSa~han, and , ~~yofdeath~r. workofd~~kneffe: ·~ay,_tc maybe, ...... thefouleofchme-ownewife, chat hes m thy bo· · ·: . fome, lies bleeding aHo to eternall death ·, under _.. . ~ thy bloody aod.mercileffe hand, becaufe thou livefl: ~ .. < not withher as am~nofknowledge. Knowledge, ,, ·. perhaps,-thou haft enoughand too much to thrive in the world : to profper in thine outward ell:ate. to ingroffe, indofe, and inrich thy felfe, to couzen, o:ver~reach anddefraud thy brothc:r; but no wit, · no ~nderfr~nding, no braines at all, to tell her one foot of th.e right way toheaven, wire to·doe ~vil!, as theProphetfpeaketh, Ier.4. ~· z. buttodo 'good, _ . no.kriowledge at all. _ . . -. Becaufe t_hou doell: not infiruft: her, pray .With her, incourage lier in the waies of 6od ·; becaufe thou doefr o.ot keep the Sabbath holy, repeat s·er.. mons 3 . conferre ofgood things with·her, and ac-~ . quaint ~erw}th?aies othumiliaciOn,&F. _ Nay,~nd becaufe, .whichts t'he fi:rongeQ' barre ~o keepe .·h~r , from grace)·and thehJoody cufthroat ofoorhyour .. fouies, thouwilt needs perfwadeher, that all this is too much-predferteffe. . It may be, tbineowne deare children are alrea- ',dy in the peftileri.t path that leads ~o e~dlelfe per. · · ditio,n)by thydefault: and the bloody knifeaftfiine . _nnconfcionable negligence fiickes full dt~p in their ' foules) aJad flops all hope·ofcure, occau~etliou doeft .· notcate~hife then!; call them ta:account upon · th~ Sabbath, prep~re theriJ forthe Sa~ram~nt; becaute thou doefl: not;refrratne them from Ill company, · ale-hottfes ,. prophaae fports, ,prophaning the . · ·· S~b~ . ~ ·- ~~ , .... · ._
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